Nancy Southern

Nancy Southern, Ed.D., is an Adjunct Professor at Saybrook University, affiliated with the School of Organizational Leadership and Transformation and the Department of Organizational Systems. She previously served as an executive faculty member for over 10 years, chairing MA and PhD programs in Organizational Systems. Her expertise spans Action Research, Organizational Culture, Cross-Cultural Management, and Leading Organizational Transformation. She holds an Ed.D. from the University of San Francisco (1997), an Executive MBA from St. Mary's College (1987), and a BA in Psychology from Sonoma State University (1973).

Her research focuses on fostering collaborative cultures in public, private, and non-profit sectors, emphasizing transformative learning and qualitative methodologies like hermeneutics and phenomenology. Nancy has contributed to journals such as Integral Leadership Review and OD Practitioner, and her work is accessible via Academia.edu. She also runs Collaborative Cultures - Nancy Southern & Associates, focusing on organizational development.