Imagining America Staff

Jan Cohen-Cruz
Director of Imagining America
University Professor,
Syracuse University
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Kevin Bott
Associate Director
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Robin Goettel
Assistant Director
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Timothy Eatman
Project Director for Research and Policy
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Jamie Haft
Program Coordinator
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Victoria Del Prato
Administrative Assistant
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Timothy K. Eatman

Research Director
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Timothy K. Eatman is currently acting as the Research Director for Imagining America providing oversight and direction for our Tenure Team Initiative and the American Council for Learned Societies survey project. The most prominent strands of Tim’s current research agenda center on students from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in higher education, both with respect to their participation in research opportunity programs and pre-med attrition. Employing a sociological theoretical orientation and using survey research as his primary methodology, Tim conducts research that examines the relationship between institutional policies, programs and college student development. He has published in various venues including the Journal of Educational Finance, Readings on Equal Education, and other book chapters and reports. Tim’s eclectic interests have been nurtured by several engaging posts inside and outside of academe. He has previously served as Program Coordinator for the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Learning Technology Initiative, providing leadership for the implementation of an agenda focused on the uses of advanced technologies in Higher Education teaching and learning among the member institutions. He currently serves the Board of Directors for Mt. Pleasant Christian Academy a private (K-12) educational institution located in Harlem New York and the Ann Arbor based non-profit, Michigan Reach Out — a K-16 campus-community mentoring initiative. Tim has also worked with the Kellogg Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good on special projects focused on Higher Education amelioration. As Budget Director for the Brothers of the Academy Research Institute, Tim has worked with scholars from around the nation to promote healthy interaction and collaboration between researchers in academe and community leaders around issues of equity in education.