COE professor and recent doctoral graduate to co-edit prominent journal

Professor Dale Campbell and recent UF doctoral graduate Matt Basham have been invited to jointly edit the SACS-SACJTC Journal, the scholarly publication published by the Southern Association of Community, Junior and Technical Colleges.

Campbell, a professor in the Department of Educational Administration and Policy, is also director of the Community College Leadership Consortium, a national policy forum that brings community college administrators together to identify critical issues in their field. He is founder of the Bellwether Awards, given every year to honor leaders in community college innovation.

Matt Basham, now an assistant professor of educational leadership at the University of Texas-Arlington, graduated from UF's Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration, Department of Educational Administration and Policy earlier this year. Basham is director of UT-Arlington's Higher Education Leadership Institute

(also known as HELIX).

"Their expertise in community college research, leadership training and workforce development provides a good catalyst towards helping the journal grow into a world-class resource for community colleges with regard to improving institutional effectiveness, quality enhancement and preparing for SACS accreditation visits," said SACJTC President Charles Mojock in a press release announcing the new editorship.