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William Henk, Ed.D.

William Henk, Ed.D.Marquette University

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of Americawilliam.henk@marquette.edu

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.