Barbara A. Holland

University of West Sydney

Biographical Abstracts

Barbara A. Holland, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized scholar and administrator with expertise in organizational change in higher education, particularly in community engagement. She is a pioneer in the field of service-learning and community engagement and has published numerous journal articles, book chapters, and books, including the Holland Matrix. She served as director of the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse and as administrator in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. She also served as senior scholar at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and in administrative roles at Portland State University, Northern Kentucky University, University of North Carolina - Greensboro, University of Sydney, and as pro vice-chancellor of engagement at the University of Western Sydney.

Dr. Holland served as executive editor of Metropolitan Universities Journal and co-editor of the Advances in Service-Learning Research series and the Australian Journal of University-Community Engagement. She is a founding member of the national advisory panel for the Carnegie Foundation community engagement classification, was instrumental in the creation of Collaboratory at the University of North Carolina - Greensboro and served as an advisor to Campus Compact. The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities created the Barbara A. Holland Scholar Administrator Award in her honor, and she was awarded the Research Achievement Award from the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement for her many research publications in the field of engagement. In 2023, the Engagement Scholarship Consortium awarded her the Hiram E. Fitzgerald Distinguished Engaged Scholar Award for her many years and contributions to the field of community engagement.

Areas of Expertise

• Organizational change in higher education
• Institutionalization of community engagement in higher education
• The scholarship of engagement in higher education
• Campus-community partnerships