Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant
Tricia Bertram Gallant is the Academic Integrity Coordinator for the University of California, San Diego. She holds a bachelors degree in Psychology and a masters degree in Adult Education/Leadership (both from the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada) and a Ph.D. in Leadership with a Higher Education focus from the University of San Diego. She has served as a director on the board of the Center for Academic Integrity, and has taught leadership and higher education administration at the undergraduate and graduate level. She focuses her work and writings on encouraging higher education faculty and administrators to reconsider student academic misconduct beyond that of “students behaving badly” to a systemic and complex issue shaped by a multitude of organizational, institutional, and societal factors.
Dr. Bertram Gallant has published articles on academic integrity, organizational theory and leadership in The Journal of Higher Education, The Review of Higher Education, and the NASPA Journal. She has upcoming articles on academic integrity and plagiarism in the Canadian Journal of Higher Education and the Journal of Library Administration. Her monograph Academic Integrity in the Twenty-First Century: A Teaching and Learning Imperative was published in April 2008 by Jossey-Bass, and in 2009, a volume on student cheating, co-authored with Stephen Davis (Emeritus Professor, Emporia State University) and Patrick M. Drinan (Professor, University of San Diego), will be published by Blackwell.
Dr. Karen Clifford
Karen O. Clifford is Director of Student Services at Norfolk Collegiate School, a private, coeducational, K-12 college-preparatory school in Norfolk, Virginia, where she currently serves as an honor council advisor to the student-run honor council.
Karen earned a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Virginia, a M.Ed. in Counselor Education from the University of Virginia, and a B.S. in Business/Marketing from Radford University. Her dissertation, which received partial funding from the Center for Academic Integrity, surveyed perceptions of students from a national sample of small colleges (enrollments of fewer than 5,000) regarding the elements of campus climate that promotes academic integrity. Her previous experiences include serving as Assistant to the Vice President for Student Services at Old Dominion University, Student Development Educator and director of new student orientation at Longwood College, Assistant Director of Academic Support at the College of William and Mary, and Career Counselor at Vanderbilt University. She is co-editor of the monograph, "Academic Integrity Matters," with Dana Burnett and Lynn Rudolph.
Mr. Timothy Dodd
Tim is currently the director of the Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center at the University of Michigan. Previously, Tim served as the Executive Director of the Center for Academic Integrity from 2005 to 2007 and was a member of its Board of Directors from 2003 to 2005. Prior to coming to the CAI, Tim served as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies at Case Western Reserve University for 8½ years. His duties included directing the major department advising program, advising students on curricular and policy matters, certifying all undergraduate degrees, serving as the faculty representative for the Truman and Udall Scholarship programs, and writing and updating university curriculum handbooks and other official publications. He spearheaded the process that led to the adoption of the new academic integrity policy at Case and was the adviser to the student academic integrity board, which he founded. He also served on the university judicial board. Previously, Tim served five years as Associate Dean of Academic Advising at Gettysburg College where he undertook similar duties including that of the administrative adviser to the Honor Commission. Prior to his tenure at Gettysburg College, Tim was Director of Academic Resources and Advisement at St. Lawrence University.
Tim received his BA and MA from Fordham University and completed doctoral work (but not the dissertation) at the University of Pittsburgh where he also taught political science and worked in the Advising Center.
Ms. Claire Dyes
Claire presently serves as Dean of Students of the Cecil B. Day Campus of Mercer University and has been a Student Affairs administrator for more than 15 years. She served as the Chief Student Affairs administrator of Georgia Baptist College of Nursing for thirteen years. She was named Dean of Students at Mercer following the merger of the two institutions.
Claire earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of Texas, Austin, and a Master of Nursing from Emory University. Prior to pursuing a career in Student Affairs, she taught nursing at Texas Woman's University, Emory University's International Program, and Georgia Baptist School of Nursing.
Mr. Dennis Johnson
Dennis has been involved with matters of academic integrity for over twenty years, first as a teacher and administrator at a private middle school and later at the community college level through his involvement with student judicial affairs. His involvement with the Center for Academic Integrity began in 1996 and he served on the Board of Directors from 1999 - 2005. During that time, Dennis held the offices of CAI Treasurer and President. Dennis has presented at local, state, regional, and national workshops and conferences on issues related to college student judicial affairs and academic integrity. He has also served as a motivational speaker for over 25 years.
Dennis has been at Pueblo Community College since 1992, serving since 1994 as the Director of Counseling and Career Services and the Student Judicial Affairs Officer. He has also overseen grant programs that assist parents, low income and first generation students, and students with disabilities.
Dennis is active in his church community, in the American Heart Association and the Multiple Sclerosis Society, in the Pueblo African American Concern Organization, and in K-12 public schools. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Education from the University of Notre Dame, and a Master of Arts degree in Guidance and Counseling from Adams State College. He has been married for twenty-three years to his wife Sherry and has three young adult children (Adrienne, Patrick, and Erek).
Dr. William Kibler
Bill is Vice President for Student Affairs and Professor of Counselor Education at Mississippi State University. Bill earned a bachelor's degree in economics and master's and specialist degrees in counselor education from the University of Florida, and a doctorate in educational administration from Texas A&M University. He is a Past President of the Center for Academic Integrity and Past President of the Association for Student Judicial Affairs. He has co-authored a book on academic integrity and co-authored and edited a book on student judicial affairs. He has authored several book chapters and articles and consulted on campuses around the country in areas of academic integrity, student judicial affairs and student affairs administration.
Dr. James Lancaster
Jim is currently an Assistant Professor of Human Development and Psychological Counseling at Appalachian State University. Prior to taking this position, he was Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Jim has over thirty years of experience in student development practice and teaching in higher education. He holds a bachelor (1972) and master's (1974) degrees in history and a doctorate (1979) in administration of higher education, all from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has written and presented widely on the topic of legal/developmental/ethical concerns in administration. He is a past-Director and current faculty member of the Donald D. Gehring Student Judicial Affairs Institute of the Association for Student Judicial Affairs where he teaches the ethics track. He currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of College Student Development and has written and spoken widely on integrity and ethics issues. He is the co-editor of New Directions for Student Services monograph titled "Beyond Law and Policy: Reaffirming the Role of Student Affairs" and is currently editing "Exercising Power with Wisdom - Bridging Legal and Ethical Practice with Intention" which was published in Fall, 2005.
Jim is married and shares a home in Summerfield, North Carolina with his wife, one normal cat, and one 24-pound abnormal cat (all of which are altogether another story). In his spare time he enjoys gardening, reading, attempts the guitar, and enjoys commuting through the mountains to Boone.
Mr. Gary Pavela
Gary is Director of Judicial Programs and Student Ethical Development at the University of Maryland - College Park. He also teaches law and higher education at the University of Utah. He edits the national quarterly Synthesis: Law and Policy in Higher Education as well as its sister publication, Synfax Weekly Report. Gary was identified by the New York Times as an "authority on academic ethics." He serves as a member of the Advisory Board for the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University and is a Founding Administrator for the Center for Academic Integrity. In 2002 Gary was designated a "Fellow" of the National Association of College and University Attorneys. There are twenty-four NACUA Fellows, individuals NACUA says have "brought distinction to higher education and to the practice of law on behalf of colleges and universities across the nation."
Dr. Daniel Wueste
Dan is associate professor of philosophy. He did his graduate work in philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (M.A., 1979) and Washington University in St. Louis (Ph.D., 1985). His research and writing focus on issues in three areas: legal philosophy, social and political philosophy, and professional ethics. Dan has a special interest in what ethicists can learn from legal philosophers and vice versa. His first article pursuing this interest, "The Realist's Challenge in Professional Ethics: Taking Some Cues From Legal Philosophy," was published in the journal Professional Ethics. Dan's work has appeared in various journals including Cornell Law Review, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy and the Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence. He is the author of the chapter on professional ethics in The Biomedical Engineering Handbook, 2nd edition, and the editor of Professional Ethics and Social Responsibility (Rowman and Littlefield, 1994). Dan is the President of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum and is also a member of the Advisory Council of the Center for Academic Integrity at Clemson University.