Dean, School of Education, Westminster College
Westminster College
Dr. Melanie Agnew currently serves in the position of Dean, School of Education, Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah. She has served in faculty, staff, and administrator roles in higher education for the past twenty years. Dr. Agnew’s research focuses on internationalization of higher education, organizational development and change, and global learning. She is exploring how various types of institutions of higher education are responding to global forces, and specifically examines the interplay of university culture (e.g., governance, disciplines) and ideology as it relates to changing missions (purposes) of higher education. Her expertise positioned her to lead change management efforts across individual, organizational, and systems levels. She has taught and presented internationally, and published extensively in the broad field of internationalization of higher education. Dr. Agnew has been invited to keynote, blog, provide written and in-person testimonials, and deliver workshops state, nationally and internationally. She received her Ed. D. in Higher Education Leadership from the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada and her Master’s degree in Administrative Leadership in Adult Education from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has dual (geopolitical) citizenship in Canada and the United States but considers herself a global citizen.
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Wednesday, June 1, 2022
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM MDT