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61
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15588
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1346
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629

Overview

Adrianna Kezar is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with a significant emphasis on education. Within this broad field, Kezar's work specifically addresses the subfields of education, political science and international relations, social psychology, general health professions, and safety research.

Kezar's scholarship concentrates on topics such as higher education research studies, governance and development within higher education, evaluation of teaching practices, mentoring and academic development, higher education practices and engagement, education and military integration, and service-learning and community engagement.

Their recent publications include:

  • "Ecological Validation Model of Student Success: A New Student Support Model for Promoting College Success Among Low-Income, First-Generation, and Racially Minoritized Students," 2021, Journal of College Student Development
  • "A Practical Guide to Causal Mediation Analysis: Illustration With a Comprehensive College Transition Program and Nonprogram Peer and Faculty Interactions," 2022, Frontiers in Education
  • "Tailoring Programs to Best Support Low-Income, First-Generation, and Racially Minoritized College Student Success," 2020, Journal of College Student Retention Research Theory & Practice
  • "Scaling success for low-income, first-generation in college, and/or racially minoritized students through a culture of ecological validation," 2022, Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
  • "Engaging Design Thinking in Professional Bureaucracies: Improving Equity for Non-Tenure Track Faculty in Higher Education," 2022, Journal of Higher Education Policy And Leadership Studies

Kezar has published frequently in several academic venues. The most prominent journals include:

  • Change The Magazine of Higher Learning
  • Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
  • Journal of Postsecondary Student Success
  • About Campus Enriching the Student Learning Experience
  • The Journal of Higher Education

Their collaboration network consists of repeatedly coauthoring with scholars such as Ronald E. Hallett, Jaime Lester, Joseph A. Kitchen, Rosemary J. Perez, and K. C. Culver.

Best Publications

  • The Effect of Institutional Culture on Change Strategies in Higher Education: Universal Principles or Culturally Responsive Concepts?.

    Adrianna J. Kezar;Peter D. Eckel

  • How Colleges Change: Understanding, Leading, and Enacting Change

    Adrianna J. Kezar

  • Expanding Our Understanding of Student Leadership Development: A Study Exploring Gender and Ethnic Identity.

    Adrianna Kezar;Deb Moriarty

  • Examining the Institutional Transformation Process: The Importance of Sensemaking, Interrelated Strategies, and Balance.

    Adrianna Kezar;Peter Eckel

  • Understanding and facilitating organizational change in the 21st century : recent research and conceptualizations

    Adrianna J. Kezar

  • Meeting Today's Governance Challenges: A Synthesis of the Literature and Examination of a Future Agenda for Scholarship

    Adrianna J. Kezar;Peter D. Eckel

  • Obtaining Integrity? Reviewing and Examining the Charter between Higher Education and Society

    Adrianna J. Kezar

  • Taking the Reins: Institutional Transformation in Higher Education

    Peter D. Eckel;Adrianna J. Kezar

  • Redesigning for Collaboration within Higher Education Institutions: An Exploration into the Developmental Process.

    Adrianna Kezar

  • Transformational elite interviews: Principles and problems

    Adrianna Kezar

  • Examining the Ways Institutions Create Student Engagement: The Role of Mission.

    Adrianna J. Kezar;Jillian L. Kinzie

  • Organizing Higher Education for Collaboration: A Guide for Campus Leaders

    Adrianna J. Kezar;Jaime Lester

  • The Dynamic Tensions of Service Learning in Higher Education: A Philosophical Perspective.

    Adrianna Kezar;Robert A. Rhoads

  • Rethinking the "L" word in higher education : the revolution in research on leadership

    Adrianna J. Kezar;Rozana Carducci;Melissa Contreras-McGavin

  • Understanding the new majority of non-tenure-track faculty in higher education : demographics, experiences, and plans of action

    Adrianna J. Kezar;Cecile Sam

  • What is more important to effective governance: Relationships, trust, and leadership, or structures and formal processes?

    Adrianna Kezar

  • The Effect of Institutional Culture on Change Strategies in Higher Education

    Adrianna Kezar;Peter D. Eckel

  • Pluralistic Leadership: Incorporating Diverse Voices

    Adrianna Kezar

  • What campuses need to know about organizational learning and the learning organization

    Adrianna Kezar

  • Beyond the “National Container” Addressing Methodological Nationalism in Higher Education Research

    Riyad A. Shahjahan;Adrianna J. Kezar

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Rhoads
Robert A. Rhoads University of California, Los Angeles
George D. Kuh
George D. Kuh Indiana University

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