Carole J. Bland, PhD

Professor
Assistant Dean for Faculty Development
Director of Fellowship in Clinical Research
612-624-2072
bland001@umn.edu

Primary Research Themes: Faculty and administrator development and productivity; higher education organization, personnel approaches, and governance; educational design and evaluation

Education Activities: Directs the clinical investigator fellowship; teaches fellows in curriculum design in medical education and integrated seminar courses; lectures in basic research methods seminar; mentors junior research faculty; advises doctoral students in higher education administration and policy

Research Services Specialties: Consultation on research design and evaluation; mentoring facilitation; academic career decision-making

Current Grants

2005-2010, NIH, "A Multidisciplinary Scholar Development Program to Advance Clinical Research"

2005-2008, DHHS, "Faculty Development in Primary Care: Clinical Research Fellowship"

2004-2008, STFM Foundation, "Bishop Fellowship Program"

Selected Publications

Bland CJ, Taylor A, Shollen SL, Mulcahy P, Weber-Main AM. Mentoring and Being Mentored: Effective Collaboration Throughout an Academic Career. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, accepted for publication, 2007.

Carnes M, Bland CJ. A challenge to academic health centers and the National Institutes of Health to prevent unintended gender bias in the selection of clinical and translational science award leaders. Academic Medicine. 2007;82(2):202-206.

Bland CJ, Risbey KR. Faculty development programs. Effective Practices for Academic Leaders, July, 2006.

Bland CJ, Center BA, Finstad DA, Risbey KR, Staples J. The impact of appointment type on the productivity and commitment of full-time faculty in research and doctoral institutions. The Journal of Higher Education. 2006;77(1):89-123.

Bland CJ, Center BA, Finstad DA, Risbey KR, Staples JG. A theoretical, practical, predictive model of research productivity. Academic Medicine, 2005;80(3):225-237.

Bland CJ, Weber-Main AM, Finstad D, Lund SM. The Research Productive Department: Strategies from Departments That Excel. Bolton, Massachusetts: Anker Publishing; 2005.

Bland CJ, Seaquist E, Pacala JT, Center B, Finstad D. One school’s strategy to assess and improve the vitality of its faculty. Academic Medicine. 2002;77(5):368-76.

Bland CJ, Wersal L, VanLoy W, Jacott W. Evaluating faculty performance in medical education. Academic Medicine. 2002;77(1):15-30.

Education

Higher Education Leadership Fellowship, American Council on Education, Office of the President, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1990

PhD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, educational psychology, emphasis in measurement, evaluation, and adult learning, 1974

Selected Professional Activities and Awards

Committee on Excellence in Women’s Health, University of Minesota, co-director of the Leadership/Mentorship Component, 2003-present

Member, Board of Directors, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD, 2002-present

Reviewer, JAMA, 2000-present

Reviewer, Journal of Higher Education, 1989-present

Member, National Peer Review Panel, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Generalist Faculty Program, 1998-present

Hames Research Award, presented at the 1999 STFM Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA; awarded annually to one person whose career accomplishments have significantly advanced research within the discipline of family medicine

Outstanding Research Publication Award (given to one publication annually), American Educational Research Association, for the book, The Vitality of Senior Faculty Members: Snow on the Roof—Fire in the Furnace, Carole J. Bland and William Bergquist, co-authors, 1998