Karri Holley

Assistant Professor, Higher Education
Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies
328E Graves Hall
(205) 348-7825
kholley@bamaed.ua.edu
Appointed in 2006

Recent Courses Taught:

AHE 602: Issues of Diversity in American Higher Education
AHE 644: Academic Program Development and Evaluation in Higher Education
BER 630: Case Study Research Methods

Areas of Research:

Interdisciplinary teaching and learning

Organizational change in higher education

Academic Degrees:

Ph.D., University of Southern California, 2006. Higher Education.

M.Ed., University of Southern California, 2002. Higher Education.

B.A., University of Alabama, 1996. Communication Studies, English.

Professional Experiences:

Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies, University of Alabama, 2006—present.

Research Assistant, Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis, University of Southern California, 2003—2006.

Admissions Counselor, Graziadio School of Business, Pepperdine University, 1999-2001.

Selected Publications:

Tierney, William G., & Holley, Karri (In press, Spring 2008). Intelligent design and the attack on scientific inquiry. Cultural Studies ? Critical Methodologies.

Holley, Karri (2006). The challenges of interdisciplinary research for doctoral education. USC UrbanEd, Spring/Summer, pp. 17-19.

Holley, Karri (2006). Defining governance in the 21st century research university. In William G. Tierney (Ed.), Governance and the public good (pp. 199-206). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Selected Presentations:

Holley, Karri (2007, November). Cultural and structural strategies for graduate student engagement in interdisciplinary programs. Presentation at the Association for the Study of Higher Education annual meeting, Louisville, KY.

Holley, Karri, & Taylor, Barrett (2007, November). Socialization and learning in an online professional curriculum: Experiences of students in a college of nursing. Presentation at the Association for the Study of Higher Education annual meeting, Louisville, KY.

Holley, Karri, & Harris, Michael (2007, November). Interdisciplinary culture and strategy in higher education: A case study of elite research universities. Presentation at the Association for the Study of Higher Education annual meeting, Louisville, KY.

Holley, Karri (2007, August). Fostering interdisciplinarity in the sciences. Presentation at the American Sociological Association annual meeting, New York, NY.

Holley, Karri (2007, April). The cultural construction of interdisciplinarity. Invited presentation at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Chicago, IL.