Executive Editor of Change Magazine, AERA Fellow

PhD, Higher Education Administration, University of Michigan

Adrianna Kezar is the Dean's Professor of Leadership, Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education at the University of Southern California, and Director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education.

An expert on change leadership, diversity, equity and inclusion, faculty, STEM reform, collaboration, and governance in higher education, Kezar is well published with 26 books/monographs, more than 100 journal articles, and over a hundred book chapters and reports. She has acquired over $22 million dollars in grant funding and has worked on grant-funded projects exceeding $35 million dollars on a variety of projects to fundamentally improve higher education. At the Pullias Center, Kezar directs the Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success, The Change Leadership Toolkit for Advancing Systemic Change in Higher Education, Building a Culture of Shared Equity Leadership in Higher Education and the Faculty, Academic Careers & Environments (FACE) projects. She consults with government agencies, accreditation bodies, foundations, state systems, consortiums, and individual campuses. Kezar is regularly quoted in the media, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Atlantic, Boston Globe, Washington Post, PBS, and NPR (national and local stations), among others.

Expertise
Changing faculty trends | Contingent faculty | Change management and leadership | Institutional culture | Shared governance in higher education | STEM reform

Extended bio and CV at USC Rossier