Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
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Diana Suedbeck
Assistant Director of New Student Programs, Academic Advising Operations
BioDiana serves as the Assistant Director of New Student Programs in VPUE's Academic Advising. In her role, she is responsible for implementing the Approaching Stanford program, which provides support to first-year and transfer students as they transition to undergraduate life at Stanford. Being one of the first points of contact for these incoming students, Diana is focused on making sure they feel well-equipped to begin their academic experience at the university. Working alongside her New Student Programs team, Diana also supports the implementation of New Student Orientation for incoming students each fall.
Prior to Stanford, Diana worked in the non-profit sector after receiving a Sociology degree from Bethel University, a small liberal arts college in St. Paul, Minnesota. Outside of her organizational development work, Diana's passion for higher education grew as she coached women's lacrosse for Bethel's club team. -
Lisa Marie Swan
Advanced Lecturer
BioLisa Swan teaches writing courses. She has served as the PWR 1 Coordinator supporting the curricular, pedagogical, and professional development of the first year writing requirement and developed a summer bridge writing course and a support workshop for students who are first generation college students, from low-income backgrounds, or attended underresourced schools. She holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in English Education from the University of Maryland, College Park. Previously, she taught at the University of Maryland and Northern Virginia Community College. At Stanford, her writing class themes have focused on educational equity, comics and graphic novels, the future of cities, and student voice. Her research interests include writing studies, composition and reading pedagogies, curriculum design, and qualitative research methods.
