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Lisa Lattuca

Lisa R. Lattuca

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Associate Professor of Education, Higher Education Program
Senior Research Associate, Center for the Study of Higher Education

400 Rackley Building
University Park, PA 16802-3203
Email: lattuca@psu.edu
Phone: 814-865-9754
Fax: 814-865-3638

Introduction

Dr. Lattuca studies the intersections of curriculum, teaching, student learning, and faculty work in higher education, addressing questions such as how faculty attitudes and behaviors related to curricular planning and instruction influence student learning in higher education, why and how faculty adopt new forms of knowledge production (e.g., interdisciplinary research), and how both disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives affect faculty work and student learning in colleges and universities. In her current research projects, Dr. Lattuca is exploring these topics in the context of undergraduate engineering programs. Prior to joining the faculty at Penn State, Dr. Lattuca served as an assistant professor at Loyola University Chicago, an Associate Program Officer at the Spencer Foundation, and a college administrator in the areas of institutional advancement and enrollment management. Dr. Lattuca earned a Ph.D. in education from the University of Michigan, a master's degree from Cornell University, and a B.S. from Saint Peter's College.

Areas of Expertise

  • Curriculum, teaching, and learning in higher education
  • Engineering education
  • Faculty work
  • Interdisciplinary research and teaching
  • Disciplinary influences on knowledge production

Publications (Full CV available here)

BOOKS
  • Creamer, E.G., & Lattuca, L.R. (Eds.) (2005). Advancing Faculty Learning through Interdisciplinary Collaboration. New Directions ofr Teacing and Learning, No. 102. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Lattuca, L.R., Haworth, J.G., & Conrad, C.F. (Eds.) (2002). College and University Curricula: Developing and Cultivating programs of Study That Enhance Student Learning. Boston: Pearson/Simon and Schuster.
  • Lattuca, L.R. (2001). Creating Interdisciplinarity: Interdisciplinary Research and Teaching among College and University Faculty. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press.
  • Conrad, C.F., Haworth, J.G., & Lattuca, L.R. (Eds.) (2001). Qualitative Research in Higher Education: Expanding Perspective. Boston: Pearson/Simon and Schuster.
  • Stark, J.S. & L.R. (1997). Shaping the College Curriculum: Academic Plans in Action. New York: Allyn & Bacon. (Revised edition forthcoming from Jossey-Bass)

Selected Recent Journal Articles, Reports, and Book Chapters

  • Chen, H. L., Lattuca, L.R., and Hamilton, E. A. (forthcoming, 2008). Conceptualizing Engagement: The Contribution of Faculty to Student Engagement in Engineering. Journal of Engineering Education.
  • Volkwein, J. F., Lattuca, L. R., Harper, B. J., & Domingo, R. J. (2007). Measuring the Impact of Professional Accreditation on Student Experiences and Learning Outcomes. Research in Higher Education, 48 (2), 251-282.
  • Lambert, A. D., Terenzini, P. T., & Lattuca, L. R. (2007). Measuring the Impact of Professional Accreditation on Student Experiences and Learning Outcomes. Research in Higher Education, 48 (2), 141-168.
  • Lattuca, L. R. & Domagal-Goldman, J. (2007). Using Qualitative Methods to Assess Teaching and Instructor Effectiveness. In S. R. Harper & S. D. Museus (Eds.). Using Qualitative Methods in Institutional Assessment. New Directions for Institutional Research, No. 136 (pp. 81-93). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Lattuca, L. R., Strauss, L. C., and Volkwein, J. F. (2006). Getting in Sync: Faculty and Employer Perceptions from the National Study of EC2000. International Journal of Engineering Education, 22 (3): 460-469.
  • Lattuca, L. R., Terenzini, P. T., & Volkwein, J. F. (2006). Engineering Change: Findings from a Study of the Impact of EC2000, Final Report. Baltimore , MD : ABET, Inc.
  • Lattuca, L. R. (2006). Curricula in International Perspective. In J.J.F. Forest & P.G. Altbach (Eds.), International Handbook of Higher Education . Netherlands : Kluwer/Springer.
  • Volkwein, J. F., Lattuca, L. R., Harper, B. J., & Domingo, R. J. (forthcoming, March 2007). Measuring the Impact of Professional Accreditation on Student Experiences and Learning Outcomes. Research in Higher Education .
  • Lambert, A. D., Terenzini, P. T., & Lattuca, L. R. (forthcoming, March 2007). More than Meets the Eye: Curricular and Programmatic Effects on Student Learning. Research in Higher Education
  • Prados, J., Peterson, G., & Lattuca, L. R. (2005). Quality Assurance of Engineering Education through Accreditation: The Impact of Engineering Criteria 2000 and Its Global Influence . Journal of Engineering Education , 94 (1), 165-184.
  • Lattuca, L. R., Voigt, L. J. & Fath, K. Q. (2004). Does Interdisciplinarity Promote Learning? Theoretical Support and Researchable Questions. Review of Higher Education, 28 (1), 23-48.
  • Lattuca, L. R. (2002). Learning Interdisciplinarity: Sociocultural Perspectives on Academic Work. Journal of Higher Education, 73 (6), 711-39

Grants

Project Director and/or Co-Principal Investigator for

  • Prototyping the Engineer of 2020: A 360-degree Study of Effective Education . Lattuca, L. R., Terenzini, P. T., Kremer, G., Marra, R., Trautvetter, L. and McKenna, A. (Co-Principal Investigators). $1,999,833 over four years from the National Science Foundation, awarded September 2006.
  • Prototype to Production: Processes and Conditions for Preparing the Engineer of 2020 . Lattuca, L. R., Terenzini, P. T., Litzinger, T. A., and Walser A. (Co-Principal Investigators). $999,854 over 36 months from the National Science Foundation (NSF Grant EEC-0550608), awarded December 2005.
  • Engineering Change: A Plan for the Evaluation of EC2000 . Lattuca, L.R. (Project Director and Co-Principal Investigator), Terenzini, P.T., (Co-Principal Investigator) and Volkwein, J. F. (Co-Principal Investigator). $1,991,312 over 48 months from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, awarded November 2002.
  • Educational Innovation through Interdisciplinary Collaboration: A Study of NSF Planning Grants, 2002-2003 . Dorothy Evensen (Co-Principal Investigator) and Lisa R. Lattuca (Co Principal Investigator). $136,713 over 24 months from the National Science Foundation (NSF Grant No. EEC-0241221), awarded November 2002.

Professional Experience & Activities

  • Editorial Board, Journal of Higher Education
  • Consulting Editor, Research in Higher Education
  • Contributing editor of Research in Higher Education
  • Editor, €œPeer Review section, Journalism and Mass Communication Educator
  • Program Committees, Annual Meetings of Association for the Study of Higher Education (2005, 2003) and American Educational Research Association (Division J) (2001)

Honors & Awards

  • 2006 Oustanding Teacing Award, Penn State College of Education
  • 1996, The Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award from the Association for the Study of Higher Education

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Michigan
  • M.P.S., Cornell University
  • B.S., Saint Peter's College