Research Team – Principal Investigators
Dr. John P. Dugan
John currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Higher Education graduate program at Loyola University Chicago where he teaches courses on leadership, student development theory, and multiculturalism for social justice. John's research interests focus on the influences of higher education in shaping college students' involvement and leadership development with a specific emphasis on marginalized voices and ideas. John currently services as the Principal Investigator for the Multi-Institutional Study of Leadership (MSL), an international research program examining the influences of higher education on socially responsible leadership and other educational outcomes (e.g., efficacy, resilience, social perspective-taking, identity development). To date more than 175 institutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Jamaica have participated in the study yielding over 250,000 college student participants. John's research has generated 24 printed or in press publications (e.g., refereed articles, books, and book chapters), more than 60 presentations at national and international conferences. John is a past recipient of the ACPA: College Educators International Burns B. Crookston Doctoral Research Award, Nevitt Sanford Award for Research in Student Affairs, and was named an Emerging Professional Annuit Coeptis. Additionally, the National Association for Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) recognized John as the Melvene Hardee Dissertation of the Year Runner Up and the NASPA Knowledge Community for Student Leadership awarded him the 2009 award for Outstanding Student Leadership Research.
Dr. Susan R. Komives
Susan is co–founder of the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs (NCLP) and serves as research and scholarship editor of Concepts & Connections. She is co–author of Exploring Leadership: For College Students Who Want To Make A Difference (Jossey–Bass, 1998, 2007), Management and Leadership Issues for A New Century (Jossey–Bass, 2000), Student Services: A Handbook for the Profession (Jossey–Bass, 1996, 2003), and was a member of the ensemble that developed the Social Change Model of Leadership. She is editor of the Insights & Applications leadership monograph series with NCLP and co–editor of the Handbook for Student Leadership Programs and the forthcoming, Becoming a Change Agent: Applications from the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. Her recent leadership research includes serving as PI for a grounded theory on Leadership Identity Development (Journal of College Student Development, 2005, 2006). She is the new President of the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS). She is a Professor in the Maryland College Student Personnel graduate program and a Senior Scholar with the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership. In addition to local and national teaching and mentoring awards, in 2006 Susan was honored with both the ACPA: College Educators International's Contribution to Knowledge Award and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrator's Outstanding Contribution to Literature or Research Award.
Dr. Julie E. Owen (Institutional Survey)
Julie is an Assistant Professor of Leadership and Integrative Studies at New Century College, George Mason University where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on leadership theory and civic engagement. She has 15 years of professional experience in the field of leadership development, service–learning, and assessment. In addition to her work on the Leadership Identity Development (LID) project, she is the author of two monographs for the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs, is co–editor of the Handbook for Student Leadership Programs, and is the co–author of the instructor's manual and workbook for the book Exploring Leadership. Julie served as an associate with the Kellogg Forum on Higher Education and the Common Good. She is the 2005 recipient of the K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award. She has assumed leadership roles in numerous professional associations including ACPA: College Educators International and the International Leadership Association (ILA). She is a frequent presenter, consultant, and keynote speaker on topics related to leadership, social change, and organizational development.
Latest News
Enrollment Still Open Through October!
October 2011 Enrollment for MSL 2012 is still open! Schools may enroll through the month of October. To learn more about the benefits of participating, please go HERE. To enroll now, please fill out our Enrollment Survey.
STEM School Coalition Started for MSL 2012
Catholic Schools Coalition Expands Significantly for 2012 MSL
MSL Announces New Three Year Research Cycle
Recent Publication
March/April 2011 Article based on MSL data now available examining leadership across US and Mexican cultures published in the Journal of College Student Development.
Recent Publication
March/April 2011 Article based on MSL data now available! Published in the Journal of College Student Development.
Recent Publication
Spring 2011 The 2nd edition of The Handbook For Student Leadership Development, is published.
Measuring Quality Inventory
MSL Co-PI Honored by NASPA
MSL Receives NASPA Award
National MSL Benchmark Dataset
Student Leadership Research Award
ILA Board Appointment
Example Custom Report
8.10.2009 An example of the complete MSL custom report is now available for download.
Recent Publication
NASPA Certificate
4.6.2009 MSL PIs recognized by NASPA. Read more »
MSL 2012 Timeline
May 31 and June 30, 2011
Early enrollment and payment deadlines
October, 2011
Final enrollment deadline
July - December, 2011
Schools prepare for data collection
January - April, 2012
Data collection
Summer, 2012
School reports distributed
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