More than 40 years of experience focused on issues and concerns affecting students (pursuing undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees), faculty, administrators and other staff at colleges and universities.
- Significant expertise as it relates to students pursuing degrees in nursing, midwifery, linguistics, public policy, and women’s studies.
- Extensive knowledge of the postdoctoral training system, the STEM research enterprise, mentoring programs, graduate education, and the role of scholarly societies and professional associations representing various sectors of higher education.
- Executive leadership of organizations serving both national and international members based primarily at colleges and universities, including:
- Linguistic Society of America
- National Postdoctoral Association
- Volunteer leadership roles at national organizations representing subsets of the higher education community:
- Consultation on projects and studies conducted by the:
I got to know Alyson mainly through my role as the Delegate of the Dictionary Society of North America to the American Council of Learned Societies. Over the years, it became obvious to me that she is a leader among her association CEO peers and colleagues. She is an enthusiastic source of advice, wisdom and guidance in tackling a broad range of issues affecting professional associations and scholarly societies
Ed Finegan, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and Law, University of Southern California