FEATURED AUTHOR
Margaret Ruth Lee
Dr. Margaret R. Lee, PMP®, has a doctorate in Organization and Management/Project Management and is principal for LEE Consultants. Lee’s consulting practice assists educational facilities in strategically planning virtual project management and e-leadership development curricula and also provides basic project management training and consultation for small businesses to international corporations. LEE Consultants is a Registered Education Provider (REP) for the Project Management Institute.
Subjects: Business & Management
Biography
Her professional experience includes corporate trainer, instructional designer and project manager. She currently teaches at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, and Benedictine University in Springfield, Illinois. Lee also teaches online for Florida Institute of Technology, Golden Gate University in San Francisco, and the University of Northwestern Ohio. She is a frequent guest presenter at the University of Wisconsin – Madison Fluno Center for Executive Education and for Project Management Institute chapters throughout the United States.Margaret Lee is a referee for the International Journal of Project Management, on the Editorial Review Board for the International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, and a reviewer for the Project Management Institute’s Research & Education Conference. An active member of the PMI Central Illinois Chapter, she is a facilitator for their Springfield, Illinois division’s PMP Exam Review Course Certification Training. Her recent presentations include “Using discussion forum rubrics as a teaching strategy to enhance collaborative learning in online courses” at the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (ACCE) World Conference on Educational Media and Technology; “Stakeholder Management” for the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business Fluno Center for Executive Education; and as a panel symposium member for “Moving beyond the ordinary project management curriculum at the graduate level” at the Project Management Institute’s Research and Education Conference.
Lee’s articles can be found in the Journal of Project, Program & Portfolio Management, Special Issue: Project Management Education in the Online World; Road Map – Project Management Consulting Journeys, Destinations and the Best Paths to Take; Training and Management Development Methods; International Journal of Project Management; International Journal of Aging and Development - A Journal of Psychosocial Gerontology; and International Journal of Aging and Human Development - A Journal of Psychosocial Gerontology. She has published chapters in the following texts: Project Management; Public Leadership; and Encyclopedia of E-Business Development and Management in the Digital Economy: Vol. II.
Education
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PhD, Capella University, Minneapolis, Minnesota
MS, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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Organization and Management
Specialization in Project Management
Dissertation title: E-leadership for project managers: A study of situational leadership and virtual project success
Personal Interests
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Hiking, biking and cooking - hoping that the first two offset the latter.