Project Staff

Jody D. Nyquist  Principal Investigator (nyquist@u.washington.edu)
Associate Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Washington and a member of the graduate faculty in her home department of Speech Communication

Jody D. Nyquist is Associate Dean in the Graduate School and a member of the graduate faculty in the Department of Speech Communication at the University of Washington. Her interest in instructional communication has led to exploring how one becomes a teaching scholar in higher education and thus to a focus on the graduate student experience. She has been PI for two major grants, one from The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Spencer Foundation on the stages of TA development and the second from The Pew Charitable Trusts addressing the question of "How can we re-envision the Ph.D. to meet the needs of the society of the 21st Century"?" Jody has edited several volumes on TA training and written numerous articles and a book on various aspects of TAs/RAs' development and preparation for their current roles and future responsibilities. In 1992, she served as a Fulbright Scholar in New Zealand and has received numerous awards for her work in her discipline and in higher education.

Jody's Greeting Page gives information about the Project's current directions.

Diane Rogers
Project Manager for the Re-envisioning the Ph.D. team

Diane L. Rogers is the project manager of Re-envisioning the Ph.D. at The Graduate School, University of Washington.  She received her Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership from Regent University, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Her research has focused on mentoring in senior leadership positions. She has an MBA in Management and experience in both academic and corporate sectors. Her experience in small colleges and institutions has involved roles of Academic Dean, Professor, Business Officer, and Accreditation Advisor. Diane also has experience teaching on-line graduate courses. She has over 15 years in corporate organizational development, with a focus on training and process improvement. She has also consulted with numerous profit and non-profit organizations in strategic assessment, diagnosis, and implementation of transformation efforts.

Jill Perry
Research Assistant for the Re-envisioning the Ph.D. team

Jill Perry is a second year graduate student at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington and is focusing on nonprofit management. She received a B.S. in biology from Washington State University. Her experiences and interests are HIV/AIDS, women’s reproductive health, and low-income housing.

Judith LeCompte
Project Assistant for the Re-envisioning the Ph.D. team

Judith LeCompte is enrolled in the University of Washington Certificate Program in Project Management.  She has contributed over 20 years in the corporate sector as a project and order coordinator.  She has developed, streamlined and implemented corporate work processes, including a regional suggestion system adopted by the Hussmann Corporation.  Current fields of interest are Project Management and Child Advocacy.

Frank Fernandez
Research Assistant/Webmaster for the Re-envisioning the Ph.D. team

Frank Fernandez is a graduate student in the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego, and has worked for six years in the software industry.  His current fields of interest are international development and public policy.

Brenda Kelly
Manager, Administrative Services at the Center for Instructional Development and Research

Brenda Kelly is Administrative Services Manager at the Center for Instructional Development and Research (CIDR)

Brenda provides administrative support to the director and associate director at the center and manages the office operations and support staff. A major part of her responsibilities include event coordinating, budget reconciliation, payroll and personnel, grant proposal preparation and coordination of CIDR's video services. She is the budget officer for the Re-envisioning the Ph.D. project. Brenda has been at the UW for 19 years and at CIDR a little over 10 years.