
Email: m-whitman@bethel.edu
Job Title
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Associate Professor
Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership, Graduate School
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Whitman’s research interests include expatriate and repatriate adjustment, motivation, and job satisfaction. She has also worked on research exploring personality factors with both organizational and self-identified expatriates. Her research participants include expatriates and repatriates from around the world.
Started at Bethel
2004
Education
- University of Minnesota - B.A., 1979
- University of Minnesota - M.S.W., 1983
- University of Sarasota - D.B.A., 1999
Biography
Whitman serves as the research specialist in Bethel University's Ed.D. program, and was previously director for the MBA program at Bethel. Her primary interest area is research working with doctoral students on dissertation development. She has extensive experience in the development of adult education programs, serving as an administrator of graduate programs and consulting with several online universities. Whitman has more than 15 years of full time academic experience and 20 years experience in management positions in business, government, and the nonprofit sector.
Research interests
Whitman's research interests include expatriate and repatriate adjustment, motivation, and job satisfaction. She has also worked on research exploring personality factors with both organizational and self-identified expatriates. Her research participants include expatriates and repatriates from around the world.