Marisa Grippo received her B.A. in English and Psychology in 2010 and her M.A. in English Language and Literature in 2015, both from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, where she also earned a graduate certificate in Technical Writing and Public Rhetorics in 2016. Ms. Grippo worked as a departmental administrative assistant and travel specialist for the University of Arkansas English and Political Science Departments for three years before beginning at SAU in July 2017 as College Administrative Specialist and Assistant to the Dean for the College of Science and Engineering. She moved to her current position in the Office of the Registrar in November 2018.