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Lua Hancock has diverse experience in higher education beginning with an RA position her second year at Rollins College. She has worked as the director of Residential Life and Housing, and as the project director of the Title V grants at Nova Southeastern University, and is currently the assistant provost for Student Success at Stetson University.

Dr. Hancock has extensive experience in multiple areas of student affairs including residential life and housing. Her accomplishments in this role have included supervising and mentoring professional, graduate level, and student staff; developing theme housing and living learning communities; reconstructing residential educational curriculum and program models; implementing a faculty fellows program; creating an assessment plan for residential life and housing; and assisting with the opening of two new residence halls.

Dr. Hancock is accomplished in current student success practices based on national research and institution-specific assessment and data collection. In her role as the assistant provost at Stetson University, she oversees career development and academic advising, Academic Success Center (including services for students with differing abilities and tutoring), the Center for Community Engagement, as well as working as a bridge across campus to increase student success. At Stetson University, Dr. Hancock co-chaired the strategic enrollment management creation committee and assists with oversight of the one-stop shop.

She has a passion for working with students and working as a diversity advocate on college campuses. Through this, Dr. Hancock has advised many student clubs and organizations (including Bahá’í Unity Club, the Resident Student Association, and Voices for Women). She has been involved with diversity and inclusion initiatives on several university and college campuses including Relay for Life, Take Back the Night, the Wall of Hate, Interfaith Dialogues, and the Do Something Different Campaign. She is actively involved locally in service and has worked with Habitat for Humanity in Uganda.

Dr. Hancock has a Master of Science in conflict analysis and resolution and a Doctorate of Education in higher education administration from Nova Southeastern University. Her husband, Alan Hancock, is a professor of sports marketing, and they have two sons.

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