Kristen Hermann is the Vice Dean in Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University. She has held leadership roles over the past three decades in academic and student affairs administration that include twenty-two years evolving Barrett, The Honors College, three years of service in the Graduate College at ASU, and six years at the University of California Santa Barbara and the University of California College of the Law in San Francisco. She has administrative oversight of over 140 faculty and staff in Barrett, and serves more than 7,200 honors students across all four ASU campuses. She is a recipient of the ASU University President’s Medal for Innovation and Team Excellence and the Arizona Spirit of Excellence Governor’s Award for Innovation in Higher Education. She also received the Sandra Kuchler Excellence in Mentoring Award, presented by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA).
Dr. Hermann and Dean Tara Williams co-teach the HON 194 Barrett Leadership course developed a decade ago with Dean Mark Jacobs and Lt. General Benjamin Freakley. Dr. Hermann has also taught graduate students in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, and presented on the history and development of Barrett at ASU, the nation’s most recognized and evolved Honors College. She also presents at several national and international conferences including the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC), the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), the American College Personnel Association (ACPA), the Association of College and University Housing Officers (ACUHO) and the Organization of Educational Historians (OEH). She has also presented on Barrett in the Netherlands and contributed to an international publication on the pursuit of excellence in honors education world-wide. She has visited and consulted with multiple universities nationwide on how Barrett evolved and received the institutional support to build the first ever intentionally designed $140 million Barrett Honors College campus - the largest honors residential community and college built in the U.S. in 40 years (opened in fall 2009). Professor Hermann also served on steering committees to design and develop the ASU Downtown campus, and the residential and recreation center communities at ASU West and Polytechnic campuses. She was significantly involved in building and expanding the first four-year residential experience at ASU and in the PAC 12, extending Barrett college residential operations to an additional 20-acre site with 1,800 additional beds for upper division students, and a 2500 square foot student center to support the Barrett residential experience.