Autor: Whitney White

Chelsea Petree is the Parent and Family Programs director at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Chelsea moved to Rochesterin 2015 to establish the Parent and Family Programs office, including developing a comprehensive parent communications plan andimplementing family events and engagement opportunities. She has worked to establish a «parents as partners» culture at RIT, increasingsupport of families across the institution. Chelsea received her Ph.D. in family social science from the University of Minnesota in2013 and is the past president of AHEPPP: Family Engagement in Higher Education. She has won several awards, including the 2019Rising Alumni Award from the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota and the 2021 AHEPPPPowerful Partnership Award for Tiger Parent Project-a program that brings together RIT staff and faculty to learn more about the familyexperience and parent-student-university relationships. She is the editor of the College Ready book series.