Kathleen (Kathy) Hill serves as Project Coordinator for the John Glenn Scholars in Service-Learning. This project continues the leadership established by the National Commission on Service-Learning to advance research, policy, practice, and advocacy of service-learning in the United States. Kathy provides administrative oversight for efforts that recognize individuals whose scholarship efforts contribute to advancing the understanding of or adoption of service-learning, with specific emphasis on K-12 education. A key element of this project is dissemination of the Scholars’ service-learning research to a broad national audience via a paper series and related advisories.

Kathy is a doctoral candidate in the School of Educational Policy and Leadership at Ohio State. In her dissertation study, she is exploring why faculty engage in community-based scholarship. Her scholarly interests fall within a leadership and social change framework, and she is specifically interested in how student engagement in service-learning influences various aspects of leadership development, social responsibility, and multicultural competence. Kathy is also interested in qualitative research methodology and recently instructed a graduate level qualitative inquiry course at Miami University.

Over the course of the past 20 years, Kathy has served in a variety of student affairs roles at several institutions. Prior to beginning her work at the John Glenn Institute in 2003, Kathy served as a Research Assistant in the Ohio State Student Affairs Assessment office, providing leadership for the Experiences of Undergraduate African-American Males and Living-Learning Scholars Programs assessment projects. Additionally, she was a graduate administrative associate in the College of Education assisting with the development of service-learning initiatives and research projects while also instructing a leadership in community service course. Prior to her arrival at Ohio State, Kathy served in various administrative positions in campus recreation and student activities at East Carolina University and Iowa State University. Kathy received her Master’s degree in Higher Education and Bachelor’s degree in Leisure Studies from Iowa State University.