Ada Demb

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Faculty Emeritus, Department of Educational Studies

(614) 292-7700
demb.1@osu.edu

Personal Website

Education

  • 1975 – EdD, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Administration & Social Policy
  • 1972 – EdM, Harvard Graduate School of Education
  • 1970 – BA, Brandeis University, Economics

Selected Publications

Books:

  • Demb, A., (2012).  Daring the Doctorate: The Journey at Mid-Career.  Lanham, Md.: Rowman-Littlefield Publishers.
  • Demb, A. & Neubauer, F.F.  (1992).  The Corporate Board:  Confronting the Paradoxes.  New York:  Oxford University Press.
  • Demb, A., (1979).  Computer Systems for Human Systems, Pergamon Press.

Articles & Chapters:

  • Demb, A. & Wade, A. (2012). “Reality Check:  Faculty involvement in outreach and engagement.” Journal of Higher Education 83(3): 337-366.
  • Demb A. (2010). “Preparing a dissertation proposal:  So, now you’re ready to write!”, Chapter 20 (pp. 117-120) in R. L. Calabrese and P. A. Smith, Eds. The Faculty Mentor’s Wisdom.  Lanham, Maryland:  Rowman & Littlefield.
  • Farris, K.B.,  Demb, A.,  Janke, K.K.,  Kelley, K., Scott, S. (2009).  “Assessment to transform competency-based curricula.” American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Curriculum Summit Edition.
  • Demb, A. & Campbell, D. (2009).  “A new lens for identifying potential adult problem drinkers during college.”  Journal of College Student Development, January, 50(1): 1-18.
  • Wade, A. & Demb, A. (2009).  “A conceptual model to explore faculty community engagement,” Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning 15(2): 5-16, Spring.
  • Campbell, C. & A. Demb, A. (2008).  “College high risk drinkers:  Who matures out? And who persists as adults?” Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, April, 42(1): 19-46.
  • Kelley, K. & Demb,  A. (2006).  “Instrumentation for comparing student & faculty perceptions of competency-based assessment.” American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 70(6): Article 134.
  • Harris,  L., Demb,  A., & Pastore, D. (2005). “Perceptions and attitudes of athletic training students towards a course addressing psychological issues in rehabilitation?" Journal of Allied Health (Summer, 34 (2): 101-109.
  • Demb, A., Erickson, D., & Hawkins-Wilding, S. (2004). “The laptop experience: Student reactions.” Computers & Education, 43: 383-401.
  • Owen, P.S. & Demb, A. (2004). "Change dynamics and leadership in technology implementation”, Journal of Higher Education, 75(6), November/December: 636-666.
  • Demb, A. (2002).  “The intellectual supermarket”, EDUCAUSE Review, July/August, pp. 12-21
  • Demb, A. &  Funk, K. (1999).  “What do they master?  Perceived benefits of the master’s thesis experience.” NACADA Journal (Fall, Vol. 19, No. 2: 18-27).
  • Demb, A. & Neubauer,  F-F. (1998).  "Corporate governance: Lifespace and accountability", Chapter 11, pp. 852-873, in Bob de Wit and Ron Meyer, Eds., Strategy:  Process, content, context, London:  International Thomson Business Press.
  • Demb, A. (1996).  "Transnational governance for a global economy", Corporate Governance, Special Issue ed. by Howard Thomas, Vol. 4 (3): 142-153, July.
  • Demb, A. (1996).  "Phasing and focusing research:  Accelerating along the learning curve", in Advances in International Comparative Management:  A Research Annual, Vol. 11 (101-125) ed. by S. Benjamin Prasad (published by JAI Press).
  • Demb,  A. & Neubauer,  F-F. (1995). "Board judgment:  How the board decides." The Corporate Board, May/June, pp. 6-10.
  • Demb, A. (1994).  "A framework for a board retreat."  Directors and Boards, 19(1): 12-14. Fall.
  • Demb, A. & Richey, B.S. (1994).  "Defining responsible ownership:  Cross-national perspectives." European Management Journal, 12(3): 287-297, September.
  • Demb, A. & Neubauer,  F-F. (1993).  "Activating subsidiary company boards,"  Chapter  B10 in B. Taylor, ed., The Director's Manual Supplement 5 (Hertfordshire, U.K.:  Simon & Schuster International Group, in association with the Institute of Directors, London), pp. B10 1ff.
  • Demb, A. (1993).  "The role of the institutional investor," in Anthony Hilton, ed., Finance Director International, 1993 (London:  The Sterling Publishing Group), pp. 33-34. 
  • Demb, A. & Neubauer,  F-F. (1992). "The corporate board: Confronting the paradoxes." Long Range Planning, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 9-20.
  • Demb, A. & Neubauer,  F-F. (1990). "Subsidiary company boards reconsidered." European Management Journal, 8(4): 480-487. No. 9, Winter 1992-93: 62-70.
  • Demb, A. (1990).  "East Europe's companies: The buck stops where?"  European Affairs, 4 (2): 22-26.
  • Demb, A. & Neubauer,  F-F. (1989).  "The board's mandate:  Defining corporate lifespace."  European Management Journal, 7 (3): 273-282.  
  • Demb, A. & Derr, C.B. (1989).  "Managing strategic human resources:  Leadership for the 21st Century." European Management Journal, 7 (2): 148-158.