Reporting to the Senior Vice Provost & Dean of Undergraduate Education, the Resident Faculty serve as positive and visible members of a residential college community.  They collaborate with college staff to help plan and implement educational, academic, social and cultural programs while serving as a role model, advisor, and leader in the residential community. Find out more about each Resident Faculty member below.

Meet John, Sarah and Owen Barker.  The Barker family lives in the Master apartment of Stanford Residential College, the main programming space for students in the building.  Originally from Rochester, NY, the Barkers have been part of the University of Miami family for 3 years.

My name is Dr. John Barker and I am the Assistant Provost of Undergraduate Education and the Director of the Office of Academic Enhancement.  The Office of Academic Enhancement includes the Honors Program, Multicultural Student Affairs, Programs of Academic Excellence, the Academic and Career Advisors in Residence, Academic Fellows, Special Interest Housing, and Prestigious Awards & Scholarships.  You can find more information at our website: www.miami.edu/oae.

My wife, Sarah, stays at home with the newest addition to our family, Owen, who will be celebrating his 1st birthday on September 29 this year.  In our spare time, we enjoy listening to music, watching movies, taking in the many sights Miami has to offer, and spending time with friends and family.

We welcome you to Stanford Residential College and wish each of you a happy, healthy, and successful first year at the University of Miami.  Sarah and I look forward to meeting you and would be happy to help you in any way we can.  Please stop us to say hello if you see us around campus.  Go ‘Canes!!!

My name is Heather Henderson and I am an Associate Master in Stanford Residential College. I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology. I teach undergraduate and graduate classes in Child Development and Research Methods and I am the Director of the Social Developmental Laboratory.  I supervise several undergraduate and Ph.D. students in my research program in which we focus on personality development and questions about how typically developing children as well as children with autism learn to regulate their emotions and behaviors.

My husband, Greg Simpson, is a Clinical Psychology Intern at the Mailman Center for Child Development at the University of Miami. He has conducted basic research in the area of drug use and addiction. More recently, Greg has worked within clinical research settings, both assessing the impact of prenatal drug exposure on child development, and evaluating the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral treatments for mood disorders in children and adolescents. Greg interacts with undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of clinics and research settings on both the main and medical campuses.

Greg and I moved to Miami in January 2003, after completing our Ph.D.s in Psychology in the Washington, DC area. Greg and I both grew up in Toronto, Canada where most of our extended family still lives. We live at Stanford with our 6-year-old son, Will, our 2-year-old daughter, Samantha, and our dogs, Ellie and Alvin. Together as a family, we enjoy going on lots of walks, going to the beach, and playing and watching all sports.  We look forward to spending time with the students at Stanford during the 2010-2011 academic year.