Dr. Dana Tribble

Assistant Professor of Student Affairs Administration

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Dana Tribble is an Assistant Professor for the department of Student Affairs Administration and coordinator for the first-year undergraduate student success skills courses (TECH 1001 & TECH 1013) as of August 2020. Before her assistant professor position, she served as the director of career services at Arkansas Tech University from 2012-2015. She also has experience in marketing and recruiting for the College of Business at Arkansas Tech University. Dr. Tribble is a passionate educator and enthusiastic advocate for all students pursuing their educational goals. Her research interests include, but are not limited to, leader identity, leader identity development, leadership theories/models, positive psychology, self-authorship, grit, resilience, first-year student success courses, and first-generation students. She is eager to build her academic portfolio in teaching, service, and scholarship.

EDUCATION HISTORY

  • BSBA-Arkansas Tech University
  • MS-Arkansas Tech University 
  • PHD-University of Central Arkansas

PUBLISHED WORK

Holt, A. B., & Tribble, D. J. (2022). Supporting# momlife: A Balancing Act–Mom, Student, and Professional. In Handbook of Research on Opening Pathways for Marginalized Individuals in Higher Education (pp. 266-286). IGI Global.

Tribble, D. J., Baldwin, A., & Nadelson, L. S. (2022). First-Year Students’ Perceptions of Learning and Connection to the University in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic World. International Journal of Higher Education, 11(4).

Rizzo, S., Tribble, D. J., & Nadelson, L.S. (2021). Who Are Their Leaders? College Students Perceptions of Engagement with Campus Leaders and Administrators. Higher Education Studies, 11(3), 1-43.

Tribble, D. J. F. (2020). Teaching Leader Identity and Grit in First-Year Student Success Courses (Doctoral dissertation, University of Central Arkansas).

PRESENTATIONS

  • "Balancing Act: How do Women in Higher Education Who Balance Multiple Roles Perceive Support?" (Co-Presenter) February 2023
    Conference on Higher Education Values, Identity, Belonging and Purpose, Virtual
  • "Wishing is Not a Strategy: What Faculty Want and Need to Support First-Year Students" (Co-Presenter) February 2023
    42nd Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience, Virtual
  • "Enhancing Support through Establishing the Development of Mentorship Relationships for Women Working in Higher Education Institutions" (Co-Presenter) November 2022
    Mid-South Educational Research Association (MSERA), Little Rock, AR
  • "Who Are Their Leaders? College Student's Perceptions of and Engagement with Campus Leaders and Administrators" (Co-Presenter) November 2022
    Mid-South Educational Research Association (MSERA), Little Rock, AR
  • "College Student Engagement with and Distraction by Social Media" (Co-Presenter) November 2022
    Mid-South Educational Research Association (MSERA), Little Rock, AR
  • "Perceptions of Support by Women in Higher Education Who Balance Multiple Roles" (Co-Presenter) November 2022
    Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA), Chicago, IL
  • "TECH Training: A Campus Collaboration to Rethink Staff Training" (Co-Presenter) November 2022
    Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA), Chicago, IL
  • "The Future is Collaboration: The Partnership Between Student Affairs and Academic Affairs" (Co-Presenter) November 2022
    Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education (NASPA), Chicago, IL
  • "Trying to Lead My Life: Preservice Teachers Connection Between Leader Identity and Self-Authorship" (Presenter) June 2022
    Association of Leadership Educators (ALE), Kansas City, MO
  • "First-Year Student Success Course Holistic Institution Collaboration to Encourage Retention" (Co-Presenter) March 2022
    The American College Personnel Association (ACPA), St. Louis, MO
  • “Introducing Social Return on Investment Methodology into Stakeholders’ Decision-Making” (Co-Presenter) March 2022
    The American College Personnel Association (ACPA), St. Louis, MO
  • "Charting a Self-Authored Life: What COVID-19 Taught Us About Work/Life Balance" (Co-Presenter) October 2021
    Arkansas Council of Women in Higher Education (ACWHE) Professional Development Day, Virtual
  • "Empowering Educators to Build an Engaging Classroom" (Co-Presenter) September 2021
    Arkansas Association of Teacher Educators (ArATE), Virtual
  • "Toward a Commitment to Assessment as a Student Affairs Administrator" (Co-Presenter) March 2021
    NASPA Undergraduate Student Conference, Virtual
  • "First-Year Students' Perceptions of Learning and Connection to the University in the COVID-19 Pandemic World" (Co-Author) March 2021
    Adult Higher Education Alliance (AHEA), Virtual 
  • “Teaching Leader Identity and Grit in First-Year Student Success Courses” (Author) September 2020
    Arkansas Association of Teacher Educators (ArATE), Virtual
  • “Kindergarten Readiness in Arkansas Public Schools” (Co-Author) April 2016
    American Educational Research Association (AERA), Washington, D.C.
  • “Winds of Change: An Organizational Ethnography” (Co-Author) November 2015
    Mid-South Educational Research Association (MSERA), Lafayette, LA

Recently Taught Courses

  • SAA 6043 - COLLEGE STUDENTS & DIVERSITY
  • SAA 6083 - PRACTICUM I IN SAA
  • SAA 6093 - PRACTICUM II IN SAA
  • SAA 6143 - ADMINISTRATION IN STU AFFAIRS
  • SAA 6283 - ADVISING PRACTICUM
  • SAA 6883 - SP: COLLEGE ATHLETES
  • TECH 1001 - ORIENTATION TO UNIVERSITY
  • TECH 1013 - INTRODUCTION TO THE UNIVERSITY