Education
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1980 – 1981 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Research on Poverty,
University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
1978 Ph.D. University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
Major: Adult and Continuing Education
1973 M.S. Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi
Major: Adult Education,
1972 B.S. Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi
Major: Industrial Arts,
Administrative, Academic, and Research Experience
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2016 – Present Emeritus Professor of Adult and Continuing Education Leadership, Department of Administrative Leadership.
2010 – 2015 Department Chair, Department of Administrative Leadership,
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Elected by the faculty of the department of Administrative Leadership, and appointed by the Dean of the School of Education to serve one-year terms as Chair. This graduate level department awards three Masters degrees in Educational Administration, Adult and Continuing Education Leadership, and Higher Education Administration. As Chair, I have supervised 14 faculty members, 3 Graduate Assistants, and a Program Assistant. My responsibilities included: chairing all department meetings and Executive Committee meetings; representing the department at bi-weekly Chair’s meetings; managing the department’s budget; overseeing the activities of course planning/scheduling/assignment within the department; providing oversight for staffing changes; completing a Two-Year Follow-up Report; and serving as the student appeals officer for students. Via the development and evolution of our new Higher Education Administration degree program, online delivery of our existing Masters degree programs, and the development of new certificate programs, an analysis of five-year enrollment patterns from spring 2008 to fall, 2012 shows that the department’s enrollments for all programs increased 53.3% from 165 students in 2008 to 253 students in 2012.
2004 – 2012 Director of Doctoral Studies. Urban Education Doctoral Program, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Elected by the faculties of the School of Education and the School of Information Studies, and appointed by the Dean of the School of Education. This interdepartmental program awards a Ph.D. in Urban Education. Operationally, the
program includes seven curriculum specializations, and 91 affiliated faculty members (from the Schools of Education and Information Studies) who serve as Major Professors and/or Doctoral Committee members. However, the Urban Education Doctoral Program (UEDP) has the responsibility to staff several required graduate courses, but it has no assigned faculty, nor does it have budgeted funds for staffing UEDP courses.
Accomplishments: Voted by the faculty to serve four two-year terms as Director of the Urban Education Doctoral Program (UEDP). Successfully challenged the Graduate School to revise the processes and criteria for selecting recipients of
the Distinguished Graduate Student Fellows Award. Prior to this challenge, no students (in the past 15-20 years) in the SOE doctoral program had ever been offered an award. Since the processes and criteria were revised, four SOE doctoral
program students and applicants have been offered the award. Reorganized and streamed-lined the applications and admissions process into a better coordinated effort between the UEDP and the Graduate School. Completed a UWM Graduate
School Ten–Year Review Report, and a Two-year Follow-Up Review Report. Successfully recruited faculty from the various departments to voluntarily teach UEDP courses. Organized and implemented a series of interstitial Fall and Spring
Research Forums to assist students to improve their knowledge and skills in research and scholarship. Organized and chaired monthly meetings of the Urban Education Doctoral Committee (a faculty governance committee that provides
oversight to the UEDP). Created a student-operated website that assists students to locate program-related information and to form networks among themselves to advance their scholarship. Involved faculty volunteers in important decisions regarding students, e.g., selection of the recipients of the annual Dissertation of the Year Award; selection of the UEDP applicants for the Graduate School Fellowship, Advanced Opportunity Fellowship, and Dissertation Fellowship Awards; staffing doctoral program courses; and other such activities.
1996 – 2002 Chairperson. Department of Administrative Leadership, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Elected by the faculty of the Department of Administrative Leadership and appointed by the Dean of the School of Education to serve six consecutive terms as Chair. Responsibilities included: chairing all department meetings and Executive Committee meetings; representing the department at bi-weekly Chair’s meetings; managing the department’s budget; overseeing the activities of course planning/scheduling/assignment within the department; providing oversight for staffing changes; completing a Graduate School Ten Year Review Report and Two-Year Follow-up Report; and serving as the student appeals officer for students.
2016 – Present Professor Emeritus. Department of Administrative Leadership, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2001 – 2016 Full Professor. Department of Administrative Leadership, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1986 – 2001 Associate Professor. Department of Administrative Leadership, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1983 1986 Assistant Professor. Department of Administrative Leadership, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin