Janel A. Sutkus Doctoral Candidate, Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education University of Michigan 734-764-1083 2200 Bonisteel Blvd. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 jsutkus@umich.edu

Janel A. Sutkus, MA, is a doctoral candidate at the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at U-M. She was a college administrator for 15 years at two undergraduate institutions and taught an introduction to the college experience course for four years. She also taught non-experimental educational research methods for three semesters at U-M as a graduate student instructor. She is currently a virtual writing instructor at Marygrove College, working with masters' students on quantitative and qualitative research papers for the departments of education and criminal justice. She was the recipient of the Louise Fairman Scholarship, sponsored by the U-M Alumnae Council, in 2006-2007; and was named a Margaret Dow Towsley Scholar for 2007-2008 by the U-M Center for the Education of  Women.