John F. Yaun
Academic
Marshall University, Huntington, WV
Ed.D. Higher Education - Leadership Studies
May 2013
(Dissertation: A Study To Determine Whether A Relationship Exists Between the Retention of First-Year
Students in Public, Two-year Community Colleges in the United States and Living in Campus Housing vs.
Living Off Campus)
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Master’s. Arts in the Humanities
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Bachelor of Arts. Political Science, Minors in History and Sociology
December 1997
May 1992
Professional Experience
Director of Housing and Residential Life, Cal State San Bernardino
September 2015 - present
(Cal State University San Bernardino is a mid-size, public institution with an enrollment of 19,000 and 1,500
students living on campus)
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Direct, oversee, lead department of 1,500 students and 150 staff members
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Led efforts toward construction of new housing to go online in Fall of 2018
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Student Affairs committees: Coyote First Step, CARE, Coyote Athletic Experience
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Develop and facilitated creation of new Living Learning Communities: Black Residential Scholars,
Global Studies, Sustainability, Service & Leadership, Honors College, Four Year Experience
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Collaborate with Student Affairs and Academic Affairs toward LLCs, new student housing, creating
student learning outcomes and assessment, Sophomore Year Experience
Director of Housing and Residence Life, Marshall University
4/09 – 09/15
(Marshall University is a mid-size, public, Division II institution with an enrollment of 15,000 and 2,600 students
living on campus)
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Direct, oversee, lead department of 2,600 students and 160 staff members
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Oversee, manage budget of $20 million – set room and board rates, determine capital project
expenditures, revenue targets, and annual reserve amounts
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Supervise 5 assistant directors of Business, IT Services, Facilities, Housing Assignments, Administration,
Associate Director of Residence Life
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Created Residence Hall Association (RHA) and National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH)
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Oversee Sodexo dining services contract – assist with setting rates, new meal options, etc.
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Public-Private partnership (P3) with Capstone On-Campus Management, INTO, Sodexo, and City of
Huntington, WV
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Partner with Greek Affairs to create Living Learning Community (LLC) and house a fraternity
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Adjudicate conduct, crisis, and housing contract violations
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Collaborated with Counseling Services weekly to address student crises, issues, Human Resource
Services on Title IX issues and staff training, Academic Affairs to create Faculty-in-Residence, Faculty
Fellows, Academic Resource Center, and Living Learning Communities
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Collaborate with Dean of Students, Admissions, General Counsel, Financial Aid, Finance, and
Student Activities on department initiatives and student issues
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Coordinated implementation, assessment of student learning outcomes, and mission vision assessment
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Lead department efforts toward university retention goals through department Retention Plan, firstyear student academic initiatives, measuring retention of on v. off campus first year students
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Lead strategic planning efforts every two years – SWOT analysis, gather department team, involve
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external partners and faculty, conduct assessment of previous strategic plan
Developed department cost-cutting measures and Be Green initiative
Led strategic planning efforts and creating new mission/vision for department
Created department Sustainability Plan (collaboration with University Sustainability Department)
Attend Board of Governors meetings each semester to update Board on HRL initiatives
Participated on several University Committees
Senior Associate Director for Residence Life & Staff Development, University of Miami,
6/2007- 4/2009
(The University of Miami is a private, mid-size, Division I institution with an enrollment of 16,000 and 4,600 students
living on campus)
 Supervised six Residence Coordinators, Security Supervisor, and Administrative Assistant
 Oversaw Residential College (RC) program consisting of 5 residential colleges and 4 living learning
communities
 Participated on Student Affairs Crisis Coordinator Team and duty rotation for campus
 Created and facilitated process for creation of Special Interest Housing program
 Managed several budgets totaling $2.2 million
 Facilitated organization change and led efforts for creating Academic Fellow and Graduate Assistant
positions, First Year Experience, ‘Best practices,’ Learning Outcomes for Residential Colleges, and
Special Interest Housing program
 Assisted with revamping Student Affairs Crisis Management communication and response protocol
 Collaborated with faculty on all aspects of residential college development and decisions
 Developed collaborate relationships with other UM offices such as Orientation, Counseling Services,
Campus Police, Provost, Multicultural Student Affairs, Admissions, and Student Government
 Develop Residence life Strategic Plan planning process for Spring 2009
 Member of Council of Master’s faculty group
 Developed implementation and assessment plans for learning outcomes
 Incorporated diversity strategies and theory into training, selection of staff, programming, and first
year student transition
Assistant Director of Residential Colleges, Louisiana State University
1/2005 - 6/2007
(Louisiana State University is a large, public, Division I institution with an enrollment of 32,000 and 5,200 students
living on campus)
 Coordinated and implemented all Residential Colleges and Honors College and primary contact and
liaison for all living learning community planning and development with budget of 200,000
 Supervised and led four Residence Life Coordinators (RLCs)
 Serve as a member of the Residence Life Management team that provides leadership, vision, overall
management of an area of 5,200 students
 Created Crisis Intervention/Duty Protocol, Student Learning Outcome model, and development of
2005-2007 department Strategic Plan
 Chaired Residential Life Group Billing Task Force, Diversity and Social Issues Team, Housing Appeals
Committee; member of Residential Life Customer Service Task Force and FY Residency Task Force
 Assisted with Hurricane Katrina coverage, relief efforts, and emergency response for the campus, as
well as managing the budget around spending on Hurricane efforts, programming, etc.
 Gathered research on behalf of Director of Residential Life for creating a residency requirement
 Participated in professional staff duty rotation
 Coordinated and staffed Summer School and Short Courses
 Interim-Associate Director of Residence Education (6 mos.) - assumed all Associate Director duties while
current Associate Director was on leave. Performed Associate Director on-call rotation; supervised two
Assistant Directors; coordinated all student contractual appeals; facilitated weekly Residence Education
staff meetings; participated on First Year Residency Task Force and Residential Life Management
Team, Residential Life Retention Committee, and Agriculture Residential College Planning Committee;
developed research for FY Residency Task Force; managed Residence Education Budget, Contractual,
Programming and Budget reports; department liaison for 2007 NSLLP Survey; coordinated House
issues for Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity; led implementation for department’s alcohol-related prevention
efforts
Residence Director, University of Massachusetts Amherst
1/1999 - 1/2005
(The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a mid-size, public, Division I institution with an enrollment of 23,000 and
11,000 students living on campus)
 Oversaw two residence halls of 450+ students and 22 student staff. Also, chaired department
committees, managed hall budget, liaison with faculty and campus staff, housing assignments, student
and staff development, advised student leaders, collaborated with faculty, adjudicated student
conduct issues, participated in staff duty rotation for residence hall system of 11,000 students.
 Served on Community Billing Task Force, Residence Director Search Committee, Student Affairs Judicial
Issues Committee, Resident Assistant Selection Committee, Resident Assistant Development Committee,
and Holocaust Remembrance Week Committee
 Chaired several committees including RA Selection Committee, Student Leadership Committee, and the
RD Search Committee
Selected Accomplishments
Marshall University
 Assessment Plan
 Academic Success Center
 Sustainability Plan - developed Sustainability Competition, Green showroom, purchase of green chemicals
 Cost-Reducing Plan which reduced department costs by $218,000 during FY 2014
 Assistant Director for Academic Initiatives to focus on academic initiatives
 New Living Learning Communities - Green, Cultural Connections, Veteran’s, and FYE and 5 FIG’s
 Diversity Plan resulting in increased staff of color, learning outcomes, and professional development
 First Year Retention Plan which increased freshman retention by average of 2.1 percent per year
 Created three Housing and Residence Life strategic plans, which led to creation of First-Year Experience,
increased customer service and collaboration with other MU offices
 Residence Hall Association and NRHH
 Public-Private partnerships (P3) with Capstone On-Campus Management, INTO, and City of Huntington
 Key Performance Indicators
 First Year Experience and Sophomore Year Experience
 Faculty in Residence and Faculty Fellows
 Academic Mentors
 Assistance Animal policy
 Gender Neutral Housing
 Marshall’s first Tunnel of Oppression
 Decreased overall deferred maintenance from $15.2 to 10.5 million
 Commuter Student Plan
 Reorganization of department in 2010
University of Miami
 Student Learning Outcomes
 Living Learning Community initiative which resulted in three new LLCs being created
Louisiana State University
 Student Learning Outcomes
 Crisis Management Plan
 Partnered with faculty and staff to create two new college-based residential colleges
 NASPA Excellence Silver Award winner in the Housing, Residence Life, Campus Security, Contracted
Services, Judicial and related programs and services category. NASPA Annual Conference, March 2006
UMASS Amherst
 Department housing assignments management system
 Community/Group Billing policy
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House Council Advisor of the Year Award
Teaching Experience
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UNI 100: Freshman First Class, Marshall University
2014
PSC 422: African Political Systems, Marshall University
2012
PSC 280: The Holocaust, Marshall University
2011
PSC 104: Politics of American Government, Marshall University
2010
PS 283: Comparative Genocide, Marshall University
2010
UNI 101: Freshman First Class, Marshall University
2010
REL 2120: The History of Anti-Semitism, Louisiana State University
2006
EDUC 200: Training for Mid-Year RAs, Louisiana State University
2006
RELI 2120: The Holocaust, Louisiana State University
2005
EDUC 2000: Leadership Development for the RA, Louisiana State University
2005
Judaic 192J: Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, University of Massachusetts Amherst
2004
Judaic 191J: The Holocaust and Other Genocides, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2004
Judaic 190J: Understanding the Holocaust, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2003, 2004
Resident Assistant Seminar, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2000, 2001
SAHE 4178: Education and Leadership, Southwest Texas State University
1998
Selected Presentations
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"Misperceptions About University Public Private Partnerships (P3) (CN002), SCUP 2015 North Central
Regional Conference, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, October, 2015.
Misperceptions about Public-Private Partnerships (P3) at the Housing/Residence Life Level. Financing
Campus Facilities Through Public-Private Partnerships, January 2015
Campus Housing, Gender, and Graduation rates at Community Colleges, Annual Eastern Educational
Research Association Conference, February 2015.
Assessing Student Persistence in the Residence Halls: Using Academic Recognition Programs to Study
Student Trends, Living learning Conference, October 2013
What do Students do with their Ed.D? A Case Study of Marshall University, SRCEA Conference, October
2010
The RA Role in the Mission & Vision of Residence Life, RA Training, Marshall University, 2009
Special Interest Housing at the University of Miami, Living Learning Conference, Dallas, 2008
Developing and Assessing Learning Outcomes and Experiences in a Residential College, Living Learning
Conference, St Louis, 2007
Residential Colleges: Co-curricular Programming and Residential College Learning Outcomes, LSU
Residential Life Student Staff Training, Fall 2006
The Truth About the Holocaust, LSU Diversity Team, 2006
The Roots of Antisemitism,” UMass Speech for World Jewish Action Committee, 2004
Students Putting Students First: Issues Facing Today’s College Students, 2004
Leaders v. Leadership,” UMass Student Staff Training, Fall 2004
Let Us Never Forget, UMass opening remarks for ‘Holocaust Remembrance Week,’ 2004
University Judicial Policy”, UMass Fall and Spring Training, 1999-2003
What is Community Development?” UMass Fall Training, 2001, 2002
Crisis Management” UMass Fall Training, 2001
What is Diversity?” Southwest Texas State University, Department initiative, 1998
What was the Holocaust? Sacred Heart School, 1997
Other presentation topics include: Group Dynamics, Student development theory to practice, Customer
Service, Program Development, Meeting the needs of Our Students, The Milllennial Student
Publications
 Yaun, J. and Lorenz, A. (2014, February). Veteran’s LLCs: Supporting the Transition from Military to
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College Life. SYNERGY Magazine.
Yaun, J. (2011, December). Career Services: What Housing and Residence Life Programs Can Do to
Support this Important Student Asset. SYNERGY Magazine.
Yaun, J. (2011, February). Social Media in LLCs. SYNERGY Magazine.
Yaun, J. (2010, October). Sustainable Living at Marshall University. COLLEGE Planning Magazine.
Yaun, J. (2010, February). Into the FYRE: The First Year Residential Experience at the University of Miami.
Talking Stick.
Yaun, J. (2007, February). State-Wide Initiatives as an Approach to Reducing High-Risk Drinking on
College Campuses. Net Results
Awards
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The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Marshall University, Huntington, WV 2012
The Information Technology Residential College (ITRC) - NASPA Excellence Silver Award winner in the
Housing, Residence Life, Campus Security, Contracted Services, Judicial and related programs and services
category. NASPA Annual Conference, March 2006, Washington, DC
House Council Advisor of the Year - for efforts in advising two house councils during 2001-02. Department
of Residence Life, May 2002, Amherst, MA
Leadership Development/Involvement
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Institute for Aspiring Chief Student Affairs Officers (January, 2015)
ACUHO-I Research Committee (2015)
Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation (BCJI) Program Cross Sector Partnership, Huntington, WV (2014-15)
NHTO Training Institute Faculty Member (June 2015)
Little Victories Animal Rescue, Board of Directors (2013 - current)
NASPA Co-editor, SYNERGY (2011-13)
NASPA Program Review Committee (2010)
SAPAA Communications Committee (2010)
ACUHO-I Conference Review Coordinator for Academic Initiatives & Partnerships, Baltimore (2008-10)
ACUHO-I GLBT Issues Network (2007-08)
ACUHO-I Professional Standards Committee (2007-08)
Freshman Programming and Services Committee
Critical Incidents Task Force University of Miami (2007-09)
Living Learning Conference, Program Committee, Dallas (2008)
Selected Campus Committees
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Marshall 20/20 Implementation Plan Rapid Response Teams (2014 - current)
Ground Lease Advisory Board member for Marshall-INTO Partnership, Marshall University (2009- current)
University Assessment Committee Marshall University (2014- current)
Emergency Notification Network Task Force Marshall University (2009- current)
University Retention Committee Marshall University (2011- current)
Mexico Projecta Committee, Marshall University (2014-current)
Affordable Care Act Work Group Marshall University (2009- current)
MCTC/Marshall Transition Committee, Marshall University (2010-11
Social Media Policy development Marshall University (2014)
Gender Neural Bathroom and Housing Committee Marshall University (2014-current)
Affordable Care Act Implementation Workgroup, Marshall University (2013-15)
H1N1 Incident Response Team, Marshall University (2012-13)
Student Involvement Task Force, Marshall University (2009-current)
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Marshall Master Plan Advisory Group, Marshall University (2009- current)
Commuter Student Involvement Committee, Marshall University, 2009- current
International Student Recruitment Committee, Marshall University (2011- current)
First Year Experience Committee, Marshall University (2009-2010)
MAPWORKS Implementation and Oversight Committee, Marshall University (2010-11)
Marshall Sustainability Committee Marshall University (2011-12)
Campus Master Plan Committee Marshall University (2011-13)
Recreation Center Advisory Committee Marshall University (2009- current)
ACUHO-I Conference Review Coordinator for Academic Initiatives & Partnerships, Baltimore (2008-10)
Student Affairs Academic Troubleshooters, University of Miami (2007-09)
Freshman Programming and Services Committee, University of Miami (2007-09)
Critical Incidents Task Force University of Miami (2007-09)
Student Affairs Student Assessment Team University of Miami (2007-09)
Campus Climate Committee University of Miami (2007-09)
Student Affairs Department Head meeting group, University of Miami (2007-09)
Living Learning Conference, Program Committee, Dallas (2008)
Vice President’s Roundtable, University of Miami (2007-08)
Chair, Residence Coordinator Search Committee and Learning Outcomes Development Task Force (2007-08)
First Year Experience Review Committee, University of Miami (2007-08)
SLAS Advisory Council, Louisiana State University (2006-07)
First Year Residency Task Force, Louisiana State University (2006)
Chair, Diversity and Social Issues Team, Louisiana State University (2006)
Chair, Group Billing Task Force, Louisiana State University (2005)
Chair, House Council & Area Government Committee, University of Massachusetts Amherst (2004-05)
Chair, Resident Assistant Development Committee, University of Massachusetts Amherst (2003-04)
Member, Committee to revise Residence Life Mission Statement, University of Massachusetts Amherst (2002)
Chair, Resident Assistant Selection Committee, University of Massachusetts Amherst (2002-04)
Student Affairs Judicial Issues Committee, University of Massachusetts Amherst (2001)
Chair, University Diversity Committee, Southwest Texas State University (1998)
Professional Organizations
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Association of College and University Housing Officers international (ACUHO)
College Student Educators International (ACPA)
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA)
Student Affairs partnering with Academic Affairs (SAPAA)
Southern regional Association on Educational Administration (SRCEA)
Southeastern Association of Housing Officers (SEAHO)
Southwest Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls (SWACURH)