Putting on Our Reality Glasses: Policy Review and Project Management through an Equity Lens

Kristin Benson is Deputy University Registrar – Compliance at Oregon State University. Benson has worked in higher education for 21 years and in registrars’ offices for more than seventeen years. In her current role, she oversees degree completion, veterans and athletic compliance, projects and communications, and the office’s technology team. She’s committed to bringing equity, inclusion, and anti-racist concepts into registrars’ offices by focusing on policy review, embedding equity analysis in project management and finding ways to remove barriers for students, staff, and faculty.

Autumn Landis is Senior Assistant Registrar – Projects and Communications at Oregon State University. Landis has worked at OSU in the Office of the Registrar for seven years. She has experience in records and registration, athletic and veteran compliance, and currently oversees the registrar’s office project portfolio and communications. Since stepping into the project world, she has helped to streamline projects that the registrar’s office manages. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the forefront of her work.

Rebecca Mathern, Ph.D., is Associate Vice Provost – Academic Affairs and University Registrar at Oregon State University where she leads both the Office of the Registrar and the Curriculum Management team. Mathern has worked in higher education for more than 25 years at both two- and four-year institutions. Her interests are in shared governance and policy implementation.