Biography—

Lisa Wolf-Wendel is a Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at KU. She has been a KU faculty member for more than 30 years and additionally serves as the SOEHS senior associate dean for research and graduate studies.

Wolf-Wendel has authored numerous books and refereed journal articles related to equity issues in higher education. Her research focuses on faculty issues, including studies of the academic labor market, the needs of international faculty and faculty from historically underrepresented groups, and several recent research projects related to the policy response of academic institutions in the wake of demands for dual career couple accommodations and work and family integration.

Her book, “Academic Motherhood,” was awarded the Outstanding Publication Award by the American Educational Research Association in 2013. She was also recognized for the School of Education Faculty Research Achievement Award in 2004 and the Early Career Achievement Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in 2000.

Wolf-Wendel is the editor of the New Directions in Higher Education Series and serves on several editorial boards. She is active in both the ASHE and the American Educational Research Association (AERA). She is the former president of ASHE and is currently a member of the AERA ethics committee. Wolf-Wendel has received several accolades for her teaching and advising, including the Ned Fleming Trust Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2019, the Gene A. Budig Writing Professorship in 2019, the Gene A. Budig Teaching Professorship in 2010, and the W.T. Kemper Fellowship for Recognition in Teaching and Advising Excellence in 2006. She was awarded the ASHE Distinguished Service Award in 2017.