Research and Scholarship Collaborative (RSC)

Department: Office of Research and Innovation, Director of Institutional Research; Chair of Institutional Review Board, Chair Research and Scholarship Collaborative

KU Email address: [email protected]

Educational Background:(Credentials, degrees or colleges attended)

• BFA Theater, New York University
• MS Dance Movement/Creative Arts Therapy, Hahnemann University
• MA Applied Developmental Psychology, Fordham University
• PhD Applied Developmental Psychology, Fordham University

Professional Experience:

Dr. Dayanim joined Keiser University in 2010, undertaking the responsibility of establishing the Institutional Review Board and has since served as its Chair. Regarded as a research methodologist, she demonstrates proficiency in both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. During her tenure at Keiser, she has been honored with the student elected “Faculty Mentor Award,” as well as the “Above and Beyond” award.

Dr. Dayanim holds a PhD in Applied Developmental Psychology from Fordham University, a MA in Dance/Movement Therapy/ Counseling from Hahnemann University, and a BFA in Theater from NYU. She served as Principal Investigator on an NICHD grant and conducted her postdoctoral research at Emory University.

Any special research related projects or areas of particular interest:

• Licensed Counselor (LPC) with specialty in anxiety
• Research interests broadly include media psychology and moral development

Department: Graduate Nursing

KU Email address: [email protected]

Educational Background:(Credentials, degrees or colleges attended)

• PhD in Nursing, Emory University
• MN in Nurse-Midwifery, University of Florida
• BSN, University of Florida

Professional Experience:

Dr. MaryJane Mindlin is the Graduate Nursing Department Chair and the DNP/MSN Academic Program Coordinator at Keiser University. Dr. Mindlin possesses over 30 years of experience in clinical practice, nursing/nurse-midwifery education, administration, and research work. Dr. Mindlin brings prior administrative and leadership experience from University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, University of New Mexico, Emory University, and University of Florida. She received her BSN and MN (Nurse-Midwifery) from the University of Florida and her PhD (Nursing) from Emory University. In 2000, Dr. Mindlin received the American College of Nurse-Midwives’ Kitty Ernst Award, the national outstanding young life achievement award in Nurse-Midwifery. Dr. Mindlin is a Fellow of the American College of Nurse-Midwives and the American Institute of Stress.

Any special research related projects or areas of particular interest:

• Nursing, Nurse-Midwifery
• Holistic Nursing
• Birth, Water Birth, Provider relationships, Patient Autonomy
• Nursing Education, DNP Education
• Menopause & Sexuality in Women
• Environmental Impacts on Health
• Impact of Stress on Health

For further information and selected publications please visit:

• Google Scholar: Google Scholarly URL profile
• Research Gate Profile

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Educational Background:(Credentials, degrees or colleges attended)

• BA Communications, Florida Atlantic University
• MS Psychology, Lynn University
• DBA Business Administration, Keiser University

Professional Experience:

Dr. Johnathan Ordóñez G. (Nicaragua, 1988) is a Nicaraguan political scientist and author known for his work on regional economic integration in Central America. He has worked in many think tanks, international organizations, and research institutions in Latin America and Europe. He was a SELA Fellow (2010) at Stanford University and an INCASI Fellow (2017) at the Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Cordoba (Argentina). He holds studies in international relations, public policy, economics, and public administration. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Milan and currently is a Full-time faculty and researcher at Keiser University, Latin American Campus in Nicaragua.

Any special research related projects or areas of particular interest:

• Example, Database systems
• Example, Big data

Department: Dean of Academic Affairs, Flagship Campus

KU Email address: [email protected]

Educational Background:(Credentials, degrees or colleges attended)

• BA Psychology, Skidmore College
• MA Psychology, Emory University
• Ph.D. Psychology, Emory University

Professional Experience:

Dr. Jennifer Peluso is the Dean of Academic Affairs at Keiser University’s Flagship Residential Campus in West Palm Beach, Florida. For 30 years, Dr. Peluso has served in various faculty and administrative roles in higher education. Her early academic training and research focused on cognitive psychology and individual differences in encoding and retrieval from memory. As an administrator, Dr. Peluso has developed, led, and presented on institutional initiatives promoting evidence-based best practices of master teachers, student achievement and success, creating and sustaining undergraduate research, high-impact educational practices, graduate student mentoring, programmatic and regional accreditation, and developing academic leaders. Dr. Peluso earned her BA in Psychology from Skidmore College and both her MA and Ph.D. in Psychology from Emory University. Dr. Peluso co-founded and formerly served on the Board of Directors for Achieve Palm Beach County. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Arc of Palm Beach County. She is also a member of the International Executives Association and the Executives’ Association of Palm Beach County.

Any special research related projects or areas of particular interest:

• Student retention and success
• Leadership development
• Faculty development and success
• Individual differences in cognition

Department: Director of Applied Engineering Program, Chair of External Research Grant and Contract, KU

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Educational Background:(Credentials, degrees or colleges attended)

• BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Science and Technology
• MS, Electrical Engineering, Northop University,
• Ph.D., Electrical Engineering. The George Washington University

Professional Experience:

Dr. Ali Zilouchian is currently the Director of Applied Engineering program at Keiser University. He is also the Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Florida Atlantic University (FAU). His sustained contributions and research projects total more than $9M with funding sources from the U.S. DOE, the National Science Foundation (NSF), The Florida Board of Governors (BOG), Florida Power and Light (FPL), Motorola Inc., The School Board of Broward County, JPMorgan Chase Foundation, and others.
Dr. Zilouchian published one book and more than 175 book chapters, scholarly journal papers, and refereed conference proceedings. He has been the associate editor of two Engineering and Computer Science Journals. He is currently active in several professional societies and editorial boards and is a senior member of IEEE and ASME and ASEE and AHSIE.

Any special research related projects or areas of particular interest:

• STEM Education
• Solar systems, Alternative Energy PEM Fuel Cell Technology
• Intelligent Systems – AI, Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic

For further information and selected publications please visit:

• https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Yz90q3wAAAAJ&hl=en
• https://www.fau.edu/engineering/eecs/research/hsi/people/‬‬‬
• https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37299051300