Dr. Derrick L. Tillman-Kelly serves as the Director of the UIA Fellows Program and Network Engagement for the University Innovation Alliance. In this role, he works with the UIA leadership team to advance the UIA’s mission by partnering with member institutions to (a) identify and develop emerging higher education leaders ready to support institutional transformation with the goal of eliminating race/ethnicity, first-generation status, and socioeconomic status as predictors of student success and completion and (b) reimagine institutional structures, policies, and processes in support of student success.
Derrick also serves as a co-principal investigator of the National Science Foundation-funded Louis Stokes Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Broadening Participation in STEM (LSMRCE), as a trustee of New Salem Baptist Church in Columbus, Ohio, and as Vice President for Engagement – Affinity Groups for the Illinois Wesleyan University Alumni Association Board of Directors.
Prior to being named to his current role with the UIA, he served in multiple roles at The Ohio State University, including as the inaugural UIA Fellow and special assistant to the director of the Center for Higher Education Enterprise. He also has experience in a variety of functional areas including financial aid, fraternity and sorority life, and first-year programs, to name a few.
He earned his PhD in educational policy and leadership with a specialization in higher education and student affairs and a graduate interdisciplinary specialization in sexuality studies from Ohio State. He also earned a master’s degree in higher education and student affairs from Indiana University and a bachelor’s degree from Illinois Wesleyan University. | |