Alumni Spotlight: Molly Springer '02 MA

Alumni Spotlight: Molly Springer '02 MA
Thursday, February 10 at 5:30 p.m. PT
Zoom Room (register for link)

Gather online as we chat with Native Alumni Network’s very own Molly Springer (Cherokee/Osage) '02 MA, Associate Vice President, Student Success and Educational Equity at California State University, San Bernardino. We’ll chat about Dr. Springer’s research on Native American students both in K-12 and higher education. Specifically, her article titled, “From Boarding Schools to Suspension Boards” (statewide CCEAL report). The event will also be a great opportunity to hear about Molly’s life trajectory in Student Affairs and the importance of her Native identity in her meaningful work.

The event will conclude with a Q&A session.

More on Molly:
Molly has worked in higher education for 20 years and her focus, throughout her career, has been on developing programs and initiatives which attend to the needs of disproportionately impacted students. Currently Dr. Springer serves as the Associate Vice President of Educational Equity and Student Success at California State University, San Bernardino. Dr. Springer’s research has focused on Native American students both in K-12 and higher education, is a published author (Beyond the Asterisk: Understanding Native Students in Higher Education (book), “From Boarding Schools to Suspension Boards'' (statewide CCEAL report), and a forthcoming chapter entitled, The Transformational Change Agent Equation: Reziliency of Native American Women in Leadership Roles in Higher Education, ‘ "Black and Brown Leadership and the Promotion of Change in an Era of Social Unrest".

Dr. Springer has served as Dean of Equity and Student Success for Sacramento City College, the Director of Learning Communities at CSU- Monterey Bay, as an Assistant Dean of Students/ Director of the Native American Program at Dartmouth College, the Assistant Director of Native Studies at the University of Illinois, and a research analyst for San Diego State University. Dr Springer has also served as the Chair for Native American Network at ACPA, a founding member of the National Coalition for the Advancement of Native Higher Education (NCANHE), and a founding member of the Sacramento Native American Higher Education Collaborative. Dr Springer was the first recipient of the Danielle Terrance Courage Award bestowed upon her by ACPA, and is the incoming Director of External Relations for ACPA (American College Personnel Association).

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