It is with great pleasure that I announce the launch of The Praxist: a new educational consulting and coaching practice.
I bring nearly 30 years of experience across higher education, combining teaching, academic leadership, applied anthropology, and qualitative research. From community colleges to the Ivy League, I’ve developed unique insights into institutional cultures, organizational dynamics, and human relationships shaping education. Now, I’m ready to bring this expertise to the fore in new ways.
The services I am offering at www.thepraxist.com is twofold:
CONSULTING.
As a consultant, I offer project-based services for organizations, provided under contract. These build on my experience with strategic planning, budget management, admissions and financial aid, curriculum development, faculty affairs, communications, assessment, and more. These services focus on:
· organizational and strategic consulting;
· program, curriculum, and instructional development;
· student success and academic advising;
· organizational change and team building; and
· institutional problem diagnostics.
GRADUATE STUDENT AND DISSERTATION COACHING.
As a coach, I offer one-on-one support for future and current graduate students, offered in hourly sessions or packages. As an academic director of graduate programs for many years, I evaluated thousands of applications to selective graduate programs. I have sat in rooms where faculty debated admissions decisions, doctoral student progress, or proposal deliberations. And I have guided hundreds of students through theses with constructive feedback and strong support. These services focus on:
· graduate program selection and application support;
· building and maintaining academic relationships with faculty, advisors, and scholars in the field;
· academic research, writing and publication; and
· mentoring about the human side of academic life.
With the launch of my new website, this older site will gradually be phased out. Please visit my new site and follow me on social media for the latest updates and offerings.
