Dr. Phillip A. Olt
Associate Professor
MSE in JROTC Instructor Prep (Program Coordinator)
MSE in Higher Education Student Affairs
MS in Special Education – High-Incidence/Low-Incidence/Gifted
600 Park Street
Rarick Hall 261
Hays, KS 67601
(785) 628-4413
paolt@fhsu.edu
Education
Ed.D. in Educational Administration (Adult & Postsecondary)
University of Wyoming, 2018
M.Ed. in Educational Leadership
University of West Florida, 2008
B.A. in History
University of West Florida, 2006
A.A. in General Studies
University of Alaska Anchorage, 2005
Featured Courses
AEP 803 - Educational Research
HESA 813 - Assessment, Evaluation, & Research in Higher Education
HESA 821 - Diversity in Higher Education
SPED 803 - Special Education Research
Research Interests
Points of intersection between society and higher education institutions
Interaction between distance students and institutional employees
Innovative and hybrid qualitative research methodology
Featured Publications
Olt, P. A. (2021). Developing social empathy with higher education. In V. Bowhay (ed.), The proper role of higher education in a democratic society (Chapter 1). IGI Global.
Olt, P. A., & Tao, B. (2020). International students' transition to a rural, state comprehensive university. Teacher-Scholar: The Journal of the State Comprehensive University, 9, Art. 4.
- Note: Bingbing Tao, co-author of this article, was a graduate student in the MSE in Higher Education Student Affairs program at the time of publication.
Olt, P. A., & Teman, E. D. (2019). Un[bracketed]: Phenomenological polyethnography. Qualitative Research Journal, 19(2), 146-155.
Olt, P. A. (2018). Virtually there: Distance freshmen blended in classes through synchronous online education. Innovative Higher Education, 43, 381-395.