Allison Dunn

Areas of Expertise

• Collegiate Leadership Programs
• Intersection of Leadership Education in Student and Academic Affairs
• Leadership Pedagogy
• Qualitative Methods
• Student Motivation and Intent to Lead

Professional Summary

Allison L. Dunn, Ph.D. is an Instructional Associate Professor and Associate Department Head for Undergraduate Programs in the Texas A&M department of Agriculture, Leadership, Education, and Communications. She has over twenty years of experience in collegiate leadership programming in both co-curricular and curricular spaces. Her research interests include the professional preparation of leadership educators, the efficacy of short-term academic leadership programs, and the intersection of curricular and co-curricular leadership programs. Her primary responsibility is to teach courses in the Leadership Studies minor. During her time in Student Affairs, she created a leadership program for graduate students interested in public service, developed a multi-tiered university-wide co-curricular leadership certificate program, taught courses in a leadership-themed living-learning community, advised student government associations, served on the advisory and coordinating boards for multi-institutional leadership conferences, and advised student representatives on a state system’s board of governors.

Publications

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