Resume

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Results-driven educational leader with a proven track record in initiating and scaling education initiatives, fostering collaboration, and implementing transformative educational outcomes. Skilled at cultivating positive relationships with stakeholders, quantitative inquiry, attention to detail, and contributing to the strategic expansion of educational programs. Recognized for adept project management, successful team leadership, empirical analysis and evaluation, and oral and written communication. Committed to advancing organizational missions that prioritize equitable education for those in greatest need, bringing a depth of experience in diverse educational settings and a demonstrated passion for addressing institutional and administrative challenges.

RELEVANT SKILLS

Higher Education Familiarity

• Completing EdD in Higher Education from top ranked program, focusing on quantitative and mixed method research, program evaluation, and institutional research.

• Over a decade of experience as faculty in higher education institutions in two states and three countries.

• Experience on multi-million dollar grant helping Hoosiers successfully navigate the K-Career pipeline, focusing on increasing post-secondary credential attainment.

• Conducted multiple projects using integral higher education data sets: IPEDS and National Survey for Student Engagement (NSSE).

Data System Abilities & Attention to Detail

• Nearly a decade of experience working with IU’s Student Information System (SIS) meticulously collecting and inputting student and administrative course data.

• Designed, assessed, and fully integrated state of the art curriculum for an academic unit including seven programs of study consisting of five courses each in full compliance with all university systems – SIS, Canvas, and scheduling system.

• Designed and implemented thorough mixed-methods program evaluation for the Program for Intensive English at IUPUI involving quantitative institutional data analysis, survey data, and qualitative observations and panel interviews.

• Intermediate skills with SPSS, R, PowerBI, Access, and Tableu; expert skills with Excel and MS Office.

Disseminating Complex Information & Communication Skills

• Presented at multiple national and international conferences to audiences reaching the hundreds.

• Planned, conducted, and lead hundreds of faculty and staff meetings involving student assessment and deidentified teacher evaluation summaries and data visualizations.

• Created and published reports using IPEDS data on international student enrollments and AAU admissions as well as multiple reports using NSSE survey data.

• Designed, implemented, wrote reports, and followed-up with workshops for an alternative high school: “English Language Learner Needs Analysis for Excel West”– including document analysis, classroom observations, teacher and administrator interviews, and student panels.

• Satisfied nearly a thousand students: personal teacher evaluations were always higher on average the school and consistently higher than program.

EDUCATION

Indiana University Bloomington, Ed.D. in Higher Education (Expected May 2024)

• Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, School of Education

• Minor: Public Management, School of Public and Environmental Affairs

• Graduate Certificate: Institutional Research

Indiana University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Master of Arts in English & Linguistics (May 2012)

• Department of English, School of Liberal Arts

• Graduate Certificate in TESOL (August 2011)

EXPERIENCE

Co-executive Officer, Director of US Education

International Educational Consultancy, Indianapolis and Shanghai (Aug. 2022 – )

• Co-founded organization that focuses on multiple aspects of international education including working with families around the world who want to study in the United States. 

• Assist students and families with college and boarding school placement.

• Conduct institutional research using IPEDS and other data sets producing white papers for organizational decision making, seminars, and client support.

Project Associate

Charting the Future, IU’s Center for Post-secondary Research, Bloomington (Aug. 2022 – Jan. 2024)

• Assisted with drafting and editing reports for funding organization involving initiatives across nine campuses promoting college readiness, graduation preparedness, and career success for Hoosiers.

• Assisted with drafting and editing website for the project to inform internal stakeholders and the public on accomplishments. 

• Conducted literature reviews, literature syntheses, and policy analyses for college pathway project. 

• Co-authored a self-assessment protocol for an Indiana school district that allows middle and high school administrators, staff, and counselors to self-assess, reflect on, and improve institutional practices aimed at college and career readiness. 

Administrator and Instructor 

Program for Intensive English at the IU School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI (Aug. 2014 – June 2022)

• Co-founded, designed, and developed the world-class university level ESL program.

• Managed budget, enrollments, and scheduling for a program averaging 40 students in each of six annual sessions generating an average of $700,000 total revenue per year.

• Developed and assessed state-of-the-art curriculum to facilitate and accelerate student learning.

• Designed and administered ongoing faculty professional development activities 6+ times per year.

• Designed and supervised university-wide multicultural and multilingual Conversation Partner Program. 

• Built and maintained educational relations and partnerships with international and domestic institutions.

Presentations and Publications

• Gusich, J., Delk-Le Good, C., & Zlatkovska, E. (2021). Stretching your budget in challenging times: Resources for intensive English programs [Invited Presentation]. NAFSA Peer-to-Peer Perspectives, Online.

• Gusich, J. (2021). International students during COVID: The story told by SEVIS data [Refereed Presentation]. NAFSA: Association of International Educators Conference, Virtual.

• Kane, S., Gusich, J., & Upton, T. (2020). Sound and simple approach to an extensive reading project. INTESOL Journal, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.18060/24421

• Gusich, J., & Colantonio, L. (2020). Rethinking summative assessments while pivoting to online teaching. EnglishUSA Journal, 3(Fall), 10–11.

• Gusich, J., Zlatkovska, E., Deschamps, M., & Villavicencio, A. (2020). Recruiting and retaining international students for intensive English programs [Invited Presentation]. NAFSA Webinar: Government Connection, Virtual.

• Gusich, J., & Sarah Grace, F. (2018). Sound and simple approach to an extensive reading project [Refereed Presentation]. TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, Chicago, IL.

• Gusich, J., Upton, T., Seig, M. T., & McMillan, D. (2018). Hot topics in IEP’s [Refereed Presentation]. INTESOL Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

• Gusich, J., & Zlatkovska, E. (2016). Hot topics in IEP’s [Refereed Presentation]. INTESOL Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

• Gusich, J., & Janjigian, K. (2016). Launching a new intensive English program [Refereed Presentation]. NAFSA: Association of International Educators Conference, Denver, CO.

• Gusich, J., & Hopson, M. (2015). International art students needs and ways to meet them [Refereed Presentation]. NAFSA: Association of International Educators Conference, Boston, MA.

• Gusich, J. (2015). Finding the right English placement test [Refereed Presentation]. INTESOL Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

• Connor, U., Gusich, J., Guo, L., & Dobson, K. (2015). Adapting methodology to diverse cultural contexts. In Understanding patients’ voices: A multimethod approach to health discourse (pp. 123–134). John Benjamins.

• Gusich, J. (2014). Curriculum development from the perspective of a new English language program [Refereed Presentation]. INTESOL Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

• Gusich, J. (2013). Formulaic language: Blurring grammar and vocabulary in the ESL classroom [Refereed Presentation]. ARKTESOL Conference, Rogers, AR.

• Gusich, J. (2013). Make your own board game: Contextualizing spoken interaction using technology [Refereed Presentation]. TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo, Dallas, TX.

• Gusich, J., & Dobson, K. (2013). Including students’ voices in needs analysis: The case of ‘feedforward’ in an EAP writing course [Refereed Presentation]. INTESOL Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

• Gusich, J. (2012). Reliving and analyzing the past: A genre approach to memoir writing in an EFL setting [Refereed Presentation]. LaTESOL Conference, New Orleans, LA.

• Gusich, J. (2012). Thinking beyond graduation: Take a year to teach abroad [Invited Presentation]. International Education Week, University of Arkansas Graduate School and International Education, Fayetteville, AR.

• Gusich, J., & Dobson, K. (2012). The intercultural application of a linguistic research method: A pilot study analyzing Chinese type 2 diabetes patients’ discourse [Refereed Presentation]. Intercultural Rhetoric Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

• Gusich, J. (2011). Enhancing academic classroom discourse for optimum communication [Invited Workshop Facilitator]. The Asian Pacific American Faculty and Staff Council (APAFSC) & Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion of IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN.

• Gusich, J. (2011). Teaching EFL – Experiences from abroad [Invited Presentation]. The 2011 Fall Career Week, Liberal Arts Career Development Office, IU School of Liberal Arts, Indianapolis, IN.

• Gusich, J. (2011). The real young professionals of Indianapolis [Invited Presentation]. Career Development Fair, IU School of Liberal Arts, Indianapolis, IN.

• Gusich, J., Orlando, H., & Stamper, S. (2011). Diagrams and flow charts for textual organization: Visual representations for comprehension and assessment – Reading for academic purposes [Refereed Presentation]. INTESOL, Indianapolis, IN.