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She previously served as Associate Provost for Planning, Assessment, and Evaluation and Dean of Enrollment Management at The Citadel from 2008-2019, providing leadership for the institution\u2019s strategic planning, accreditation, assessment, institutional research, admissions, financial aid, and graduate college offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Hornor\u2019s experience prior to The Citadel includes federal government service as Director of Institutional Research and Outcomes Assessment and Director of Admissions for the National Intelligence University in Washington D.C.&nbsp;Dr. Hornor\u2019s experience also includes service as Director of Career Services for the ACAP Army Higher Education Directorate in Ft. Huachuca, AZ and as Assistant Director of the Office of Undergraduate Student Services at the University of Central Florida where she managed admissions, advising, registration, and retention services for over 8,000 students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Hornor holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from the University of Arizona and master\u2019s degrees in School Counseling, Instructional Design, and Human Resource Management. She is also a 2014 graduate of Harvard University\u2019s Institute for Management and Leadership in Education (MLE) and a 2009 graduate of Harvard University\u2019s Performance Assessment in Higher Education Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Hornor\u2019s research interests include the college choice process, enrollment management, strategic planning and assessment. She has delivered presentations related to these research interests at AAC&amp;U, NASPA, ACPA, NACADA, CCME, NACAS, AMA, AACRAO, SVA, NCDA, SREB, AAHE, ACAD, NCGYE, SACSCOC, and MSCHE annual conferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-degrees\">Degrees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ph.D. in Higher Education<br>University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.Ed. in Instructional Design<br>Western Governors University, Millcreek, UT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.S. in Human Resource Management<br>Troy University, Normal, AL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>M.Ed. in School Counseling<br>Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B.S.W. (Bachelor of Social Work)<br>University of Georgia, Athens, GA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\" id=\"h-publication\">Publication<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hornor, T. (2024). Counseling military-connected students. In <em>Fundamentals of College Admissions Counseling<\/em>, National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC), Sixth Edition.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hornor, T. (2024). Planning for student success: Linking strategic planning and assessment to enhance graduate enrollment management. In <em>NAGAP Handbook of Graduate Enrollment Management<\/em>, Routledge Publishing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hornor, T. &amp; Oberman, A. (2024). Examining college admissions counseling curricula within school counselor preparation programs. <em>Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 12<\/em>(2), 13-26.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hornor, T. &amp; Westberry, L.A. (2023). Counseling loss as a new variable in the education production function. <em>International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 19<\/em>(2), 1-17.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hornor, T. &amp; Brooks, J. (2023). Strengthening esprit de corps: Enhancing student veterans\u2019 sense of belonging in colleges and universities. <em>Journal of Continuing Higher Education. <\/em>DOI: 10.1080\/07377363.2022.2145553\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hornor, T. &amp; Westberry, L.A. (2023). Virtual school counseling and covid-19 as seen through an organizational learning lens. <em>International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, v19(1).\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hornor, T. &amp; Westberry, L.A. (2023). School counselors\u2019 role in creating a college going culture via general systems theory. <em>Journal of Higher Education Research, 45, <\/em>1-17.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hornor, T. &amp; Westberry, L.A. (2023). The virtual counseling transition and its influence on counselor self-efficacy, <em>Journal of Educational Leadership in Action, 9<\/em>(1), 1-34.<em>\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Westberry, L.A. &amp; Ortlieb, E. (2023). Principal support: The missing link. In J. 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