Contact Information

N368 Lindquist Center
Counseling, Rehabilitation, and Student Development
College of Education
The University of Iowa
Iowa City IA 52242 USA

• Ph.D., Higher Education Administration and Sociology, Indiana University
• M.A., College Student Personnel Administration, Michigan State University
• B.A., History and Political Science, Drake University

• Student Affairs Administration and Research

• Professor and Program Coordinator Graduate Programs in Student Affairs, Department of Counseling, Rehabilitation and Student Development, College of Education, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, July 2003 to present. Professor [Secondary Appointment], Department of Educational Policy and Leadership Studies, March 2005 to present.
• Associate Professor Graduate Programs in Student Affairs, Department of Counseling, Rehabilitation, and Student Development, College of Education, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, July 1997 to July 2003.
• Associate Professor Policy Studies, College of Education, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. August 1994 to July 1997.
• Assistant Professor Professional Studies in Education, College of Education, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. August 1989 to August 1994.
• Assistant Professor Educational Administration and Higher Education, College of Education, Oklahoma State University (OSU), Stillwater, Oklahoma. August 1988 to August 1989.
• Research Assistant School of Education, Indiana University. December 1984 to August 1988. Dean of Students Doane College, Crete, Nebraska. July 1980 to July 1984.
• Residence Director University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska. July 1977 to June 1980.

• Kuh, G.D., Kinzie, J., Schuh, J.H., & Whitt, E.J. (in press). Assessing conditions for student success: An inventory to assess educational effectiveness. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Kuh, G.D., Kinzie, J., Schuh, J.H., & Whitt, E.J. (in press). DEEP lessons for student success. Change.
• Kuh, G.D., Kinzie, J., Schuh, J.H., Whitt, E.J., & Associates (2005). Student success in college: Creating conditions that matter. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Whitt, E.J. (Ed.).(2004). ASHE reader on college student affairs administration. 2 nd ed. Boston, MA: Pearson.
• Whitt, E.J., Pascarella, E.T., Pierson, C., Elkins-Nesheim, B., Marth, B. (2003). Differences between men and women in objectively-measured outcomes, and the factors that influence those outcomes, in the first three years of college. Journal of College Student Development, 44, 587-610.
• Whitt, E.J., Edison, M.I., Pascarella, E.T., Nora, A., & Terenzini, P.T. (2001). Influences on openness to diversity and challenge in the second and third years of college. Journal of Higher Education, 72, 172-204.
• Schuh, J.H., & Whitt, E.J. (Eds.) (1999). Academic and student affairs partnerships: Bridges for learning and effectiveness. New Directions for Student Services, No. 87. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Whitt, E.J., Edison, M.I., Pascarella, E.T., Nora, A., & Terenzini, P.T. (1999). Interactions with peers and cognitive outcomes across three years of college. Journal of College Student Development, 40, 61-78.
• Blimling, G.S., Whitt, E.J., & Associates (1999). Putting principles to work: Good practice in student affairs. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Whitt, E.J., & Associates (1999). Student learning and student affairs: Responding to our imperative. Washington, DC: National Association of Student Personnel Administrators.
• Blimling, G.S., & Whitt, E.J. (1998). Creating and using principles of good practice for student affairs. About Campus, 3(1), 10-15.

• College students and their experiences
• Student affairs administration and professional practice

• Student Affairs Administration
• Student Services Practica and Internships
• Qualitative Research Methods