Victoria Sherif, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership
Doctor of Philosophy in Education Sciences (2013 - 2016)
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Dissertation: The Voices of Rural High School Youth: Qualitative Secondary Analysis and Youth Leadership Modeling
Advisor: Dr. Beth Rous
Masters of Education in Education and Psychology (2009 - 2011)
Pavlodar State Pedagogical University, Kazakhstan
Thesis: Development of Youth Leadership in the Middle School Settings
Advisor: Dr. Akmaral Nurgalieva
Bachelor of Arts in Education and Psychology (2004 - 2008)
Pavlodar State Pedagogical University, Kazakhstan
Wichita State University (2019-Present)
Assistant Professor - 2019 - present
University of Kentucky (2016-Present)
Instructor, Department of Information, Communication, and Technology, College of Communication and Information - 2017 - present
Post-Doctoral Scholar, Department of Educational Leadership Studies - 2016 - 2019
Research and Development Associate, Kentucky Partnership for Early Childhood Services, Human Development Institute - 2016 - 2019
Assistant Director of Undergraduate Certificate in Leadership Studies, Department of Educational Leadership Studies - 2016 - 2019
Instructor, Department of Educational Leadership Studies - 2015 - 2019
Data Analyst, Evaluation Unit, Human Development Institute - 2014 - 2016
Program Evaluator, Center for Clinical and Translational Science - 2013 - 2016
Other
Independent Researcher, Nelson Co, KY - 2013 - 2015
Instructor, Pavlodar State Pedagogical University, Kazakhstan - 2010 - 2011
Researcher, Pavlodar State Pedagogical University, Kazakhstan - 2006 - 2011
Student Leadership, Student Voice, Superintendency, Women in Superintendency, Leadership in Early Childhood, Qualitative Secondary Analysis, Program Design, Implementation and Evaluation, Research Design and Implementation
Principal Investigator for the study ‘Examination of Superintendent Leadership and Retention During COVID-19 in the Midwest’, Spencer Foundation (2021-2022), pending, $49,969.
Principal Investigator for the study ‘Flying High: Workforce and Career Development of Underserved High School Students in Aerospace Manufacturing and Engineering’, National Science Foundation, Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) (2021-2023), pending, $824,781.
Research Consultant and Project Coordinator for Educational and Workforce Development Asset Capture in the North Central Regional Collaborative, ARM-EWD-19-03, Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing, Education and Workforce Development (February - September, 2020), $250,000.
Principal Investigator for the study ‘The Impact of Student Involvement on Leadership and Academic Achievement of First-Generation Undergraduate Students’, National Association for Campus Activities, Silver Scholar Award (2020), $1,250.
Co-Investigator for the Aerospace Career Pathway Curriculum and Training Development, Tango Flight, Inc. (2019-2020), $112, 641.
Principal Investigator for the study ‘The Impact of Experienced Adult Mentorship on STEM Student Learning and Career Choice’, National Science Foundation, Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) (2020-2023), not funded, $267,152.
Research Consultant for the Building Blocks: The Kentucky Early Childhood Cost of Quality Study, Prichard Committee (2017).
Sherif, V. & Rous, B. (under review). Kentucky superintendents and their school boards: Evolving context, expectations and relationships. In Leigh E. Wallace and Meredith Mountford’s Reclaiming Local Control through Superintendents, School Boards, and Community Activism, Research on Superintendency Series, Volume II.
Sherif, V. (Spring 2021). Qualitative research data for secondary inquiry. In Emmanuel Manu and Julius Akotia’s Secondary Research Methods in the Built Environment. Routledge, UK.
Gupta, S. & Sherif, V. (Spring 2021). Re-examining and reframing early intervention leaders’ perceptions of systems change: A case exploration using Qualitative Secondary Analysis. The Qualitative Report.
Sherif, V., Chapman, K., & Rous, B. (2020). Kentucky’s 2019 public preschool workforce study. Human Development Institute, University of Kentucky. Available at: https://d9b2004d-c34d-44a5-b954-2e3d906dd838.filesusr.com/ugd/ab6d58_26bd9546bc7042b4b1b86eb8576d26fd.pdf
Sherif, V., Rous, B., & Rojas, J. (2019). Kentucky’s 2019 child care workforce study. Lexington, KY: Human Development Institute, University of Kentucky. Available at: https://www.kentuckypartnership.org/docs/default-source/market-rate-study/2019-ky-workforce-report_updated_9032019.pdf?sfvrsn=9ec8bae1_4
Sherif, V. (2019). Modeling youth leadership: An integration of personality development theories and ethics. Journal of Leadership Education, 18(2). Available at: https://journalofleadershiped.org/jole_articles/modeling-youth-leadership-an-integration-of-personality-development-theories-and-ethics/
Sherif, V. (2018). Voices that matter: Rural high school youth on leadership. Research in Educational Administration and Leadership: International Perspectives on Team Leadership Special Issue, 3(2). Available at: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1207465
Rous, B., Sherif, V., & Singleton, P. (2018). Kentucky’s 2017 child care market rate survey. Lexington, KY: Human Development Institute, University of Kentucky. Available at: https://www.kentuckypartnership.org/docs/default-source/market-rate-study/2017-kentucky-market-rate-study.pdf?sfvrsn=e7e1b9e1_0
Sherif, V. (2018). Practices of youth leadership development in rural High School context: Findings from a qualitative secondary analysis. Journal of Ethical Educational Leadership: Student Voice and School Leadership, 1, 273-291.
Sherif, V. (2018). Evaluating pre-existing qualitative research data for secondary analysis. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 19(2), Art. 7. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/fqs-19.2.2821.
Mevoli, K., Tanner, A., Adams, C., Rhodes, A., Warren, T. & Sherif, V. (2016). Nothing about us without us: Asking Kentuckians with disabilities about what they need to thrive (Research Brief: An Update on HDI’s Research in the Field of Developmental Disabilities, Spring 2016). Retrieved from http://www.hdi.uky.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ResearchBrief_Spring2016_web.pdf
McKay, D., Banner, R., Sherif, V., & Rhodes, A. (2015). Learning, independence, and relationships: The impact of supported higher education on students with intellectual disabilities (Research Brief: An Update on HDI’s Research in the Field of Developmental Disabilities, winter 2015). Retrieved from http://hdi.uky.edu/Media/Default/Documents/Research/ResearchBrief_Winter2015.pdf
Sherif, V. (2011). Eastern philosophers on leadership. [Translated from Russian]. Materials of International Theoretical and Practical Conference ‘Days of Science – 2011’, 39-41. Prague, Czech Republic.
Sherif, V. & Nurgalieva, A. (2011). Characteristics of leadership as an integrative quality of adolescents. [Translated from Russian]. Materials of Regional Internet Conference ‘Tendencies of Civic and Patriotic Youth Upbringing in the Modern Environment of Kazakhstan: Research and Experience’, 103-108. Pavlodar, Kazakhstan.
Sherif, V. (2011). Investigation into the issue of leadership in education. [Translated from Russian]. Materials of International Theoretical and Practical Conference ‘IX Sedelnik Readings. Multi-Linguistics: Modern Status and Perspectives’, 2, 365-370. Pavlodar, Kazakhstan.
Sherif, V. (2011). Leadership theories. Materials of Republican Theoretical and Practical Conference ‘Second Shayakhmetov Readings’, 163-166. Pavlodar, Kazakhstan.
Sherif, V. (2010). Analysis of leadership from social and historical perspectives. [Translated from Russian]. Materials of Regional Theoretical and Practical Conference ‘Third Kapenov Readings’, 45-52. Pavlodar, Kazakhstan.
Sherif, V. (2009). Implementation of pedagogical ideas of A. S. Makarenko in the research of leadership. [Translated from Russian]. Materials of International Theoretical and Practical Conference ‘Irtysh – Modern Condition and Problems of Consonant Development’, 2, 175-180. Pavlodar, Kazakhstan.
Sherif, V. (2009). Research on ethics in the modern world. [Translated from Russian]. Materials of Theoretical and Practical Internet Conference ‘P-12 Education as a Basis of Development of Continuous Education, Research and Experience’, 106-111. Pavlodar, Kazakhstan.
Ossipova, V. (2009). Factors of development of leadership as an integrative quality of adolescents. [Translated from Russian]. Materials of International Theoretical and Practical Conference ‘Kazakhstan in the Modern World and Issues of National Education’, 211-215. Zhetisai, Kazakhstan.
Ossipova, V. (2008). The importance of team goals and collaboration in youth leadership development. [Translated from Russian]. Materials of IV International Theoretical and Practical Conference ‘Days of Science – 2008’, 15-18. Sofia, Bulgaria.
Ossipova, V. (2007). Components of youth leadership as an integrative quality. [Translated from Russian]. Materials of International Theoretical and Practical Conference ‘Youth and Modern Times: Issues of World View, Politics, and Morality’, 109-112. Semey, Kazakhstan.
Ossipova, V. (2007). On the need of a pedagogical approach toward conceptualization of youth leadership. [Translated from Russian]. Materials of II International Theoretical and Practical Conference ‘Novice Researcher – 2007’, 17, 89-92. Taraz, Kazakhstan.
Ossipova, V. & Nurgalieva A. (2006). Spiritual and ethical aspects of youth leadership as an integrative quality. [Translated from Russian]. Materials of VI International Theoretical and Practical Conference ‘Improving the Culture of Health as Balanced Unity of Spiritual and Physical Qualities of an Individual’, 1, 32-36. Voronezh, Russia.
PUBLICATIONS IN-PROGRESS/ UNDER REVIEW
Sherif, V., Chapman, K., & Rous, B. (in-progress). Leadership beliefs and practices of U.S. early childhood administrators.
Sherif, V. (in-progress). Good leadership: Perspectives of rural youth on the impact of leadership education. The Qualitative Report.
Sherif, V. & Rous, B. (in-progress). Superintendent reflection on academic preparation: A longitudinal examination.
Sherif, V., Rous, B. & Bjork, L. (in-progress). Career paths of Kentucky school district superintendents: Results of a decennial study.
Sherif, V., Rous B., & Bjork, L. (in-progress). Barriers to superintendency in Kentucky: Voices of women leaders.
Sherif, V., Rous, B. & Bjork, L. (in-progress). Longitudinal examination of superintendent perceptions of school board and community relations.
Chapman, K., Sherif, V. & Rous, B. (April 2021). The Leadership Beliefs and Practices of U.S. Early Childhood Administrators. Poster presentation at the 2021 Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Virtual Biennial Meeting.
Sherif, V. & Montford, J. (April 2021). Chronically Absent or Chronically Persistent: Voices of Underserved Middle School Students on Education and Chronic Absenteeism. Paper presentation at the 2021American Educational Research Association, virtual Orlando, FL.
Sherif, V. & Rous, B. (April 2020). Superintendent Reflection on Academic Preparation: A Longitudinal Examination. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
Sherif, V. & Rous, B. (April 2020). Longitudinal examination of superintendent perceptions of school board and community relations. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
Rous, B., Sherif, V., & Chapman, K. (March 2020). The Kentucky public preschool workforce study. Poster accepted as part of session Findings and Lessons from Five State Workforce Studies for the 2020 Child Care and Early Education Policy Research Consortium Meeting: Washington, DC. Available at: https://d9b2004d-c34d-44a5-b954-2e3d906dd838.filesusr.com/ugd/ab6d58_156c3955c593451b9bf7550d5c717ea0.pdf
Sherif, V., Rous, B., & Bjork, L. (2019). Barriers to superintendency in Kentucky: Voices of
women leaders. Round table presentation at the University Council for Educational
Administration, New Orleans, LA.
Sherif, V. (2018). Transforming the future by developing youth leadership in a rural high school. Paper presentation at the University Council for Educational Administration, Houston, TX.
Sherif, V. (2018). Evaluating pre-existing research data for secondary analysis. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
Sherif, V. (2018). Modeling youth leadership: Application of personality development theories and ethics. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
Sherif, V., Rous, B. & Bjork, L. (2018). Community involvement and relations of school district superintendents in Kentucky. Paper presentation at the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
Sherif, V. (2017). Hearing the voices of rural high school youth on leadership: Findings from a Qualitative secondary analysis. Paper Presentation at the University Council for Educational Administration, Denver, CO.
Sherif, V., Bjork, L. & Rous, B. (2017). Career paths of Kentucky school district superintendents: Results of a decennial study. Paper Presentation at the University Council for Educational Administration, Denver, CO.
Sherif, V., Rous, B. & Bjork, L. (2017). Barriers to superintendency in Kentucky: Voices of Female Leaders. Paper Presentation at the First Annual Kentucky Gender & Women’s Studies Conference, Lexington, KY.
Sherif, V. (November, 2016). Practices of Youth Leadership Development in Rural High School Context: Findings from a Qualitative Secondary Analysis. Paper Presentation at the University Council for Educational Administration, Detroit, MI.
Sherif, V. (April, 2016). Examination of Rural High School Students' Perceptions on Leadership. Paper Presentation at the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC.
Sherif, V. (April, 2016). Conducting Qualitative Secondary Analysis: Experiences and Lessons. Paper Presentation at the Spring Research Conference, Lexington, KY.
Sherif, V. (April, 2015). What is Youth Leadership: High School Students’ Reflections. Graduate Student Council In-Progress Research Presentation at the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Sherif, V. (November, 2014). Youth leadership and ethics: Concepts and challenges. Graduate Student Abstract Exchange Presentation at the University Council for Educational Administration, Washington, DC.
Sherif, V. & Nash, J.B. (October, 2014). Considering organizational communication in program evaluation to improve process and outcomes. Paper Presentation at the American Evaluation Association, Denver, CO.
Sherif, V., Adams, C., Nash, J., McKay, D., Plonski, P., & Rous, B. (October, 2014). Bringing structure to data overload: Using evaluation questions to align metrics, milestones and evolving aims. Poster at the American Evaluation Association, Denver, CO.
Sherif, V. (April, 2014). Youth leadership development and ethics. Presentation at the Spring Research Conference, Cincinnati, OH.
Wallace Charles Hill Graduate Fellowship in Administration and Supervision
University of Kentucky, $1000
2013, 2014, 2015
College of Education Professional Travel Scholarship
University of Kentucky, $250
2013, 2014, 2015
Graduate School Student Travel Scholarship
University of Kentucky, $400
2013, 2014, 2015
EDL Presentation Scholarship
University of Kentucky, $500
2014, 2015
Graduate Fellowship
Department of Education, Kazakhstan
2009 - 2011
Undergraduate Scholarship
Department of Education, Kazakhstan
2004 - 2008
Lead Designer, Wichita State University’s Active Learning Faculty Fellowship (ALF)
2020 - present
Advisory Board, Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education
2019 - present
Advisory Board, Research Committee, Kansas Association of School Boards
2019 - present
Reviewer, University Council for Educational Administration
2014 - present
Reviewer, International Journal of Leadership in Education
2014 - present
Reviewer, Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research
2017
Session Facilitator, University Council for Educational Administration; College of Education Spring Research Conference, University of Kentucky
2016
American Educational Research Association
2015 - present
American Evaluation Association
2014 - present
University Council for Educational Administration
2014 - present