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Adrianna Kezar, Associate Professor for Higher Education, University of Southern California. Kezar holds a Ph.D. 1996 and M.A. 1992 in higher education administration from the University of Michigan and a B.A. 1989 from the University of California, Los Angeles. She joined the faculty at USC in 2003. She was formerly an assistant professor at the University of Maryland and George Washington University. Kezar was editor of the ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report Series from 1996-2004. Previously, she was an administrative associate for the Vice President for Student Affairs (1992-1995) and Coordinator for the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (1995-96), both at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on change, leadership, public purposes of higher education, organizational theory, governance, access, and diversity/equity issues in higher education. She has published over 75 articles and books and is featured in the major journals for higher education including The Journal of Higher Education, Research in Higher Education, The Review of Higher Education, and Journal of College Student Development. Her most recent book is Rethinking the "L" Word in Higher Education: The Revolution of Research on Leadership (2006). In 2005, she had two new books: Higher Education for the Public Good and Creating Organizational Learning in Higher Education both with Jossey Bass Press and a national report published by the American Council on Education: Leadership Strategies for Advancing Campus Diversity. She is currently working on a grant from the Lumina foundation related to a federal financial program called Individual Development Accounts. 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 11 journals in and outside higher education. She has served on the AERA-Division J Council and Association for the Study of Higher Education Publication Committee and Dissertation of the Year Committee. Kezar also serves(d) as a board member for the American Association for Higher Education, Association of American Colleges and Universities' Peer Review and Knowledge Network; National TRIO Clearinghouse; and the American Council on Education's CIRP Research Cooperative. She volunteers for several national organizations including the HERS/Bryn Mawr Summer Institute, Pathways to College Network, and the Kellogg Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good. She 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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