Susan B. Twombly

School of Education and Human Sciences - Educational Leadership & Policy Studies

Professor

Chair, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

stwombly@ku.edu

Primary office:

785.864.9721

Joseph R. Pearson Hall, 418

University of Kansas

1122 West Campus Rd

Lawrence, KS 66045-3101

Bio
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Susan B. Twombly is professor of higher education and chair of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. Her PhD is in Higher Education from the Pennsylvania State University. Her research interests include postsecondary faculty member's careers, international higher education, and community colleges. She teaches courses in qualitative research, program evaluation and assessment in higher education and postsecondary curriculum. She and her colleagues have recently completed and published several articles on foreign-born faculty members working at US colleges and universities. She is lead author on a recently published monograph entitled Study Abroad in a New Global Century. Dr. Twombly is chairing the University of Kansas self-study for HLC reaccreditation.

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Teaching

Courses:

ELPS 871: Introduction to Qualitative Research

ELPS 885: Assessment and Program Evaluation in Higher Education

ELPS 983: Curriculum and Innovation in Higher Education

Research Interests

Postsecondary faculty, including community college and international faculty
Women in higher education
Higher education in Latin America
Assessment and accreditation

Selected Publications

Twombly, S. B., Rury, J. L., & Warren, K. C. (2015). “Lift the Chorus Ever Onward”: Leading the University [Book Chapters]. In Transforming the University of Kansas: A History, 1965-2015. University Press of Kansas.

Bean, A., & Twombly, S. B. (2015). Undergraduate Research and Study Abroad: Lessons from an NSF Partnership in Research and Education (PIRE) Grant [Journal Articles]. CURQ on the Web, 36(2), 9–19.

Kim, D., Wolf-Wendel, L., & Twombly, S. (2013). The role of citizenship status in intent to leave for pre-tenured faculty [Journal Articles]. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 6(4), 245–260. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034719

Twombly, S. B., Salisbury, M. H., Tumanut, S. D., & Klute, P. (2012). Study Abroad in a New Global Century: Renewing the Promise, Refining the Purpose [Books]. In ASHE Higher Education Report (Vol. 38, Issue 4). Wiley.

Kim, D., Twombly, S., & Wolf-Wendel, L. E. (2012). International faculty in American universities: Experiences of academic life, productivity, and career mobility [Book Chapters]. In Y. J. Xu (Ed.), Refine the Focus on University Faculty: The Interplay of Diversity, Time, and Methodology (Vol. 2012, Issue 155, pp. 27–44). John Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/lr.20020

Kim, D., Twombly, S. B., & Wolf-Wendel, L. E. (2011). International faculty: Experiences of academic life and productivity in US universities [Journal Articles]. Journal of Higher Education, 82(6), 720–747.

Twombly, S. B., Kim, D., & Wolf-Wendel, L. (2011). Longitudinal study of foreign-born faculty mobility (in process).

Twombly, S. B. (2010). Mission drift II. For 21st Century Scholars Blog Current Issues in Higher Education [Web Publishing (article, blog, etc.)]. http://21stcenturyscholar.org/2010/11/16/part-iii-a-blog-series-by-dr-su...

Kim, D., Twombly, S. B., & Wolf-Wendel, L. E. (2008). Factors predicting community college faculty satisfaction with instructional autonomy [Journal Articles]. Community College Review, 35(3), 159–180.

Townsend, B. K., & Twombly, S. B. (2007). Accidental equity: The status of women in the community college [Journal Articles]. Equity and Excellence in Education, 40(3), 208–217.

Baker, B. D., Wolf-Wendel, L. E., & Twombly, S. B. (2007). Exploring the Faculty Pipeline in Educational Administration: Evidence from the Survey of Earned Doctorates 1990 to 2000 [Journal Articles]. Educational Administration Quarterly, 43(2), 189–220.

Twombly, S. B. (unpublished). Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education: A Practical Guide [Books].

Twombly, S. B., Kim, D., & Wolf-Wendel, L. (n.d.). International faculty: Experiences of academic life and productivity in US universities. [Journal Articles]. Journal of Higher Education.

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