Bradley University Athletics

Heather Moles is in her 13th year on The Hilltop and her fourth as the Director of Academic Services after serving the previous seven years as Academic Coordinator for Basketball.

Moles joined the Bradley Athletics staff in September 2008 as Learning Specialist, also serving as interim Academic Coordinator for Basketball in January and February of 2010.  Moles took over the permanent role of Academic Coordinator for Basketball in July 2010. 

A native of San Jose, Calif., Moles graduated from Duke in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in psychology and a Bachelor of Arts in biological anthropology and anatomy.  She also earned a minor in primatology.  

A four-time letterwinner on the Blue Devils field hockey team, Moles was the ACC Rookie of the Year in 1992 and held the Duke record for career saves.  She also owned three of the top five season save totals in program history.

Moles went on to earn a master's degree in applied anthropology in 2004 and later earned a second master's degree in physical anthropology in November 2005.  After coaching stints at Stanford (1996-99), USA Field Hockey (1997-2002), Northwestern (1999-00) and Boston University (2000-02), Moles moved into the academic realm.

Moles was a teaching fellow at Boston from 2002-04, where she taught sections of Anthropology 102 while working toward her master's degree.  She had a research fellowship at Boston University, where she co-authored a grant proposal focusing on the mutability of SIV to HIV.  She also served as summer faculty at Boston, teaching Anthropology 210.