Christopher D Lee Author

Christopher D. Lee is a leading authority on the search process. His first Search Committees book earned the 2001 Kathryn Hansen publication award from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). Since that time, he has provided search committee training to more than 1,000 human resource professionals and he has consulted with dozens of colleges and universities on the search process. He is the founder of a website that is an online repository of hundreds of resources and training materials on the search committee process designed to train and empower search committees. Additionally, Chris is a former question writer for the PHR (Professional in Human Resources) and SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources) examinations administered by the Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI) and the author of numerous human resources-related articles, chapters, and three books, including Performance Conversations: An Alternative to Appraisals.

Edna Chun and Alvin Evans areaward-winning authors and human resource and diversity thought leaders withextensive experience in complex, multi-campus systems of higher education. Twoof their books, Are the Walls ReallyDown? Behavioral and Organizational Barriers to Faculty and Staff Diversity (Jossey-Bass,2007) and Bridging the DiversityDivide:Globalization and Reciprocal Empowerment in Higher Education (Jossey-Bass,2009) were recipients of the prestigious Kathryn G. Hansen Publication Award bythe national College and University Professional Association for HumanResources. In addition, their co-authored book, The New Talent Acquisition Frontier:Integrating HR and Diversity Strategy in the Private and Public Sectors andHigher Education(Stylus: 2014) received a silver medal in the 2014 Axiom Business Book Awardsand is the first book to provide a concrete roadmap to the integration of HRand diversity strategy.

Recentpublications include Leading a DiversityCulture Shift in Higher Education (Routledge, 2018) that draws on extensiveinterviews with chief diversity officers and university leaders to provide asystematic approach to diversity organizational learning and The Department Chair as TransformativeLeader (Stylus, 2015), the first research-based resource on theacademic department chair's role in diversity transformation. Other books include DiverseAdministrators in Peril: The New Indentured Class in Higher Education (Paradigm,2012), the first in-depth interviewstudy of the work experiences of minority, female, and LGBT administrators inhigher education 2012)  and Rethinking Cultural Competencein Higher Education: An Ecological Framework for Student Development ( Jossey-Bass,2016), a study that draws on a survey of recent college graduates now workingas professionals to offer leading-edge, integrative models for the attainmentof diversity competence.

Both authors are sought-afterplenary speakers and facilitators at national conferences and symposia. Theirnumerous journal articles in leading HR and diversity journals focus on talent managementand diversity strategies. Edna Chun is Chief Learning Officer and Alvin Evansis Higher Education Practice Leader for a national diversity and human resources consulting firm.