User:Caduplantis

Born May 27th, 1979 in Houma, LA Terrebonne Parish. He is a graduate of H. L. Bourgeois High School Class of 1999. Dr. Duplantis went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 2012, Master of Education in Higher Education Administration in 2015 (with honors), and a Doctor of Education in Higher Education Leadership, Management, and Policy from Walden University in 2020. Dr. Duplantis started his career in Higher Education in 2019 at Delgado Community College as a Research Associate for the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Grant, a $1.2 Million Grant for the Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management Departments to increase retention and improve graduation outcomes for the New Orleans, LA region. With collaboration with community partnerships, Dr. Duplantis worked to improve student success through curriculum reform, student engagement, and College-wide collaboration.

Dr. Duplantis' investigated the usage of the University Counseling Center at Nicholls State University for his capstone project at Walden University, and this document became his first published document in 2020. Since this time, Dr. Duplantis has researched Community College persistence in the wake of COVID-19, Culinary Arts program alignment with online learning, and mental health in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. As a quantitative researcher, Dr. Duplantis using numbers and statistics to improve Higher Education in the City of New Orleans.