The Appreciative Advising Team
The Appreciative Advising team travels across the country and internationally to present half-day and full-day training workshops on becoming an Appreciative Adviser. If you are interested in bringing a speaker to your institution or to your group please contact us!

For additional information or a speaking consultation contact:
Jennifer L. Bloom
228 Cirrus Lane
Gilbert, South Carolina 29054
803.957.6309
jenny.bloom@sc.edu
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Jennifer L. Bloom, Ed.D., serves as clinical professor and Director of the Higher Education and Student Affairs Master’s Degree Program in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of South Carolina. She also serves as an adjunct associate professor for the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign. She previously served as the Associate Dean for Student Affairs and the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign (2003-2007). She was elected to the position of President of the National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) for the 2007-08 term. Her research interests include academic advising, career paths in higher education administration, leadership, and change.
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Bryant L. Hutson, Ph.D.,Associate Director for Student Academic Services at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, coordinates programming and assessment for a number of student support and retention efforts. He holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration with a concentration in educational research, measurement, and evaluation. Previously, he worked as research associate at the Center for Educational Research and Evaluation. His research interests include college student retention and persistence, first-generation and at-risk college student academic support, and program evaluation in higher education settings.
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Ye He, Ph.D., is assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in teacher education. As coordinator for the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) Teacher Education Program, Dr. He serves as faculty advisor for undergraduate and graduate students. Her research areas include ESL teacher education, diversity and equity in education, program evaluation in higher education settings, and the use of mixed methods in educational research and evaluation.