Mark Antony Addison

Kalamazoo, MI 49009 addison.antony@gmail.com markaddison.weebly.com

EDUCATION

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

Master of Arts in Higher Education and Student Affairs Leadership April 2017
Study Abroad in Malaysia and Singapore May 2016

Centre College, Danville, KY

Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Sociology December 2012

Languages: Ashanti-Twi (Native), basic in French, and basic in Spanish

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Office of Student Conduct (OSC), Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI August 2015 Present
Graduate Assistant
Serve as hearing officer for academic and behavior conduct cases, ensure students rights are protected while minimizing
University liability, and promote behavior standards that enhance student learning.
Implement departmental goals to achieve student development and learning outcomes in conduct processes through
educational sanctioning.
Oversee the creation of student leadership organization to provide peer guides for students in understanding the student
code of conduct and the conduct process.
Assist with benchmarking initiatives, assessment and evaluation of OSCs programs and services, and train hearing officers
and academic integrity hearing panelists.
Facilitate 2-hour Ethical Decision-Making Program as part of OSCs educational sanctioning to achieve learning outcomes.
Use the Maxient database to maintain records and data.

Residential Life Office, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI April 2016 August 2016
Graduate Intern
Completed over 300 hours of direct service involving program planning and implementation, staff training, advising, and
collaboration with other departments.
Facilitated group interviews to hire new resident assistants (RAs) and interviewed current RAs for senior RA positions.
Assisted with roommate-matching for over 350 incoming first-year students using student profiles.
Created, updated, and compiled documents and materials for RA training in the fall.
Participated on hiring committees for Area Coordinator and Director of Residential Life positions.

Centro Latino Summer Enrichment Program, Danville, KY April 2015 August 2015
Coordinator of Summer Enrichment Program
Designed learning outcomes-based curricula in Math, English Literacy, and Environmental Studies for students grades K-5.
Supervised three undergraduate interns to implement the goals of the 8-week program structure for 250 elementary-aged
students in four public schools.
Developed physical fitness components of program through a hiking trip and summer olympics event in order improve
students physical health.

Student Life Office, Centre College, Danville, KY May 2013 June 2015
Coordinator of Bonner Scholars Program and Community Service
Served as one of two primary staff to promote experiential learning among 63 scholars and 1,385 student-body through
volunteer and educational programming.
Supervised four undergraduate interns and charted their development through advising and assessments.
Implemented the Bonner Scholars Program curriculum in program development and weekly meetings.
Conducted one-on-one personal consultation meetings with both Bonner scholars and New Horizon scholars: a diversity
scholarship program.
Managed $25,000-plus operational budget for the Bonner Scholars Program.
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Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center, Boston, MA June 2012 August 2012
Crew Leader/Facilitator
Facilitated and completed student projects that included 200,000 seeded clams in Boston Harbor.
Managed behavior of 10 students ages 15 to 17 using one-on-one communication strategies.
Received comprehensive one-month student management, conflict resolution, and risk and safety training.
Applied Outward Bound pillars to achieve goals of leadership and problem-solving skills.

Law and Policy Seminar: Community-Based Project, Danville, KY September 2011 December 2011
Student Researcher/Tutor/Mentor
Conducted original independent research through in-depth interviews on the case of Brown v. Board of Education and its
effects of education law on social change from 1950s to 2011.
Found that while the law allowed many minority children to have educational opportunities, government-implemented
programs have not led to academic success at the college level.
Taught ACT/SAT strategies to research study participants to help improve test scores.

Lets Get Ready (LGR), Boston, MA July 2011 August 2011

Research Intern/Math Coach
Researched the issues that hindered students attendance during the LGR summer program.
Documented that transportation aid and preliminary coach training improved student retention.
Taught Math SAT test strategies to 15 high school students of Latino descent.
Performed mock college interviews to acquaint students with the college admissions process.

SELECTED PRESENTATION AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Addison, M. A. (2014). Criminology and Sociological Imagination: Age, Gender, Race and Crime Distribution. Danville, KY:
7th Annual GLIMPSE Diversity Conference Concurrent Session.
Addison, M. A. (2013). Effects of Law and Social Change on African-Americans College Experience at PWIs. Maryville, TN:
6th Annual GLIMPSE Diversity Conference Concurrent Session.
Addison, M. A. (Spring 2011). Asset-based mapping: Configuring community resources to increase efficiency of non-profits.
(Unpublished undergraduate grant-funded project, advised by Dr. Andrea Abrams). Centre College, Danville, KY.

PUBLICATIONS

Addison, M. A. & Hadley, W. M. (2016). Students with autism spectrum disorders transitioning to college. National
Association for Student Personnel Administrators blog.
Hadley, W. M., Hsu, J., Addison, M. A. & Talbot, D. M. (2016). Marginality and mattering: The experiences of students with
learning disabilities on the college campus. In Student Student culture and identity in higher education. Book chapter
accepted for publication.
Addison, M. A. (Spring 2017). Courtrooms and classrooms. [Review of the book Courtrooms and classrooms: A legal history
of college access, 1860-1960. Manuscript submitted for publication.

ACTIVITIES

Vice President, HESA Masters Student Association, WMU, MI 2015-2016

Board of Directors Member, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Danville/Boyle County Region, KY 2015
Application Reviewer, New Horizons Diversity Scholarship, Centre College, KY 2013-2015
President/Executive Member, Diversity Student Union, Centre College, KY 2008-2012
Student Athlete, Varsity Track and Field, Centre College, KY 2011-2012
Volunteer Stage Manager, The Crown at West T. Hill Community Theatre, Danville, KY 2011

SELECTED HONORS AND CERTIFICATION

Mary Beth Mackin Foundations of Professional Practices in Student Conduct Certificate, ASCA, Berkeley, CA 2016
Bonner Scholars Program Mentorship and Service Award, Bonner Foundation, Centre College, KY 2015
Posse Foundation Full-Tuition Leadership Scholarship, Posse Foundation, Centre College, KY 2008-2012