About
Dr. Amber Manning-Ouellette is the Interim Vice President for Student Affairs and an Associate Professor in Higher Education and Student Affairs at Oklahoma State University (OSU). Her scholarly work and research foci include socially just leadership education, college student learning and identity development, and postsecondary sexual health education in student affairs. Dr. Manning-Ouellette is a scholar practitioner and has authored several articles and book chapters on a number of topics across higher education and student affairs. Her most recent co-edited text with Dr. Cameron Beatty is titled, Moving Towards Action: Centering Anti-Racism in Leadership Learning. She teaches a variety of courses such as student development theory, assessment in higher education and student affairs, college student sexuality, and introduction to student affairs.
Current Work
Dr. Manning-Ouellette is a scholar practitioner and has authored several articles and book chapters on a number of topics across higher education and student affairs. Selected juried articles include college-level sex education courses: a systematic literature review in the Journal of American Sexuality Education, how service-learning influences the persistence of women in STEM fields published in the Journal of the First Year Experience and Students in Transition, and exploring intellectual disability as diversity in higher education in the Journal of College and Character. Selected juried book chapters include the role of liberatory pedagogy in socially just leadership education in Changing the Narrative: Socially Just Leadership Education. She is currently working on research that examines how colleges and universities have engaged in sexual health education throughout history.
Research Area Keyword(s)
liberatory pedagogy, Leadership learning, leadership education, Critical Feminism, Postsecondary sexual health