Elizabeth Allan

Professor
Higher Educational Leadership

elizabeth.allan@umit.maine.edu
Phone: (207) 581-3166

Education:
Ph.D.: Educational Policy & Leadership focus in Women's Studies, The Ohio State University
M.S. Health Education & Promotion, Springfield College
B.S. Psychology, Springfield College

Courses taught:

• HED 650: Doctoral Seminar: Social Context of Higher Education
• HED 676: Introduction to Doctoral Inquiry: Epistemological Perspectives
• EDS 571: Introduction to Qualitative Research
• EDS 572: Advanced Qualitative Research
• HED 608: Seminar in Student Development in Higher Education
• HED 598: Issues in College Teaching
• HED 598: Women in Higher Education
• HED 690: Internship in Higher Education
• HED 610: Masters Capstone: Case Studies in Higher Education
• HED 561: Theories of Student Development
• HED 562: Impact of College on Students
• WST 410: Feminist Theory
• WST 210: Women, Culture & Society (at The Ohio State University)

Scholarship:

• Hazing in Education
• Diversity, Identity Privilege, and Curriculum Development
• Policy Discourse Analysis
• Classroom Climates and College Teaching
• Feminist, Critical, and Poststructural Theories in Education
• Qualitative Research Methodology
• Gender & Education
• Service Learning
• Women and Leaderhsip

Service:

• Reviewer, ZTA College and University Hazing Prevention Award. January 2010, 2011, 2012.
• Civility on Campus Learning Circle, 2010-2011.
• Sponsor, host, and co-coordination of the National Hazing Symposium Think Tank, October 1-2, 2009.
• Peer Committee, UMaine College of Education and Human Development, 2009-present.
• Guest presenter, Women in Leadership & Philanthropy Development Luncheon, October 29, 2009.
• Diversity Committee, UMaine College of Education and Human Development, 2006-present.
• Search Committee member, UMaine Director of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, 2006.
• Human Subjects Committee member, College of Education and Human Development, 2002-present.
• University Teaching Council, 2005-2007.
• Service Learning Leadership Team, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Maine, 2002-2006.
• Women’s Studies Advisory Committee, University of Maine, 2000-present.

Representative Publications & Conference Presentations:

Refereed Articles

• Allan, E. J. & Madden, M. (2012, in press). The nature and extent of college student hazing. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health.
• Allan, E. J., Gordon, S., & Iverson, S. (2006).  Re/thinking practices of power:  The discursive framing of leadership in postsecondary education.  The Review of Higher Education, 30(1), 41-68. 
• Allan, E. J. & Madden, M.  (July/August 2006).  Chilly classrooms for female undergraduate students at a research university:  A question of method?  The Journal of Higher Education, 77(4), 684-711.
• Allan, E. J. & Estler, S. E. (2005).  Diversity, privilege and us:  Collaborative curriculum transformation among Educational Leadership faculty.  Innovative Higher Education, 29(3), 209-232.
• Allan, E. J. & Iverson, S. V. (Winter 2004).  Cultivating critical consciousness: Service learning in higher education.  INQUIRY:  Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines. 23(2), 51-61.
• Allan, E. J., Hoff, D. L., & Estler, S. E. (Winter 2004). Dilemmas of (in)Difference for Maine educators: Advancing an agenda for change. Journal of Maine Education, 20, 5-10.
• Allan, E. J. (2003).  Constructing women’s status:  Policy discourses of university women’s commissions.  Harvard Educational Review, 73(1), 44-72.  (Awarded Outstanding Publication by the American Educational Research Association Division J). 

Books

• Allan, E. J. (2011). Women's status in higher education: Equity matters. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Allan, E. J., Iverson, S., & Ropers-Huilman, R. (Eds.). (2010). Reconstructing policy in higher education: Feminist poststructural perspectives. New York: Routledge.
• Allan, E. J. (2008; 2010). Policy discourses, gender and education: Constructing women's status. New York: Routledge.

Invited Articles

• Allan, E. J. & Madden, M. (2010, May). The prevalence, tolerance, and significance of hazing on U.S. college campuses. The Bulletin. (magazine of the Association of College Unions International).
• Hawkes, K., Burkett, G., Allan, E. J., & M. Madden (2009). Bystander vs. change-agent: Your move! Article for National Hazing Prevention Week Resource Guide. Distributed by HazingPrevention.org.
• Allan, E. J., Madden, M., Sidelko, L. & G. Burkett (2008). Hazing: What's the problem? Article for National Hazing Prevention Week Resource Guide. Distributed by HazingPrevention.org.
• Allan, E. J. & Madden, M. (2007, Fall). “Yeah, but it wasn’t hazing!":  Research-based insights on why students underestimate hazing.  AFA Essentials.  Association of Fraternity Advisors publication.
• Allan, E. J. & McKaig, D. (2007, Winter).  Hazing on campus: Beyond the Greeks.  Leadership Exchange. 4(4), 12-17. NASPA publication.
• Allan, E. J. (2005, Winter).  Analyzing the obvious:  Applying a gender lens to understand the problem of hazing.  Interfraternity Bulletin.  North American Interfraternal Foundation, 6-8.
• Allan, E. J. (2004, Spring).  Hazed and confused:  Transforming hazing cultures.  Interfraternity Bulletin.  North American Interfraternal Foundation, 1-4.

Chapters

• Hallen, L. P. & Allan, E. J. (2011). Course guides, equity, and achievement: The shaping of student status. Martin, J. (Ed.). Women as leaders in education: Succeeding despite inequity, discrimination, and other challenges. Vol 1: Women's leadership in higher education. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger.
• Allan, E. J. & Hallen, L. (2011). University women's commissions and policy discourses. In Bank, B. (Ed.). Gender and education. Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Allan, E. J. (2010). Feminist poststructuralism meets policy analysis: An overview. In Allan, E. J., Iverson, S., & R. Ropers-Huilman (Eds.). Reconstructing higher education: Feminist poststructural perspectives. Routledge.
• Allan, E. J. (2003).  Hazing in high school and college.  In M. Kimmel & A. Aronson (Eds.), Men and masculinities:  A social, cultural, and historical encyclopedia (375-378). Santa Barbara, CA:  ABC-CLIO.
• Allan, E. J. & G. DeAngelis.  (2004).  Hazing, masculinity and collision sports:  (Un)becoming heroes.  In J. Johnson & M. Holman (Eds.), Making the team:  Inside the world of sport hazing and initiations (pp. 61-80).  Toronto:  Canadian Scholars Press.
• Allan, E. J. (2003).  Gender and hazing: Analyzing the obvious.  In H. Nuwer (Ed.), The hazing reader: Examining rites gone wrong in fraternities, professional and amateur athletics, high schools and the military (pp. 275-294).  Bloomington, IN:  Indiana University Press.
• Allan, E. J. (2002).  Classroom climates in postsecondary education.  In A. M. Aleman & K. A. Renn (Eds.), Women in higher education:  An encyclopedia. (pp. 282-287).  Santa Barbara, CA:  ABC-CLIO. 
• Allan, E. (1998).  Education.  In Reading Women's Lives:  An Introduction to Women's Studies.  (pp. 177-182).  Simon & Schuster Custom Publishing.
• Fonow, M., Allan, E. & Bailey, L. (Eds.). (1997). Article Introductions and Discussion Questions published in Women, Culture & Society:  An Introduction to Women's Studies.  Simon & Schuster Custom Publishing.

Online Publications

• Allan, E. J. & Madden, M. (2008).  Hazing in view:  College students at risk.  Initial findings from the national study of student hazing.  www.hazingstudy.org.
• Allan, E. J. & Madden, M. (2006).  Examining and transforming campus hazing cultures:  Phase I Pilot Study Report.  www.hazingstudy.org.
• Allan, E. J. (2002).  Feminist analyses of leadership:  Selected works.  Published in Women’s Studies Database Bibliographies. http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/Bibliographies/.

Representative Presentations

• Allan, E. J.  & Madden, M. (2008).  Hazing in view:  College students at risk.  Research session.  National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) International meeting.  March 2008.  Boston, MA. 
• Allan, E. J. (2008). Hazing and athletes:  Research highlights. NCAA Convention; Hazing Summit. January 10, 2008.  Nashville, TN.
• Allan, E. J. (2007).  Re/constructing Higher Education: Feminist Poststructural Perspectives and Policy Analysis.  Symposium.  Association for the Study of Higher Education International Meeting.  November 2007.  Louisville, KY.
• Allan, E. J.  (2008). Gender and classroom teaching.  University of Maine Masters of Science in Teaching Practicum.  January, 2008.  Orono, ME.
• Allan, E. J. & Fiacco, D. (2007).  Hazing chalktalk:  Winning strategies for understanding and prevention.  University of Maine Department of Athletics Coaching Staff. August, 2007.  Orono, ME.
• Allan, E. J., Gordon, S., & Iverson, S. (2005).  (Re)thinking practices of power:  The discursive framing of leadership in postsecondary education.  Paper Presentation.  American Educational Research Association, International meeting.  April 15, 2005.  Montreal, Canada. 
• Allan, E. J. (2006).  Transforming campus hazing cultures:  Examining the nature and prevalence of hazing in U.S. higher education.  Fraternity Executives Association annual meeting.  July 9, 2006.  Tucson, AZ.    
• Madden, M. & Allan, E. J. (2005).  “There’s no problem:” The value of focus groups in investigating classroom climates for women.  Paper Presentation.  American Educational Research Association International meeting.  April 15, 2005. Montreal, Canada.
• Allan, E. J. (2003).  Bringing voice to the silences of privilege:  Strategies for faculty development and curricular change.  Invited Presenter.  4th Annual Conference on White Privilege.  April 9-12, 2003.  Central College, Pella, Iowa.

Related Experience:

Teaching

Visiting Professor (2007)                                                                     

        Higher Education and Student Development
        Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico

Developed graduate certificate in Student Development in Higher Education in Mexico in partnership with the University of Maine. 

Visiting Assistant Professor (1999-2000)
Department of Women's Studies, The Ohio State University

Graduate Teaching Associate  (1995-1999)
Department of Women's Studies, The Ohio State University

Graduate Research Associate
Educational Policy & Leadership, The Ohio State University

Student Affairs Professional Experience

Office of Community Development & Student Judicial Affairs
The Ohio State University

Student Activities (including:  Greek Life, Emerging Leader Program,
Commuter Student Services, Student Organizations). 
University of New Hampshire

Residence Hall Director
Springfield College

Vitae: Elizabeth Allan (pdf version)

See also: http://www.hazingstudy.org/staff.php

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