Dr. Heather Adams
Heather Adams Ed.D. is the Associate Director of Transfer Engagement at The Aspen Institute College Excellence Program. Previously, Heather served as Director of the UCLA Transfer Student Center and Director of UCLA College Learning Communities. She is also the founder and CEO of Transfer Nation, an open-access community for conversation and collaboration on all things Transfer.
Dr. Adams’s work has centered on generating institutionalized receptivity, support, and policy restructuring for historically marginalized student communities through strategic partnership and practice. She advocated for the establishment of the UCLA Transfer Student Center and was instrumental in transforming it into a thriving and collaborative campus space.
A proud community college transfer student, Dr. Adams earned an A.A. in Psychology from Santa Monica College and transferred to UCLA, where she obtained a B.A. in Psychology and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership.