As a scholar-practitioner of higher education, Lisa undertakes rigorous research projects with real-world implications.
Books
Jasinski, L. (2023) Stepping Away: Returning to the Faculty After Senior Academic Leadership. Rutgers University Press.
Gillespie, J., Jasinski, L., Gross, D. (Eds.) (2020). Faculty as global learners: Off-campus study at liberal arts colleges. Amherst, MA: Lever Press. [Viewable here, this Open Access book has been accessed online more than 16,000 times since its release in 2020]
*Producer and Host of “Postcard Pedagogy,” a podcast to accompany Faculty as Global Learners.
Articles, Book Chapters, and Opinions
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Jasinski, L. (2024). “How to Choreograph a Leadership Transition.” The Chronicle of Higher Education. 19 January 2024.
Jasinski, L. (2023). “How to Fix the Awkward Administrator-to-Professor Transition.” The Chronicle of Higher Education. 30 October 2023.
Jasinski, L. (2023). Author in Residence Blog Series. HigherEd Jobs. September - December 2023.
Jasinski, L. (2023). “8 Dos and Don’ts of Stepping Away from Administration.” The Chronicle of Higher Education. 25 August 2023.
Jasinski, L. (2023). “When Administrators Return to the Faculty: An Interview with Scott Jaschik.” Inside Higher Ed. 21 June 2023.
Jasinski, L. (2023). “5 Lessons for Higher Ed’s Least Powerful Administrators: What Department Chairs can learn from Everything, Everywhere All At Once.” The Chronicle of Higher Education. 27 April 2023.
Jasinski, L. (2023). Adding value and embracing new joy: Returning to the faculty after the deanship. In Adams, A. (Ed.) Resource handbook for academic deans: The essential guide for college and university leaders (4th ed.). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Jasinski, L. (2022). Picture this: Normalizing struggle and failure among summer undergraduate researchers in the arts and humanities. In Corwin, L., Charkourdian, L., & Heemstra, J. (Eds.). Confronting failure: Approaches to building confidence and resilience in undergraduate researchers. Washington, DC: Council on Undergraduate Research.
Jasinski, L., Juusola, H., & Nokkala, T. (2021). Reflecting on the value of vignettes in higher education research: Toward a preliminary typology to guide future usage. European Journal of Higher Education, 11(Supplement 1), 522-536.
Jasinski, L., Lambert, L., S. Ryder Diggs, Sullivan, E. “Stepping Down, Stepping Back, Stepping Away… Stepping Up? Leading Board Practices for Facilitating Presidential Transition.” Association of Governing Boards, National Conference on Trusteeship. Boston, MA. (Scheduled March 2024).
“Stepping Away: Returning to the Faculty After Senior Academic Leadership.” An invited talk to the Higher Education Studies Team of the Finnish Educational Research Institute at the University of Jyväskylä, June 2022.
“Going Back?: Competing Paradigms of Returning to the Faculty After Senior Academic Leadership.” Research paper. American Educational Research Association (AERA). Toronto, OT. April 2019.
“Measuring Impact: Demonstrating the Value of Purpose and Vocational Initiatives.” Network for Purpose and Vocational Initiatives (NetVUE), Council of Independent Colleges, Annual Meeting. Louisville, KY. March 2019.
“Adding Value: How Senior Leaders Who Return to the Faculty Can Support Institutional Goals.” HEDs Up Session. AAC&U Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA. January 2019.
“Undercover Innovator.” Playground talk. South by Southwest (SXSWedu). Austin, TX. 2017.
Jasinski, L., & Bucker, C. “Collaborative Empathy: Teaching for Learning.” South By Southwest Education (SXSWedu). Austin, Texas. 2016.
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Awards
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Fulbright Specialist to Finland, University of Jyväskylä, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, June 2022
American Council on Education Fellow, the University of New Mexico, 2021-22
Exemplary Dissertation Award, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Workplace Learning Special Interest Group, 2020
Dr. Bill Lasher Doctoral Student Excellence Award, awarded to one outstanding doctoral student per year by the Program in Higher Education Leadership, UT-Austin, 2018
Dissertation Writing Fellowship, The Graduate School, UT-Austin, 2018
P.E.O. Scholar Award, International Chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood, 2017-18
CV
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