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.

Selected Publications

1. Dunn, A. L., & Odom, S. F. (2019). The motivation and intent towards leadership and entrepreneurship of undergraduate students enrolled in leadership majors or minors. Journal of Leadership Education, 18(4), 132-149. doi:10.12806/V18/I4/R10
2. Pierre, D., Dunn, A. L., Barnes, A. C., Moore, L. L., Seemiller, C., Jenkins, D. M., Priest, K. L., Guthrie, K. L., Beatty, C. C., Bitton, A. L., Duran, A., Bailey, K. J., & Odom, S. F. (2020). A Critical Look at Leadership Educator Preparation: Developing an Intentional and Diverse Approach to Leadership Learning and Development. In A.C. Andenoro & K.C. Skendall (Eds.). The national leadership education research agenda 2020-2025: Advancing the state of leadership education scholarship. Journal of Leadership Studies, 14(3), 1-7, doi:10.1002/jls.21712
3. Dunn, A. L., & Moore, L. L. (2020). Significant learning of peer-mentors within a leadership living-learning community: A basic qualitative study. Journal of Leadership Education, 19(2), 64-75, doi:10.12806/V19/I2/R5
4. Dunn, A. L., Moore, L. L., Odom, S. F., Briers, G. E. & Bailey, K. J. (2021). Necessary leadership educator competencies for entry-level student affairs leadership educators. Journal of Leadership Education, 20(2), 43-62, doi:10.12806/V20/I2/R4
5. Dunn, A. L., & Moore, L. L. (2022). Reframing assumptions: Collegiate peer mentors’ motivation to lead. College Student Affairs Journal, 40(1), 76-88.

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