November Meeting

About this event

Dr. Janet Hindman was the first professor to be appointed to a position under the aegis of the University’s Hill Institute . She was named the Dyke Rogers Professor of Educational Leadership in recognition of her success in the classroom and her key role in shepherding WT’s doctoral program in educational leadership.

Dr. Hindman, a WT alumna, joined WT in 2012 following more than 35 years working in Texas public schools, including 28 years teaching and coaching in nine different school systems and time spent as an assistant superintendent and an education specialist. She earned her doctoral degree from Texas Tech University,

After arriving at WT, Hindman served for four years as head of the Department of Education and, alongside Dr. Judy Williams, coauthored the successful proposal establishing WT’s education doctoral program, which launched in 2019.

She has published 14 journal articles and made more than 60 professional presentations, largely on educational leadership and values at local, regional, state, national and international conferences, events and workshops.

Named for Joseph A. Hill, the second president of WT and its longest-serving leader, the Hill Institute centers on 10 values: trust, family life, hard work, regard for others, personal responsibility, compatriotism and patriotism, virtue, faith, personal and civic loyalty, and rugged individualism.

As a scholar associated with the Hill Institute, Hindman will teach, research and conduct service projects centered on how the values outlined in the Hill Institute impact the educational mission of an institution and its students.