Kathy Johnson

Dr. Kathy Johnson serves as Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at IUPUI. She is a professor of psychology and has previously served as Dean of University College and Associate Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education, where she led the creation of a Division of Undergraduate Education as well as numerous initiatives aimed at enhancing the quality of the undergraduate experience while also improving on-time graduation rates. She is trained as a cognitive developmental psychologist and has published extensively in scientific journals in areas related to expertise acquisition, concept development and the acquisition of symbolic understanding in late infancy. She currently serves as PI on IUPUI’s ADVANCE grant entitled Project EPIC (evidence-informed promotion of inclusive climate). Nationally, Dr. Johnson has served on steering committees for the Coalition of Urban-Serving Universities, as president of the Association of Chief Academic Officers, and on the executive committee for LEAP Indiana. She currently serves as Chair of the Council on Academic Affairs for the Association of Public and Land Grant universities, and as a Fellow with Complete College America.

Mark Hoyert, IUN

Mark S. Hoyert received his B.S. in 1981 and his B.A. in 1982 from the University of Maryland. He then earned his M.A. in 1985, and his Ph.D. in 1988 from Emory University. Hoyert is a Professor of Psychology at Indiana University Northwest in Gary. He was appointed to the Indiana University faculty in 1988. He energetically illustrates his lectures with copious jokes, drawings, stories, and real-world examples that underscore the content and at the same time make classes fun and exciting. He creates a comfortable atmosphere for learning, and his students are clearly engaged.

Hoyert's pedagogical contribution outside of the classroom is also evident through the substantial research he has done examining motivation for academic achievement. He developed a motivational intervention based on his findings—a tutoring program for struggling Introductory Psychology students—that has reduced their failure rate by half. He was awarded a P.A. Mack Fellowship through IU's Mack Center for Inquiry on Teaching and Learning, in part for his tutoring program.