Research interests
Kelly Ward is interested in faculty issues including integration of teaching, research, and service; work and family concerns for faculty; and new faculty development. She is also interested in the service role of higher education including faculty outreach and engagement.
Teaching/professional interests
Kelly Ward teaches Administration of Higher Education, Critical Issues in Higher Education and Student Affairs, Student Personnel Services, Seminar in Higher Education, and College Teaching. Ward has taught at Oklahoma State University and worked as an administrator and faculty member at the University of Montana.
Recent accomplishments
- WSU College of Education Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching, 2007
- Grant: Academic Motherhood: A Longitudinal Perspective of Work and Family for Faculty. American Association of University Women, 2006-2008.
- Co-editor, JosseyBass-ASHE Monograph Series, 2005 to present
- Board member, Association for the Study of Higher Education, 2004-2006.
- Grant: Work and Family: Understanding Institutional Contexts. Sloan Foundation, 2001-2004
- Ward, K.A., Wolf-Wendel, L.E., & Twombly, S.B. (2007). Faculty life at community colleges: The perspective of women with children. Community College Review, 34(4), 255-281. Available online.
- Wolf-Wendel, L. & Ward, K. (2007, Spring/Summer). Academic motherhood. Committee on the Status of Womeni in the Economics Profession Newsletter. Available online.
- Wolf-Wendel, L., & Ward, K. (2006). Academic life and motherhood: Variations by institutional type. Higher Education, 52(3), 487-521. Available online.
- Braskamp, L., Trautvetter, L. & Ward, K. (2005). Putting students first: How colleges develop students purposefully. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing.
- Ward, K., & Wolf-Wendel, L.E. (2005). Work and family perspectives from research university faculty. New Directions for Higher Education, 130, 67-80. Available online.
- Ward, K. & Wolf-Wendel, L.E. (2004). Academic motherhood: Managing complex roles in research universities. Review of Higher Education, 27(2), 233-257. Available online.
- Ward, K. & Wolf-Wendel, L. (2004, November/December). Fear factor: How safe is it to make time for family? Academe. Available online.
- Wolf-Wendel, L.E., Twombly, S.B., Tuttle, K.N,, Ward, K., & Gaston-Gayles, J.L. (2004). Reflecting back, looking forward: Civil rights and student affairs. Washington, DC: NASPA.
Educational background
- Ph.D Penn State University, 1995.
- M.S., M.P.A., Pennsylvania State University, 1988.
- B.A., University of Montana, 1986.
