Dee Hopkins Author

Walter H. Gmelch is the Dean of the School of Education at the University of San Francisco. Formerly he served as Dean of the College of Education at Iowa State University and Interim Dean of the College of Education, Professor, and Chair of the Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology Department at Washington State University. Currently, Walt Gmelch also serves as Director of the National Center for the Study of Academic Leadership.As educator, management consultant, university administrator, and former business executive, Gmelch has conducted research and written extensively on the topics of leadership, team development, conflict, and stress and time management. He has published numerous articles, books, and scholarly papers in national and international journals. Gmelch is author or co-author of eleven books. Today, he is one of the leading researchers in the study of academic leaders in higher education, serving as editor of two journals and on the editorial board of a half dozen other journals including The Department Chair, Innovative Higher Education, Academic Leadership, and the Center for Academic Leadership Newsletter. He has directed two national studies of 1,600 university department chairs in the United States, one study of 1,580 Australian department heads, another investigation of 1,000 community college chairs, and recently has completed an international study of 2,000 academic deans in Australia and America.Gmelch has received numerous honors including a Kellogg National Fellowship, the University Council for Educational Administration Distinguished Professor Award, the Faculty Excellence Award for Research, and the Education Press Award of America. In addition, he served in the Danforth Leadership Program; has been an advisor to the Salzburg Seminar on Higher Education; and has been an Australian Research Fellow.

Dee Hopkins is Dean of the College of Human Resources and Education at West Virginia University and has been an administrator for over fifteen years at four institutions. Her research focus is leadership. Her chapter, “To Dean or not to Dean: Personal and Professional Considerations,” appears in Dean’s Balancing Acts: Education Leaders and the Challenges They Face (2002). She also co-edited It’s All about People: Case Studies in Higher Education Leadership (2007) and Collaborative Leadership in Action: Partnering for Success in Schools (2010).

Sandra Damico is Dean of the College of Education at the University of Iowa and has been an administrator for over sixteen years at two institutions. Her research focuses on organizational effectiveness and leadership. She has published widely on these topics and co-edited It’s All about People: Case Studies in Higher Education Leadership (2007). She holds leadership positions in a number of professional associations and is the Vice-President of the Executive Committee of the Regional Education Laboratory – Midwest.