丽莎L. 柯克帕特里克,Ph值.D., is Vice President for Student Affairs and Administration at St. 德克萨斯州奥斯汀的爱德华大学. She reports to the university president and serves on the president’s cabinet while providing supervision to associate vice presidents of Student Affairs, 大学的操作, Business Services and Equity and Employee Relations as well as Dean of Students, 和体育主管, 学生归属感和包容性卓越, 及人力资源. Additional areas in her portfolio include Residence Life, 学生的参与, 健康与咨询中心, 娱乐与健康, 大学警察及设施. She also currently serves as the 第九条 Coordinator, since 2012. 以前, she served as Vice President for Student Affairs, Associate Vice President role and Dean of Students, with a total of more than 30 years on the hilltop.
在她目前的职位上. Kirkpatrick provides oversight to the university’s Crisis Management Team, 行为干预小组, 偏见事件响应小组和第九条小组. She also facilitates university workgroups in service of undocumented students and allies, food insecurity and space management among others.
Dr. Kirkpatrick has been actively involved in campus housing expansion and renovation projects, including the development of six new residence halls and three apartment communities; and the renovation of Fleck Hall for Health Sciences. 她定期与学生和员工见面, engaged in strategic planning in connection with multiple St. 爱德华的战略计划 为未来投资 主动和 学生成功计划. She also led a Student Affairs staff development initiative to prepare staff to serve in their practitioner roles in a Catholic Higher Education (CHE) context and has presented the staff development model at national CHE conferences, including those sponsored by the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) and the Association of Student Affairs at Catholic Colleges and Universities (ASACCU).
灵感来自St. 爱德华的 founding order, the Congregation of Holy Cross, Dr. Kirkpatrick has maintained a student-centered approach and ethic of care for students and their families, 教职员工, 激励学生茁壮成长, 克服逆境, 并回馈他们的社区, graduating with the intention of making a positive difference in the world. 她的领导促进了包容, 机构, connectedness and enthusiasm while building community and engaging staff, faculty and students in campus wide initiatives. She also serves as chair of the Board of Governors of the Holy Cross Institute since September of 2022.
Dr. Kirkpatrick earned her Bachelor of Science in Journalism/Public Relations in 1991 and Master of Education/College Student Personnel in 1994, 他们都来自雅典的俄亥俄大学, 俄亥俄州. She successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, "Elders in Assisted Living: Excavating Hospitality from Within,3月12日, 2015, 获得博士学位.D. 他是德州州立大学教育学硕士. She is a 2019 graduate of the ACPA Institute Leading with a Racial and Social Justice Lens, as well as Austin’s Beyond Diversity I and II, 2015 graduate of the Council for Independent College’s Senior Leadership Academy, 2009 graduate of Leadership Austin and 2006 graduate of Harvard University’s Institute for Management and Leadership in Education. She served as a visiting faculty member for two summers at the University of San Diego Catholic Mission Integration Institute and is an adjunct instructor for the St. 365比分网电竞 online Doctorate of Education of Leadership and Higher Education, as well as Master of Education in Student Affairs in Higher Education at Texas State University.
As a student development practitioner in CHE, Dr. Kirkpatrick’s scholarship focuses on how Catholic character, mission and social thought inform the college student experience and work of student development practitioners. 她了 Student Life in Catholic Higher Education: Advancing Good Practice (2017), as well as serving as a chapter author. She also chaired the planning committee for the ACCU senior student affairs officer annual meeting for 2019 and 2020, and currently serves as an ASACCU board member. 作为学生事务管理员, she presents on a number of topics related to leadership, 多样性, 灵性, 天主教的款待, 联合课程与女权主义.
She is also trained in dispute resolution from the Dispute Resolution Center in Austin, Texas; a graduate of the Landmark Forum and Advanced Course; trained as a facilitator for interfaith dialogue sponsored by Interfaith Action of Central Texas (IACT); trained as a 第九条 coordinator by ATIXA, Husch Blackwell LLP, Grand River Solutions and Schneider Education and Employment Law PLLC; serves on the Catholic Cemetery Association Board and previously served on the St. Ignatius Martyr Catholic School Advisory Board, St. David’s South Austin Hospital Board and San Leanna Education Facilities Corporation.