Emily Wilkins

• Ph.D. Administration of Higher Education, Auburn University
• M.A. in Liberal Arts/Literature, Faulkner University
• B.A. in Liberal Arts, Minor: Business Management, Faulkner University

Emily Wilkins joined the holistic academic advising team in 2025 after working at UD as the Director of Student Development Assessment and Planning since 2019. Emily has also served at UD as a First-Year Seminar Instructor and Advisor for CAS Discover students since 2020.

Emily received her Ph.D. in Administration of Higher Education from Auburn University, with graduate certificates in Program Evaluation and College and University Teaching. While at Auburn, Emily worked in the Office of Assessment and Strategic Planning in Student Affairs, and she also taught first-year seminar courses for incoming students.

• ASI 160: First Year Seminar for Discover Students
• EDC 549: Assessment in Higher Education and Student Affairs

• National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Center for Women Board (2023 to present).

• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
• Generational Theory
• Women in STEM
• Health Professions Education
• Higher Education Assessment and Strategic Planning

Navigating the Complexities of Health Professions Education for Millennial and Generation Z Learners, Channing R. Ford, Emily B. Wilkins, Lindsey E. Moseley, Kimberly B. Garza. Lexington Books (2024).

“Cultivating a Sustained Community of Teaching and Learning Scholars Across Disciplines and Institutions,” Channing R. Ford, Emily B. Wilkins, Kristen L. Helms, Kimberly B. Garza, New Directions for Teaching and Learning (March 2024).

“Fostering Professional Identity Formation in Generation Z Health Science Students,” Emily B. Wilkins, New Directions for Teaching and Learning (December 2021).

“A Gendered ‘Ideal?’ Discourses that Characterize the Ideal Scientist,” Laura Parson, Ariel Steele, Emily Wilkins, International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology (April 2021).

“Coordinating Transitions: Exploring the STEM Institution from the Standpoint of Freshman and Transfer Undergraduate Women,” Ariel Steele, Laura Parson, Emily Wilkins, Journal for STEM Education Research (June 2020).

“Facilitating Professional Identity Development in Healthcare Education,” Emily B. Wilkins, New Directions for Teaching and Learning, special issue: Innovative Teaching and Learning in the Health Professions (June 2020).

“Evolving Perceptions of Student Pharmacists: Utilizing Focus Groups to Explore Experiences Throughout a Pharmacy Curriculum,” Lindsey E. Moseley, Channing R. Ford, Emily B. Wilkins, American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education (December 2019).

“Students Engaged in Teaching,” Channing R. Ford, Emily B. Wilkins, James E. Groccia, New Directions for Teaching and Learning, special issue: Student Engagement: A Multidimensional Perspective (Summer 2018).

“Assessment and Planning for the Changing Institution: Setting Intentions through the   Crises, the Current Climate, and the Cliff.” NASPA Conferences on Student Success in Higher Education, June 2025.

“Leading Authentically: Dimensions of Women in Leadership.” NASPA Annual Conference; March 2024..

“Recognizing Potential: Involving Undergraduate Student Employees as Analysts of CoCurricular Assessment Findings.” NASPA Conferences on Student Success in Higher Education, June 2023..

“Great Women in Higher Education” panel discussion. NASPA Center for Women, March 8, 2023.

“Along Your Leadership Journey: Exploring Your Values and Your Purpose.” University of Dayton Fall Leadership Conference, October 2022.

“Aligning Co-curricular Diversity Strategic Planning with Cyclical Assessment Efforts.” NASPA Conferences on Student Success in Higher Education, June 2022.

“Busting Myths Surrounding Defining Leadership and Developing Leaders.” University of Dayton Fall Leadership Conference, October 2019.

“Coordinating Transitions: Exploring the STEM Institution from the Standpoint of Freshman and Transfer Undergraduate Women.” American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, April 2019.

“Enhancing Co-Curricular Effectiveness Reports: Incorporating Meta-Assessment.” Conference Presentations: NASPA Alabama Drive-In Conference, January 2018; Alabama Association for Institutional Research (ALAIR) State Conference, April 2018; NASPA Assessment and Persistence Conference, June 2018; Southern Association for Institutional Research (SAIR) Annual Conference, October 2018.

“Revisiting Assessment Best Practices: Navigating Focus Group Data Collection, Analysis and Evidence-based Reporting.” Alabama Association for Institutional Research (ALAIR) State Conference, April 2018.

“Assessment Best Practices: Using Focus Groups to Gain Insight and Implement Changes to the Curricular and Co-Curricular.” Conference Presentations: Alabama Association for Institutional Research (ALAIR) State Conference, March 2017; Southern Association for Institutional Research (SAIR) Annual Conference, October 2017.

“Not Just Another Training: Building an Innovative and User-Friendly Assessment Curriculum.” Conference Presentations: NASPA Alabama Drive-In Conference, January 2017; NASPA Assessment and Persistence Conference, June 2017; Southern Association for College Student Affairs (SACSA) Annual Conference, October 2017.

“Utilizing the Curricular to Enhance Student Affairs Strategic Planning and Student Learning.” Conference Presentations: NASPA Alabama Drive-In Conference, January 2016; NASPA Assessment and Persistence Conference, June 2016; Southern Association for College Student Affairs (SACSA) Annual Conference, October 2016.