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
Courses
- EDUC 7006: Research I: Educational Research for Higher Education Leaders
- EDUC 7031: Organizational Theory & Behavior in Higher Education
- EDUC 7021: Nature of Higher Education
- EDUC 9005: The Field Research Project
- EDUC 9010: Doctoral Dissertation
Professional Affiliations
Board of Directors for Rhode Island State Representative, New England Educational Research Organization
Board of Directors, Northeastern Educational Research Association
Strategic Planning Committee, NEAIR
Editorial Board, International Journal of Qualitative Methods
Editorial Board, Journal of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Editorial Board, Planning for Higher Education Journal
Reviewer, Impacting Education Journal (CPED)
Textbook Reviewer, Sage Publishing
American Educational Research Association
Association for Institutional Research (AIR)
International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics: Data Science and Institutional Research Subgroup
International Institute for Qualitative Methodology
Mixed Methods International Research Association
New England Educational Research Organization
Northeast Association for Institutional Research
Society for College and University Planning
Certificate, Human Subjects Research Training (CITI Program), #29476648
Protecting Human Research Participants (PHRP) Certification, #1328332 National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Extramural Research Certification
Certificate, Management of Nonprofit/Arts Organizations, URI
Publications
- 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. (2023-2024) Qualitative 101: Three-Part Series on Qualitative Research Terminology, Sampling, and Researcher Positionality. NERA Researcher
- Braun, D., Billups, F. D., & Gable, R. K. (2021). Improving equitable student outcomes through a transformational and collaborative leadership development approach. Journal fo Educational Leadership Policy Studies, 5(1), 1-23
- Billups, F. D. (Winter/Spring, 2021). Mixed methods redux: What’s old is new again? NERA Researcher.
- Billups, F.D. (June, 2021). Qualitative Data, Qualitative Tools, Qualitative Designs: Putting It All Together! Webinar presented for the Northeast Educational Research Assoc. Series
- 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.