Lisa Petrides, Ph.D.
President & Founder
ISKME
California
Lisa Petrides, Ph.D. is president and founder of the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME), an independent, nonprofit educational research think tank that conducts social science research, develops research-based tools and resources, and facilitates community-building with the goal of helping educational institutions increase capacity to collect and share information, apply it to well-defined problems, and support inquiry and continuous improvement directed toward student success and organizational learning. A former professor in the Department of Organization and Leadership at Columbia University, Teachers College, her research and teaching interests are in the areas of information technology, knowledge management, information and decision-making, and issues of access and equity in education.
Her publications include, “Democratize the Data on Campuses,” in The Chronicle of Higher Education; “The Squeeze of Accountability in Higher Education: The Challenges of Using External Mandates to Create Internal Change,” in Planning for Higher Education; “Strategic Planning and Information Use: The Role of Institutional Leadership in the Community College,” in On The Horizon; Turning Knowledge Into Action: What’s Data Got To Do With It, published by the League for Innovation in the Community College; and “Organizational Learning and the Case for Knowledge-Based Systems,” in New Directions for Institutional Research. lisa@iskme.org, 650-728-3322.