Romi Carrell Wittman
- Professor of Practice, Teaching/Learning and Sociocultural Studies
- Program Director, Organizational Leadership
- Program Director, Regional Commerce
Biography
Romi Carrell Wittman in associate profressor of practice and the program director for the College of Applied Science Organizational Leadership + Regional Commerce program. Her research centers around equality through educational access and equity, as well as mentoring, specifically mentoring in the online environment.
Prior to her full-time faculty role, she was the Chief Marketing and Communications officer at Arizona Public Media, the Southern Arizona PBS and NPR affiliate. She also served as adjunct faculty in the Organizational Leadership program for eight years and assisted in transforming the curriculum into an academically rigorous and student-focused program.
She has 20+ years’ experience in marketing and brand management as well as a professional writing background, having published more than 600 articles in a variety of publications including newspapers and trade, business and lifestyle magazines. Ms. Wittman holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Arizona (UA), and is a graduate of the UA’s nationally ranked Entrepreneurship Program. She also holds an MBA from the UA’s Eller Graduate School of Management.
Degrees
- M.B.A. Business
- The University of Arizona Eller Graduate School of Management, Tucson, Arizona, United States
- Capstone: Internet startup focused on wireless product and inventory management.
- B.S. Business Administration
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
Work Experience
- University of Arizona South (2017 - Ongoing)
- University of Arizona South (2016 - 2017)
- Arizona Public Media (2014 - 2016)
- Trico Electric Cooperative (2007 - 2014)
- Sierra Southwest Cooperative Services (1998 - 2007)
- Water Conditioning & Purification Magazine (1995 - 1998)
Awards
- Outstanding Faculty Award
- College of Applied Science and Technology, Spring 2019
- University of Arizona South, Spring 2019
- CivEx
- Flinn Foundation, Fall 2017
- Silver and Sage Leadership Institute
- Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, Fall 2016
Interests
Teaching
Effective, evidence-based organizational leadership and business management practices.
Research
Online mentoring as a means of increasing student engagement, thus retention in online post-secondary courses; educational access and equality.
Courses
No activities entered.
Scholarly Contributions
Proceedings Publications
- Wittman, R. E. (2017, March). Improving Engagement: The use of the Slack app to improve engagement and learning outcomes for online students. In Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, 2017, 6.More infoThe use of social media apps, specifically Slack, to better engage online students at the undergraduate level.
- Wittman, R. E. (2017, March). Improving Engagement: The use of the Slack app to improve engagement and learning outcomes for online students. In Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, 25, 6.
Presentations
- Wittman, R. E. (2021, March). Teams-work Makes the Discussion Dream Work: Microsoft Teams as an Online Learning Communication Solution. OLC Innovate. Virtual: CAST.More infoABSTRACT: Online education and learning environments struggle with students feeling isolated from their instructors. The discrepancy between student engagements with online materials and the achievement of learning outcomes has also been problematic. The authors will be attempting to apply the use of a novel communication tool and building an Online Community.
- Wittman, R. E., & Brown, B. A. (2017, October). Online Mentoring as a Safety Net: Onboarding the leaders of tomorrow.. University of New Mexico Mentoring Institute. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico.
Creative Productions
- Wittman, R. E. (2018. Organizational Leadership. webOrganizational Leadership Program.More infoVideo overview of the Org Leadership program and what people can do with the degree.
