Overview
Dr. Mercy Ogbonne Umeri offers a unique blend of teaching, administrative, leadership, and HR experience in the private, government, and nonprofit sectors with over twenty years’ global experience combined. Aside from her role as a faculty member of the Hugo Wall School, Mercy also coordinates the MiniMPA program which is an intensive professional development series for people working in local government. Her primary teaching responsibilities include the Introduction to Public Administration and Human Resource Management. Dr. Umeri’s policy research explores social equity in the public sector and the intersection of social equity within the context of higher education.
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Ed.D., Educational Leadership and Administration, Wichita State University 2022
MP.A., Master’s in Public Administration, Wichita State University, 2018
Nonprofit Graduate Certificate, Wichita State University 2018
BA., Theater Arts/Film Studies, University of Nigeria 2002
Society for Human Resources Certified Professional 2019-Present
Introduction to the field of Public Administration
Human Resources in Public and Nonprofit Organizations
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Umeri, M.O., (2022) African international graduate students’ experiences and adjustment in US higher education: Through a self-efficacy lens. https://soar.wichita.edu/
Umeri, M.O (2022, July 23) The Education we have Vs. the education we deserve. The Leadership Newspaper. https://leadership.ng/author/mercy-ogbonne-umeri/
Umeri O.M., (2022). The Road Less Travelled: My Story as an International Student. In K. Bista & G. F. Malveaux (eds.), Cross-cultural narratives: Real stories and lived experiences of global scholars (pp. 43-46). STAR Scholars.
Patterson, J. A., Berry, B., Forker, J. L., Jaso, S., Montford, J., Stubblefield, D. A., & Umeri, M. O. (2021). It can happen here: Addressing school safety and security after a mass shooting in a small Kansas town. In Information Resources Management Association (Ed.), Research anthology on school shootings, peer victimization, and solutions for building safer educational institutions (pp. 451-467). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5360-2.ch021
Umeri O.M., (2021). Critical analysis of online teaching and learning in Nigeria: Responses to COVID-19 and the future of higher education. In H. Han, J.H. Williams & S. Cui (Eds.), Tackling Online Teaching: Implications of Responses to COVID-19 on the Future of Higher Education Globally (pp. 175-185). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Patterson, J. A., Berry, B., Forker, J., Jaso, S., Montford, J., Stubblefield, D., & Umeri, M. (2020). “It CAN happen here:” Addressing school safety and security after a mass shooting in a small Kansas town. In S. Huffman, S. Loyless, S. Allbritton, & C. Green (Eds.), Leveraging technology to improve school safety and student wellbeing (pp. 1-17). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Bosch, J., Jasso, K., Umeri, M., Ellison, R., Huff, T., Moeckel, S., (2020). Building bridges and strengthening bonds: Hispanic family engagement and student activity. https://soar.wichita.edu/handle/10057/17575
Tutor, 2002-2003
Nonprofit Executive, 2003- 2011
Executive Director/Management Consultant, 2011- 2016
Career Development Advisor/Graduate Research Assistant, 2016-2018
Graduate Teaching Assistant/MPA Instructor, 2018-2022
MiniMPA Coordinator, 2019 - Present
Assistant Teaching Professor, 2022 - Present
Prestigious Hugo Wall School Graduate Teaching Assistantship Award: 2018-2022
Wichita State University Office of Online Instruction Assistantship Award: 2018-2019
Jayne and Glenn Milburn Book Fellowship: 2019-2020
Herber & Lavina Hannam Fellowship: 2019-2021
Shocker International Student Scholarship: 2017-2018
Graduate Leader of the Year Scholarship: 2017-2018
The Student Union Government Travel Award for Graduate Students: 2018
“L. Frances P. Liddell Student Policy Debate” Conference of Minority Public Administrators (COMPA): 2018
Graduate Student Leader of the Year Award, Wichita State University, Kansas: 2018
Secretary to the Board, Section of Public Administration Education, ASPA, 2023 - Present
Board Member, Section of Women in Public Administration, ASPA, 2023 - Present
Board Member, Kansas Nonprofit Chamber, 2022 - Present
Member, Scholarship & Student Aid Committee, 2022 - Present
Shen, R. and Umeri, M. (2023). An Institutional Analysis of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Higher Education: Linking Mission Statement to Performance. Presentation at the ASPA Virtual Conference, 2023.
Umeri, O.M., (2022), Keynote Speaker- Zibah Women's Leadership Initiative (ZWLI Cohort 8 Graduation), Nigeria.
Bosch, J., Ellison, R., Huff, T., Jasso, K., Moeckel, S., Sherwood, K., Umeri, M. (2021). Building bridges and strengthening bonds: Hispanic family engagement and student achievement. A mixed-methods field study presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
Ewoh, Andrew and Mercy Umeri (2021). Leading in an Era of Uncertainty: Lessons and Challenges from Education Administration. Paper presented at the 50th Annual Conference of Minority Public Administrators, COMPA Virtual Conference, February 26-28, 2021.
Bosch, J., Jasso, K., Umeri, M., Ellison, R., Huff, T., Moeckel, S., (2020). Building bridges and strengthening bonds: Hispanic family engagement and student activity -- In Proceedings: 16th Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects. Wichita, KS: Wichita State University.
Ewoh, I. A & Umeri, O. M (2018) “The role of NGOs in local economic development and poverty reduction in Africa” Conference of Minority Public Administrators (COMPA) Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
Umeri, O. M., (2018) “Online Presentation of the Future of Work” Business Study Group, SOBCA Online, Nigeria.
Umeri, O.M., (2017) “Achieving your Life’s Dreams and Staying Focused” presentation at the Boys and Girls Club of South-Central Kansas
Umeri, O.M., (2017) “My Journey as an International Graduate Student in Wichita State” at the Wichita State Foundation.
Umeri, O.M., (2017) “You Can- That is My Story” (My story about perseverance in the face of challenges and how to change the world one person at a time) TEDx Event, Wichita State University.