Dissertation: "Postsecondary educational attainment: The importance of living-learning communities, validation, and non-cognitive factors in affecting student outcomes"

Hometown: Chatham, IL

Undergraduate Institution and Major: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, BS Plant Biology

Graduate Institution and Major: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, MS Plant Biology

Dissertation: "Maternal and child health: An assessment of the effects of prenatal care on birth outcomes in Illinois using the method of difference-in-differences"

Current hometown: Jerome, IL

Original hometown: Lomé, Togo (West Africa)

Undergraduate Institution and Major: University of Lomé, Togo, bachelor’s in economics

Graduate Institution and Major: University of Lomé, Togo, master’s in economics

Dissertation: "Sustainable municipal solid waste management in the united states: WTE adoption and integration"

Hometown: Chatham, IL

Undergraduate Institution and Major: University of Ibadan, Nigeria, Bachelor of Agriculture in Animal Science

Graduate Institution and Major: Linköping University, Sweden, Master of Environmental Science

University of Illinois, Springfield, Master of Public Health-Environmental Health

Dissertation: "Nonprofit leadership transition: A preparedness study"

Hometown: Rockford, Illinois

Undergraduate Institution and Major: B.S. in Human Relations, Rockford University (1997)

Graduate Institution and Major: M.S. in Education, Northern Illinois University (2006)

Dissertation: "Testing public service motivation theory and police work behavior"