Linda K. Johnsrud, Chair

Linda K. Johnsrud, Chair, appointed to the Commission in 2007, was elected as Vice Chair in 2009 and as chair in 2010. She currently serves as Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at the University of Hawaii System. Author of more than 100 scholarly publications and refereed presentations, Johnsrud has written extensively on work life issues of faculty and administrative staff, with particular attention to issues of morale, mobility, and mentoring. She was elected 2006-07 President of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE), an international association of scholars in the field of higher education. In 2000 she was elected to lead the Postsecondary Division of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and served on the AERA executive council (2000-02). In 1998-99 she was selected as a Fellow of the American Council on Education. Johnsrud earned a PhD in higher education from The Ohio State University in 1988.