Faculty Profile for Dr. Lisa Marie Baumgartner

profile photo for Dr. Lisa Marie Baumgartner
Dr. Lisa Marie Baumgartner
Professor — Conslng, Ldrship, Adlt Educ & Schl Psych
ASBS 306
phone: (512) 245-8084
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Lisa M. Baumgartner is a Professor of Adult Education at Texas State University, San Marcos. She received her doctorate in Adult Education from the University of Georgia in 2000. Her research and writing focus on adult learning and development in marginalized populations and transformative learning. She has taught courses in adult development, adult learning, critical and feminist theory, feminist pedagogy, teaching adults, methods of inquiry, and education for older adults.

A recipient of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation Cyril O. Houle Scholars Research Grant for Emerging Scholars in Adult Education, she completed a study on civil rights activist Septima P. Clark’s lifelong contributions to adult education. She received the Early Career Award from the Commission of Professors of Adult Education. She also received the Cyril O. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature in Adult Education for the co-authored text Learning in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide (3rd & 4th eds). She was a co-editor of Adult Education Quarterly and serves on numerous editorial boards. In 2015, she was a co-recipient of the National Association of Student Affairs Professionals Campus-Based Research/Literature Award, Region IV-W, for her research concerning student affairs professionals’ experiences in learning assessment. In 2019, she received the Circle of 50 Award from the Learning, Leadership, and Organizational Development Program at the University of Georgia. Awardees are seen as having made an impact on the research and practice of adult education, learning, leadership, and organizational development.

Her research and scholarship have appeared in Adult Education Quarterly, Learning, Culture, and Social Interaction, Gender, Work and Organization, Journal of Transformative Education, Qualitative Health Research, Journal of Ethnographic and Qualitative Research, Dialogues in Social Justice, The Qualitative Report, New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development, and Adult Learning.

Teaching Interests

 Foundations of Adult Education; Adult Learning Theory, Feminist Pedagogy, Critical Pedagogy, Trends and Issues in Adult Education, Education for Older Adults, Teaching Adults, Methods of Inquiry, History, Philosophy, and Contemporary Issues in Adult Education

Research Interests

 Dr. Baumgartner is interested in adult learning and development in marginalized populations. She has authored or co-authored articles concerning:

(1) The learning and identity development of people living with HIV or AIDS (PLWHAs), (2) The learning and development of women in gender-responsive programs in jail. (3) The contributions of Septima P. Clark (civil rights activist) to adult education (4) The learning of women who exit out of the sex trade
(5) Mid-level managers' supervisory learning journeys (6) Various learning theories
(7) Literature reviews concerning the representation of older adults and the LGBTQ community in adult education journals.

Her texts include:

Baumgartner, L. M., & Merriam, S.B. (2000). (Eds). Adult learning and development: Multicultural stories. Krieger.

Merriam, S.B., Caffarella, R. S., & Baumgartner, L. M. (2007) Learning in adulthood: A comprehensive guide (3rd ed). Jossey-Bass.

Merriam, S. B. & Baumgartner, L. M. (2020). Learning in adulthood: A comprehensive guide (4th ed). Jossey-Bass.

Coryell,J. E., Baumgartner, L. M., & Bohonos, J. W. (Eds.) (2024). Methods for facilitating adult learning: Strategies for enhancing instruction and instructor effectiveness. Routledge.

.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Baumgartner, L. M., Zarestky, J., & Lechuga, V. (2024). Women academics’ learning as a result of being bullied. Adult Learning, 35(1), 10–22. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/10451595221129658
  • Baumgartner, L. M., Jin, B., & Kim, J. (2023). The portrayal of older adults in Adult Learning 1989-2020. Adult Learning, 34(4), 199–208.
  • Zarestky, J., & Baumgartner, L. M. (2023). Theorizing learning, knowing and resisting in spaces of organizing. In J. C Collins and J. L Callahan (Eds.),  Palgrave Handbook of Critical Human Resource Development (pp. 167–186). Palgrave.
  • Baumgartner, L. M. (2023). Older Adults’ Development, Learning, and Education. In R. Tierney, F. Rizvi, & K. Ercikan (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education (4th ed) (pp. 503–511). Elsiever.
  • Merriam, S. B., & Baumgartner, L. M. (2020). Learning in adulthood: A comprehensive  guide. (4th ed). Jossey-Bass.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Cyril O. Houle Award for Outstanding Literature In Adult Education, American Association for Adult and Continuing Education. October 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Richard A Swanson Research Excellence Award (first runner up), Academy of Human Resource Development. October 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Circle of 50 Recognition., Learning, Leadership and Organizational Development Program at University of Georgia. March 2, 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Award of Honor, Texas State University Alumni Association. May 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Educational Administration and Human Resource Development Department Service Award, Texas A&M University. May 13, 2016

Selected Grants

  • Baumgartner, Lisa Marie, Bruner, B., Nichols, K. N.. Perceived role of parents and family members of first-generation college students on transition, persistence, and success., NASPA Parent and Family Relations Knowledge Community Research Grant, $250. (Funded: February 2018). Grant.
  • Baumgartner, Lisa Marie, Bruner, B., Nichols, K. N.. The influence of leadership education on first-generation college students’ transition into and through college., ACPA Commission on Student Involvement, $500. (Funded: January 2018). Grant.
  • Baumgartner, Lisa Marie, Herlein, R., Patitu, C., Moran, J.. Meeting Staff Orientation and Other Developmental Needs of a Human Services Training Organization., $1500. (Funded: 2003). Grant.
  • Baumgartner, Lisa Marie (Principal). HIV/AIDS as a chronic illness: Continued issuesand concerns., Center for Development of Human Services Grant, Buffalo State College, $1500. (Funded: 2003). Grant.
  • Baumgartner, Lisa Marie (Principal). HIV/AIDS as a chronic illness: Issues and concerns., Mini- grant received from Center for Development of Human Services., Institutional (Higher Ed), $1500. (Funded: 2002). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
Graduate College Scholarship Committee
August 2023-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Innovative Higher Education
December 2020-Present
Member
Graduate School Council
September 2020-Present
APCE Ph.D. Program Director
September 1, 2020-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Journal of Adult Literacy Education
January 2020-Present