College of Education, Health & Aviation Humphreys Endowed Chair
Dr. Stephen Wanger
Stephen P. Wanger (Ph.D., Purdue University) is an Associate Professor of Higher Education
Administration, Program Coordinator of the Higher Education and Student Affairs program
in the College of Education, Health & Aviation.
His research explores international issues in higher education, with a particular
emphasis on efforts across the globe to create regional areas for higher education.
This research emphasis embraces considerations such as transnational and national
public policy, student and faculty mobility, the finance of higher education, curricula
development, the leadership of change, and institutional and disciplinary stratification.
Dr. Wanger has been instrumental in the development of program collaborations with
universities in Thailand, Vietnam, Belize, Mexico, and China. He is a recipient of
the Regents Distinguished Teaching Award, the College of Education International Education
& Outreach Excellence Award, the College of Education Teaching Excellence Award, and
has served as a Fellow in the Houston Higher Education Finance Roundtable.