Kathleen Campbell (Garwood) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Decision & System Sciences and has been a member of the faculty at SJU since 2004. She advanced to Assistant Professor in 2014 after finishing her PhD at Temple University in Statistics and promoted to Associate in 2020. Her teaching interests include data mining, wrangling, and visualization with the goal of introducing real data information analysis techniques to students. Her research interests include community engaged research (addressing real world problems using analytics in the classroom), data visualization (the time and energy saved by making clear, understandable, and meaningful visuals), rank order comparisons (specifically collegiate and sustainability rankings), STEM research and the role that gender plays in both younger students as well as collegiate major selection in STEM fields, and modeling applications in real world settings (such as Fe y Alegría: Bolivia and Colonial Electric), on communication of the overall structure and state of the CPS in a form that can be interpreted quickly and precisely to help identify issues and concerns.
Dr. Beth Ford McNamee is the Associate Director of Saint Joseph's University Campus Ministry, where she oversees service, social justice, and a campus ministry associate program. She is a triple graduate of SJU (B.S., M.S., Ed.D.). She also served as a Jesuit Volunteer in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and earned an M.A. in Pastoral Studies at Washington Theological Union. Her dissertation research explored influences of Ignatian formation for higher education social justice leadership.
Dr. Je’Nai L Righter, is an established educational strategist, conduit of operational excellence, and relational management. With over 17 years of experience in Higher Education, she is committed to advancing racial equity and creating inclusive spaces of safety and growth in the workplace. Dr. Righter’s first devotion is to Christ and being a leader and teacher in her home, as wife to Brian and mother to Chyna, Olivia, and Naomi. Her dissertation title is: Healing and helping while hurt: Exploring the ways campus racial climates of Predominantly White Institutions impact Black Administrators with a history of chronic and complex trauma.