Title: Assistant Director for Quality Enhancement
Email: rober286@mailbox.sc.edu
Phone: 803-576-5513
Dustin Roberts helps to ensure a high-quality course experience, document program effectiveness, and identify improvement strategies. Dustin supports all functional areas, including Faculty Development and Resources, Campus Partnerships, Peer Leadership, and Administration. Dustin is the primary contact for University 101 syllabus review.
Dustin also manages departmental administrative functions related to facilities management,
IT, and event management by supervising the administrative support team.
Dustin also serves as an instructor for the leadership development course, EDLP 520:
The Teacher as Manager, as well as the first-year seminar, UNIV 101: The Student in
the University.
Prior to coming to University 101 Programs, Dustin served as the Assistant Director for the First-Year Experience at the College of Charleston. In this role, he oversaw areas of logistics and enrollment/registration and coordinated student intervention/support, assessment, experiential learning, and peer education. He previously served as the Area Coordinator for first-year student housing and residence life at the Georgia Southern University – Armstrong Campus.
Educational Background
Master of Education - Higher Education and Student Affairs, 2016
University of South Carolina
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science, 2014
Clemson University
- 2-Day Institute on “Developing & Sustaining First-Year Seminars” at the 41st Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience. (February 2022; co-presented with Dan Friedman, Katherine Pei, Julie McLaughlin, Jennifer Keup, and Brad Garner).
- Preconference Workshop on "Strategies to Promote Community Building in an Online First-Year Seminar" at the 40h Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience (February 2021; Co-presented with Katie Hopkins & Sandy Greene).
- Webinar Series on “Community Building in an Online First-Year Seminar” for The National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition (June 2020; Co-presented with Sandy Greene & Katie Hopkins).
- Preconference Workshop on "Strategies for Building Community in a First-Year Seminar" at the 39th Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience. (February 2020; Co-presented with Katie Hopkins and Sandy Greene)
Roberts, D. (2015). Award-Winning Programs Focus on Transfer Transition. E-Source for College Transitions, 12(2), 8-10.