FRANKIE SANTOS LAANAN portrait
  • Associate Dean for Faculty and Student Affairs, College Of Education-Dean
  • Professor, Educational Leadership&Policy
  • Professor, Education, Culture & Society
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Research Summary

My research focuses on the role and function of America’s community colleges and their impact on individuals and society. Foci areas include: 1) access and equity for women and minoritized students; 2) educational and career aspirations, adjustment and transition to college, and post-college earnings; and 3) higher education policy related to college access, transfer and articulation, career and technical education, STEM pathways for women and minority groups, and accountability.

Education

  • B.A., Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
  • M.A., Higher Education and Organizational Change, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Ph.D., Higher Education and Organizational Change, University of California, Los Angeles

Biography

University of Utah

  • Dean, College of Education. May 3, 2023-present
  • Interim Dean, February.  February 2023-May 2023
  • Associate Dean for Faculty and Student Affairs, College of Education. 2021-2023
  • Professor, Education, Culture & Society. 2021-present
  • Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy, College of Education. 2021-present

The University of Alabama

  • Department Head, Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies, College of Education.  January 1999-August 2021.
  • Professor, Higher Education Administration, College of Education.  August 2017-August 2021

Florida Atlantic University

  • Professor, Higher Education Leadership, College of Education. August 2014-August 2017.

Iowa State Uniersity

  • Associate Director for Administration. January 2014-July 2014
  • Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. August 2012-July 2014
  • Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.  August 2006-May 2012
  • Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.  August 2003-May 2006

University of Guam

  • Dean, School of Education. August 2012-July 2013

University of North Texas

  • Assistant Professor, Counseling and Higher Education.  August 2002-May 2003

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Assistant Professor, Human Resourec Education.  August 1999-May 2002

Coast Community College District, Costa Mesa, California

  • Senior Research Analyst, Office of Vocational Education and Institutional Research.  June 1997-August 1999