Archives: Instructors

Kelly was named chair of the Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology in 2011, after serving as interim chair for a year. She has taught administration of higher education, critical issues in higher education and student affairs, student services, seminar in higher education, and college teaching. She previously taught at Oklahoma State University and worked as an administrator and faculty member at the University of Montana. Kelly is interested in faculty issues including integration of teaching, research, and service; work and family concerns for faculty; faculty career development; and faculty diversity in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). She is also interested in the service role of higher education including faculty outreach and engagement.

As a key figure in the Office of Research and Industry Liaison Office (ILO), Paul works closely with his ILO colleagues, Office of Research leaders, college deans, and internal partners involved in business collaboration to assemble, expand, and improve accessibility of core university capability in support of external engagement. Paul’s mission is to partner with these key university stakeholders to establish a unified, overarching industrial collaboration strategy that assures that engagements are of optimal relevancy for the industrial partner concurrent with maximizing value creation for OSU, in large part by considering the entire spectrum of value generating outcomes for both parties. In addition, Paul is responsible for codifying processes, procedures, templates, and training modules for partner vetting, relationship cultivation, and opportunity framing; and establishing an associated knowledge repository of external collaboration best practices. Before joining Ohio State in 2012, Paul founded Design Axis, a consulting firm specializing in product development and strategic innovation. Previously, he was the Vice President of Business Development at the Ellies Design Group and a hardware designer with Hewlett Packard. In 1994, Paul formed Zura Sports, a manufacturer of consumer products. Paul’s experience across diversified areas of innovation and product development has provided him with a […]

Patty Burns is the chief strategist and information architect of the award-winning Kenyon College website. The director of three comprehensive web redesigns, she has extensive practical experience in the planning and execution of this complex process in the small college environment. To lead a successful redesign, she believes one must understand the institution’s needs and available resources, determine how a strategic partner’s strengths and expertise will complement in-house resources, and develop a clear, long-term plan for sustaining the website post-launch. As Kenyon’s director of new media since 2001, Patty develops web policies and procedures and enforces web style and branding guidelines. She serves as principal contact to web vendors and service providers and administers Kenyon’s web content management system.

Marcel J. Dumestre, Ed.D. is a retired academic administrator who writes about higher education strategy and philosophy of education. He held positions for nearly 30 years as a tenured professor, academic dean, and academic vice president at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Regis University, and Loyola University New Orleans. Marcel is recognized as an innovator in distance education, administrative strategy, and academic leadership development. His doctor of education degree is from Vanderbilt University. Marcel’s latest book is Financial Sustainability in US Higher Education: Transformational Strategy in Troubled Times (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).

Robin Smail has focused on the connections between learning, community and user-centric design throughout her career. As the user experience designer in Penn State’s Teaching & Learning with Technology group, she helps to imagine and build things that make the Penn State community more open and connected. In her sixteen years at Penn State, Robin has been involved in a number of special projects, including the university’s site redesign in 2012. Robin’s recent studio projects include developing the user experience of the Penn State Digital Badging Platform, and guiding the general education task force in their efforts to create a transparent, open environment in the use of authentic discussion and collaboration while rethinking Penn State’s General Education requirements. Robin is an award-winning speaker in the higher education community, and travels throughout North America to speak and teach on the user experience, universal design, and emerging trends and their integration into the teaching and learning process. She’s a passionate user advocate, and can be found online everywhere engaging community and misbehaving as Robin2go.

In the 14 years, Carrie has spent in higher education her roles and responsibilities have always been centered on providing exceptional service. In her role as learning & development coordinator she orchestrates 40-60 training opportunities per quarter for staff at the University of North Dakota (UND). Herrig herself is a Gallup trained Strengths Coach, who believes when teams truly understand their individual strengths and how to leverage the strengths of their colleagues, they can improve performance and service. Prior to this position, she was the Coordinator of Staff Development at the UND Student Wellness Center where her primary focus was enhancing the culture and implementing a meaningful customer service program. In her seven years at UND, she has worked with a variety of departments to improve their customer experience and/or launch a customer service program. Herrig began her career in higher education at Concordia College (Moorhead, MN) where she spent seven years, coordinating events and conferences for 10-5000 individuals. She also has two years of direct sales experience from work in the Hospitality Industry & and the local Chamber of Commerce.

Shawn believes in giving back and in being of service to others. In her current role, she has the opportunity to do both for an institution she loves. It is her privilege and honor to be able to work for the institution that was so important to her in her formative years. Shawn has a B.A. and a M.A. from Kent State University, where she also participated in a certificate program in the College of Business at Kent State (M.B.A. certificate program) as well as a state and federal licensure program at The Fisher College of Business at The Ohio State University (The Core of Knowledge in Nursing Home Administration). Shawn Gordon has worked in healthcare administration for most of her career. Shawn ran a $13M long term care facility in Stark County and managed 235 employees, although she has held other positions in healthcare management across the healthcare spectrum. She joined her alma mater, Kent State University, in 2008, which was a transition to doing something that she loves and is passionate about. She loves what she does because she is able to help improve the lives of students every day. The greatest satisfaction she receives every day is […]