Dr. Rosemary (Rosie) Perez is an Associate Professor in the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education. Her scholarship leverages the strengths of student development and organizational theories to explore individual and organizational learning and development in collegiate contexts. Across her program of research and her teaching, she explores the tensions between structure and agency, and how power, privilege, and oppression affect individuals and groups within higher education.
Prior to joining the University of Michigan, Dr. Perez was an Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs at Iowa State University School of Education. She brings six years of professional work experience in university student affairs divisions (in the San Francisco Bay area) to the Marsal Family School of Education.
Melinda Richardson coordinates matters related to the administration of CSHPE. She is responsible for multiple facets of faculty, student and staff hiring, works with students on funding issues, oversees staff and budgets, plans and coordinates events including recruitment, orientation and alumni-focused activities. She works with the faculty director to develop the program’s course schedule, and manages the CSHPE visiting scholar program. Richardson is involved with alumni relations and stewardship. She also plans and co-leads domestic and international experiential learning trips for students.