Catherine A. Honig, Ph.D.
Title:
Associate Professor, National Louis University
Programs/Classes Taught:
General Psychology
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Undergraduate & Graduate Business: organizational behavior, contemporary issues in leadership, business research methods & statistics
Areas of Expertise:
- Industrial/Organizational Psychology
- Organizational Behavior
- Management & Leadership
- Testing & Measurement
- Research Methods & Multivariate Statistical Analysis
Biography:
Dr. Catherine Honig joined the NLU faculty in 1990. Since that time, she has been serving both undergraduate and graduate students at the university’s Florida Regional Campus as well as in the university's online programs. She also has served in a variety of administrative roles, including Academic Program Director for the College of Management and Business’ programs in Florida (1990 – 2002), Interim Dean of the College of Management and Business (January 2002 – June 2002), Chair, Graduate Business Programs, College of Management & Business (2008-13), and Chair, MBA Program, College of Professional Studies and Advancement (2015-21).
Dr. Honig is a graduate of Bowling Green State University, where she earned both her master’s degree (1982) and her Ph.D. (1987) in industrial/organizational psychology. Her academic training emphasized the following areas: a) personnel psychology (e.g., job analysis, performance measurement, training & development, staffing functions such as recruitment, selection, promotion); b) organizational psychology (e.g., organizational behavior, motivation & leadership, job satisfaction, emotional aspects of work, decision making & judgment, workplace stress); c) testing & measurement; d) advanced research methods & multivariate statistical analysis. In the corporate setting, she supervised a marketing research team in a Fortune 500 company. In this capacity, she was involved in the measurement of attitudes and perceptions among substantial consumer populations.
During her tenure as an NLU faculty member, Dr. Honig has actively participated in numerous research projects and has co-written and presented applied research papers on a variety of management & leadership subjects (e.g., authentic leadership, subordinate perceptions of “boss” behaviors, gender-related perceptions) as well as in the areas of outcomes assessment and online learning.
Dr. Honig currently serves as the Editor of MERLOT's Psychology Editorial Board where she supports the aggregation and assessment of open educational resources (OER) for the psychology discipline.
Education:
PhD - Industrial/Organizational Psychology (1987)
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, Ohio
MA - Industrial/Organizational Psychology (1982)
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OhioMA\
BA - Psychology Summa cum laude (1980)
University of South Florida
Research Interests
Research Presentations & Papers in the Following Areas (1991 to present):
- Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL)
- Impact of high-touch online instruction in graduate leadership education
- Exploration of online teaching & learning (in graduate business education) via the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework
- Impact of teaching with social media (e.g., twitter)
- Outcomes assessment in a graduate professional leadership program (e.g., longitudinal, value-added measurement of the impact of graduate leadership education on behavior, perception, and values)
- Perceptions of leadership in the contemporary work organization (e.g., basic "boss" behaviors and their impacts, gender-related perceptions, authentic leadership)
Links to Recent Publications
- Honig, C., & Salmon, D. (2021). Learner Presence Matters: A Learner-Centered Exploration into the Community of Inquiry Framework. Online Learning, 25(2). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.24059/olj.v25i2.2237
- Honig, C. (2018). #teachingwithtwitter: Tweeting to foster online engagement and learning. eLearn,12. https://elearnmag.acm.org/archive.cfm?aid=3236705
Dr. Honig regularly presents her work at academic conferences. A complete list of publications and presentations is available upon request.
Recognition/Awards:
- MERLOT Distinguished Service Award (2020)
- National Louis University: Excellence in Service and Engagement Award (Fall 2017)
- National Louis University: Excellence in Service Award (Fall 2013)
- MERLOT: Peer Reviewer Extraordinaire (awarded annually 2013 – 2021)
- Sloan-C 6th Annual International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Online Learning. Best in Track Award for Evidence-Based Learning (Las Vegas, NV, April 2013) Presentation Title: Unpacking the impact of high-touch online instruction: Following the data trail to improved student outcomes
- Online Learning Consortium (formerly Sloan-C): Steering Committee Member for the Sloan-C /MERLOT Annual International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Online Learning (2012-13; 2013-14; 2014-15); Steering Committee Member for the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Innovate Conference (2015-16; 2016-17; 2017-18; 2019-20; 2020-21); Track Chair, Career Forum Round Tables (2018-19); Featured Sessions & Workshops Co-Chair (2019-20); Presenter Services Co-Chair (2020-21)
- Editor, MERLOT Psychology Editorial Board (December 2011 to present)
Contact Information:
Catherine A. Honig, Ph.D.
E-mail: chonig@nl.edu
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherinehonig/
