Megan S. Downing

Megan Downing, EdD, is an Associate Professor of Organizational Leadership in the Department of Political Science, Criminal Justice, and Organizational Leadership at Northern Kentucky University (NKU) where she teaches leadership courses in the College of Arts & Sciences and Honors College. Dr. Downing's research interests center on leadership education and development, service learning, online learning, workplace loneliness, belonging, and impostor phenomenon. Her scholarly work has been published in the International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior, Journal of Leadership Education, Journal of Nonprofit Education and Leadership, and Journal of College Student Retention. She has also co-authored a handbook on effective teamwork and a book chapter on electronic service learning or “e-service learning.”