Emily Perlow

Title
Assistant Vice President & Dean of Students
Phone
+1 (508) 8315060
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The holistic WPI experience, both inside and outside the classroom, is a phenomenal learning laboratory that can prepare students for their future lives as leaders and citizens. At WPI, students have the opportunity to take risks, try new skills and opportunities, and to learn from them. The spirit of collaboration, value for student input, and culture of innovation makes WPI a place where students can build meaningful relationships with students, faculty, and staff who share their passions and interests. I am committed to ensuring that students make meaning of their curricular and co-curricular lives and are better prepared to succeed post-college.

In alignment with my philosophy, I work at WPI with a team of dedicated staff to support our holistic co-curricular experience. One of my favorite functions is to analyze the environment on campus and to work to remove barriers that affect student success. I am currently working with a team to support a grant from the Davis Foundation to make the team experience at WPI even more effective and equitable. I recently received my doctorate from the University Massachusetts-Amherst, completing a dissertation exploring the relationships between hazing, masculine norm conformity, and adult play. I also volunteer as chair of the Northeast Greek Leadership Association Board of Directors and as Director of Volunteer Development for Alpha Gamma Delta. As a scholar-practitioner my interests include analyzing systems, processes and cultures that inhibit student success, enhancing the experiences of marginalized populations in the STEM pipeline, deviant behavior among college populations, particularly hazing, and masculine expression among college men.

Education
PhD Educational Policy and Leadership--Higher Education University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2018
MA College Student Personnel Bowling Green State University, 2005
BA Anthropology The Ohio State University, 2002
Professional Highlights & Honors
Lecturer, Counselor Education and Family Therapy
Central Connecticut State University