Speakers

We will continue to add conference speakers are they are confirmed. 

DR. REBECCA COVARRUBIAS
Dr. Covarrubias graduated with a Bachelor of Science from The University of Arizona, where she was also a Ronald E. McNair Achievement Scholar. She continued at The University of Arizona to earn a Master's and Ph.D. in Social Psychology. After graduating, she was hired by the Department of Psychology to teach courses in Orvieto, Italy through the Arizona in Italy Study Abroad Program. Dr. Covarrubias then became a University Diversity Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow for the Center of the Study of Diversity and the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Delaware. She joined the Department of Psychology at UCSC in fall 2015.

Web Site: The Culture & Achievement Collaborative 

Selected Publications
https://rcovarrubias.sites.ucsc.edu/papers-and-presentations/

DR. JENNIFER JOSLIN
Dr. Jennifer Joslin is a Past President of NACADA and the current Associate Director for Content Development at the NACADA Executive Office. Jennifer is a co-editor of: Academic Advising Re-examined (2018) as part of the New Directions in Higher Education series; The Role of Academic Advising in Student Retention and Persistence (2^nd Ed., 2017); The New Academic Advisor Guidebook: Creating a Foundation for Success (2015); and Academic Advising Administration: Essential Knowledge and Skills for the 21^st Century (2011). She has presented at regional, national, and international advising conferences; consulted at institutions in the United States, Great Britain, and Australia; and presented webinars on the Completion Agenda, social media, working with LGBTQA students, and advising administration. Jennifer is from Bakersfield, California, and earned her undergraduate degree at Occidental College and her Masters and doctorate from the University of Iowa. And if being in the field of academic advising wasn’t enough, she is also a proud member of the Jane Austen Society of North America.