Open Science Symposium 2023

Speaker

LaKeisha Harris

LaKeisha Harris

Co-Lead, Institutional & Departmental Policy Language, HELIOS
Dean, School of Graduate Studies and Research
University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Bio

LaKeisha L. Harris, Ph.D., is the Dean for the School of Graduate Studies and Research where she has oversight of the university’s 28 graduate programs. Additionally, she has responsibility for managing the research enterprise, which has a portfolio of more than $25 million dollars in research funding and expenditures each year.

She began her career at UMES in 2006 as an assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation at The University of Maryland Eastern Shore, where she served as the Graduate Program Director for the masters program in Rehabilitation Counseling. She earned tenure to Associate Professor in 2013. She earned a M.R.C. in Rehabilitation Counseling from Bowling Green State University and a Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Counselor Education from the University of Iowa. She has over 20 years of experience in rehabilitation counseling and higher education.

Dr. Harris is currently the Principal Investigator for the Interdisciplinary Research Center which is funded by the Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education and is a strong proponent for Open Access to Research.

More Information:
Talks at this conference:
 13:00 Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship (HELIOS) ! Live
 13:45 Panelist Q&A 3 ! Live

 Overview