James K. Winfield, Ed.D

James K. Winfield, Ed.D

Associate Dean for first-year experience, general education, and retention strategies at Southern New Hampshire University’s Global Campus

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  Dallas, Texas  

James is available for in-person and virtual engagements! Contact us today.

Speaker Bio

James K. Winfield, Ed.D., (he/him/his) serves as the Associate Dean for First Year Experience, General Education, & Retention Strategies at Southern New Hampshire University’s Global Campus. His portfolio includes the implementation of holistic strategies and programs to improve the communication, orientation, and retention efforts for first-year students along with developing policies and processes that support the general education experience of global campus students. Winfield, a proud first-gen student, advocate and researcher has a multitude of administrative and teaching experiences at various institutions including colleges that are flagship, land-grant, private, HBCUs and online education. Winfield has been actively involved with NASPA, and First-gen Forward serving on the Forward Thinkers Group and is a founding member and past co-chair for the Black First-gen Collective. He has extensive experience in TRIO Programs, first-year programs, specifically orientation and first-year seminars - teaching, designing curriculum, and leading faculty development. He has launched and managed early alert systems, peer mentoring and tutoring programs. Winfield’s dissertation focused on the career self-efficacy and academic major decisions of low-income first-generation college students in a TRIO SSS program. He earned his Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of South Carolina, an M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration and B.A. in Mass Communication from Auburn University. Winfield is also a pop culture enthusiast and consistently writes about college and first-gen narratives in TV and film.

Speaker Topics

Building Career Self-Efficacy Among First-gen Students

As first-gen students navigate the landscape of college, they are also confronted with being employable for aspired careers. This session will highlight perspectives and strategies to support them in their majors and careers.

 Building Your Stakeholders for Your First-gen Initiatives

As efforts to support first-gen students emerge and grow across the country, it is essential to identify allies and key players to sustain or elevate programs. This session will provide techniques and practices to build your team of first-gen advocates and allies.
First-gen in the First-Year

The first-year of college can be filled with excitement, challenge, and triumph. When combined with the first-gen identity, these events can manifest differently. This session frames relevant experiences with best practices to inform approaches to better support first-gen students.

 For the Students

James is open to customizing presentations and workshops to meet the diverse needs of your students.

Books, News, & Media

Select Published Articles

  • Winfield, J. K. (2024). Exploring Assignment Options Beyond the Exam. In Harrington, C. (Ed.). Creating Culturally Affirming and Meaningful Assignments, (pp. 71-86).

  • Routledge Taylor & Francis Group Winfield, J. K. (2022). Trio works: Examining the career self-efficacy of TRIO-SSS students. Opportunity Matters: Journal of Access and Opportunity in Education. Volume 4 (pp. 102-125).

  • Lyn, J. S. & Winfield, J. K. (2022). The heavy LIFT: An approach to retention for HBCUs. In The Elevation of Advising as a Promising Practice, Recalibrating Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Across Higher Education, Volume 2021,195-196, (pp. 77-89).

  • Friedman, D., Winfield, J., & Hopkins, K. (2019). Developing instructors for a first-year seminar. Journal for Faculty Development, 33(2), (pp. 11-18).

  • Dial, M., & Winfield, J. (2016). Digitally connecting students to success: Engaging first-year students through intrusive email outreach. E-Source for College Transitions, 13(2).

  • Moschella, E., Bouknight, J., Dial M., & Winfield, J. (2015). Connecting students to success: A comprehensive approach to retention and persistence. In S. Whalen (Ed.), Proceedings of the 11th National Symposium on Student Retention Orlando, FL. (pp. 160-171). Norman, OK: The University of Oklahoma.

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Media

  • Winfield, J. K. (2024, February, 1). Moments of Self-Discovery: Identity and Purpose in Higher Education. TEDx SNHU.

  • ASCEND Podcast, Expert Session, featured guest, September 2023

  • FirstGenFM, First-gen Narratives in Pop Culture, featured guest, September 2024

Blogs

  • Winfield, J. (2021, November). Supporting first-generation students. Southern New Hampshire University Academically Speaking, Blogs & News.

  • Winfield, J. (2019, February). First-gen in the first-year seminar.  First-gen Forward, News & Blogs.

Public Scholarship

  • Winfield, J. (2024, May). #Advocatefirstgen: Online first-gen students. First-gen Forward, Blogs & News.

  • Winfield, J., Zlotkowski, L., Iaquinta, H. & Allard, B. (2024, January). Two modalities, one focus: First-gen success at SNHU. First-gen Forward, Blogs & News.

  • Winfield, J.K. (2020, May). To sync or async: Considerations for access in virtual learning. eCampus News: Technology news for today’s higher-ed leader.

  • Winfield, J.K. (2018, December). The art of intervention: Partnering with faculty for early academic alert. NACADA Academic Advising Today, 41(4).

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