Jason L. Pontius
Graduate Research Assistant, ISU ADVANCE
Doctoral Student
Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Phone: 515.294.8061
Email: jpontius@iastate.edu

Education
M.S., Higher Education Administration, Indiana University
B.A., Psychology, University of Virginia

Role in the ISU ADVANCE Program
Jason Pontius works with Dr. Sandra Gahn on the database for the indicator tables, the Faculty Salary Equity and Faculty Start-up Cost Equity studies, and the AAUDE Faculty Satisfaction and Space surveys. He gave a presentation with ADVANCE co-PI Dr. Sandra Gahn in March of 2009 about the results of the AAUDE Faculty Satisfaction Survey at ISU. Jason is a member of the Council and Research Team.

Research Interests

• Graduate student retention
• Women and minorities in STEM fields
• Survey research methodology
• Access to higher education