Lindsay Bernhagen

After graduating with a Ph.D. in Comparative Studies in 2013 and spending the next few years working as an instructional consultant at the University Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Ohio State, Lindsay spent five years as the inaugural director of the Center for Inclusive Teaching and Learning (CITL) at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. At UWSP, Lindsay was deeply involved in the institution’s strategic planning processes and in shared governance. She has twice won the University Leadership Mentor Award and the Inclusive Excellence Award and was given a significant grant to attend the HERS Leadership Institute for Women in Higher Education upon the recommendation of her provost. Though Lindsay’s position was primarily administrative, she taught courses in Sociology, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Educational Sustainability. In April 2022, Lindsay left her full-time position in higher education to lead the learning strategy for Torch, a San Francisco-based startup that provides leadership coaching, mentorship, and collaborative learning at scale. She still lectures and chairs dissertation committees in the Educational Sustainability doctoral program at UWSP. Beyond her full-time work, Lindsay consults locally and nationally on equitable and inclusive education and served her field as the editor of To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development. Despite having left full-time work in the academy, she still maintains an active research agenda focused on issues of gender, professional development, and higher education. In 2017, she and her co-author, Emily O. Gravett, were awarded the Christine A. Stanley Award for Research in Diversity and Inclusion in Educational Development for an article titled "Educational Development as Pink Collar Labor: Implications and Recommendations." Lindsay and Dr. Gravett also co-edited a special double issue of New Directions for Teaching and Learning looking at the role of identity in educational development. In addition to editing the volumes, Lindsay contributed an essay on being a working-class professional in the field. Her writing has also appeared on Slate.com and Senior Executive.