Dr. Lisa Rubin is an Associate Professor at Kansas State University in the College of Education, supporting their masters programs in College Student Development and Academic Advising, and the doctoral programs in Student Affairs in Higher Education and Leadership in Academic Advising. Her education and research interests are ethics in intercollegiate athletics, advising and developing student-athletes, the changing environment of college athletics, NCAA reform and women in intercollegiate athletic administration.

She began her career as a student worker in the Admissions Office at The University of Texas at Austin, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Advertising and her master’s in Kinesiology-Sport Management. Following her time in Austin, Dr. Rubin served as an Assistant Academic/Life Skills Counselor for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's athletic department before becoming an Athletic Academic Advisor and Life Skills Coordinator at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

Dr. Rubin joined us to talk about the intersection of higher education and college athletics. She also shared her current research interests and information on an exciting new project she is working on.