The Division Faculty

Distinctive among executive education programs, the Higher Education Division faculty are dedicated to their engagement in The Executive Doctorate – providing core teaching and dissertation advising to the program.This group of accomplished scholars is internationally recognized as one of the top higher education faculties in America, and locally recognized as outstanding teachers and mentors.

Shaun R. Harper, Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Indiana University

Matthew Hartley, Associate Professor and Division Chair
Ed.D., Harvard University

Marybeth Gasman, Associate Professor
Ph.D., Indiana University

Joni Finney, Practice Professor
Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University

Blake Alan Naughton, Senior Fellow
Ph.D., Stanford University

Laura W. Perna, Professor
Ph.D., University of Michigan

Robert Zemsky, Professor
Ph.D., Yale University

The Affiliated Faculty

Our affiliated faculty of notable practitioners, leaders of higher education associations, and international scholars bring extraordinary experience and diffuse knowledge to the classroom.  As integral contributors to The Executive Doctorate curriculum, these instructors present modules with practical applications in management.

Mary-Linda Armacost, Ph.D.
Former President, Wilson College and Moore College of Art & Design

Peter Cappelli, D.Phil.
George W. Taylor Professor of Management
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Timothy C. Caboni, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for External Relations and Professional Education
Vanderbilt University

Peter Eckel, Ph.D.
Director, Programs and Initiatives
Center for Effective Leadership, American Council on Education

Ira Harkavy, Ph.D.
Founding Director and Associate Vice President
Netter Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania

Dean Hubbard, Ph.D.
Former President
Northwest Missouri State University

David Kalsbeek, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for Enrollment Management and Marketing
DePaul University

Adrianna Kezar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Southern California

Marvin Lazerson, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, former Provost and Dean
University of Pennsylvania
Visiting Scholar, Central European University

Jerome T. Murphy, Ed.D.
Professor and Dean Emeritus
Harvard University

Larry Moneta, Ed.D.
Vice President for Student Affairs
Duke University

Frank Roth, J.D.
General Counsel
Lehigh University

Larry Schall, J.D., Ed.D. ‘03
President
Oglethorpe University