Lisa Ellen Wolf-Wendel

Lisa Wolf-Wendel is the Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ELPS) at the University of Kansas. She is also the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the School of Education and Human Sciences. Dr. Wolf-Wendel joined the faculty of the University of Kansas (KU) in 1995.

Dr. Wolf-Wendel earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology and Communications from Stanford University in 1987. She earned her doctorate in Higher Education from The Claremont Graduate University in 1995. Dr. Wolf-Wendel is the author of numerous books and refereed journal articles on topics 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 pertaining to the policy response of academic institutions in the wake of demands for dual career couple accommodations and work/family integration. Her most recent research is about faculty during COVID, associate professors, and department chairs. Her book, Academic Motherhood, was awarded the Outstanding Publication Award by the American Educational Research Association in Division J 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.

Dr. 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 Association for the Study of Higher Education (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. Dr. 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 Distinguished Service Award by ASHE in 2017.