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College of Education & Human Development Educational Policy and Administration

Educational Policy and Administration
330 Wulling Hall - 86 Pleasant St. SE - Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
Tel: 612-624-1006 - Fax: 612-624-3377

New Department:
Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development

Effective July 1, 2009, a new department has been created that integrates the business and marketing education, human resource development and adult education, and comprehensive WHRE programs from the Department of Work and Human Resource Education (WHRE) into the department formerly known as Educational Policy and Administration (EdPA). The name of this new department is Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (OLPD). It will offer exciting opportunities for collaboration and interdisciplinary education and research. Click here for details.

 

Melissa Anderson, Ph.D.
 

Melissa S. Anderson

Professor of higher education, Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development
Affiliate faculty, Center for Bioethics

E-mail: mand@umn.edu
Phone: 612-624-5717
Fax: 612-624-3377
Office: 310J Wulling Hall

Mailing address:
Dept. of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development
University of Minnesota
330 Wulling Hall
86 Pleasant Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0221

Current Research Interests

  • Research integrity, research misconduct and related ethical issues
  • International research collaborations, integrity in international research collaborations
  • Postdoctoral and graduate training
  • Academy-industry relations

Current and Recent Professional Activities

  • Principal investigator, Project on Integrity in International Research Collaborations, NIGMS/ORI
  • Chair, University of Minnesota Senate Research Committee
  • Member ex officio, University of Minnesota Faculty Consultative Committee
  • Member ex officio, University of Minnesota Provost's Research Council
  • Member ex officio, University of Minnesota Council of Research Associate Deans
  • Member, (Inaugural) Ethics Committee, American Educational Research Association, and chair of subcommittee to revise the AERA Ethical Principles
  • Member, Editorial Board, Accountability in Research
  • Consulting Editor, Journal of Higher Education
  • Organizer, Conference on Challenges and Tensions in International Research Collaborations, supported by the federal Office of Research Integrity and the University of Minnesota, October 2008
  • Instructor in University of Minnesota Responsible Conduct of Research program

Recent Presentations

  • National Institutes of Health (June 2009)
  • Office of Research Integrity's Research Conference on Research Integrity, Niagara Falls, New York (May 2009)
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science / China Association for Science and Technology Workshop, San Diego (April 2009)
  • American Educational Research Association, San Diego (April 2009)
  • Society of Research Administrators, Washington DC (October 2008)
  • Workshop on Ethics Education and Scientific and Engineering Research: What's Been Learned? What Should Be Done? National Academy of Engineering and National Science Foundation (August 2008)
  • Conference on Developments in Research and Theory on Higher Education Organization, Athens, Georgia (May 2008)
  • Fourth International Barcelona Conference of the Global University Network for Innovation, Barcelona, Spain (April 2008)
  • First Biennial Conference on Responsible Conduct of Research: Education/Instruction/Training, St. Louis (April 2008)
  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, New York (October 2007)
  • First World Conference on Research Integrity, Lisbon (September 2007)

Selected Publications

Martinson, B. C., Crain, A. L., Anderson, M. S., De Vries, R. (In press). Institutions’ expectations for researchers’ self-funding, federal grant holding, and private industry involvement: Manifold drivers of self-interest and researcher behavior. Academic Medicine.

Anderson, M. S., Ronning, E. A., Martinson, B. C., and De Vries, R. (In press). Extending the Mertonian norms: Scientists' subscription to norms of research. Journal of Higher Education.

Anderson, M. S. (2009). Who is in charge?: Research integrity in the international context. Research Global, 22, 12-13.

Louis, K. S., Holdsworth, J., Anderson, M. S., and Campbell, E. G. (2008). Everyday ethics in research: Translating authorship guidelines into practice in the bench sciences. Journal of Higher Education, 79(1), 88-112.

Anderson, M. S. (2007). Collective openness and other recommendations for the promotion of research integrity. Science and Engineering Ethics, 13(4), 387-394.

Anderson, M. S., Ronning, E. A., De Vries, R., and Martinson, B. C. (2007). The perverse effects of competition on scientists' work and relationships. Science and Engineering Ethics, 13(4), 437-461.

Anderson, M. S., Martinson, B. C., De Vries, R. (2007). Normative dissonance in science: Results from a national survey of U.S. scientists. Journal of Empirical Research in Human Research Ethics, 2(4), 3-14.

Anderson, M. S., Horn, A., Risbey, K. R., Ronning, E. A., De Vries, R., and Martinson, B. C. (2007). What do mentoring and training in the responsible conduct of research have to do with scientists' misbehavior? Findings from a national survey of NIH-funded scientists. Academic Medicine, 82(9), 853-860.

Louis, K. S., Holdsworth, J. M., Anderson, M. S., and Campbell, E. G. (2007). Becoming a scientist: The effects of work-group size and organizational climate. Journal of Higher Education, 78(3), 311-336.

Vogeli, C., Yucal, R., Bendavid, E., Jones, L. M., Anderson, M. S., Louis, K. S., and Campbell, E. G. (2006). Data withholding and the next generation of scientists: Results of a National Survey. Academic Medicine, 81(2), 128-136.

Martinson, B. C., Anderson, M. S., and De Vries, R. (2006). Scientists' perceptions of organizational justice and self-reported misbehaviors. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 1(1), 51-66.

De Vries, R., Anderson, M. S., and Martinson, B. C. (2006). Normal misbehavior: Scientists talk about the ethics of research. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 1(1), 43-50.

Martinson, B. C., Anderson, M. S., and De Vries, R. (2005). Scientists behaving badly. Nature, 435, 737-738.

Note: The publication of the Nature paper was named by Discover as one of the top 100 events in science in the world in 2005:
Zorich, Zach. (2006). Deception plagues medical research. Discover, 27(1), 49.

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1990, higher education
  • M.S., University of Iowa,1978, mathematics
  • B.A., St. Olaf College, 1976, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, with distinction in mathematics

Professional Experience

  • Professor of higher education (2008-present), associate professor (1996-2008), assistant professor (1991-1996), University of Minnesota
  • Director of the University of Minnesota Postsecondary Education Research Institute (2003-2009)
  • Coordinator of the graduate program in higher education (1995-1996, 1997-2005, 2007-2008)
  • Post-doctoral Fellow (1994-1996), sponsored by the National Academy of Education / Spencer Foundation
  • Post-doctoral Fellow (1990-1991), sponsored by the National Science Foundation
  • Instructor in mathematics (1981-1985, 1987-1988), St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota

Honors and Awards

  • Robert H. Beck Faculty Teaching Award, Alumni Society of the University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development (2005)
  • Distinguished Teaching Award University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development (1998)

Revised September 2009

 
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