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    • William Henk
    William Henk, Ed.D.Marquette University

    MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America

    Dean Emeritus

    Professor

    Degrees Held

    • Ed.D., West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 1982
    • M.A., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, PA, 1976
    • B.S., Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, PA, 1975

    Research Interests

    • Affective influences on literacy including reader and writer self-perceptions, motivation, and attitudes
    • Middle level literacy instruction and assessment
    • Neuropsychology and reading

    Recent Publications and Presentations

    2017

    Henk, W. A., Wepner, S. B., Lovell, S. E., & Melnick (2017). Education deans’ beliefs
    about essential ways of thinking, being, and acting: A national survey. Journal of
    Higher Education Management, 32 (1), 195-213.

    2015

    Wepner, S. B., Henk, W., & Lovell, S. (2015). Developing deans as effective leaders for
    today’s changing educational landscape. Journal of Higher Education Management.
    30(1), 51-64.

    2014

    Wepner, S. B., Johnson, V. C., Henk, W. A., & Lovell, S. (2014) The importance of
    academic deans' interpersonal/negotiating skills as leaders. Perspectives: Policy and
    Practice in Higher Education. 18(4), 124-130.
    http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13603108.2014.963727

    2013

    Henk, W. A., & Maney, J. A. (September, 2013). Higher Education Working Together to Help Catholic Schools: The Greater Milwaukee Catholic Education Consortium. Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice: http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgiarticle=1779&context=ce

    Henk, W. A., Melnick, S. A., & Marinak, B. A. (2012/13). Measuring the reader self-perceptions of adolescents: Introducing the RSPS2. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 56(4), 311-320.

    “Developing Deans’ Interpersonal/Negotiating Skills as Leaders, American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, Orlando, FL, March 1, 2013. Paper Co-author, presentation made by S. Wepner, V. Clark Johnson, & S. Lovell.

    2011

    Henk, W. A., McKenna, M. C., and Conradi, K. (2011). Developing affective Instrumentation. In Duke, N. K., & Mallette, M. H. (Eds.) Literacy research methods (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Press.

     

    Professional Presentations

    “Education Deans:  Thinking, Being, Acting and Lasting.”  Paper presented at the annual  meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, Baltimore, MD, March 1, 2018.   Paper Co-Author with S. Wepner. 

    “What Ways of Thinking, Being, and Acting Do Education Deans Regard as Most Important?  A Follow-Up National Survey.”  American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, Tampa, FL, March 1, 2017.  Paper Co-Author with S. Lovell, S. Wepner, and R. Anderson. 

    “Teacher Education and Cradle to Career.” American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, Las Vegas, NV, February 25, 2016, With N. Zimpher, L. Daniel, and K. Kelly. 

    Additional Information

    Want to get to know Dr. Henk better? Please see our blog, The Marquette Educator! 


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