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KerryAnn O'Meara (she, her) is Professor of Higher Education and the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Provost, and Dean of the College at 911±¬ÁÏÍø. She draws on insights from organizational behavior, higher education research, and behavioral economics to identify and test policies, practices, and interventions to recruit and retain a diverse faculty. KerryAnn previously served as Director of the University of Maryland’s ADVANCE program for ten years, leading evidence-based interventions in inclusive hiring, third space networks, workload reform, and faculty evaluation. She uses a range of methods to study equity in faculty careers and reward systems including longitudinal approaches, randomized control trials, ethnography, time-diary methods, survey, case study and interviews. Her research and practice have been continuously funded by NSF since 2010. KerryAnn is PI of a new NSF study to test nudges in faculty evaluation. She is a 2021-2022 American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow and served as Special Assistant to the Provost for Strategic Initiatives at the University of Maryland. She has taught courses on the Academic Profession, Organizational Change in Higher Education, Women in Higher Education, Ranking Systems in Higher Education and Doctoral Proseminar.

Recent Reports and Essays

White-Lewis, D., Culpepper, D., O’Meara, K., Templeton, L. & Anderson, J. (in press). One foot out the door: Interrogating the "risky hire" narrative in STEM faculty careers. Journal of  Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering.

O’Meara, K., Templeton, L., White-Lewis, D., Culpepper, D. & Anderson, J. (2023). . American Educational Research Journal.  

Culpepper, D., White-Lewis, D., O’Meara, K., Templeton, L., & Anderson, J. (2023).  . Journal of Higher Education.

White-Lewis, D., O’Meara, K., Mathews, K., & Havey, N. (2022, August 16).  Research in Higher Education.

O'Meara, K., Templeteon, L., Culpepper, D. & White-Lewis, D. (2022).. American Council on Education.  

O'Meara, K.,  Templeton, L. Culpepper, D. & White-Lewis. .  American Council on Education.

O’Meara, K. (2022, March 22). Enabling Possibility through Faculty Roles and Rewards. TIAA Institute Report. Washington, D.C.

O’Meara, K. & Templeton, L. (2022). Equity-Minded Reform of Faculty Evaluation: A Call to Action. Washington, DC: ACE-ENGAGE. and .

Culpepper, D. Misra, J., O’Meara, K. & Jaeger, A. (2022, Winter). Addressing Workload Equity: Seven Strategies for Department Chairs. . 32(3), p. 8-9.

Misra, J., Kuvaeva, A., Jaeger, A., Culpepper, D., & O’Meara, K.  (2021). Female faculty of color do extra diversity work for no extra reward – here’s how to fix that. The Conversation. 

Pines, D. & O’Meara, K. (2021, September 30). Seizing First Impressions. Inside Higher Education. 

O'Meara, K., Culpepper, D., Misra, J. & Jaeger, A. (2020, January 8th). Equity-Minded Faculty Workloads: What we Can and Should do Now. Washington-DC. ACE Report.                                          

Faculty Workload and Rewards Resources Booklet published by ACE 

O’Meara, K. February 24, 2021. . Inside Higher Education. 

O’Meara, K., Beise, E., Culpepper, D., Misra, J. & Jaeger, A. (2020). . Change magazine. The Magazine of Higher Learning, 52:3, 34-42.

Journal Articles

O’Meara, K. (2021). Leveraging, Checking, and Structuring Faculty Discretion to Advance Full Participation. The Review of Higher Education, 44 (4) pp. 555-585.

Misra, J. Kuvaeva, A., O’Meara, K., Culpepper, D., Jaeger, A. (2020). . Gender and Society. 1-37. 

Culpepper, D., Lennartz, C., O’Meara, K., & Kuvaeva, A. (2020). . Equity & Excellence in Education.

O’Meara, K., Sayer, L., Nyunt, G. & Lennartz. (2020). . Journal of the Professoriate. P. 105-137.

Culpepper, D., O’Meara, K., Ramirez, A. (2020). . International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 15, 1-28.  

O’Meara, K. & Culpepper, D. (2020). . Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education. 1-18.

O’Meara, K., Culpepper, D., & Templeton, L. L. (2020, published online April 8). . Review of  Educational Research, 0034654320914742.

Culpepper, D., Kilmer, S., O’Meara, K., Misra, J., Jaeger, A.J. (2020, January 2). . Innovative Higher Education.

O'Meara, K., Lennartz, C., Kuvaeva, A., Jaeger, A., Misra, J.  (published online April 12, 2019).  . The Journal of Higher Education.  

O’Meara, K., Nyunt, G. & Templeton, L. (2019).Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal.

O’Meara, K., Jaeger, A., Misra, J. Lennartz, C. & Kuvaeva, A. (2018, December 19).  PLoS ONE 13(12)

O’Meara, K., Griffin, K. A., Nyunt, G., & Lounder, A. (2018, October 11). . Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. Advance online publication. 

O'Meara, K., Templeton, L. & Nyunt, G. (2018).  Teachers College Record, 120(12). 

Griffin, K., Baker, V., O’Meara, K., Nyunt, G., Robinson, T., & Staples, C. L. (2018).  Mapping developmental networks. Studies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education, 9(1), 19-37.

Templeton, L. & O’Meara, K. (2018, Winter). Enhancing Agency through  Journal of Faculty Development. 32(1), pp. 31-36.

O’Meara, K., Griffin, K. A., Kuvaeva, A., Nyunt, G., & Robinson, T.(2017).. International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 12, 251-263.

O’Meara, K. Kuvaeva, A., Nyunt, G., Jackson, R. & Waugaman, C. (2017).  in Research Universities and the Work Interactions that Shape Them. AERJ-SIA. Vol.XX, No. X, pp. 1–33. 
 
O’Meara, K., Fink, J. & White-Lewis, D. (2017). . NASPA Journal about Women in Higher Education.10(1), 64-79

O’Meara, K., Rivera, M. Kuvaeva, A. & Corrigan, K. (2017). . Innovative Higher Education. 42 (4). 1-22.

O’Meara, K., Kuvaeva, A., & Nyunt, G. (2017). . Journal of Higher Education. 1-29.  

Jaeger, A., Mitchall, A., O’Meara, K., Grantham, A., Zhang, J., & Eliason, J., & Cowdery, K. (2016). . Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. doi:10.1037/dhe0000018.

O'Meara, K. (2016). . Teachers College Record. 118, 080306. 1-38.

O'Meara, K., Bennett, J.C. & Niehaus, E. (2016). . Review of Higher Education. 39(2), p. 269-297

O'Meara, K. & Stromquist, N. (2015). . Gender and Education. 27(3), 338-358.

O'Meara, K. (2015).. Journal of Higher Education, 86(3), 331-359.

O'Meara, K., Lounder, A., & Campbell, C. (2014). . The Journal of Higher Education, 85(5), 603-632.

O'Meara, K., Jaeger, A., Eliason, J., Grantham, A., Cowdery, K., Mitchall, A. & Zhang, J. (2014). . International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 10(3), 232-252.

O'Meara, K. (2014). . Research in Higher Education. 56(3), 279-298.

Niehaus, E. & O'Meara, K. (2014). . Innovative Higher Education, 40(2), 1-13.

Terosky, A., O'Meara, K. & Campbell, C. (2014).. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 7(1), 58-76. 

Campbell, C.M. & O'Meara, K. (2013, June 19th). . Research in Higher Education, 54(4), 49-74

O'Meara, K., Lounder, A. & Hodges, A. (2013). . Michigan Journal of Community Service -Learning, 19(2), 5-20.

O'Meara, K., Knudsen, K. & Jones, J. (2013). . Review of Higher Education, 36(3), 315-348.

Lundquist, J. H., Misra, J. & O'Meara, K. (2013).  Fathering: A Journal of Research, Theory, and Practice about Men as Fathers, 10(3). 337-363.

O'Meara, K. & Campbell, C.M. (2011, Spring). . Review of Higher Education, 34(3): 447-476.

O'Meara, K. Sandmann, L.R., Saltmarsh, J. & Giles, D.E. (2011).  Innovative Higher Education, 36(2). 83-96.   

O'Meara, K., & Bloomgarden, A. (2010).  Journal of the Professoriate, 4(1). 40-74.

O'Meara, K. & Niehaus, E. (2009). Michigan Journal of Community Service-Learning, 16(1). 1-16.

O'Meara, K. (2008).  Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 12(1), 7-29.

Sandmann, L., Saltmarsh, J. & O'Meara, K. (2008).  Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 12(1), 47-63.

O'Meara, K. (2007). Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 18(2), 97-118.

Bloomgarden, A. & O'Meara, K. (2007).  Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 13(2), 5-18.

O'Meara, K., & Jaeger, A. (2007).  Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 11(4), 3-26.

O'Meara, K. & Braskamp, L. (2005).  National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Journal, 42(2), 223-240.

O'Meara, K. (2005).  Research in Higher Education, 46(5), 479-510.

O'Meara, K. (2005).  Planning for Higher Education, 34(2), 43-53.

Crosson, P., Douglas, K., O'Meara, K., & Sperling, C. A. (2005).  Community College Review, 33(2). 45-63.

O'Meara, K. (2005). Journal of Faculty Development. 20(3), 153-160.

O'Meara, K. (2004).  Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 8(2), 201-220. 

O'Meara, K. (2004).  The Journal of Higher Education, 75(2), 178-202.

O'Meara, K. (2003).  Review of Higher Education, 27(1), 17-44.

O'Meara, K. (2002).  Review of Higher Education, 26(1), 57-80.

O'Meara, K. (2001). Assessing and improving outreach through objectives. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 6(2), 45-56.

Edited Book

O'Meara, K. A., & Rice, R. E. (Eds.) (2005). Faculty priorities reconsidered: Encouraging multiple forms of scholarship. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Chapters in Edited Books

O’Meara K., Culpepper D., Lennartz C., Braxton J. (2021) Leveraging Nudges to Improve the Academic Workplace: Challenges and Possibilities. In: Perna L.W. (eds) Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research. vol 37. Springer, Cham. 

Lennartz, C. & O’Meara, K. (2018). . Editor Vicki L. Baker. Success After Tenure: Supporting Mid-Career Faculty. Pp. 285-310. Sterling, VA: Stylus.

Griffin, K.A., Baker, V., & O’Meara, K. (2020).  . Pp. 223-240  In L. DeAngelo & J. Weidman (Eds.), Socialization in higher education and the early career: Theory, research, and application.  New York, NY: Springer International Publishing.

Martin, A. & O’Meara, K. (2017).  Pamela Eddy & Kelly Ward (Eds). Critical Approaches to Women and Gender in Higher Education. Palgrave.

O’Meara, K. & DeCrosta, L. (2016).  pp. 130-142. In A. Kezar & D. Maxey. The Faculty for the 21st Century. Rutgers University Press.

Orphan, C. M. & O’Meara, K. (2016). pp. 214 to 231. In Publicly Engaged Scholars: Next Generation Engagement and the Future of Higher Education. Eds. M.A. Post; E. Ward; N.V. Longo; and J. Saltmarsh. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.

O'Meara, K.  (2016).  pp. 96-109 In Publicly Engaged Scholars: Next Generation Engagement and the Future of Higher Education. Eds. M.A. Post; E. Ward; N.V. Longo; and J. Saltmarsh. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing. 

O’Meara, K. (2015).  P. 41-47. In Scholarship Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate. Updated and Expanded by Drew Moser, Todd C. Ream, John M. Braxton and Associates. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

O’Meara, K. (2015).  p. 126-130.  Editor: Boyte, H. Vanderbilt University Press.

O'Meara, K. (2012). Research on faculty motivation for service learning. Chapter 3.2. In Clayton, P., Bringle, R. & Hatcher, J (Eds.), Research on Service-learning: Conceptual Frameworks and Assessment, p. 215-243. Stylus Publishing, LLC.

O'Meara, K. (2011).  (p. 161-220) In J.C. Smart, M.B. Paulsen (eds.), Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, 26. New York: Springer.

O'Meara, K. (2011). (pp. 177-198). John Saltmarsh and Matt Hartley, (Eds). "To serve a larger purpose:" Engagement for Democracy and the Transformation of Higher Education. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

O'Meara, K. (2010).  (pp. 271-294). In Fitzgerald, H. Burack, C. & Seifer, S. (eds). Handbook of engaged scholarship, Volume I: Institutional Change. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press.

Saltmarsh, J., Giles D. E. Jr., O'Meara, K., Sandmann, L., Ward, E.& Buglione, S. M. (2009).  P. 3-30. In B. E. Moely, Creating our identities in service learning and community engagement, Information Age Publishing.

O'Meara, K. (2008). P. 27-43. In Colbeck, C.L., O’Meara, K. & Austin, A. (Eds), Educating Integrated Professionals: Theory and Practice on Preparation for the Professoriate: New Directions for Teaching and Learning 113, 27-42.

O'Meara, K. A. (2007). In J.D. Smart (Ed), Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, 22 (pp. 121-179). New York: Springer.

O'Meara, K. (2006). (pp. 77-96). In J. Braxton (Ed.), Analyzing faculty work and rewards: Using Boyer's four domains of scholarship. New Directions for Institutional Research, 129.

O'Meara, K. (2005). Principles of good practice: Encouraging multiple forms of scholarship in policy and practice. In K. A. O'Meara & R. E. Rice (Eds.), Faculty priorities reconsidered: Encouraging multiple forms of scholarship (pp. 290-302). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

O'Meara, K. (2005). Effects of encouraging multiple forms of scholarship nationwide and across institutional types. In K. A. O'Meara & R. E. Rice (Eds.), Faculty priorities reconsidered: Encouraging multiple forms of scholarship, (pp. 255-289). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

O'Meara, K. & Rice, R. E. (2005). Introduction. In K. A. O’Meara & R. E. Rice (Eds.), Faculty priorities reconsidered: Encouraging multiple forms of scholarship, (p. 1-16). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

O'Meara, K. (2000). Climbing the academic ladder: Promotion in rank. In K. Trower (Ed.), Policies on faculty appointment: Standard practices and unusual arrangements, (pp. 141-179). Bolton, MA: Anker.

Monograph

O'Meara, K., Terosky, A.L. & Neumann, A. (2008).  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Edited Monograph

Colbeck, C.L., O'Meara, K. & Austin, A. (eds). (2008).  New Directions for Teaching and Learning Volume, 113.

Scholarly Magazine, Quarterly, Essays and Reports

O’Meara, K., Renn, K., Stewart, D.L. (2020, June 4). Still a Space of Opportunity. Inside Higher Education. 
  

O’Meara, K., Bawa, A., Garcia, H., Harkavy, I., Hodges, R., Van’t Land, H. (2021, May 4). The Fight for Diverse, Inclusive, Antiracist and Just Democracies. Inside Higher Education.

O’Meara, K., Misra, J., Jaeger, A. & Culpepper, D. (2019, July 25). Needed: Allies for Equitable Faculty Workloads. Inside Higher Education.

O'Meara, K. (January 24, 2019). Meeting to Transgress. Inside Higher Education. 

O'Meara, K. (2018, August 22). Accurately Assessing Engaged Scholarship. Inside Higher Education.

O’Meara, K. (2018, June 27). Undoing the Can of Worms. Inside Higher Education. 

O'Meara, K. (2018, May 10). The Hallway Ask. Inside Higher Education.

O'Meara, K. (December, 2015). Flexible Workplace Agreements: Enabling Higher Education's Strategic Advantage 

O’Meara, K., Eatman, T. & Peterson, S. (2015). Advancing Engaged Scholarship in Promotion and Tenure: A Roadmap and Call for Reform. Liberal Education, 101(3). 
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O’Meara, K. (2014), January 13. Change the Tenure System. Inside Higher Education. Retrieved from 

Thomas, S., O’Meara, K. &  Espy-Wilson, C. (2014). ADVANCING Faculty Diversity: Building the Architecture for Inclusion. Faculty Voice. University of Maryland System. 

Saltmarsh, J., O’Meara, K. Sandmann, L., Giles, D., Cowdery, K., & Liang, J. (2014). Becoming a steward of place: Lessons from AASCU Carnegie Community Engagement Applications. American Association of State Colleges and Universities. Washington, D.C.  

O'Meara, K. (2013). Higher Education in Review, 10, 1-10.

Weiland, K.L., Guzman, A., & O'Meara, K. (2013). 18(2), 2-9.

LaRiviere, K.,Snider, J. & Stromberg, A. & O'Meara, K. (2012, July/August).  17(3), 10-17.

Terosky, A. & O'Meara, K. (2011). Liberal Education. 97(3/4) 54-59.

Meekins, M. & O'Meara, K. (2011, Winter). , p. 6-9. Washington, D.C.: AASCU.

Lounder, A. Waugaman, C., Kenyon, M., Levine, A. Meekins, R. & O'Meara, K. (2011).  Liberal Education. 97(1). 20-29.

O'Meara, K. & LaPointe Terosky, A. (2010, November/December)  Change magazine. 42(6), 44-51.

O'Meara, K. Kaufman, R., & Kuntz, A. (2003). Faculty work in challenging times: Trends, consequences and implications. Liberal Education, 89(4), 16-23.