Strategic Insight from Our Senior Advisors
Academic Analytics is strengthened by the insight and experience of our Senior Advisors, an accomplished group of former academic leaders representing a diverse range of research universities.
Guided by Academic Leaders with Deep Institutional Knowledge & Experience
Our Senior Advisors individuals have served as presidents, provosts, deans, chancellors, and senior research administrators, giving them a nuanced understanding of the challenges facing today’s academic institutions. Their guidance helps ensure that our analytics tools, data models, and engagement strategies are not only technically sound, but also aligned with the decision-making needs of university leadership.
Our advisors are actively involved in shaping product direction, informing research use cases, and supporting institutional partners. They collaborate with senior leaders at client institutions to advise on effective implementation, institutional communication strategies, and best practices for integrating data into strategic planning. With their support, Academic Analytics can deliver solutions that are both evidence-based and grounded in the lived experience of higher education administration. This partnership reinforces our mission to help research institutions make informed, intentional decisions that drive progress.
Meet Our Senior Academic Advisors
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Robert Berdahl, Ph.D.
Robert M. Berdahl received his B.A. degree from Augustana College in Sioux Falls in 1959, his M.A. from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in 1961, and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1965.
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Julie Carpenter-Hubin
Julie Carpenter-Hubin began her association with The Ohio State University as a typist in the College of Education. Assuming increasing responsibilities, she moved from departmental secretary to space planning for the College of Humanities.
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Peter Lange, Ph.D.
Peter served as Duke University’s Provost for 15 years, working closely with Presidents Nannerl Keohane and Richard Brodhead.
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Lydia Snover
Lydia Snover’s 51-year career at MIT includes 15 years in academic and research administration. She has worked in institutional space planning and is the founding director of MIT’s Institutional Research Group.
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John D. Simon, Ph.D.
John D. Simon served as the President of Lehigh University from 2015-2021. During his tenure Simon raised the university’s national profile, strengthened, and grew its research infrastructure, expanded its global programs, and built on the university’s long, proud legacy of success in research, teaching, and service.
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Lisa A. Tedesco, Ph.D.
Lisa A. Tedesco is Vice Provost Emerita (Academic Affairs – Graduate Studies), Dean Emerita of the James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies, and Professor Emerita, Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.
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George Walker, Ph.D.
George E. Walker is currently Professor and Senior Mentor in the School of Business and Leadership, at the University of Charleston WV.
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Richard Wheeler, Ph.D.
Richard Wheeler is Professor of English Emeritus and Dean of the Graduate College Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Caroline Whitacre, Ph.D.
Carol was formerly the Senior Vice President for Research position at The Ohio State University in Columbus, a position she held for 9 years.
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