Contact Information

N465 Lindquist
Educational Policy and Leadership Studies
College of Education
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242 USA

Tuesdays & Thursdays 1:30-2:30 and by appointment

• Ph.D., University of Maryland

• Higher Education

• Umbach, P. D., Palmer, M. M., Kuh, G. D, & Hannah, S. J. (in press). Intercollegiate athletes and effective educational practices: Winning combination or losing effort? Research in Higher Education.
• Umbach, P. D. (in press). Faculty cultures and college teaching. In R. P. Perry and J. C. Smart (Eds.), Higher Education: A Handbook of Teaching and Learning. New York: Springer.
• Umbach, P. D. (2006). The contribution of faculty of color to undergraduate education. Research in Higher Education, 47(3), 317-345. 
• Umbach, P. D. & Kuh, G. D. (2006). Student experiences with diversity at liberal arts colleges: another claim for distinctiveness. The Journal Higher Education, 77(1), 169-192.
• Umbach, P. D. & Wawrzynski, M. R. (2005). Faculty do matter: The role of college faculty in student learning and engagement. Research in Higher Education, 46(2), 153-184.
• Umbach, P. D. (Ed.) (2005). Survey research: Emerging issues. New Directions for Institutional Research (Vol. 127). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Umbach, P. D. & Milem, J. F. (2004). Applying Holland’s typology to the study of differences in student views about diversity. Research in Higher Education, 45(6), 625-649.
• Umbach, P. D. & Porter, S. R. (2002). How do academic departments impact student satisfaction? Understanding the contextual effects of departments. Research in Higher Education, 43(2), 209-234.

• Faculty work and careers
• Equity in the careers of faculty and senior administrators
• Diversity and the undergraduate experience
• Survey methods

• 07B:245 The American Professoriate
• 07B:206 Research Process and Design
• 07B:209/07P:209 Survey Research and Design
• 07B:370 Quantitative Methods for Policy Analysis