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DOUGLAS REIMONDO ROBERTSON (Ph.D., Maxwell School, Syracuse University, 1978) is Assistant Provost and Professor of Educational Leadership at Northern Kentucky University. Dr. Robertson has helped to start or reorganize four university faculty development centers (Portland State University, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Eastern Kentucky University, and Northern Kentucky University), and has served as director at three of the centers (UNLV, EKU, and NKU). He has been actively involved in numerous, significant innovations in American higher education for 30 years, including both undergraduate and graduate education, and has over 20 years experience as an academic administrator (12 years private, 8 years public). He has chaired an academic department, co-directed a liberal arts division, administered doctoral and masters programs, and served for the last 8 years on the executive staffs of seven university Chief Academic Officers. At Portland State University, he was full professor and core graduate faculty in the Graduate College of Education, where he taught required doctoral courses in educational leadership, higher education, and adult learning, and chaired or served on 175 doctoral and masters committees. For the last six years, he has worked closely with senior staff at the Kentucky Council for Postsecondary Education and has served on a number of CPE working groups (e.g., technological delivery systems, regional stewardship, civic engagement, presidential leadership academies, and faculty development). He chaired the CPE’s Faculty Development Work Group for 2 years. Dr. Robertson is just ending a 5-year appointment (2002-2007) as a Fulbright Senior Specialist Candidate, during which time he belonged to a pool of experts who were available to provide consultations for overseas universities. An active consultant since the 1970s, Dr. Robertson has provided over 135 trainings or consultations to a broad range of educational, health care, human service, governmental, and business organizations. He has authored or co-edited six books, with his first book (published 19 years ago) still in continuous print in its original edition. In total, he has authored or co-authored over 100 scholarly or creative publications and presentations. Currently, Dr. Robertson is the Senior Editor of the book series on college teaching published by New Forums Press. He is also the Editor of Thriving in Academe, the section on college teaching in the National Education Association’s Advocate (readership: 87,000). He is just completing a four-year term as Editor of To Improve the Academy (two years as Associate Editor and two years as Editor). He is currently serving, or recently served, on the Editorial Boards of Innovative Higher Education, Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, and Kentucky Journal on Excellence in College Teaching and Learning. Dr. Robertson taught his first college course in 1971, and has won several teaching awards along the way. He has been a tenured full professor at four universities and has extensive experience in faculty governance. He serves on the Core Committee (governing board) and chairs the Publication Committee of the primary international association for faculty development, the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD). Over the course of his career, he has served in a number of leadership roles in national and regional associations. He has been involved in six regional accreditations in three different accreditation associations (WASC, NWASC, and SACS), currently serves as Coordinator of NKU’s reaffirmation process, and has been approved to serve as a SACS Evaluator.
