Nance Lucas is the Associate Dean and Associate Professor of New Century College at George Mason University and former Interim Director of the Higher Education Program and the Bachelor of Individualized Study Program at George Mason University. Dr. Lucas is an Adjunct Faculty member with The Gallup Organization and an Affiliate Faculty member of the Robert Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. She received a Ph.D. in College Student Personnel with a concentration in Leadership Studies and Ethics at the University of Maryland; a master’s degree in College Student Personnel Administration, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Industrial Psychology both from The Pennsylvania State University. Her teaching and scholarship interests focus on ethics, leadership, and positive psychology.
Nance is the co-author of the book Exploring Leadership: For College Students Who Want To Make A Difference (1st and 2nd editions) and author of chapters in edited books. She was the co-editor of the Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies for special issues and a member of the Journal’s Editorial Board. She was a contributing author of Leadership Reconsidered and The Social Change Model of Leadership Development.
Nance served as the creator and convener of the 1997 Global Leadership Week Program (a world-wide leadership program initiative that spanned five continents), co-founder of the National Leadership Symposium, co-founder of the National Clearinghouse for Leadership Programs, and a past chair of the National InterAssociation Leadership Project. She served on the W. K. Kellogg Foundation Leadership Studies Project Ethics Focus Group, W. K. Kellogg Foundation College Age Youth Leadership Program Review Team and the Kellogg Forum on Higher Education National Dialogue Series Planning Team.