Holly Foster

Holly Foster serves as Associate Professor in Higher Education and Student Affairs at the University of Southern Mississippi, teaching graduate courses including Student Affairs Administration (HE 614), Cultural Diversity in Student Affairs (HE 619), and Social Justice in Higher Education (HE 705), alongside undergraduate Health and Wellness in Higher Education (HON 303) from her office in Owings-McQuagge Hall, Hattiesburg.

Her academic credentials include:

• PhD in Higher Education/Student Affairs, University of Virginia (2014)
• MEd in Student Affairs Practice, University of Virginia (2009)
• MA in Teaching Writing and Literature, George Mason University (2008)
• BA in Cultural Studies, George Mason University (2007)

Research centers on historical and contemporary student affairs, with emphasis on health promotion strategies like curriculum infusion for high-risk drinking prevention and institutional responses to epidemics. Her work bridges student life history with current administrative practices through multidisciplinary collaboration.

Publications from 2017-2023 reveal evolving focus from student drinking interventions to systemic analyses of doctoral education differentiation and pandemic responses, consistently examining how academic and student affairs units collaborate on campus wellness initiatives within higher education's historical context.