Dr. Roberts is a believer in the leadership potential of all Miami students. He shares the vision of Miami's Leadership Commitment ...to develop the leadership potential in all students for the global and interdependent world of the future. He is known to claim that he has the best job in the world. Living your vision is something that only rare individuals are blessed to be able to do. Dr. Roberts' commitment is to understand leadership, learn how to design programs to foster it in students, and convince as many young people that they are capable of leadership as possible. If you have questions or suggestions, please contact Dr. Roberts.

Denny's "Pursuing Leadership" blog, begun when he served as a Visiting Scholar at the Miami University Dolibois European Center (MUDEC) in Luxembourg, is an ongoing commentary of his more recent realizations about learning and leadership.

Education:

Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Counseling and Personnel Services with a speciality in College Student Personnel - University of Maryland.

M.Ed. - Master of Education in College Student Personnel Administration - Colorado State University.

B.A. - Bachelor of Music - Colorado State University.

Professional Experience:

Dr. Dennis Roberts is currently the Associate Vice-President of Student Affairs. He provides supervision and leadership to the Cliff Alexander Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life and Leadership, Career Services, Community Engagement & Service, Student Activities & Leadership and the newly formed Harry T. Wilks Leadership Institute.

Previously served Lynchburg College in Virginia as Dean of Students (1988-1994) and Southern Methodist University as Associate Dean of Students and Director of Residence Life (1979-1988).

Honors and Recognition :

The University of Maryland selected Dr. Roberts as the first Thomas M. Magoon Distinguished Alumni recipient in 1989.

Dr. Roberts has been recognized as a 1990 ACPA Annuit Coeptis Senior Leading Professional, a 1999 75th Anniversary Diamond Honoree, and a 2005 Senior Scholar. In 2006, the American College Personnel Association (ACPA) bestowed the Esther Lloyd Jones Professional Service Award on Denny for sustained commitment and service to student affairs work.

Scholarship:

Writing and speaking about leadership and leadership development have long been Dr. Roberts' passion. He was the founder of one of the first cocurricular leadership programs in the nation when he established the University of Maryland's leadership program in 1976. His book, Student Leadership Programs in Higher Education, is recognized as the first comprehensive description of what leadership development would entail in a modern college or university. He is author of over thirty book chapters, articles, and other published works in the areas of leadership, community, and student affairs work in higher education.

The most recent published works include:

• "Connecting Academic and Student Affairs": A Synthesis for Engaged Learning and Retention" with C. Haynes, in T.L. Skipper and R. Argo (eds.), Involvement in Campus Activities and the Retention of First-Year College Students (pp. 87-98), National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, 2003.
• "Transforming Fraternal Leadership" with J. Rogers, in D. Gregory (ed.), The Administration of Fraternal Social Organizations on American Campuses: A Pattern for the New Millenium (pp. 327-343), College Administration Publications, Inc., Asheville, NC, 2003.
• "Crossing the Boundaries in Leadership Program Design," in C. Cherrey, J.J. Gardner, and N. Huber (Eds.), Building Leadership Bridges (pp. 137-149). International Leadership Association, 2003
• "Community Building and Programming," in S.R. Komives and D.B. Woodard and Associates, Student Services: A Handbook for the Profession - Fourth Editioin (pp. 539-554). Jossey-Bass, 2003.
• "Empowering Students to Shape the Future of Greek Organizations," with L. Hayhoe, Kettering Connections, Volume XV, Issue 1, (pp. 23-25), 2004.
• "Fraternal Futures," a Publication of Miami University with the funding assistance of the Kettering Foundation, Dayton, OH, 2004.
• "Learning Citizenship: Campus-Based Initiatives for Developing Student Change Agents" with E. Huffman. About Campus, 10, 4, (pp. 17-22), 2005.
• "Involving Students in Securing a Future for Fraternal Organizations" with M. Johnson. Oracle: The Research Journal of the Association of Fraternity Advisors, Vol. 2, Iss. 2, September, 2006.
• "Integral Multidisciplinary Leadership Learning," with J. Rogers and D. Cowan, Academic Exchange Quarterly, Vol 10, Iss. 2, (pp. 141-152), 2006.
• "Tribute to Esther McDonald Lloyd Jones," ACPA Developments, Winter 2006.

Professional Affiliations:

International Leadership Association (ILA) Board of Directors (through 2004)

The LeaderShape Institute Board of Directors (current)

American College Personnel Association - Past President

National Association of Student Personnel Administrators - Member

Family:

Dr. Roberts lives in Oxford with his wife, Diane. Diane is a specialist with children who have special needs at Talawanda Middle School. Daughter Devin is a '02 Miami graduate in marketing. Daughter Darbi is a student at Carnegie Mellon University with double majors in psychology and European History. He is predictably to be found exercising at the Recreational Sports Center late in the evening and is an avid musician.