Organization, Information and Learning Sciences ETDs

Publication Date

Summer 7-28-2026

Abstract

This dissertation investigates the relational conditions enabling institutional transformation and diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ) within STEM higher education. Despite needs for systemic change, sustaining faculty engagement remains difficult due to entrenched power dynamics, lack of pedagogical training, and political repression. To address these barriers this research introduces Organizational Citizenship Behaviors (OCB) as an analytic lens and functional infrastructure for change.

Through three papers, this study 1) establishes OCB via a systemic literature review as an actionable metric for faculty development; 2) details the design of a cross-institutional Community of Transformation (CoT) as a design case; and 3) Presents an 18-month case study showing how OCBs like tolerance and altruism foster critical reflection. Ultimately, this work theorizes radical hope, an active practice required to sustain DEIJ commitments when the future is under attack, as the vital outcome of these collective spaces.

Degree Name

Organization, Information and Learning Sciences

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Organization, Information & Learning Sciences

First Committee Member (Chair)

Dr. Pil Kang

Second Committee Member

Dr. Vanessa Svihla

Third Committee Member

Dr. Adam Papendieck

Fourth Committee Member

Stewart Copeland, MFA

Language

English

Keywords

Organizational Citizenship Behavior, Community of Transformation, Arts-Based Practices, Diversity Equity Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ), STEM Education

Document Type

Dissertation

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