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Dr. Karen Eley Sanders -Director Leadership & Mentoring Institute
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Karen Eley
Sanders is a native of Hampton, Virginia. She joined Virginia
Tech in July of 2001 as director of the Center for Academic
Enrichment and Excellence and was appointed Assistant Provost
and Director of Academic Support Services in August of 2004. Dr.
Sanders earned a B.S. and M.S. in Psychology from Virginia State
University in Petersburg. Her doctoral dissertation in the in
the field of Adult and Developmental Education from the
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville received a national award
from the American Association of Higher Education Black Caucus.
In 2003 she was certified as a developmental education
specialist by the Kellogg Institute at Appalachian State
University.
Dr. Sanders has worked in higher education as a counselor, administrator, and instructor. Prior to coming to Virginia Tech Dr. Sanders spent four years as the director of Minority Education Services and five years as the director of the Boyer Advising Center at the University of Arkansas. She has also taught psychology at Virginia State University and the University of Illinois. Dr. Sanders has made numerous presentations at the state and national level which relate to minority affairs, academic advising, and retention program development and implementation. She also serves as Senior Retention Associate with Teresa Farnum and Associates. She is a member of Asbury United Methodist Church, a life member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, and member of the Montgomery County Branch of the NAACP. Her husband, Dr. Reliford Sanders Jr. is a clinical psychologist and Virginia Tech, and they have two children, Theo and Micaela. |