Dr. Tamara Leary joined RRU in the fall of 2015 as an associate professor and program head for the Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration and Leadership (MAHEAL) and in 2018 she accepted the appointment of School Director for the School of Education and Technology. Dr. Leary accepted the position of Associate Vice-President Integrated Academic Planning and Strategic Initiatives as a part of the Vice President Academic and Provost portfolio in December 2023.
Experience
Prior to joining RRU in 2015, Tamara held a variety of leadership roles in university Student Services between 1999 - 2012. As a faculty member she taught in Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Master of Post-Secondary Education program and the University of Manitoba’s Center for Higher Education Research and Development program. Tamara worked as a senior consultant with Academica and continues as an independent consultant within the higher education sector.
Education
2012
Doctorate of Education (Higher Education Administration and Leadership)
University of Calgary
2002
Masters of Adult Education
St. Francis Xavier University
1995
Bachelor of Social Work
University of Victoria
1990
Bachelor of Arts (Sociology Major)
University of Prince Edward Island
Publications
Leary, T.A. (In Press) Faculty unionism: What, why and who? In Portraits of Academic Life in Higher Education: From Hiring to Retiring by D. Conrad and W. Archer, Brill Publishing.
Childs, E.,Veletsianos, G., Donohue, A., Leary, T., McLeod, K., & Scott, A.M. (2023). Speculative futures for HE: Weaving perspectives for good. In L. Czerniewicz & C. Cronin (Eds.), Higher Education for Good: Teaching and Learning Futures.
Leary, T., & Pardy, L. (2023). How Dark Is It? From Administration to Faculty. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 52(3), 98–108. Retrieved from https://journals.sfu.ca/cjhe/index.php/cjhe/article/view/189689
Leary, T.A. (2022) The Perfect Imposter Storm: From Knowing Something to Knowing Nothing, in M. Breeze and Y. Taylor The Palgrave handbook of imposter syndrome in higher education. Palgrave.
Leary, T. (2020). Book review of "Postsecondary Education in British Columbia". Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 50(1), 99–100. https://doi.org/10.47678/cjhe.v50i1.188797
Leary, T. (2018). Book review of "Assessment Strategies for Online Learning: Engagement and Authenticity". Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 48(3), 188–190. https://doi.org/10.47678/cjhe.v48i3.188501
Leary, T. (2017). Book review of "Handbook of Canadian Higher Education Law". Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 47(3), 200–202. https://doi.org/10.47678/cjhe.v47i3.188149
Leary, T.A., Hotchkiss, K. & Robb, A. (2017). International Students. In D. Hardy Cox and C. Strange (Eds.), Achieving Student Success: Effective Student Services in Canadian Higher Education, Vol, 2. Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press.
Shea, R., Gormley, B., Clarke, A., & Leary, T. (2017). Professional Development for Student Affairs and Services Staff: A Role of Professional Associations to Support Student Services Providers. In Supporting Students Globally in Higher Education (2017) by K. Osfield, B. Perozzi, L. Bardill Moscaritolo, R. Shea, and Associates.