MALVERN, Pa., Aug. 12, 2009 — The National Center for Higher Education Risk Management, Ltd. (NCHERM) is pleased to announce that Dr. John Wesley Lowery has joined its consulting practice as an affiliated consultant. Dr. Lowery is an associate professor in the Student Affairs in Higher Education Department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
He previously served on the faculty at Oklahoma State University, where he coordinated the college student affairs and higher education programs. His first faculty appointment was at the University of South Carolina, where he taught in and coordinated the Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) Program. John has a Master's degree in student personnel services from the University of South Carolina and his undergraduate degree in religious studies is from the University of Virginia. He earned his doctorate at Bowling Green State University in Higher Education Administration.
Before beginning his doctoral work in 1996, he was Director of Residence Life at Adrian College in Michigan and University Judicial Administrator at Washington University in St. Louis. John served as ASJA's (now ASCA) CAS Director for five years. He served on the Board of Directors for both NASPA (2002-2004) and ASJA (1996-1999).
He has previously chaired the ASJA's Legislative Issues and Resolutions Committees as well as co-chairing the Inter-Association Task Force on the National Baseline Study on Campus Sexual Assault. John also previously served on the Core Council on Outreach and Advocacy for the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) and on the directorate body of ACPA's Commission XV: Campus Judicial Affairs and Legal Issues. John also currently serves on the Board of Contributors for About Campus. John is the co-author of Navigating Past the "Spirit of Insubordination": A Twenty-First Century Model Student Conduct Code.
Dr. Lowery's expertise on higher education legislative issues, CAS standards, student conduct best practices and as an expert witness make him a great fit for the NCHERM consulting team, according to NCHERM Managing Partner Brett A. Sokolow, Esq.
NCHERM is a law and consulting firm that is dedicated to best practices for campus health and safety. Our clients turn to NCHERM as a repository for systems-level approaches and models that enhance and advance campus risk management and preventive law efforts.
NCHERM emphasizes best practices for policy, training, and educational programming as proactive risk management. NCHERM specializes in advancing culture change strategies and problem-solving for the tough wellness, compliance and liability issues colleges and universities face today.
When clients engage the services of NCHERM, they benefit from the collective wisdom, experience and constant collaboration of its eleven consultants. The multi-disciplinary NCHERM team includes three higher education attorneys, one mental health law expert, two experts on campus emergency and crisis management, an expert on assessment and evaluation, four mental health and counseling experts, and now Dr. Lowery as an expert on legislation and policy.
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