Meet the FIE Staff.
Grahaeme Hesp, MBA, Ed.D
Associate Academic Officer
Academics and Experiential Education Team
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Dr. Grahaeme A. Hesp has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) and a Doctorate of Education (Ed.D.) from The Florida State University.
Grahaeme was born in Wallsend-on-Tyne, Northeast England, and completed his K12 education in the United Kingdom. He initially spent a year in the U.S. for a one-year student exchange program in the Metropolitan St. Louis area, before transferring to SIUE. Prior to his doctoral studies, Grahaeme worked at both Elon University and Davidson College in North Carolina. During his time at The Florida State University, he worked in the Hardee Center for Leadership and Ethics in Higher Education, helping higher education students in graduate assistantships with their professional development, fundraising from program alumni and friends, and working with the Journal of College and Character and Institute on College Student Values. Most recently, Grahaeme was director of fraternity & sorority life at the University of California, Berkeley.
Grahaeme is a long-time and active member of the Association of Fraternity|Sorority Advisors, Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, and NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. Grahaeme has also served as the Director of Educational Programs for the Association of Fraternal Leadership. He has published several articles and book chapters investigating various aspects of sexual orientation within fraternities and sororities and has been honored with several awards from the Association of Fraternity|Sorority Advisors, the National Order of Omega, and ACPA: College Student Educators International. He is actively involved with the AIDS/LifeCycle, a 545-mile bicycle ride between San Francisco and Los Angeles each year.