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Lisa Ellen Wolf-Wendel

419 Joseph R. Pearson HallDepartment of Teaching & LeadershipUniversity of Kansas(785) [email protected]______________________________________________________________________________

ACADEMIC DEGREESDoctor of Philosophy: Higher Education. The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA. May, 1995.

Master of Arts: Higher Education. The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA. May, 1995.

Bachelor of Arts: Psychology and Communications. Stanford University, Stanford, CA. June, 1987.

CURRENT POSITION

Professor of Higher Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Kansas, 2006 – present

Associate Professor of Higher Education, Department of Teaching and Leadership, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 2000 - Present

Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Department of Teaching and Leadership, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 1995-2000

INSTRUCTIONUniversity of Kansas

1995-Present ELPS 710 Analysis of Admin. Problem SolvingELPS 886 Theory and Practice in Higher Education (Capstone)ELPS 884 The Student in SocietyELPS 883 College Student DevelopmentELPS 884 Research on College StudentsELPS 970 Theory and Research in AdministrationELPS 998 Diversity Issues in Higher EducationELPS 998 The American Faculty ELPS 998 Critical Readings

RESEARCHBooks/Manuscripts:Wolf-Wendel, L., Ward, K. & Kulp, A. (Eds.). (2016). How Ideal Worker Norms Shape Work-Life for

Various Constituency Groups in Higher Education. New Directions for Higher Education, 176.

Ward, K. & Wolf-Wendel, L. E. (2012) Academic Motherhood: Managing Work and Family. Rutgers University Press.

Wolf-Wendel, L., Twombly, S., Tuttle, K., Ward, K., Gaston, J. (2004). Reflecting Back, Looking Forward: Civil Rights and Student Affairs. Washington, DC: National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.

Wolf-Wendel, L.E., Twombly, S. & Rice, S. (2003) The Two-Body Problem: Dual Career Couple Hiring Policies in Higher Education. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press.


Books/Manuscripts Continued:Tidball, E., Smith, D., Tidball, C., & Wolf-Wendel, L. E. (1998). Taking Women Seriously: Lessons and

Legacies for Educating the Majority. Phoenix: AZ: ACE/Oryx Press.

Smith, D., Wolf-Wendel, L, Busenberg, B., and associates. (1996). Achieving Faculty Diversity: Debunking the Myths. Washington D.C: American Association of College and Universities.

Appel, M., Cartwright, D., Smith, D., & Wolf-Wendel, L. E. (1996). The Impact of Diversity on Students: A Preliminary Review of the Research Literature. Washington D.C.: American Association of Colleges and Universities.

Smith, D., Wolf, L. E., & Levitan, T. (Eds.). (1994). Studying Diversity in Higher Education. New Directions for Institutional Research, #81. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Refereed Journal Articles:Ward, K. & Wolf-Wendel, L. (in press). "Mothering and Professing: Critical Choices and the Academic

Career" NASPA Journal about Women in Higher Education (NJAWHE).

Sallee, M., Ward, K. & Wolf-Wendel, L.E. (2015, October). Can anyone hav eit all? Gender views on parenting and academic careers. Innovative Higher Education, 41(3), pp. 1-16.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E., & Ward, K. (2015). Academic Mothers: Exploring Disciplinary Perspectives. Innovative Higher Education., 40(1), 19-35.

Kim, D., Wolf-Wendel, L. & Twombly, S. (2013). The Role of Citizenship Status in Intent to Leave for Pre-Tenure FacultyReady, Set, Go? Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 6(4), 245-260.

Ng, J., Skorupski, W., Frey, B. & Wolf-Wendel, L. (2013). ACES: Developing a valid and reliable survey to assess faculty support of diversity goals. Research and Practice in Assessment, 8. 29-42.

Wolf-Wendel, L., Ng, J. & Lombardi, K. (2012). Pathways from middle school to college: Examining the impact of an urban, pre-college preparation program. Education and Urban Society.

Kim, D.B., Wolf-Wendel, L., & Twombly, S. (2011). Predicting International Faculty Satisfaction and Productivity Using Alternative Definitions and Institutional Characteristics. Journal of Higher Education, 82(6), 720-747.

Kord, J. & Wolf-Wendel, L. (2010). The Relationship between Online Social Networking and Academic and Social Integration. College Student Affairs Journal, 28(2).

Wolf-Wendel, L., Ward, K., & Kinzie, J. (2009). A Tangled Web of Terms: The Overlap and Unique Contribution of Involvement, Engagement, and Integration to Understand College Student Success. Journal of College Student Development, 50(4), 407-428.

Kim, D., Twombly, S., & Wolf-Wendel, L. (2008). Factors predicting community college faculty satisfaction with instructional autonomy. Community College Review, 35(3), 159-180.


Refereed Journal Articles continuedBaker, B.D., Wolf-Wendel, L., Twombly, S. (2007). Exploring the Faculty Pipeline in Educational

Administration: Evidence from the Survey of Earned Doctorates 1990 to 2000. Educational Administration Quarterly, 43(2), 189-220.

Ward, K.A., Wolf-Wendel, L.E., & Twombly, S. B. (2007). Faculty Life at Community Colleges: The Perspective of Women with Children. Community College Review, 34(4), 255-281.

Wolf-Wendel, L.E. & Ward, K.A. (2006). Faculty Life at Comprehensive Universities: Between a Rock and a Hard Place. Journal of the Professoriate, 1(2), 1-21.

Twombly, S. B, Wolf-Wendel, L. E., Williams, J., & Green, P. (2006, November/December). Searching for the next generation of teacher educators: Assessing the success of academic searches. Journal of Teacher Education, 57(5), 1-14.

Wolf-Wendel, L., & Ward, K. (2006, October). Academic life and motherhood: Variations by institutional type. Higher Education. 52(3), 487-521.

Wolf-Wendel, L, Baker, B.D., Twombly, S., Tollefson, N., & Mahlios, M. (2006, February). Who’s teaching the teachers? Evidence from the national survey of postsecondary faculty and survey of earned doctorates. American Journal of Education, 112.

Gaston-Gayles, J., Wolf-Wendel, L., Twombly, S., Ward, K & Tuttle, K. (2005). From disciplinarian to change agent: How the civil rights era changed the roles of student affairs professionals. NASPA Journal, 42(3), 263-282.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E., Twombly, S. B., Morphew, C. C., & Sopcich, J. (2004). From the barrio to the bucolic: The student transfer experience from HSI to Smith college. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 28: 1-19.

Ward, K. A., & Wolf-Wendel, L. E. (2004). Academic motherhood: Managing complex roles in research universities. Review of Higher Education, 27(2), 233-257.

Morphew, C.C, Twombly, S., & Wolf-Wendel, L. (2001). Innovative linkages: The story of Miami-Dade Community College, Santa Monica College, and Smith. Community College Review, 29(3), 1-21.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E., Toma, J. D., & Morphew, C.C (2001). How much difference is too much difference? Perceptions of gays and lesbians in intercollegiate athletics. Journal of College Student Development, 42(5), 1-15.

Wolf-Wendel, L.E., Toma, J. D., & Morphew, C.C (2001). There is no “I” in team, and other lessons from intercollegiate athletics. Review of Higher Education, 24(4), 369-396.

Baker, B., Keller-Wolff, C., & Wolf-Wendel, L. E. (2000). Two steps forward, one step back: Race/ethnicity and student achievement in education policy research. Educational Policy 14(4), 511-529.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E., Twombly, S., & Rice, S. (2000). Dual-career couples: Keeping them together. Journal of Higher Education, 71(3), 291-321.


Refereed Journal Articles continuedWolf-Wendel, L. E. (2000). Women friendly campuses: What five institutions are doing right. The

Review of Higher Education, 23(3), 319-345.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E., Tuttle, K., & Keller-Wolff, C. (2000). Assessment of a freshman summer transition program in an open admissions institution. The Journal of the Freshman Year Experience and Students in Transition, 11(2), 7-32.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E., Baker, B., & Morphew, C. (2000). Dollars & $ense: Institutional resources and the baccalaureate origins of women doctorates. Journal of Higher Education, 71(2), 165-186.

Ward, K. & Wolf-Wendel, L. E. (2000). Community-centered service learning: Moving from doing for to doing with. Special Thematic Issue of the American Behavioral Scientist devoted to Service-Learning Pedagogy as Universities’ Response to Troubled Times. 43(5), 767-780.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E. (1998). Models of excellence: The baccalaureate origins of successful European American women, African American women and Latinas. Journal of Higher Education, 69(2), 144-172.

Xu, X., Wolf-Wendel, L. E., & Herron, M. (1996). Chinese students in American universities: Why they come, what they experience, and who they are. International Education Forum, 16(2), 135-154.

Smith, D., Wolf, L. E., & Morrison, D. (1995). Paths to success: Factors related to the impact of women's colleges. Journal of Higher Education, 66(3), 245-266.

Smith, D., Morrison, D., & Wolf, L. E. (1994). College as a gendered experience: An empirical analysis using multiple lenses. Journal of Higher Education, 65(6), 696-725.

Invited Journal ArticlesWolf-Wendel, L. & Ward, K. (2013). Work and Family Integration for Faculty: What Can Chairs Do?.

The Department Chair.

Wolf-Wendel, L. & Ward, K. (2012). Breast practices:Negotiating family and academic life. 21st Century Scholar. (http://21stcenturyscholar.org/2012/10/16/breast-practices-negotiating-family-and-academic-life/).

Ward, K. & Wolf-Wendel, L. (2009). Academic careers and Children: Lifelong Commitments. Teachers College Record Commentary.

Ward, K. & Wolf-Wendel, L. (2009). Academic Motherhood: What Longitudinal Perspectives Reveal about Work and Family for Female Faculty. AAUW Outlook Magazine.

Ward, K. & Wolf-Wendel, L. (2007). Managing work and family on the tenure track. Teachers College Record Commentary, http://www.tcrecord.org/content.asp?contentid=14491

Ward, K.A., & Wolf-Wendel, L.E., (2007). The chairs role in helping faculty negotiate work and family. The Department Chair, 18(1), 1-3.

Ward, K.A., & Wolf-Wendel, L. E. (2004). Fear factor: How safe is it to make time for family? Academe, 90(6), 28-31.


Invited Journal Articles continuedMorphew, C. C., Wolf-Wendel, L. E., & Toma, J. D. (2003). Rejoinder response to athletics article.

Review of Higher Education, 26(4), 497-501.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E., Twombly, S.B., & Rice, S. (March 28, 2003). It’s really a three body problem. Science's Next Wave. http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cdc.

Reader Wilson, M. E. & Wolf-Wendel, L. E., Editors. (2005) College Student Development Theory Reader.

ASHE Reader Series. Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing.

Book Chapters:Ward, K. & Wolf-Wendel, L. (in press). Good Places to Work: Women Faculty, Community Colleges,

Academic Work and Family Integration.. In P. Eddy’s (Ed.), Constructions of Gender in Community Colleges. New Directions for Community Colleges.

Wolf-Wendel, L. & Ward, K. (in press). Dual career couple hiring in STEM. Advancing Women in Academic STEM Fields Through Dual Career Policies and Practices Symposium Proceedings. Information Age Publishing.

Wolf-Wendel, L, & Ward, K. (in press) Introduction. In Wolf-Wendel, L., Ward, K. & Kulp, A. (Eds.), How Ideal Worker Norms Shape Work-Life Balance for Different Constituent Groups in Higher Education. New Directions in Higher Education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Ward, K. Wolf-Wendel, L. (in press) Academic motherhood: Mid career perspectives and the ideal worker norm. In Wolf-Wendel, L., Ward, K. & Kulp, A. (Eds.), How Ideal Worker Norms Shape Work-Life Balance for Different Constituent Groups in Higher Education. New Directions in Higher Education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Kim, D.B., Twombly, S., & Wolf-Wendel, L.E. (2012). International faculty in American universities: Experiences of academic life, productivity, and career mobility. In Xu, Y.J. (Ed.), Refine the Focus on University Faculty: The Interplay of Diversity, Time, and Methodology, New Directions for Institutional Research.

http://www.tcrecord.org/content.asp?contentid=14491

Wolf-Wendel, L. & Eason, R. (2010). Women’s Colleges and Universities. In Banks, B. (Ed.), Gender and Higher Education, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Wolf-Wendel, L., Bajaj, A., & Spriggs, T. (2008). Responding to the needs of LGB student athletes and their team members. In L. Toogood & E. Gill (Eds.), Advising Student Athletes. Manhattan, KS.: National Association of Academic Advisors.

Ward, K. & Wolf-Wendel, L. (2008). Choice and discourse in faculty careers: Feminist perspectives of work and family. In Glazer, J. (Ed.), Unfinished business: New and continuing gender challenges in higher education. Baltimore, MD: Jossey-Bass.

Rice, S., Wolf-Wendel, L., & Twombly, S. (2007). Helping or hurting women? The case of a dual career couple policy at the University of Kansas. In Danowitz Sagaria, M.A. (Ed.), Women, Universities and Change: Gender Equality in the European Union and the United States. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.


Book Chapters continued:Wolf-Wendel, L. & Ward, K. (August, 2006). Faculty work and family life: Policy perspectives from

different institutional types. In Bracken, S., Allen, J. K. & Dean, D. (Eds.). The Balancing Act: Gendered Perspectives in Faculty Roles and Work Lives. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.

Wolf-Wendel, L. & Ward, K. (2005). Policy contexts for work and family: Perspectives from research university faculty. In Curtis, J. (Ed.). The Challenge of Balancing Faculty Careers and Family Work. New Directions for Higher Education. Number 130. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Wolf-Wendel, L. & Smith, D. G. (2005). The Challenge of Diversity. ASHE Higher Education Reader Series, 31(1). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E., Twombly, S., & Rice, S. (2004). Dual career couples. Chapter in Renn, K. A. & Hughes, C. (Eds.), The Roads Taken: Women in Student Affairs at Mid-Career. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E., & Ward, K. (2003). Negotiating work and family: Parenting and dual-career dilemmas. Chapter in Ropers-Huilman, B. (ed.), Gendered Futures in Higher Education: Critical Perspectives for Change. Albany: State University of New York Press.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E. (2003). Gender and higher education: What should we learn from women’s colleges? Chapter in Ropers-Huilman, B. (ed.), Gendered Futures in Higher Education: Critical Perspectives for Change. Albany: State University of New York Press.

Tidball, E., Tidball, C., Smith, D., & Wolf-Wendel, L. (2000). Priorities, patterns and principles. In Glazer-Raymo, J., Townsend, B., & Ropers-Huilman, B. Women in American Higher Education: A Feminist Perspective. ASHE Reader Series. Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E., Toma, J. D., & Morphew. (2000). Winning through diversity: Lessons from intercollegiate athletics in creating community from difference. Chapter in NASPA (Ed.), Diversity on Campus: Reports from the Field. Washington D.C.: Magnificent Publications Inc.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E. (2000). The future of women’s colleges in the United States. Chapter in Creating a Learning Community with Feminist Values. Seoul, Korea: Ehwa Women’s University Press.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E. (2000). Research issues on women’s colleges. Chapter is OERI (Ed.), A Closer Look at Women’s Colleges. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). http://www.ed.gov/pubs/WomensColleges/index.html

Wolf-Wendel, L and Pedigo, S. (1999). Two-year women’s colleges: Silenced, fading, and almost forgotten. Chapter in Townsend, B. (Ed.) Community Colleges for Women and Minorities: Enabling Access to the Baccalaureate. Westport, CT: Garland Press.

Wolf-Wendel, L, & Ruel, M. (1999). Developing the whole student: The collegiate ideal. Chapter in D. Toma and A. Kezar (Eds.) Reconceptualizing the Collegiate Ideal. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Smith, D., Wolf, L. E., & Levitan, T. (1994). Introduction to studying diversity in higher education, In D. Smith, L. E. Wolf, & T. Levitan (Eds.), Studying Diversity in Higher Education. New Directions for Institutional Research, #81. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

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Book Chapters continued:Levitan, T., & Wolf, L. E. (1994). Diversity resource guide. In D. Smith, L. E. Wolf, & T. Levitan

(Eds.), Studying Diversity in Higher Education. New Directions for Institutional Research, #18. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Articles Submitted for Publication:Kim, D., Wolf-Wendel, L. & Twombly, S. Predicting patterns movement: Job mobility of foreign-Born

and U.S.-born faculty members. Submitted to Journal of Higher Education, February 2016.

Ward, K., Wolf-Wendel, L, & Marco, L. Women in STEM fields: Parity, equity and pipelines. Submitted to Gender & Education, February 2017.

Gardner, S., Hart, J., Ng, J., Ropers-Huilman, R., Ward, K., & Wolf-Wendel, L. “Me-Search” in education: Challenges and opportunities regarding subjectivity in knowledge construction. International Journal of Qualitiative Studies in Education. August 2016.

Book Reviews:Wolf-Wendel, L.E. (2004). Review of book, Contradictions in Women’s Education: Traditionalism,

Careerism, and Community at a Single-Sex College by Banks. The Journal of General Education, 53(2), 161-165.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E. (2002). Review of book, Separate by Degree: Women Students’ Experiences in Single-Sex and Coeducational Colleges by Miller-Bernal (2000). Journal of Higher Education.

Morphew, C, & Wolf-Wendel, L. E., (2000). Review of book, Social Science in Actual Practice: Themes on My Blue Guitar. Management Learning, 30(4), 503-504.

Encyclopedia Entries:Wolf-Wendel, L. E. & Eason, B. (2007). Women’s colleges and universities (4,000 words). Bank, B. J.

(Ed.), Gender and Education: An Encyclopedia. New York: Greenwood Press.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E. (2002). Single sex institutions (1500 words). Guthrie, J. W. (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Education, Second Edition. New York: Macmillan Reference.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E. (2002). Women’s colleges (3000 words). Aleman, A. M. & Renn, K. (Eds.), Women in Higher Education: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO Publishers.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E. (2002). Faculty recruitment (2000 words). Forrest, J. & Kinser, K. (Eds.), Higher Education in the United States: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO Publishers.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E. (2002). The impact of college on students (4000 words). Forrest, J., & Kinser, K. (Eds.), Higher Education in the United States: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO Publishers.

Newsletters

Wolf-Wendel, L.E., & Ward, K. (2007, Spring/Summer). Academic Motherhood. Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession Newsletter. Available at http://www.cswep.org/newsletters.htm


Reports:Ward, K., Morphew, C. & Wolf-Wendel, L. (Forthcoming). Faculty Roles and Expectations, Council of

Independent Colleges Report.

Wolf-Wendel, L.E. The Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) Survey Results for Spring 2009

Wolf-Wendel, L.E. Freshman Summer Institute Assessment for 2004-1997.

Wolf-Wendel, L, Morphew, C., & Twombly, S. Report for KC REACHE Brick and Click Initiative, 2002, 2003.

Twombly, S. T., Wolf-Wendel, L. E., Morphew, C. C. (2002). Title III Assessment for Haskell Indian Nations University.

Research Grants Applied for/Received:National Science Foundation. Applied for UKan Advance for FY 2017 with Drs. Bendaputi, Ward, &

Ginther. Pending.

National Science Foundation. Applied for $1.9 million for Ladder Up: A Tiered Mentoring Model for Improved Student Learning Outcomes and Career-Readiness with faculty from KU School of Engineering. Pending.

Department of Education. Applied for $3.5 million for First in the World Grant in FY14 with Drs. Ann Cudd and Chris Crandall. Denied.

National Science Foundation. Applied for $3.75 Million for five year KU ADVANCE Grant in FY14 with Drs. Grey-Little, Ginther, Kerr, Hummert. Denied.

Spencer Foundation Small Grant. Applied for $49,000 for FY14 to fund research project titled “Social Influence and the First Year: Learning About Diversity” with Drs. Crandall and Bahn. Denied.

Kansas University Graduate Research Fund Grant. Applied for $5,000 for FY12 to fund research project titled, “Qualitative Study of International Faculty.” Granted.

National Science Foundation. Applied for $3.75 Million for five year KU ADVANCE Grant in FY11 with Drs. Grey-Little, Ginther, Kerr, Hummert. Denied.

Department of Education Grant. Applied for grant for FY 11-14 to fund research project titled, “Tracking the Transition to College Success: Building District Capacity” with Dr. Rury. Denied.

Kansas University Graduate Research Fund Grant. Applied for $5,000 for FY10 to fund research project titled, “Academic Motherhood.” Granted.

Kansas University Summer Funding. Applied for $5,000 for FY 10 to fund research project on International Faculty with Dr. Kim.


Research Grants Applied for/Received continued:National Science Foundation. Applied for $400,000 for three year Science of Science Policy Grant,

titled Productivity and Mobilty of International STEM Faculty in Research Universities with Drs. Kim, Ginter & Twombly. Denied.

Kansas University Graduate Research Fund Grant. Applied for $5,000 for FY09 to fund research project titled, “Assessing the Diversity Climate for Faculty.” With Dr. Ng. Granted.

Association of Institutional Research. Applied for $40,000 for one year grant on International Faculty with Drs. Kim & Twombly, Denied.

Kansas University Graduate Research Fund Grant. Granted $5,000 for FY08 to fund research project titled, “Productivity of International Faculty.” With Drs. Kim & Twombly. Funded.

National Science Foundation. Applied for $3.75 Million for five year KU ADVANCE Grant in FY07 with Drs. McCluskey-Fawcett, Ginther, Anthony-Twarog, Twombly, Smith, Cudd & Biernat. Denied

American Association of University Women (AAUW). Received support in FY 06 on Academic Motherhood Longitudinal Follow-up with Dr. Ward (Washington State University). Funded.

National Science Foundation. Applied for $100,000 in FY 06 for two year grant to support The Relative Attractiveness and Effectiveness of Graduate Education Models with Drs. Cummings, Berger, Finkelstein, Hawkins. Denied.

National Science Foundation. Applied for $100,000 in FY 06 for two year grant to support The Changing Academic Profession with Drs. Cummings, Berger, Finkelstein, Hawkins. Denied.

National Science Foundation. Applied for $3.75 Million for five year KU ADVANCE Grant in FY06 with Drs. McCluskey-Fawcett, Ginther, Anthony-Twarog, Twombly, Smith, Cudd & Biernat. Denied.

National Science Foundation. Applied for $160,000 in FY05 to fund project titled, “The Relative Attractiveness of the U.S. Academic Profession: Implications for STEM Graduate Education” with Drs. Cummings, Berger, Finkelstein, Hawkins. Denied.Sloan Foundation. Granted $45,000 in FY05 to fund research project titled, “Academics as Parents: Exploring Policy Contexts” with Dr. K. Ward. Funded.

University of Kansas School of Education RFP in FY02. Granted $10,000 to fund project titled, “A study of the Supply, Demand and Preparation of Education Faculty” with Drs. Twombly, Baker, Tollefson, Mahlios, Kleinhammer-Tramill, Bailey. Funded.

Sloan Foundation. Granted $45,000 in FY02 to fund research project titled, “Academic Motherhood: Balancing Multiple Roles” with Dr. K. Ward. Funded.

Kansas University Graduate Research Fund Grant. Granted $5,000 for FY02 to fund research project titled, “Academic Motherhood: Balancing Multiple Roles.” Funded.


Research Grants Applied for/Received continued:Kansas University Graduate Research Fund Grant. Granted $12,000 for FY00 to fund research project

titled, “Ms. Washington Goes to Smith: Innovative Transfer Agreements between Urban Community Colleges and the Liberal Arts Elite.” Research conducted with Drs. Morphew and Twombly. Funded.

National Association of Student Personnel Administration (NASPA)/Ford Foundation. Granted $8,000 for research project titled, Diversity in Intercollegiate Athletics: Models of Integration and Interdependence? With Dr. D. Toma (UMKC). Funded.

Kansas University Graduate Research Fund Grant. Granted $5,000 for FY98 to conduct case studies of innovative spousal/partner hiring policies with Drs. S. Twombly and S. Rice. Funded.

Office of Educational Research and Improvement’s National Institute on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning (PLLI). Granted $1000 for FY97 to write commissioned paper on women’s colleges. Funded.

Kansas University Graduate Research Fund Grant. Granted $4, 641 for FY97 to conduct a national study of spousal hiring policies at colleges and universities throughout the United States with Drs. S. Twombly and S. Rice. Funded.

Kansas University New Faculty Research Grant. Granted $5,000 for FY96 for Taking Women Seriously: Lessons and Legacies from the Sisterhood. ACE/Oryx. Funded.

Ford Foundation and Spencer Foundation. Granted $100,000 for FY95 to conduct study of academic labor market. Published as Smith, D., Wolf-Wendel, L, Busenberg, B., and associates. (1996). Achieving Faculty Diversity: Debunking the Myths. Washington D.C: AACU.

The Claremont Graduate School Dissertation Grant. Awarded $25,000 for FY94 to for dissertation titled “The baccalaureate origins of successful women." Funded.

National Refereed Research Paper PresentationsWang, L. & Wolf-Wendel, L. To Stay or Return? Stay Inclination for Chinese Undergraduate Students.

NAFSA Conference, Los Angeles, CA, May 2017.

Harris, J. & Wolf-Wendel, L. “I don’t even like theory!” Faculty approaches to teaching student development theory in higher education programs. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Columbus, OH, November 2016.

Morphew, C., Wolf-Wendel, L., & Ward, K. Contingent faculty composition and utilization: Perspectives from independent colleges and universities. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Columbus, OH, November 2016.

Wolf-Wendel, L. & Ward, K. Academic motherhood: Mid mid career perspectives. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Denver, CO, November 2015.


National Refereed Presentations continued:Wolf-Wendel, L., Twombly, K., & Kim, D. (2014). Driven by Discovery: Satisfaction, Motivation, and

Mobiliy among Foreign-born STEM Faculty. Paper presented at the annual conference of American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, PA, 2014.

Wolf-Wendel, L.E. & Ward, K. A. (2012, June). Academic Motherhood: How Faculty Manage Work and Family in Early and Mid Career. Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) Conference, NY, NY.

Wolf-Wendel, L., & Ward, K. (2012, April). Disciplinary differences among academic mothers. Paper

presented at the annual conference of American Educational Research Association (AERA), Vancouver, BC, 2012.

Kim, D., Twombly, S., & Wolf-Wendel, L. (2011, November). Similarities and differences in mobility for US and foreign born faculty: Exploring the underlying motivations for why they leave. Paper presented at the annual conference of Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), Charlotte, NC, 2011.

Kim, D. & Wolf-Wendel, L., & Twombly, S. (2011, April). Longitudinal study of foreign-born faculty mobility, Paper presented at the annual conference of American Educational Research Association (AERA), New Orleans, LA. 2011

Ward, K. & Wolf-Wendel, L. Academic Motherhood: Longitudinal Perspectives of Work and Family for Female Faculty. Accepted as presentation at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, November, 2009.

Kim, D.B., Wolf-Wendel, L., & Twombly, S. Predicting International Faculty Satisfaction and Productivity Using Alternative Definitions and Institutional Characteristics. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 2009.

Ng, J., Skorupski, B., Frey, B., & Wolf-Wendel, L. Measuring Faculty Support of Diversity Goals in Higher Education. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 2009.

Frey, B.B., Ng, J., Skorupski, W. & Wolf-Wendel, L. Evaluating university faculty support of diversity goals. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Denver, CO, November, 2008.

Lombardi, K., Ng, J., & Wolf-Wendel, L. Pathways from Middle School to College: Examining the Impact of an Urban, Pre-College Preparation Program. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, March 2008.

Wolf-Wendel, L., Ward, K. & Kinzie, J. The tangled web we weave: The overlap and unique contribution of the theories of involvement, engagement and integration. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, November, 2007.

Kim, D., Twombly, S. & Wolf-Wendel, L. Factors predicting community college faculty satisfaction with autonomy. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April, 2007.


National Refereed Presentations continued:Kim, D. & Wolf-Wendel, L. A change of academic major: Does this affect the differences in degree

completion rates across racial/ethnic groups? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Anaheim, CA, November, 2006.

Twombly, S., Baker, B., & Wolf-Wendel, L. E. Pathways to the professoriate in educational administration: Are they different for men and women? Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April, 2006.

Wolf-Wendel, L., Ward, K., & Twombly, S. Content and balanced: A qualitative exploration of community college faculty with young children. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, April, 2005.

Baker, B., Wolf-Wendel, L.E. & Twombly, S. Exploring the faculty pipeline in educational administration: Evidence from the survey of earned doctorates 1990 to 2000. Paper presented at UCEA Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO, November, 2004.

Gaston-Gayles, J., Wolf-Wendel, L, Twombly, S., Tuttle, K., & Ward, K. From disciplinarian to change agent: Student affairs in the Civil Rights era. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO, November, 2004.

Baker, B., Twombly, S., & Wolf-Wendel, L. E. Exploring the faculty pipeline in educational administration: Evidence from the survey of earned doctorates 1990 to 2000. Paper presented at UCEA Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO, November, 2004.

Baker, B., Twombly, S., & Wolf-Wendel, L. E. Who’s teaching the teachers? Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April, 2004.

Ward, K.A. & Wolf-Wendel, L, E. Academic life and motherhood: Variations by institutional type. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, and November, 2003.

Twombly, S., Wolf-Wendel, L. E., & Williams, J. Searching for the next generation of teacher educators: Assessing the success of academic searches. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April, 2003.

Rice, S., Wolf-Wendel, L. E, & Twombly, S. Dual career academic couples: Challenging the principles of “fairness” and “meritocracy.” Paper presented at the American Educational Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, October, 2002.

Wolf-Wendel, L, E., & Ward, K. A. Academic mothers: Managing complex roles in research universities. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Richmond, VA, November, 2001.

Morphew, C., Wolf-Wendel, L., & Twombly, S. A second chance story: Qualitative analysis of innovative transfer agreements. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, April, 2001.


National Refereed Presentations continued:Wolf-Wendel, L. E., Toma, J. D., & Morphew, C. How much difference is too much difference?

Perceptions of gays and lesbians in intercollegiate athletics. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA, November, 2000.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E., Twombly, S., Rice, S. Making it work: How institutions accommodate dual career couples. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, November, 1999.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E., Toma, J. D., & Morphew, C. Winning through diversity: Lessons from intercollegiate athletics in creating community from difference. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, November, 1999.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E., & Toma, D. Diversity in intercollegiate athletics: Models of integration. Paper presented at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April, 1999.

Twombly, S., Gahn, S., Townsend, B., & Wolf-Wendel, L. E. How much time does it take to teach: Instructional practices of full- and part-time two-year college faculty? Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, CA, April, 1999.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E. What can women’s colleges teach coeducational institutions? Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, CA, April, 1999.

Baker, B., Keller-Wolff, C., Wolf-Wendel, L. E. Dispelling myths through disaggregation. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, CA, April, 1999.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E., Twombly, S., & Rice, S. Dual career couples: How institutions of higher education are keeping them together. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, November, 1998.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E., Baker, B., & Morphew, C. Dollars and $ense: Resources and the baccalaureate origins of women doctorates. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, November, 1998.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E., & Ward, K. A discourse analysis of community-based learning: Moving from ‘I’ to ‘We.’ Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, November, 1997.

Wolf-Wendel, L. E., & Ward, K. The bridge from student to community and back: Service learning at special focus institutions. Paper presented at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March, 1997.

Smith, D., Wolf-Wendel, L, & Busenberg, B. Achieving faculty diversity: Debunking the myths. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Memphis, TN, November, 1996. Cited in the ERIC Clearinghouse journal, Resources in Education, May, 1997. ED402836.


National Refereed Presentations continued:Wolf, L. E. The baccalaureate origins of successful African American, Latina, and European American

women. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, November, 1994.

Wolf, L. E., Smith, D., & Morrison, D. Paths to success: Factors related to the impact of women's colleges. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, November, 1993.

Wolf, L, & Ingle, Y. Latina faculty: An invisible minority. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, November, 1993.

Morrison, D., Smith, D., & Wolf, L. E. College as a gendered Experience: An empirical analysis using multiple lenses. Paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, November, 1993.

National Refereed Symposia:Internationalizing U.S. Higher Education through Student and Scholar Mobility. Presented at the

American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., April 2016.

The Ideal Worker Across the Academy: How Context-Dependent Norms Impact Work-Life Balance. Presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education, St. Louis, MO, November, 2013.

What is the purpose of the annual meeting of a scholarly association: A town hall meeting. Presented at the American Educational Research Assocation (AERA) annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, April, 2013.

The Mamas and the Papas: Imagined Conversations Between Two Sets of Participants. Roundtable presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, November, 2012.

The Challenges of Me-Search in Higher Education. Symposium presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, November, 2010.

The Role and Relevance of Women’s Colleges in a Changing World: Perspectives on US and International Education. Symposium presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, November, 2009.

The Trouble with Higher Education Research. Symposium presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, November, 2009.

Rethinking Faculty Work: Views from Diverse Perspectives. Symposium paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, November, 2007.

Problematizing choice in faculty careers: A feminist perspective of work and family. Symposium paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April, 2007.

From the Margins to the Mainstream: Feminist Perspectives on Faculty Work Lives. Symposium paper presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Anaheim, CA, November, 2006.


National Refereed Symposia continued:Academic motherhood at liberal arts colleges. Symposium paper presented at the American Educational

Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April, 2006.

The shifting borders of the academic profession. Symposium presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November, 2005.

What price prestige? “Mission” creep in striving institutions. Symposium presented at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November, 2005.

Enhancing understanding of faculty roles and work-lives: Research on organizational contexts and gender equity.

Balancing faculty work and family responsibilities. Symposium at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO, November, 2004.

Back to the future: The role of student affairs in the Civil Rights era. Symposium with at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, November, 2003The role of student affairs in the Civil Rights era. Symposium at the National Association of Student Personnel Association Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO, March, 2003.

Establishing a research agenda for work and family in higher education. Symposium at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA, November, 2002.

Lives in the (un)balance: Negotiating the stages of faculty life. Symposium at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April, 2002.

Dual career couple accommodation policies in higher education: Dilemmas of balancing institutional and individual needs. Symposium at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA, November, 2000.

Commitment to dialogue: General education assessment at the University of Kansas. Panel at the Association for Institutional Research 38th Annual Forum, Minneapolis, MN, May, 1998.

Community colleges for women and minorities: Enabling access to the baccalaureate. Symposium at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, March, 1998.

Come one! Come all! The Freshman Summer Institute at the University of Kansas. Panel at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March, 1998.

The role of special focus colleges and universities in the 21st century. Symposium at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March, 1997.

Mission impossible: Hitting a moving target. The role of schools of education in aligning teacher preparation with ever changing standards. Symposium at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, February, 1997.


Navigating the academic labor market for the aspiring higher education assistant professor. Focused dialogue at the Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Meeting, Memphis, TN, November, 1996.

Invited Presentations (National/International):Managing Work and Family. Barbara Townsend Lecture, Assocation for the Study of Higher Education,

Columbus, OH, November 2016.

Academic Motherhood Public Lecture, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ, February, 2016.

High Quality Culminating Experiences Panel, Council for the Advancement of Higher Education Programs, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Denveer CO, November, 2015.

Advancing women in academic STEM fields through dual career policies and practices. NSF Advance Symposium, University of Texas, Pan American, Edinburg, TX, February 2014.

The stress of leadership: Attaining work/life balance. Leadership Institute. University of North Carolina, Greensboro, January 2014.

If not now, when?" Putting the "Me" in Research. Presidential Address for the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education. St. Louis, MO, November, 2013.

Maintaining your work life balance as a faculty member. Keynote address at Case Western Reserve University. Cleveland, OH, September 2013.

Academic Parenthood. Keynote address for the College University Work Family Association Annual Meeting. Toronto, CA, June 2013.

Academic Motherhood: How Faculty Manage Work and Family. National Center for Faculty Diversity and Development, May, 2013.

What's Trending Now: Engaging Your Evolving Workforce in New and Different Ways. TIAA-CREF Client Forum. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, April 2012

Transforming Work: Re-Imagining the Dual Career Landscape in Higher Education. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, May 2010.

Research on College Students and Teaching. Fourteenth Sally Loyd Casanova Distinguished Alumni Lecture. Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA, March 2010.

Motherhood & Success in STEM. Northwestern University and University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, May, 2009.

Advising and Teaching in Higher Education Programs, Council for the Advancement of Higher Education Program's New Faculty Seminar at Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Jacksonville, FL, November 2008.

Dual Career Couple Hiring. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA: December 2007.


Invited Presentations continued:Navigating the Challenges of Work and Family While Pursuing Academic Careers. University of

Georgia Postdoctoral Teaching Fellows Workshop. Institute for Higher Education, University of Georgia, Athens, GA: February 2007.

Conducting Quantitative Assements. Assessment and Research Institute for Tribal Colleges. Tribal Colleges and Universities Assessment Group. Haskell Indian Nations University. Lawrence, KS: June 2006.

Academic Motherhood: Managing Complex Roles. ACE Women’s Network for Higher Education at Central Michigan University. Mount Pleasant, MI: March, 2006.

Dual career couple research. Keynote speaker for the Faculty Seminar Series of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at Stanford. Stanford, CA: November, 2005.

Dual career couple hiring. Keynote speakers for Dual Career Conference. Ann Arbor, MI: June, 2005.

Policies for tenure track women with young children. Panelist for the American Association of Higher Education (AAHE) Forum on Women in Higher Education. Atlanta, GA: April, 2005.

Academic motherhood. Panelist for the American Association of Higher Education (AAHE) Forum on Women in Higher Education. San Diego, CA: April, 2004.

Combining research and the real world: Achieving work-life balance. 4th Annual Merck-Merial Veterinary Scholars Symposium, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS: August, 2003.

Academic motherhood in differing contexts. Roundtable on Faculty Work/Family Issues sponsored by AAUP. Washington, DC: July, 2003.

Finding balance. Presentation for American Educational Research Association, Division J graduate student and new faculty pre-conference session. Chicago, April, 2003.

Teaching using case studies. Presentation for American Educational Research Association, Division J graduate student and new faculty pre-conference session. New Orleans, April, 2002.

Tips for aspiring academics. Invited speaker at two-day workshop for graduate students and new faculty. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA, April, 2001.

Work and family faculty issues. Key Note Address at Iowa State Education Research Exchange Conference. Ames, IA, March, 2001.

The future of women’s colleges. Invited presentation for Ehwa Women’s University 150 year anniversary celebration, “A learning community with feminist values.” Seoul, Korea, May, 2000.

Creating greater diversity in the halls of ivy: Tips for developing a strategic plan for achieving faculty diversity for directors and chairs. Workshop for the MULTI Program Leadership Workshop Series, Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI, January, 2000.

Dual career couples. Paper presented at Big Ten Conference on Dual Career Couple Policies. West Lafayette, IN, October, 1999.


Invited Presentations continued:Women’s colleges and their place in the universe. Paper commissioned by the U.S. Department of

Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). Presented at research

meeting of the American Association of University Women and OERI. Washington, DC, January, 1998.

How diversity deepens learning: A research overview. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Atlanta, GA, January, 1997.

Assessing the impact of diversity initiatives: Promises, progress, and the road before us. The Fifth Annual Campus Diversity Initiative Conference, Philadelphia, PA, October, 1995.

The academic labor market: Experiences of fellowship recipients. Address to Questions of Equity: Plans for Action, the Fourteenth Annual Conference of Ford Foundation Fellows. Washington, DC, October, 1995.

Undergraduate education: A gendered experience. Women's College Coalition Conference on Studies in Success: Applying Effective Models to Educating Women and Girls. South Hadley, MA, November, 1994.

Refereed Regional Presentations:Aspiring authors: Writing for the NASPA Journal. NASPA, Region IV West Annual Conference, Kansas

City, MO, November, 2005.

Panel on women in student affairs -- Intentionally renewing our personal & professional lives, NASPA, Region IV West Annual Conference, Kansas City, MO, November, 2002.

Invited Regional PresentationAchieving faculty diversity. Paper presented at the Regents Conference on Diversity and

Multiculturalism in the University Curriculum. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, October, 1996.

Managing work and family at a research university. Staff Leadership Summitt, University of Kansas, January, 2016.

Driven by discovery; impeded by neoracism: Experiences of foreign-born faculty members in a Midwestern University. KU School of Education Research Conference, January 2015.

Issues in Higher Education. University of Missouri Kansas City Bloch School of Business Chinese Scholars Program. Lawrence, KS, October 2013.

Generational Issues Influencing Work/Life Success. University of Kansas Medical School, WIMS Workshop. Kansas City, MO, August, 2013.

Academic Motherhood. Presentation for faculty at the University of North Dakota, May, 2013.

Academic Parents. Presentation for Kansas State Faculty, KSU, Manhattan, KS November, 2012

Student Development Theory in American Universities. Presentation for Chinese Scholars hosted by the Bloch School of Manaagement, UMKC. September, 2012.


Invited Regional Presentation continuedInternational faculty in American universities: Experiences of academic life, productivity, and career

mobility. School of Education Faculty Retreat. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS January, 2012.

Achieving Diversity in Faculty Searches. Tilford Diversity conference. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS October, 2010.

The Difference between Millenial Students and Faculty. Kansas Student Affairs Conference. Topeka, KS October, 2010.

How Student Development Informs Teaching. Metropolitan Community College/Blue River Faculty Orientation. Independence, MO August, 2010.

Research Methods in Student Affairs. NASPA Student Services Institute for Blue River Community College, Independence, MO. June, 2010.

College Student Development. NASPA Student Services Institute for Blue River Community College, Independence, MO. May, 2010.

Campus Climate Surveying: Synergies and Lessons Learned. Big 12 Workshop to Promote Faculty Diversity. Lawrence, KS April, 2010.

Top ten tips for success in student affairs that money can’t buy. Keynote speaker for Student Success Professional Development Day. University of Kansas, January, 2010.

How Research on College Students Informs Teaching. Budig Lecture. University of Kansas, October, 2009.

Infusing Diversity: Instructional Strategies. Michael Tilford Conference on Diversity and Multiculturalism. University of Kansas, October, 2009.

Balancing Work and Family for Faculty. Office of Women in Higher Education Kansas Network 2008 Conference. University of Kansas, April, 2008.

Having a VIEW: Women as Leaders Panelist. Panelist for Women’s Leadership Conference. University of Kansas, February, 2006.

Balancing career and family. Talk given at the Annual Conference of the Kansas Office of Women in Higher Education. University of Kansas, April, 2003.

Culturally sensitive pedagogy. Presentation for faculty at William Jewell College, October, 2004.

Diversifying the curriculum. Presentation at William Jewell College, November, 2004


ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCEAssociate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, School of Education, 2015 – presentGraduate Studies Fellow. University of Kansas, 2014-2015.Interim Associate Dean. School of Education, University of Kansas, 2007.Senior Administrative Fellow. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. 2003 – 2004.Coordinator, Bowen Institute for Research, The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA 1994-1995.Grant Writer, Development Office, The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA 1990-1995.Residence Life Coordinator, Dean of Students, Scripps College, Claremont, CA. 1991-1994.

SERVICE ACTIVITIESDepartment of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (formerly known as EPL and T&L)

Coordinator, Higher Education Masters Program, 1997 - 2015Higher Education Student Association Advisor, 1996 - 2007Awards Committee, 2006- 2011Educational Administration Search Committee, Chair, 2010-2011Personnel Committee, 1996, 1998 – 1999, 2003- 2010, 2015Curriculum Committee, 2000 – 2003, 2012Postsecondary Teaching & Learning Program Committee Chair, 1998 – 2001

School of Education:New Faculty Mentoring coordinatorPersonnel Committee, Chair, 2011-2014Mentoring Committee, 2010 – 2011Scholarship Committee, 1995-2000, chair, 2000 - presentStrategic Planning Committee, 2007 – 2009, ChairGraduate Policy Studies Committee, 2007 – 2008Summer School Task Force, 2005 – 2006Ambassador, Center for Teaching Excellence, 1999 – 2001Gateway Scholarship Committee, 1996 - 2000.Ad Hoc Research Committee, 1998-2000.Committee for the Recruitment and Retention of Minorities (CREMS), 1997 - 1998.

University of Kansas:Faculty Senate, 2013-presentAcademic Integrity Review Committee, 2015 – presentGraduate Studies Diversity Advisory Board, 2015 – presentInterdisicplinary Leadership Graduate Degree Committee, 2014Search Committee for Vice Provost for Student Affairs, Chair, 2011-2012Associate Marshall, 2011 - presentStrategic Planning Committee, 2010Huron WorkGroup on Business Centers, 2011Change Facilitators Workgroup, 2011President Faculty Senate, 2009-2010Tuition Advisor Committee, 2011Task Force on Employee Benefits, Chair 2011Senate Executive Committee, 2007 – 2010

University Fulough Committee, 2009 – 2010Provost Search Committee, 2009 - 2010University Committee on Sabbatical Leaves, 2007 - present


University of Kansas:Executive Council for Graduate Studies, 2007 – 2010Provost Assistant Search Committee, 2010Kemper Award Committee, 2007 - 2008Search Committee for Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Studies, 2007Task Force on Promotion and Tenure, 2005 – 2007Faculty Compensation Committee, Chair, 2003 – 2007Judicial Committee, 2006 – presentMelik Diversity Fellows Scholarship Committee, 2006 – presentRole and Structure of Graduate Education, Chair, 2004-2007Associate Vice Provost for Student Success Search Committee, 2005 – 2006University Committee on Promotion and Tenure, 2000, 2003 – 2005Advisory Committee for Preparing Future Faculty, 2000 – 2003Elected member of Faculty Council, 2000 – 2004.Academic Policies and Procedures Committee, 2001 – 2003General Education Assessment Organizational Committee, 1997 – 1999Search Committee for Dean of School of Education, 2000 – 2001Elected member of Faculty Senate Executive Committee (FAXEX), 2000 – 2001.Faculty Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities Committee, 1998 - 2000.Diversity Dialogues Organizational Committee, 1996 - 1998Faculty Senate Library Committee, 1996 - 1998.Wheatland Whirlwind Bus Tour, 1997.Search Committee for Director of University Writing Center, 1997 - 1998.Search Committee for Asst. Director of Freshman/Sophomore Advising, 1997.Search Committee for Director of Center for Teaching Excellence, 1997.

National Association of Student Personnel Administrators:NASPA Center for Women Advisory Board, 2005 – presentSpecial Projects Program Chair for Annual Meeting in 2003, 2001 – 2003Hardee Dissertation of the Year committee, 1996 – 2002Coordinator of Doctoral Colloquium for National Conference, 1996.

Manuscript EditorASHE Higher Education Monograph Series Editor

American Educational Research Association:AERA, Division J Awards Committee, 2001 – 2002, 2007 - 2010Chair of Student Paper Sessions for Annual Meeting, Division J, 2004, 2003 Elected Division J Council member, 1999 - 2004AERA, Division J Awards Committee, 2001 – 2002, 2007 - presentCoordinator, Division J. Graduate Student Workshop, 2000 – 2004Program Co-Chair for Annual Meeting, Division J, 1997Chair of Student Paper Sessions for Annual Meeting, Division J, 1996AERA Evaluation Committee member, 1997

Research Paper Reviewer for Annual Meeting, 1996 – present


Association for the Study of Higher Education:Presidential Committee on Fund Raising, 2015 – presentBoard of Directors, 2012-2014President, 2012-2013Program Committee for 2011 Annual Conference, 2010Publications Committee, 2004 – 2011Chair of Student Paper Sessions for Annual Meeting, 2007Dissertation of the Year Award Committee, 2007 - presentProgram chair for roundtables for 2001 Annual Conference, 2000 – 2001Research Paper Reviewer for Annual Meeting, 1995 – present.Discussant & Chair for Research Paper Sessions, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003.Participant in Graduate Student Policy Seminar, 1989.

Journal/Publications Review: Journal of Higher Education (regular reviewer – approx. 6-10 manuscripts a year)Research in Higher EducationJournal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & PracticeJournal about Women in Higher EducationSociology of Education

Editorial BoardsHigher Education AbstractsNASPA JournalJournal of Student Affairs Research and PracticeJournal of College Student DevelopmentJournal of the ProfessoriateReview of Higher EducationAdvisory Board, ASHE Reader, Women in Higher Education, A Feminist Perspective

Local/State/Regional Service: Pathways Partnership Advisory Committee, 2005 – presentLied Center Friends Board Member, 1998 – 1999Residence Life Staff Training Consultant, Dean of Students, Ottawa University, Ottawa, KS, fall, 1997.Staff Development Consultant, Dean of Students, St. Mary's College, Leavenworth, KS, Fall, 1995 - Spring, 1996.

Research-related Service: Univerity of Utah ELPS Site Visit External Evaluator, November, 2015.

Faciltator for English Department Diversity Retreat, August, 2014.

Consultant for NSSE Project. Indiana University, 2011-12.

Consultant for Blue Valley Project. Dr. Rury and colleagues. University of Kansas, 2009-

Advisory Board Member, “Milestones and Danger Zones” Project funded by National Science Foundation. Drs. Kerr and Multon, PIs. University of Kansas, 2007.


Evaluator, Pathways Partnership Program. University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2006 – 2011

Evaluator, National Assocation of Business Officers, Building Organizational Capacity Project, 2004-2005.

Focus Group Facilitator, Making the Implicit Explicit: An Approach for Assessing the Outcomes of Doctoral Education. Conducted 10 focus groups for Barbara Lovitt’s Sloan Project at the University of Kansas, December 2003.

Evaluator, KC-Reache FIPSE Grant for KCPT. With Drs. Twombly and Morphew.

Evaluator, Haskell University Title 3 Grant. With Drs. Morphew & Twombly.

Invited Presentations (Local/Service) It is never too early: Preparing K-12 students for College. University of Kansas School of Education

Professional Development Strategies Event, February 2017.

Faculty/Student Interaction. Presentation for students in LA&S 292. University of Kansas, April, 2014.

Current Issues in Student Development presentation for KU Department of Student Housing, December 2013.

Understanding Student Development Theory presentation for KU Undergraduate Advising Center, November, 2013.

How to write and get published. Presentation made to graduate students at annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, St. Louis, MO, November 2013.

Academic Motherhood presentation for KSU Women’s Group. Kansas State Univesity, November 2012.

Academic Motherhood presentation for KU Mom’s Group. University of Kansas, November, 2012.

Advice for New Professionals. Intermediate Professional Development Day. Student Success, University of Kansas, August, 2010.

Student Development Theory. Department of Student Housing RA Training, University of Kansas, August 2010.

The Gender Gap: Critical Conversation. Emily Taylor Women’s Resource Center, University of Kansas, February, 2008.

New Promotion and Tenure Standards Discussion. University of Kansas Teaching Summitt, August, 2007.

Student Development Theory. Kansas City Kansas Community College Advisor Workshop, June, 2007.

Books, briefcases and diapers: How does our campus measure up for parents. Critical Issues Series, Emily Taylor Women’s Resource Center, University of Kansas, February, 2007.

Writing Letters of Recommendation. Center for Teaching Excellence Faculty Roundtable, University of Kansas, February 2007.


Invited Presentations (Local/Service) continued:Helping urban high school students get to college, Presentation for Kansas City Kansas School District

Teachers, January, 2007.

Student Success Assessment Workshop Series, University of Kansas, Fall, 2006.

Getting a Good Start. Presentation for graduate teaching assistants at the University of Kansas. Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Kansas, January 2005, August 2004.

White Privilege and Student Leaders. Presentation for Leadership Enhancement Series. Student Involvement and Leadership Center, University of Kansas, October, 2004.

Understanding the Life of a Faculty Member. Presentation for Preparing Future Faculty, Graduate School, University of Kansas, September, 2004, November, 2001.

How to talk about white privilege. Presentation for the Office of Multicultural Affairs Series on Allies Supporting a Multicultural Environment Initiative, University of Kansas, May, 2004.

The Role of Student Affairs in the Civil Rights Era. Student Success Professional Development Day, University of Kansas, April, 2004, January 2004.

How Housing Staff Can Learn to Work with Faculty. Training for Complex Directors, Housing Department, University of Kansas, July, 2003.

Academic Motherhood: Balancing Multiple Roles. Panelist for Psychology of Women Course, University of Kansas, October, 2002, April, 2002.

Career Issues Facing Women in Academia. Presentation at Emily Taylor Women’s Resource Center. University of Kansas, October, 2001.

Choosing your Graduate Program. Student Affairs Career Exploration Fair. University of Missouri, Kansas City. October, 2000.

Measuring Up? Assessment and Library Instruction. Presentation for the Kansas Library Instructional Committee. University of Kansas, July, 2000.

An Introduction to American Higher Education for Fulbright Students. Presentation for Fulbright program, Applied English Center, University of Kansas, August, 2000.

An Overview of Qualitative and Quantitative Methods. Presentation for the McNair Scholars Program, University of Kansas, March, 2000, June 1998.

Teaching Using Case Studies. Presentation for graduate teaching assistants in Department of Psychology Research and Education, University of Kansas, September, 1998.

The College Search. Presentation for parents involved in Upward Bound & Math Science Center Family Day. University of Kansas, May, 1997.


Is This Going to be on the Test? Multicultural Curricular Issues in Higher Education. Diversity Dialogue Panel Speaker and Organizer. KU Coalition against Racism. University of Kansas, March, 1997.

Avoiding Second Semester Burn-Out for Student Affairs Professionals. Keynote for Department of Residence Life Winter Staff Training. University of Kansas, January, 1997.

Skin Deep: Talking About Racial Issues Among College Students. Diversity Dialogue Speaker and Organizer. KU Coalition against Racism. University of Kansas, October, 1996.

The College Search. Presentation for parents involved in Upward Bound Family Day. University of Kansas, May, 1996.

AWARDS OR SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi (Education Honors Society). November, 2015.

Outstanding Publication Award, American Educational Research Assocation Division J (Academic Motherhood Book), April 2013.

School of Education Faculty Service Achievement Award, University of Kansas, May 2011.

Recipient of the Sally Loyd Casanova Distinguished Alumni Recognition. Claremont Graduate University, 2010.

Recipient of the Gene A. Budig Teaching Professorship. University of Kansas, 2009-2010.

Recipient W.T. Kemper Fellowship for Recognition in Teaching and Advising Excellence. University of Kansas, August 2006.

School of Education Faculty Research Achievement Award, University of Kansas, May, 2004.

Outstanding Faculty Award, National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Region IV-West, 2002.

Sabbatical Recipient, University of Kansas, fall, 2002, Spring 2013

Promising Scholar / Early Career Achievement Award, Association for the Study of Higher Education, 2000.

Honorable Mention Emerging Scholar Award, Association for the Study of Higher Education, 1999.

Finalist, Dissertation of the Year. Association for the Study of Higher Education, 1995.

Recipient, Hausam Fisk Award for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, Center for Educational Studies, The Claremont Graduate School, 1992.

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