JOE CUSEO, Ph.D.
Marymount College (CA)
Dr. Cuseo’s full vita lists well over 300 presentations/workshops and
manuscripts/publications. Below is an abbreviated list pertaining to the topics of his
UMD visit.
STUDENT RETENTION & STUDENT SUCCESS
 Presentations/Workshops:
Campus Workshop, “Effective Program Delivery: 12 Powerful Properties & Principles.” California State
University Staff Retreat (August, 2007).
Campus Presentation, “Student Success and College Quality: What Really Matters.” Georgia Gwinnett
College, Lawrenceville, GA (August, 2007).
Campus Workshop, “Student Retention: The Big Picture,” delivered at Murray State College, Tishomingo,
OK (August, 2007).
Campus Workshop, “Student Success and College Quality: What Really Matters.” Texas State University
San Marcos, TX (February, 2006).
Campus Conference, “Student Success and College Quality: The Role of Faculty, Staff, &
Administration,” Dyson College Faculty Conference on “Engaging Students for Success.” Pace University,
NY (October , 2005).
Conference Presentation, “Student Success and College Quality: The Role of Faculty, Staff, &
Administration,” delivered at the “Let’s Talk About Student Success” Conference, Middlesex County
College, Edison, NJ (June, 2005).
Regional Presentation, “Student Success and College Quality: The Role of Faculty, Staff, &
Administration,” DeVry University Regional Institute Day. Long Island City, NY (May , 2005).
Workshop, “The Faculty’s Role & Influence in Promoting Student Retention,” for the Council of
Independent Colleges’ Department & Division Chair Workshop. Richmond, VA (May, 2004).
Campus Workshop, “Student Retention: Understanding the root causes of student attrition and
implementing a prevention plan,” for faculty, staff, & administration at Luna Community College, Las
Vegas, NM. (Sept., 2002).
Campus Workshop, “Student Retention: Understanding the root causes of student attrition and
implementing a prevention plan,” for faculty, staff, and administration at Diablo Valley College, Pleasant
Hill, CA. (September, 2002)
Keynote Address, “Student Retention: Student Success, and College Quality: Trinity & Synergy” for The
Teaching Effectiveness Institute for Student Success Conference, University of New Mexico, Taos.
(August, 2002)
Campus Workshop, “The ‘Hidden Curriculum’: The Influence of Support Staff as Student-Success Agents
in Higher Education,” for staff and staff supervisors at the University of New Mexico, Taos. (August,
2002)
Campus Workshop, “Student Retention: Everybody’s Business, Everybody Profits” for student
development service professionals at Dona Ana Branch Community College, Las Cruces, NM (June, 2002).
Post-Conference Workshop, Essential Elements of a Comprehensive Student Retention Plan: Targets for
Programmatic Action and Principles of Effective Program Delivery. New Mexico Higher Education
Assessment and Retention Conference. Albuquerque, NM (March, 2002)
Paper presented at the Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience, Student Retention: The BIG
PICTURE. Orlando, FL (February, 2002).
Manuscripts/Publications:
Cuseo, J. (1993, Spring). What colleges can do to assist at-risk students and insure their retention. The
Freshman Year Experience Newsletter, 5(4), p. 5.
Cuseo, J., & Beyer, R. (1990). Identification of factors supporting successful retention of AfricanAmerican, Asian-American, and Hispanic “at-risk” college students. Unpublished manuscript.
Cuseo, J. (1988). Research-based institutional strategies for promoting student retention. Unpublished
manuscript prepared for attendees at the Conference on Minority Recruitment & Retention, sponsored by
the Chancellor’s Office of the California State University System and the Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of College Teaching. Redondo Beach, California, February 1988.
 FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE & STUDENTS IN TRANSITION
 Presentations/Workshops/Professional Contributions:
Campus Work shop, “Effective First-Year Programming: Key Principles & Practices,” Collaborative Staff
Retreat, California State University, Long Beach Long Beach, CA (August, 2007).
Instructional Development Workshop for First-Year Seminar Instructors at Upper Iowa University, Fayette,
Iowa (August, 2007).
Keynote Presentation, “Student Success and College Quality: What Really Matters,” delivered at the
Annual First-Year Engineering Workshop, University of Notre Dame (July, 2007).
Campus Workshop, “The Cornerstones of First-Year Student Success: Research-Based Principles of
Effective Human Learning, Student Retention, & Personal Development.” Front Range Community
College, Fort Collins, Colorado (June, 2007).
First-Year Seminar Instructor Training for Faculty & Staff at Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO
(May, 2007).
First-Year Seminar Instructor Training for Faculty & Staff at Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
(June, 2007).
Conference Co-Presentation with Aaron Thomas, Eastern Kentucky University, “Diversity Education for
First-Year Students; Why, What, and How.” 26th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience,
Addison, TX (February, 2007).
Conference Presentation, Where’s the Beef? Substantive Course Content for the First-Year Seminar.” 26th
Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience, Addison, TX (February, 2007).
Pre-conference Workshop, “From Theory to Practice: Teaching Strategies for the First-Year Seminar.” 26th
Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience, Addison, TX (February, 2007).
Conference Presentation, “From Theory to Practice”: Teaching Strategies for the First-Year Seminar.” 25th
Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience, Atlanta, GA (February, 2006).
Conference Presentation, “Educator-Publisher Partnerships: Collaborating to Promote the Success of FirstYear Students,” 25th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience, Atlanta, GA (February, 2006).
Campus Consultant for the First-Year Experience at Saint Thomas Aquinas College (Sept. 29-30, 2005).
Conference presentation, “Core Content for the First-Year Seminar: Substance and Sequence.” Annual
Conference on the First-Year Experience. Phoenix, AZ (February, 2005).
Conference co-presentation with V. Fecas (University of South Carolina), “Helping Student to Select and
Connect Decisions about an Academic Major and Future Career(s).” Annual Conference on the First-Year
Experience. Phoenix, AZ (February, 2005).
Conference co-presentation with A. Thompson (Eastern Kentucky University), “Diversity Education for
First-Year Students: The Why (Rationale), The What (Content), and the How (Pedagogy).” Annual
Conference on the First-Year Experience. Phoenix, AZ (February, 2005).
Keynote address, “Building On and Moving Beyond the First Year Experience.” 11 th National Conference
on Students in Transition, Nashville (November, 2004).
Conference presentation, “Core Content for the First-Year Experience Course and Transfer Student
Seminars: Themes & Variations on the Themes.” 11th National Conference on Students in Transition,
Nashville (November, 2004).
Keynote address, “Your Wildest Dream: Wishing for the Ideal & Total Student-Success Course,” for the
2004 National Student Success Conference, Orlando (June, 2004).
Conference presentation, “Teaching the First-Year Seminar: How Do We Motivate Students and Maximize
Course Impact?” Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience, Addison, Texas (February, 2004).
Conference presentation, “Core Content for the First-Year Experience Course: Substantive, Sequential, and
Student-Centered.” Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience, Addison, Texas (February, 2004).
Member, Advisory Board of the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in
Transition, University of South Carolina. Provide editorial review of journal articles and research
monographs. Evaluate candidates and assisted in the development of criteria for assessing “Outstanding
Freshman Advocates” (national award sponsored jointly by College Survival and the National Resource
Center for the Freshman Year Experience)(1990-2004).
Doctoral-dissertation committee member, “First-Year Seminars and Levels of Academic Engagement of
First-Year Students,” University of Massachusetts-Boston, 2004.
Advisory committee member for doctoral research project, “Validation of a Transfer-Orientation
Instrument,” James Madison University, 2004
Conference presentation, “Core Content for the First-Year Experience Course: Substantive, Sequential, &
Student-Centered.” Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience. Addison, Texas (February, 2004).
Facilitator, Roundtable Discussion, “Teaching the First-Year Seminar: How Do We Motivate Students &
Maximize Course Impact?” Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience. Addison, Texas (February,
2004).
Conference presentation, “Beyond the First Year: Student Transitions at Later Stages of the College
Experience.” Tenth National Conference on Students in Transition. Lake Buena Vista, FL (November,
2003).
Pre-conference workshop conducted at the Tenth National Conference on Students in Transition, The
Transfer Transition. Lake Buena Vista, FL (November, 2003).
Pre-conference workshop conducted at the Ninth National Conference on Students in Transition, The
Transfer Transition. Pittsburgh, PA (October, 2002).
Interviewee, “Navigating Your Campus: Finding Resources to Support First-Year Success.” College Life
101, Internet Talk Radio, www.wsRadiocom (September, 2002).
Conference presentation, “The Transfer Transition from 2- to 4-Year Institution: Facilitating Student
Retention and Advancement Across Different Segments of the Higher Educational System.” New Mexico
Higher Education Assessment and Retention Conference. Albuquerque, NM (February, 2002)
Paper presented at the 8th National Conference on Students in Transition, First-Year Program Advocates:
Peripheral Student-Support Providers or Central Campus-Change Agents. Oakbrook, IL (October, 2001)
Pre-conference workshop conducted at the Eighth National Conference on Students in Transition, The
Transfer Transition. Oakbrook, IL (October, 2001).
Facilitator, roundtable discussion at the Eighth National Conference on Students in Transition, “Beyond the
First Year: Extending the Principles of Effective FYE Programming to Later Stages and Transitions in the
Undergraduate Experience.” Oakbrook, IL (October, 2001).
Pre-conference workshop conducted at the Seventh National Conference on Students in Transition, The
Transfer
Transition: Facilitating Student Advancement from 2- to 4-Year Institutions. Cincinnati, Ohio
(November, 2000).
Facilitator, roundtable discussion at the Seventh National Conference on Students in Transition, “The Meat
of the
Sandwich”: Is there a sophomore and junior year “experience?” Cincinnati, Ohio (November, 2000).
Post-conference workshop conducted at the American Association for Higher Education’s 2000 National
Conference on Higher Education , The Transfer Transition: Facilitating Student Advancement from 2-Year
to 4-Year Institutions. Anaheim, CA (March, 2000). (Co-presenters: John Gardner, Executive Director,
Policy Center for the First Year of College; Betsy Barefoot, Co-Director, Policy Center for the First Year of
College; & Stuart Hunter, Co-Director of the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience &
Students in Transition).
Paper presented at the 7th National Conference on Students in Transition, Gaining & Maintaining Support
for First- Year Programs: Research-Based Strategies for Effective Advocacy and Institutional Change.
Cincinnati, Ohio (November, 2000)
Workshop, “Instructor Training & Development for the First-Year Seminar,” presented to faculty, staff,
and administrators at Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania (May, 2000).
Paper presented at the 19th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience, Where’s the Beef? There’s
the Beef—Real “Meat” (Academic Content) Hidden within the Seemingly “Non-Academic” First-Year
Seminar. Columbia, SC (February, 2000).
Paper presented at the 19th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience, The New Learning Paradigm
and the New-Student Seminar: A Perfect Union. Columbia, SC (February, 2000).
Facilitator, Special Interest Group on “New Program Development,” at the 19th Annual Conference on The
First-Year Experience, Columbia, SC (February, 2000).
Manuscripts/Publications:
Cuseo, J. (in press). Instructor’s Manual for Thriving in College & Beyond: Research-Based Resources for
Course Design, Delivery, and Assessment. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.
Cuseo J. (monograph in press). The First-Year Seminar: Research-Based Recommendations for Course
Design, Delivery, & Assessment. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, The National Resource
Center for the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition.
Cuseo, J. (in press). “Implementing the Central Principles of Student Success: Key First-Year Programs &
Practices.” E-Source for College Transitions.
Cuseo, J. (2007, July). “Seven Central Principles of Student Success: Key Processes Associated with
Positive Student Outcomes.” E-Source for College Transitions, 4(5), pp. 3-4, 6.
Cuseo, J. (2007, May). “Defining Student Success: First Critical First Step in Promoting It.” E-Source for
College Transitions, 4(5), pp. 4-5.
Cuseo, J. (2007, March). “The First-Year Experience and Students-in-Transition Movement: What is Its
Appeal? What are Its Ideals?” E-Source for College Transitions, 4(4), pp. 4-5.
Cuseo, J., Fecas, V., & Thompson, A. (2007). Thriving in College and Beyond: Research-Based Strategies
for Academic Success & Personal Development. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt.
Cuseo, J. (2003). Comprehensive academic support for students during the first year of college. In G. L.
Kramer & Associates, Student academic services: An integrated approach (pp. 271-310). San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass.
Cuseo, J. (2001). The Transfer Transition: Student Advancement from 2- to 4-Year Colleges. ERIC
Clearinghouse for Community Colleges, Los Angeles, CA. (Clearinghouse No. JC020199)
Cuseo, J. (2000). Facilitating the Transfer Transition from Two-Year to Four-Year College. British
Columbia Council on Admissions & Transfer (www.bccat.bc.ca).
Gardner, J. N., Jewler, A. J., & Cuseo, J. (2000). Instructor’s manual for, Your college experience:
Strategies for success (3rd & 4th eds.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
 FACULTY DEVELOPMENT, FACULTY EVALUATION, & EFFECTIVE
TEACHING/LEARNING
 Presentations/Workshops:
On-campus workshop for Department Chairs, Dona Ana Branch Community College, “Leadership for
Change: Who, What, When, Where, & How.” Las Cruces, NM (June, 2002).
On-campus workshop, Santa Monica College, “Active and Interactive Learning: The How, Why, & When
of It.” Santa Monica, CA (2000).
Regional workshops, Promoting Active Learning, for the faculty development program, “Teaching for
Learning: Success Across the Curriculum,” sponsored by the Houghton Mifflin Company and conducted
at the following sites: (a) New York, NY (April, 1999), (b) San Francisco, CA (February, 1999), (c)
Phoenix, AZ (October, 1998), (d) Vancouver, Canada (May, 1998), (e) New Orleans, LA (April, 1998), (f)
Madison, WI (October, 1997) and (g) Denver, CO (June, 1997).
On-campus workshop, Santa Barbara City College, “The Learning Revolution & College Instruction.”
Santa Barbara, CA (1999).
Presenter, “Faculty Evaluation in Higher Education: The Why, What, When, Who, & How of It,” for
faculty, administrators, and trustees of Marymount College. Sponsored by the Academic Senate of
Marymount College (1999).
On-campus workshop, “Active & Collaborative Learning” conducted at Delgado Community College, New
Orleans, LA (1998).
On-campus workshop for nursing faculty at Riverside Community College; topics included: active
learning, learning styles, student equity/diversity, and assessment of teaching/learning. Riverside, CA
(1998).
Co-presentation with Director of Academic Advisement, “Learning Styles: Implications for Teaching &
Advising,” for faculty, staff, and administration. Marymount College (October, 1998).
Workshop, “Teaching and Learning Styles” for faculty and administrators at The Salvation Army College
for Officers’ Training, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (August 1997).
Workshop, “Course Organization and the Syllabus: Constructing a Comprehensive Instructional Plan,” for
faculty & administrators at The Salvation Army College for Officers' Training, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
(1996).
Workshop, “Effective College Teaching: Course Planning, Classroom Instruction, and Student Evaluation,”
for faculty and administrators at The Salvation Army College for Officers’ Training, Rancho Palos Verdes,
CA (1994).
Keynote Address, “The Role of Faculty in Fulfilling the Institutional Mission,” for faculty and
administrators at Baltimore City Community College (1994).
Workshop, “Course Planning, Classroom Instruction, and Student Evaluation,” presented at The Salvation
Army College for Officer Training, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (1994).
Workshop, “Comprehensive Faculty Evaluation & Professional Development via the Faculty Portfolio,” for
faculty and department chairs at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls (1994).
Workshop, “The Role of Faculty in Promoting Student Retention,” conducted at West Los Angeles
College. Los Angeles, CA (1994).
 Manuscripts/Publications:
Cuseo, J. (2007). The Empirical Case Against Large Class Size: Adverse Effects on the Teaching,
Learning, and Retention of First-Year Students. Journal of Faculty Development, 21(1), pp. 1-22.
Cuseo, J. (2006). “The Case for Learner-Centered Instruction.” On Course Newsletter (January). Monkton,
MD.
Cuseo, J. (2005). “Questions that Promote Deeper Thinking Skills.” On Course Newsletter (July),
Monkton, MD.
Cuseo, J, (2005). “The One-Minute Paper.” On Course Newsletter (February). Monkton, MD.
Cuseo, J. (2004). “The Classmate Scavenger Hunt.” On Course Newsletter (December). Monkton, MD.
Cuseo J. (2004) “The Student Information Sheet.” On Course Newsletter (June). Monkton, MD.
Cuseo, J. (1998). Promoting learning through personal relationships: Social-emotional foundations for
academic achievement. Prepared for all attendees at the “Teaching for Learning Workshop: Success Across
the Curriculum,” sponsored by the Houghton Mifflin Company (Phoenix, AZ, October 1998).
Cuseo, J. (1998). Stimulating student interest and motivation for learning. Prepared for all attendees at the
“Teaching for Learning Workshop: Success Across the Curriculum,” sponsored by the Houghton Mifflin
Company (Vancouver, Canada, May 1998).
Cuseo, J. (1998). Promoting active learning. Prepared for all attendees at the “Teaching for Learning
Workshop: Success Across the Curriculum,” sponsored by the Houghton Mifflin Company (New Orleans,
LA, April 1998).