Ellen M. Broido

Ellen M. Broido is a Professor in the Department of Higher Education and Student Affairs at Bowling Green State University (BGSU), with affiliated roles in Women's Studies and American Culture Studies. She serves as Visiting Professor at Shandong University and BGSU Honors College, currently on sabbatical during 2024-2025 academic year.

Education

• D.Ed., The Pennsylvania State University (1997)
• M.S.Ed., Indiana University (1990)
• B.A., Columbia University (1987)

Research Focus centers on social justice in higher education, addressing disability, gender, class, and LGBTQ+ issues through ally development, inclusive assessment, and transformative methodologies. Her work explores structural resistance to ableism and sexism, faculty racial ally behaviors (via NSF Advance grant), and Chinese student self-authorship. Recent studies examine staff/faculty affinity groups and cross-disability activism.

Publication Trends show consistent contributions to journals like Journal of College Student Development and Gender, Work and Organizations, emphasizing critical disability studies, gender equity in faculty service, and universal research design. She co-developed instruments measuring ally behaviors and self-authorship.

Scientific Recognition

• ACPA Senior Scholar (2022-2026)
• Contribution to Knowledge Award (2024)
• Barbra Townsend Lecture (2023)
• Disability Leadership Award (2013)

Teaching includes graduate courses on social justice education, student development theory, and multicultural competencies. She leads study tours to United Kingdom and South Africa.

Grants include NSF ADVANCE-IT Adaptation Grant ($984,484), ACUHO-I award for disability living environments ($7,000), and multiple ACPA grants for disability leadership research.