Education & Human Development

Faculty & Staff

Susan Gardner
susan.gardner@umit.maine.edu

336 Merrill Hall
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5749

(207) 581-3122

Title
Assistant Professor - Higher Educational Leadership

Education
Ph.D.:2005, Washington State University
Ed.M.: 2001, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
B.A. Spanish/Education 1996, Hamline University

Courses taught at UMaine

• HED 561: Theories of Student Development in Higher Education
• HED 562: Impact of College on Students
• HED 608: Issues in Student Affairs
• HED 620: Seminar in Higher Education in the US
• HED 676: Doctoral Seminar

Scholarship

• Doctoral student development, retention, and attrition
• Attitude impact in college students through co-curricular involvement
• New faculty development and socialization processes
• Connections throughout the K-20 system in the United States

Representative Publications

• Gardner, S.K. (in press). “What’s too much and what’s too little?” The process of becoming an independent researcher in doctoral education. The Journal of Higher Education.

• Gardner, S.K. (in press). The graduate student hierarchy of needs: A theoretical model of doctoral student success and retention. The International Journal of Graduate Education.

• Gardner, S.K. (2007). “I heard it through the grapevine” Doctoral student socialization in chemistry and history. Higher Education, 54, 723-740.

• Ward, K.A., & Gardner, S.K. (in press). Three magic letters. [Review of the book Three magic letters]. The Journal of Higher Education.

• Gardner, S.K., & Choate, L.H. (in press). The college experience for women: Progress and paradox. In L.H. Choate (Ed.), Girls and women's wellness: Contemporary counseling issues and interventions.

• Gardner, S.K., & Barnes, B.J. (2007). Graduate student involvement: Socialization for the professional role. The Journal of College Student Development, 48(4), 369-387.

• Gardner, S.K., Miller, K., Barker, M.J., Loftin, J., Erwin, M., & Maurin, K. (2007). Student affairs and Hurricane Katrina: Contextual perspectives from five institutions of higher education in New Orleans.  The NASPA Journal, 44(1), 209-232.

• Gardner, S.K., Hayes, M.T., Neider, X. (2007). The dispositions and skills of a Ph.D. in education: Perspectives of faculty and graduate students in one college of education.  Innovative Higher Education, 31(5), 287-299.

• Gardner, S.K. (2005, December). Zen and the art of graduate school. Academic Exchange Extra.

• Gardner, S.K. (2005). Faculty preparation for teaching, research, and service: What do new faculty need? Journal of Faculty Development, 20(3), 161-166.

• Gardner, S.K. & Ward, K.A. (2005). Pathways to the Professoriate. [Review of the book Pathways to the professoriate]. Review of Higher Education, 28(3), 430-431.

• Gardner, S.K. (2003). How to set up an induction program. In M. Scherer (Ed.), Keeping good teachers (pp. 57-66). Washington, DC: ASCD.

Related Experience

• Assistant Professor, LSU, 2005-2007
• Research Assistant 2003-2005; Carnegie Initative on the Doctorate, Washington State University
• Graduate Intern 2004-2005; Student Affairs Research, Washington State University
• Teaching Assistant 2003-2004; Department of Educational Leadership, Washington State University
• Coordinator of Campus Involvement 2001-2003; Student Affairs, Washington State University
• Spanish Teacher 1996-2001; Lincoln High School, Alma Center, Wisconsin

Professional Memberships & Honor Societies

• American Educational Research Association
• Association for the Study of Higher Education
• Association of American Colleges and Universities
• American College Personnel Association
• National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
• National Women's Studies Association