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AU Compass Staff

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Brad Knight (he/him)

Director, AU Core and University College

Brad G. Knight serves as the Director of the AU Core and University College at American University. He provides leadership, direction, and oversight for a wide spectrum of initiatives related to undergraduate education, including the university-wide general education program, AU Core, and residential living-learning programs, University College, AU Cornerstone, and AU Compass. In this role, he focuses on curriculum design, student experience, institutional assessment and continuous improvement, and faculty development programs and events. Brad has also taught as an Adjunct Instructor at The George Washington University.

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Kyrsten Novencido (she/they)

Coordinator, Living-Learning Communities

Kyrsten completed her Justice, Law and Criminology Master's degree in SPA in May 2022. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she double majored in French and Francophone Studies and Criminology, Law and Justice. Before their time at AU, they worked with attorneys in a variety of offices, from personal injury to immigration law. She likes baking too much and bringing extras to the office, grabbing coffee or bubble tea, and cozy gaming.