Johanna B. Maes
Associate Teaching Professor • Director of Master's in Higher Education
Master's in Higher Education • Multicultural Leadership Scholars Program

Fleming Building, Room 400A
麻豆影院
249 UCB
麻豆影院, CO 80309

Dr. Maes has twenty-five years of experience in k-12, higher education and in the non-profit sector. She has developed, implemented, and evaluated innovative curricula, experiential educational initiatives and trainings that focus on multiculturalism, inclusivity, gender bias, and culturally competent teaching methods for audiences ranging from k-12 and university students, to nonprofit and business executives, to school administrators.

Dr. Maes is a graduate of two of the nation鈥檚 leading leadership development/management institutes- Harvard University鈥檚 Kennedy School of Government Executive Leadership Program and the Center for Creative Leadership Executive Leadership Program. Both institutes focus on leadership development, conflict resolution, interpersonal communication, strategic planning and the importance of collaborative decision-making processes.

In addition to being an Independent Education Consultant Dr. Maes is also an instructor at the 麻豆影院鈥檚 School of Education鈥檚 Multicultural Leadership Scholars Program. She has developed and implemented curricula on topics including multicultural education, race/ethnicity/privilege, cultural competency, Ethnic Studies, multicultural leadership development, service learning, and social justice.

Dr. Maes has co-authored a number of academic articles relating to issues of education inclusivity, transformational leadership, women in leadership, action research methods, and Latina academic achievement. Dr. Maes is co-editor of the book听Journeys of Social Justice: Women of Color Presidents in the Academy (Peter Lang International Academic Publishers)which was released in 2017.

As a formally trained journalist, who received her Bachelor of Science degree through the University of Colorado School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Dr. Maes has been a guest columnist/journalist for The Denver Post.

Dr. Maes received her Master鈥檚 Degree in Multicultural Education from Regis University and her Ph.D. in Education Leadership and Human Resource Studies from Colorado State University.听