Adrianna Kezar: February 2012 Routledge Education Author of the Month

Congratulations to Adrianna Kezar, our Author of the Month!

Dr. Kezar is a national expert of change and leadership in higher education and her research agenda explores the change process in higher education institutions and the role of leadership in creating change. She is the editor of 2010's Recognizing and Serving Low-Income Students in Higher Education and of the upcoming Embracing Non-Tenure Track Faculty.

Dr. Kezar joined the faculty at the University of Southern California in 2003. She is currently an Associate Professor for Higher Education.

Dr. Kezar is a well-known qualitative researcher and has written several texts and articles about ways to improve qualitative research in education. She is well published with 14 books, over 75 journal articles, and over a hundred book chapters and reports.

Dr. Kezar has participated actively in national service, including being on the editorial boards for The Journal of Higher education, The Journal of College Student Development, Change, and The ERIC Review and serving as a reviewer for 17 journals in and outside higher education. She has played major leadership roles serving on the AERA-Division J Council and Association for the Study of Higher Education Board, Publication Committee and Dissertation of the Year Committee. Dr. Kezar has received national awards for her editorial leadership of the ASHE-ERIC report series from ASHE, for developing a leadership development program for women in higher education from ACE, and for her commitment to service learning from the National Society for Experiential Learning.

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Changing Campuses for the New Faculty Majority

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The nature of the higher education faculty workforce is radically and fundamentally changing from primarily full-time tenured faculty to non-tenure track faculty. This new faculty majority faces common challenges, including short-term contracts, limited support on campus, and lack of a professional...

Published April 2nd 2012 by Routledge
Recognizing and Serving Low-Income Students in Higher Education

An Examination of Institutional Policies, Practices, and Culture

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