Meet our writers

We are an extended family and we take advantage of opportunities to work together.

  • Gary M. Stern

    +50 articles

    Gary Stern, a contributing writer for HO  has written hundreds of articles that have appeared in such leading publications as The Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, USA Weekend, Crain's New York Business, Electronic Business, and Tennis. 

  • Frank DiMaria

    +50 articles

    Frank DiMaria is a freelance writer living South Carolina. When he’s not writing he teaches computer science and digital literacy in a middle school in Fort Mill.

  • Mary Ann Cooper

    +50 articles

    Whether the subject is health care or movies, women's issues or trends in television, Mary Ann has written about it or spoken about it. She is the author of more than 100 book projects including “Natural Cures for Common Diseases,” “101 Ways to Pamper Yourself,” and "Easy Ways to Lower Your Cholesterol." She was a nationally syndicated columnist for 30 years and contributing writer to an eclectic group of magazines including Hispanic Outlook, Women's World, Television Week, GRAND Magazine, Boxoffice Magazine, Looking Good Now Magazine, and American Media Special Magazines.  

  • Gustavo A. Mellander

    +40 articles

    Dr. Mellander was a university dean for 15 years and a college president for 20.

  • Enrique Del Risco

    +40 articles

    Enrique Del Risco Arrocha, also known as Enrisco, was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1967. He has a degree in History from the University of Havana and a doctorate in Latin American Literature from New York University (NYU), where he currently works. as a teacher in the department of Spanish and Portuguese. He was a finalist for the Cintas Foundation Fellowship for Creative Writing -for the project “Trilogía cubana del Hudson” (2011), and has received the following awards: Prize of the Contest Trece de Marzo 1993, Prize of Short Story magazine “Revolución y Cultura” 1994, Villa Awards de Madrid 1996 and V Ibero-American Cortes de Cádiz Award 2008, for the works: Shrunken Works (1992), Loss and recovery of innocence (1994), Crocodile tears (1998), Leve Historia de Cuba (2007), and ¿Qué Will they think of us in Japan? (2008).

  • Peggy Sands Orchowski

    +30 articles

    Peggy (Dr. Margaret) Sands Orchowski Ph.D. has been the credentialed Congressional Correspondent for the Hispanic Outlook on Higher Education magazine in Washington DC since 2006.  Her new book “The Law That Changed the Face of America: the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965” was published by Rowman & Littlefield in September in time for the 50th anniversary of its signing.

All our writers

Erin Geisler

Jordan Waidelich

Dr. Amelia J. Dietrich

Dr. Amelia J. Dietrich is the Senior Director for Research and Publications at The Forum on Education Abroad, leading research initiatives and supporting publication of scholarship on maximizing the positive impact of education abroad for students, institutions, and communities. Previously, Amelia taught Spanish and linguistics at Penn State University. dietrica@forumea.org  

Lourdes Bustos

Lourdes Bustos

Monica Gonzalez Ybarra

Dr. González Ybarra is an Assistant Professor of Language and Literacy and Latina/Latino studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research examines the language, literacies, and knowledge production of Latinx youth and educators as they are situated within sociopolitical contexts. She focuses on how these practices intersect with social constructions of race, gender, class, sexuality, and citizenship status.   

Kathleen Brunet

Kathleen Brunet

Jamaal Abdul-Alimn

Jamaal writes articles about higher education and chess. His articles have appeared in several national newspapers and magazines, including Education Week, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal and US News & World Report.  He attended Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and was a Spencer Education Journalism Fellow. He received an undergraduate degree in journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. 

Dr. Mirta Martin

A native of Havana, Cuba, and an immigrant to the United States, Dr. Martin is the 13th President and Professor of Business Administration of Ferrum College. She holds bachelor’s degrees in psychology and political science from Duke University; a MBA from the University of Richmond; and a Doctorate from Virginia Commonwealth University.  

Alfredo Huante

Alfredo Huante Doctoral Candidate Department of Sociology College of Letter, Arts and Sciences University of Southern California

Stella M. Flores

Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Diversity Associate Professor of Higher Education Director of Access and Equity, Steinhardt Institute for Higher Education Policy New York University

Matt Flores

Matt Flores is the assistant vice president for marketing & communication and PIO at Texas Woman’s University.  

Jenni Batchelder

Dra. Jenni Batchelder (she/ella) is a proud Chicana from San Antonio, TX. Jenni serves as the Director for the Arizona Science, Engineering, and Math Scholars (ASEMS) program at the University of Arizona. Her research interests involve the study of generativity (guiding the future of others) and leadership development for Latine college students and strengthening transfer student experiences in STEM.

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