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Dr. Kenneth P. Gonzalez

Kenneth Gonzalez
Professor and Director of Doctoral Programs

Ph.D. in Global Leadership

Phone: 260.344.4819

Email: kpgonzalez@indianatech.edu

Office: Cunningham 105B

Bio

Dr. Kenneth P. Gonzalez is Professor and Director of Doctoral Programs at Indiana Tech. For more than two decades, he has been an advocate and leader in higher education reform, working to strengthen local and regional communities through innovative academic and student-success initiatives. Previously, he served as Campus President at Mountain View College; Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services at El Paso Community College; and Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs at Our Lady of the Lake University.

Dr. Gonzalez also spent 15 years as a full-time faculty member at the University of San Diego, California State University San Marcos, San José State University, and California State University, Fullerton, where he received multiple national and institutional honors, including Outstanding Teaching Awards in 1999, 2003, and 2010. His scholarly work appears in the Journal of College Student Development, Urban Education, the Journal of the First-Year Experience, and the Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. His book with R. V. Padilla, Doing the Public Good: Latino Faculty and Civic Engagement, explores how faculty can align their scholarly work with local social justice efforts.

Over the past decade, Dr. Gonzalez has guided more than 50 colleges through campus-wide initiatives to increase student learning and success as a coach for the national Achieving the Dream network. Two of the colleges he supported—South Texas College and Zane State College—received the national Leah Meyer Austin Award for Increasing Student Success.

In addition to his academic leadership, Dr. Gonzalez coached National University’s Women’s Flag Football Club Team and the 2024 U18 Girls Flag Football Champions, the Chula Vista Elite Shockers.

Educational Background: Dr. Gonzalez earned a B.S. in Psychology and a Master of Social Work from Brigham Young University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from Arizona State University.

My Office Hours

Monday-Friday: 12pm – 5pm and by appointment.

Classes I Teach

DBA 7000: Business Research and Scholarly Inquiry
DBA 7001: Strategic Management and Leadership
DBA 7010: Ethical Leadership in a Changing World
DBA 7012: Managing Multicultural and Global Teams
DBA 7013: Managing Organizational Change and Strategy Development
DBA 7014: Decision Science and Data Analytics
DBA 8100: Applied Business Project I
DBA 8200: Applied Business Project II
DBA 8300: Applied Business Project III
DBA 7002: Residency: International Business and Culture
RES 7000: Introduction to Research Methods
RES 7011: Research Critique
RES 7012: Research Design
RES 7013: Quantitative Methods of Research
RES 7014: Qualitative Methods of Research
RES 7015: Global Leadership Research
LDS 7001: Leadership Theory & Research
LDS 7002: Leading in a Time of Global Change
RES 8001: Doctoral Research Seminar and Prospectus
RES 8111: Continuous Development of the Qualifying Paper
RES 8221: Continuous Development of Proposal
RES 8331: Continuous Development of Dissertation

My Academic Advising Roles

Doctoral students

Educational Background

  • Masters of Social Work at Brigham Young University
  • B.S. in Psychology at Brigham Young University
  • Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Arizona State University

Professional Experience

  • Campus President at Mountain View College,
  • Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services, El Paso Community College,
  • Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs, Our Lady of the Lake University.
  • Professor, University of San Diego, San Jose State University, California State University San Marcos, and California State University Fullerton

Publications/Presentations

Gonzalez, K. P. (Forthcoming). The jobs president: Designing a skills-based college.

Gonzalez, K. P., & Meling, V. (2017). Modeling an effective program for Latina/o college students. Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2, 139–153.

Gonzalez, K. P. (2015). Increasing college completion for Latinas/os in community colleges: Leadership and strategy. In M. Martínez (Ed.), College completion for Latina/o students: Institutional and systems approaches. New Directions for Higher Education, 172, 71–80.

Gonzalez, K. P., & Arambula-Turner, T. (2012). Increasing Latina/o college completion rates: Mistakes and opportunities. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 11, 279–290.

Gonzalez, K. P. (2012). Using data to increase student success: A focus on diagnosis. Lumina Foundation and Achieving the Dream.

Gonzalez, K. P., & Padilla, R. V. (2008). Faculty perspectives on higher education for the public good: An intergenerational approach. In K. P. Gonzalez & R. V. Padilla (Eds.), Doing the public good: Faculty and community engagement. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publications.

Gonzalez, K. P. (2008). In search of praxis: Legacy making in the aggregate. In K. P. Gonzalez & R. V. Padilla (Eds.), Doing the public good: Faculty and community engagement. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publications.

Gonzalez, K. P., & Padilla, R. V. (2008). Latino cuentos shape a new model of higher education for the public good. In K. P. Gonzalez & R. V. Padilla (Eds.), Doing the public good: Faculty and community engagement. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publications.

Gonzalez, K. P. (2005). Latinas: The new Latino majority in college. In A. Ortiz (Ed.), Latino American students in research universities (New Directions for Student Services). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Gonzalez, K. P., Olivas, L., & Calleroz, M. (2004). Enhancing the first-year experience of Latina/o college students. In L. Rendón, M. Garcia, & D. Person (Eds.), Enhancing the first-year experience of students of color. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press.

Gonzalez, K. P., Stoner, C., & Jovel, J. (2003). Understanding the role of social capital in access to college for Latinas: Toward a College Opportunity Framework. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2, 146–147.

González, K. P., & Marin, P., with Figueroa, M. A., Moreno, J. F., & Navia, C. (2002). Inside doctoral education in America: Voices of Latinas/os in pursuit of the Ph.D. Journal of College Student Development, 43, 540–556.

González, K. P. (2002). Campus culture and the experiences of Chicano students in a predominantly white university. Urban Education, 37, 191–216.

González, K. P., Marin, P., Perez, L. X., Figueroa, M. A., Moreno, J. F., & Navia, C. (2001). Understanding the nature and context of Latina/o doctoral student experiences. Journal of College Student Development, 41, 563–580.

González, K. P. (2001). Inquiry as a process of learning about the other and the self. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 14, 543–562.

González, K. P. (2000). Toward a theory of minority student participation in predominantly white colleges and universities. Journal of College Student Retention, 2, 69–91.

Padilla, R. V., Trevino, J., Gonzalez, K. P., & Trevino, J. (1997). Developing local models of minority student success in college. Journal of College Student Development, 38, 125–135.

Why I Teach

I teach to prepare the next generation of change makers.

Additional Information

Dr. Gonzalez played Division I soccer and football at Brigham Young University. He also coached National University’s Women Flag Football Club Team and the U18 Girls Flag Football 2024 Champions, the Chula Vista Elite Shockers.

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