Kimberly A. Kline, Ph.D.

Kimberly A. Kline, Ph.D. serves as Professor and former Chair of the Higher Education Administration Department at SUNY Buffalo State. Her research focuses on issues of social justice/agency in higher education, professional development, well-being and student learning outcomes assessment. Kimberly has 29 years of experience in higher education and student affairs, both as a faculty member and a professional.  She earned a Ph.D. in higher education from Indiana University, a M.S. in student personnel administration from SUNY Buffalo State and a B.A. in political science from Slippery Rock University.

Kimberly has served in International and National leadership roles, as a member of the U.S. Fulbright Program, U.S. Peer Review Committee to Ukraine/Bulgaria/Moldova/Belarus from 2016 – 2018.  She also serves as a member of the Fulbright Program in Ukraine, Graduate Student to U.S. Award Review Committee from 2014 – present. Nationally, Kimberly served as a Directorate Member, Association of College Personnel Administrators (ACPA), Commission for Assessment and Evaluation. She had the privilege of serving as a 2012-2013 Fulbright Scholar at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla in Ukraine, and returned as a 2014-2015 Fulbright Scholar to study the student-initiated protests that led to Euromaidan and the Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine.

Kimberly was named a 2015 Diamond Honoree recipient by the Association of College Personnel Administrators Educational Leadership Foundation. She published the text Reflection in action: A gidebook for faculty and student affairs professionals and co-published the text Assessing student learning in the community and two-year college with Megan Moore Gardner and Marilee Bresciani, both for Stylus. Kimberly most recently was presented with the 2020 Buffalo State President's Award for Excellence as a Graduate Research Mentor. 

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