James e. Bartlett, II, ph.D.
Associate Professor and Project PI
Dr. James E. Bartlett II, Ph.D., graduated from the School of Human Resource Education and Workforce Development at Louisiana State University. He is an associate professor in workforce development and community college leadership at Old Dominion University. Dr. Bartlett serves as a research affiliate with the Center for Community College Student Engagement and executive director of the Association for Career and Technical Education Research (ACTER). His previous faculty appointments include North Carolina State University and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He played a key role as co-PI on a grant that established the Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research. He has served as a research associate for the Office of Community College Research and Practice and the National Center for Career and Technical Education Research.
Dr. Bartlett has chaired over 85 doctoral dissertations and teaches courses in research methods, community college leadership, and workforce education and training. He has published more than 100 papers in journals, book chapters, and proceedings, with his work appearing in publications such as Career and Technical Education Research, Advances in Human Resource Development, Journal of Agricultural Education, Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, and Behavior Research Methods, Instruments & Computers. He has presented over 300 papers at various conferences, including the American Education Research Association, Council for the Study of Community Colleges, American Association of Community Colleges, Academy of Human Resource Development, International Conference on Doctoral Education, and ACTER. Dr. Bartlett has served as the editor of Career and Technical Education Research, President of ACTER, AERA Workplace Learning SIG chair, and AERA CTE SIG chair.
He has contributed as Principal Investigator (PI) or co-PI on more than $15 million in funded research and is presently the PI on a $3.2 million project supported by the ECMC Foundation, focusing on developing postsecondary CTE researchers. His awards include the NC ACTE Lifetime Achievement Award, Academy of Outstanding Mentors, ACTER Meritorious Service Award, and ACTER Distinguished Service Award. Recently his research received the University Council for Workforce and Human Resource Education Nexus Award, recognizing the connection between Career and Technical Education and Human Resource Development.
michelle e. bartlett, ph.d.
Assistant Professor and Project Co-Pi
Michelle Bartlett, Assistant Professor at Old Dominion University. She received her Ph.D. at Clemson University in Higher Education Leadership with a cognate in statistics and her Masters in Human Resource Education from the University of Louisville. Michelle is currently the President Elect of the ACTE, Career and Technical Education Research Section.
Michelle was the past editor for the Career and Technical Education Research (CTER) Journal. She currently serves as the Professional Development Trustee for the Association for Career and Technical Education Research where she leads initiatives to help the membership learn new research skills. Michelle shares her passion for inclusive training design was a co-founder of the UNITE Design Lab.