Alise Hagan

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  • Staff
  • Senior Instructional Designer

Biography

Dr. Alise C. Hagan has worked at UL Lafayette since 2008 and is currently a Senior Instructional Designer.

In 2021, Alise earned her doctorate in educational leadership from UL LafayetteСòòò½APP™s College of Education and Human Development. Her dissertation, Women Presidents of Higher Education Institutions: A Mixed-Method Phenomenological Study of the Relationship between Self-Efficacy, Transformational Leadership, Gender-Based Barriers, and Support Structures, was recognized with UL LafayetteСòòò½APP™s 2022 Distinguished Dissertation Award. She also holds a masterСòòò½APP™s degree from Auburn Сòòò½APP (Auburn, AL) and a bachelorСòòò½APP™s degree from Louisiana State Сòòò½APP (Baton Rouge, LA). 

Education

Doctor of Education (Educational Leadership), 2021
UL Lafayette

Master of Technical and Professional Communication, 2003
Auburn Сòòò½APP

Bachelor of Arts (English), 2001
Louisiana State Сòòò½APP

Student Research/Collaboration

Dr. Hagan's research interests are in Women's leadership, Instructional design, and Online / Distance teaching and learning

Publications

Hagan, A.C. and Olivier, D.F. (2022). "Women Presidents of Higher Education Institutions: A Mixed-Methods Phenomenological Study of the Relationship Between Self-Efficacy, Transformational Leadership, Gender-Based Barriers, and Support Structures." Research Issues in Contemporary Education, Vol 7, No 3 (http://www.leraweb.net/ojs/index.php/RICE/issue/view/17)

Awards & Recognition

  • UL Lafayette Outstanding Dissertation Award (2022)
  • Rayma Harchar Outstanding Research Paper Award (2022; Louisiana Education Research Association)
  • Richard and Mary Nieheisel Endowed Dissertation Award (2020-2021; UL Lafayette)
  • 20 Under 40 (2016; awarded by The 705 / The Advertiser)
  • Active of the Year (2014-2015; awarded by Junior League of Lafayette)