Michelle Glowacki-Dudka

Adult, Higher, and Community Education

Michelle Glowacki-Dudka

Assistant Professor of Adult, Higher, and Community Education

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Department of Educational Studies
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306

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Dr. Michelle Glowacki-Dudka (Shelly) currently serves as an Assistant Professor in Adult and Higher Education in the Department of Educational Studies at Ball State University. She also is the Advisor for the Masters of Arts in Adult and Community Education and the Masters of Arts in Executive Development for Public Service. Dr. Glowacki-Dudka has a Master’s in Adult and Continuing Education from Northern Illinois University (May, 1997) and Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison in Adult Education from the Continuing and Vocational Education Program. She studied under Dr. Alan Knox and completed her dissertation (Interorganizational Collaboration: Opportunities, Challenges, and Strategies for Program Development) in December, 1999. Dr. Glowacki-Dudka has worked at universities in the US and abroad in Poland and Saudi Arabia as a faculty member, coordinator, and evaluator. She also coordinated a collaborative project among Wisconsin state agencies to promote, evaluate, and advocate for family literacy by giving voice to educators at the margins to shape public policy. In this position she developed a database system and handbook for data collection related to program evaluation. Her research interests build on her experience in collaboration, evaluation, and educational program planning. She also is very interested in social movements, community development, and dialogue. In the realm of editorial and publication experience, she has co-authored two books and three chapters about teaching online. She also has published a journal article about community development through dialogue and multiple conference papers covering a variety of topics. She also has been very active in the Midwest Research to Conference Steering Committee.