Elisa Thompson, PhD
Associate Teaching Professor, Doctoral Writing Coach Leadership, Research, and Foundations
Columbine Hall 3045
Columbine Hall 3045
Biographical Information
Dr. Thompson is an instructor who serves as the Writing and Qualitative Methods Coach for first-year doctoral students in the Leadership, Research, and Foundations Department. She supports both first- and second-year doctoral students as they complete their Portfolio Projects over the summer term. Dr. Thompson offers regular workshops on topics related to writing and dissertation completion. Additionally, she teaches master’s and undergraduate statistics and research methods, and Counseling in Higher Education in the Leadership: Student Affairs in Higher Education (SAHE) master’s degree program. She received the student-nominated SAHE Effective Educator Award in May 2022. Dr. Thompson serves as a reader and qualitative methodologist for doctoral dissertations in the Leadership, Research, and Foundations Department. Her research interests include self-regulation skills around dissertation completion and demographic variables that predict undergraduate retention and degree completion.
Education
PhD, Educational Psychology, University of Arizona, 1998
MA, Educational Psychology, University of Arizona, 1996
BS, Psychology, Florida State University, 1991
Teaching
LEAD 2700: Intro to Research Methods
LEAD 5700: Intro to Research and Statistics
LEAD 5210: Counseling for Higher Education
Service
University
- 2023 - Present: UCCS Strategic Initiatives Committee member
- 2020 - Present: College of Education Strategic Initiatives Committee member
- Fall Semester 2024: IRC PUEC Review Committee
- 2023-2024: Associate Chair, Department of Leadership, Research, and Foundations
- November 2023 - February 2024: Department of Leadership, Research, and Foundations Tenure-track Faculty Search Committee chair
- 2021 - 2024: UCCS Faculty Assembly Representative for the College of Education, Department of Leadership, Research, and Foundations
- January 2023 – February 2024: College of Education IRC Faculty Promotion Process and Criteria Committee
- March – December 2019: Department of Leadership, Research, and Foundations Tenure-track Faculty Search Committee member
Community
- October 2016 - Present: Faith Formation for Maturing Adults Program, Ascension Lutheran Church
June 2011 – Present: Deacon, Ascension Lutheran Church
August 2016 – May 2019: District Accountability Committee, Academy School District 20
August 2015 –May 2019: School Accountability Committee, The Village High School