Stephanie M. Foote
Vice President for Teaching, Learning, and Evidence Based Practices
Stephanie Foote is the Vice President for Teaching, Learning, and Evidence-Based Practices. Prior to joining the Institute staff in August 2017, Stephanie was the founding director of the Master of Science in First-Year Studies, professor of education in the Department of First-Year and Transition Studies, and faculty fellow for High-Impact Practices at Kennesaw State University.
Stephanie M. Foote has also served as the founding Director of the Academic Success Center and the First-Year Experience at the University of South Carolina Aiken, and previously as the Associate Director for Student Orientation and Family Programs at Stony Brook University.
Stephanie’s scholarship and consulting work encompass a broad range of topics in student development and transition, including the impact of first-year seminars and experiential pedagogies on student engagement, the transition of community college transfer students, graduate student engagement and thriving, self-authorship development, learning and engagement in online environments, faculty development, metacognitive teaching and learning strategies, and high-impact educational practices.
Stephanie is a recipient of the McGraw-Hill Excellence in Teaching First-Year Seminars Award and the NODA Outstanding Research Award for her research on the effects of first-year seminar participation on students’ early college experiences. Stephanie is the recipient of a “Best in Track” award from the Online Learning Consortium for her presentation, Beyond Belonging: Creating Online and Blended Spaces for First-Generation Students to Flourish, and Stephanie has been recognized as an Open SUNY Online Teaching Ambassador, SUNY Online Teaching Community Leader, and SUNY Online Teaching Fellow: Experienced Online Practitioner.
Stephanie earned her Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in Educational Administration-Higher Education, and she earned a certificate in Online Course Design and Delivery through the Online Learning Consortium. Stephanie has served as a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Lead Evaluator for several institutions during their reaffirmation process through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS-COC), and Stephanie has participated in the Foundations of Excellence Process for both first-year and transfer students.