Bachelors Degree:  Westmar College, 1966

Masters Degree:  University of South Dakota, 1967

Doctorate:  Ph.D. from Iowa State University, 1982

As part of UNI Educational Leadership's ongoing professional learning, faculty members have participated in StrengthsQuest through the Gallup Organization.  This process has allowed Educational Leadership team members to identify their unique strengths.

Dr. Else's strengths are: Responsibility, Relator, Belief, Achiever, Focus.

Areas of Expertise:

• Leadership development
• Leadership searches
• Hiring practices and processes
• Online recruitment and hiring
• School law
• Team building
• Conflict resolution
• School consolidation

Research Interests:

• Superintendent job satisfaction
• School consolidation
• Principal job satisfaction
• Characteristics and qualities boards seek in new superintendents
• The impact of fiscal professional development on superintendents

Published Articles in the Following Journals:

• Iowa Educational Leadership
• Community Education Journal
• The Rural Educator
• The American School Board Journal
• Phi Delta Kappa Fastback
• The Lutheran Educator