Published on December 16, 2021 by Leighton Doores
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Two faculty members in Samford University’s Orlean Beeson School of Education have been selected as inaugural members of Samford’s Research Advisory Collaborative (RAC).
Associate professor of educational leadership Amy Benton and professor of human development and family science Jonathan Davis will help lead the cause of advancing faculty scholarship and student research for the school of education and the broader campus.
The group will act in an advisory role to the Office of Research in creating a centralized home to coordinate and celebrate faculty, staff, and student research.
They will serve a two-year appointment beginning January 1, 2022.
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.
