Felice Billups
Professor
JWU Faculty Since 2000
Felice Billups joined Johnson & Wales University after working for nearly 30 years as a college administrator, specializing in educational research, strategic planning, institutional accreditation and program review/assessment.
Dr. Billups teaches courses in research methods, in organizational theory/behavior and in higher education as a field of practice. Her research focuses on collegiate culture/subcultures, qualitative and mixed methods research approaches, organizational effectiveness, and the doctoral student experience.
Education
- Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration, George Peabody College of Education, Vanderbilt University
- M.A.,Higher Education Administration, Rhode Island College
- B.A., Fine Arts History, Tufts University
- Certification, Human Subjects Research Training (CITI Program) #29476648
- Certification, Protecting Human Research Participants (PHRP) #1328332 (NIH)
- Certificate, Management of Nonprofit/Arts Organizations, URI
Courses
- EDUC7004: Research I for Educational Leaders
- EDUC 7031: Organizational Theory & Behavior in Higher Education
- EDUC 7021: Nature of Higher Education
- EDUC 9005: Doctoral Dissertation
- EDUC 9010: Doctoral Dissertation II
Professional Affiliations
Editorial Review Board, International Journal of Qualitative Methods
Editorial Review Board, Journal of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Editorial Board, Planning for Higher Education Journal
Textbook Reviewer, Sage Publishing
Reviewer, Impacting Education Journal (Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate)
Reviewer, International Journal of Leadership in Education
Reviewer, e-AIR Online (Association for Institutional Research)
Conference Proposal Reviewer for AERA, NERA, NEERA, NEAIR, AIR, CPED, SCUP
Board of Directors for Rhode Island State Representative, New England Educational Research Organization
Board of Directors, Northeastern Educational Research Association
NEAIR Sidney Suslow Award Selection Committee
NERA Outstanding Service Award Selection Committee
NERA Best Graduate Student Paper Award Committee
NERA Lorne H. Woollatt Distinguished Paper Award Committee
American Educational Research Association (AERA) and SIG Memberships
Association for Institutional Research (AIR)
Northeast Association for Institutional Research
International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics
International Institute for Qualitative Methodology
Mixed Methods International Research Association
Society for College and University Planning
Publications
- Billups, F.D. (2025), More Than Mere Words: Applying Linguistic Analysis Methods to Qualitative Projects, International Journal of Qualitative Methods (in press). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
- Billups, F.D. (2024). Qualitative 101: Researcher Positionality in Qualitative Studies (Part 3 of a 3-part series), NERA Researcher, Spring, 63, pp. 34-48
- Billups, F.D. (2024). Qualitative 101: The Qualitative Sampling Debates. (Part 2 of a 3-part series). NERA Researcher, Winter, 63, pp. 38-45
- Billups, F.D. (Fall 2023). Qualitative 101: Deciphering the Language of Qualitative Research. Part 1 of a 3-part series), NERA Researcher, Fall, 62, pp. 23-30.
- Braun, D., Billups, F.D., & Gable, R.K. (2021). Improving Equitable Student Outcomes Through a Transformational and Collaborative Leadership Development Approach. Journal of Educational Leadership Policy Studies, 5(1), 1-23
- Billups, F.D. (January 2020). Qualitative Data Collection Tools: Design, Development, and Applications. The Qualitative Research Methods Series (book), Vol. 55. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
- Billups, F.D. (December 2019). Empowering Faculty Who Teach Adults: Implications for Higher Education, In J. Gregory (ed.), School Leadership for Learning: Learning Theory to Improve Professional Practice.