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Human Resource Education Faculty
James Leach
Professor
My research and development projects have focused on the relationship of career and technical education to training and development in the private sector, including the direction of research projects of local, state, and national scope within these areas. An important goal of this research has been to determine the knowledge base required for success as a technical educator in business and industry settings and to initiate discussion of the related important policy implications. A related objective is to identify and study the nature (in addition to professional knowledge) of exemplary technical educators working in the private sector.more information...
Steven Aragon
Associate Professor
My research interests include teaching and learning models for minorities and non-traditional students; secondary to post-secondary transition models; professional development of community college faculty and staff; use of evaluation.more information...
Denise Crews
Clinical Assistant Professor
Dr. Crews’ current research interests surround higher education access and community college student patterns of success. Included under this research umbrella are community college transitional programs which promote college readiness for academic core courses, and the interventions and curriculum alignment models utilized to facilitate college success.more information...
Andrea Ellinger
Associate Professor
My passion and long-term research agenda has been to understand how managers and leaders serve as facilitators of learning within learning-oriented organizational contexts. My research has focused on examining the informal learning behaviors that managers and leaders enact, the catalysts for learning, beliefs associated with such behaviors, and the outcomes of learning episodes at the individual, and organizational levels. This main area of research has resulted in subsequent streams of inquiry related to assessing the learning organization concept and financial performance, creating managerial and supervisory coaching behavior measures and examining the relationships between such coaching and job satisfaction and performance.more information...
Jeffrey Flesher
Clinical Assistant Professor
Jeff Flesher is Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Resource Education and Vice President of Staffing and Training at Biomet, Inc. Previously, he held senior management positions in learning and organization development at Underwriters Laboratories, Abbott Laboratories and Commonwealth Edison, Inc. Jeff has also held academic appointments at Roosevelt University, Southern Illinois University, and Iowa State University. Dr. Flesher received his Ph.D. in Education, Training and Development from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Master's degree in Technology Education from Eastern Illinois University, and a Bachelor's degree in History from the University of the State of New York.more information...
Wen-Hao Huang
Assistant Professor
W. David Huang’s academic background, consisting of material science & engineering, educational technology, and executive business administration, has enabled him to conduct interdisciplinary projects for instructional and research purposes for years. Dr. Huang currently teaches Learning Technologies and Instructional Design for HRE with an interactive approach. His research interests include (1) design of serious games and workforce development, (2) cognitive load manipulations in E-Learning settings, and (3) development of entrepreneurship education. David is also co-coordinating and co-developing HRE’s MSEd program in E-Learning (delivered by University of Illinois Global Campus) with Dr. Scott Johnson since June 2007.more information...
Scott Johnson
Professor
Scott Johnson’s current program of research explores ways to improve the quality and effectiveness of instruction. His primary research has examined the cognitive process differences that enable experts to solve technical problems more efficiently than novices. Recent studies have explored various aspects of online learning and factors that support the development of effective virtual teams. He has also been involved in studies to identify strategies that enhance technology transfer. The ultimate goal of his research is to develop new understanding of learning processes so that more effective instructional designs and strategies can be developed to improve technical instruction.more information...
K. Peter Kuchinke
Associate Professor
Professor Kuchinke's current research focuses on two areas: The education and training of educators working in human resource development settings in for-profit and not-for-profit organizations around the world as these professional lead learning initiatives to foster organizational and individual growth and development. Professor Kuchinke further explores the changing meaning of working as technological, economic, political, and social forces bring unprecedented rates of change to individuals, families, organizations, and countries. In both research areas, Professor Kuchinke is published widely and is a sought-after lecturer and presenter at national and international conferences and universities and organizations around the world.more information...
Tod Treat
Assistant Professor
My research interests focus on four broad areas: Alliance formation and collaborative forms. Knowledge transfers and boundary spanning, particularly in complex, high technology organizations such as health care, pharmaceutical, life science, renewable energy, and nanotechnology industries. Technology transfer. STEM educational systems and policy toward societal problem-solving. Training and development of scientists and managers to enhance national competitiveness in science and technology. Scientific literacy across the population, recruitment and retention of women and minorities.more information...