Lindsey Godwin, Ph.D.

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Lindsey Godwin, Ph.D.

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Confessions from an Unapologetic Academic

True Story...I have an obsession.

I kinda love learning. 


Like, I really, really, REALLY love it...especially learning about people and how to help them work with others to become the best versions of themselves. I have had amazing mentors along the way, including the leading scholars of Appreciative Inquiry, Emotional Intelligence, and Experiential Learning Theory.  While I consider all the world my eternal learning lab, my formal classrooms (AKA where I am still paying student loans) include:

  • B.A. Psychology & Sociology - Ohio Wesleyan University
  • M.S. Conflict Analysis & Resolution - George Mason University
  • Ph.D. Organizational Behavior - Case Western Reserve University

My Professor Stuff

What I Teach

Currently, I teach management courses (AKA the "people side"...or what I say is the most important side of business) at the Stiller School of Business, Champlain College, including: Business & the Entrepreneurial Mindset, Management & Organizational Behavior, and Corporate Social Responsibility.  I also helped design (and sometimes teach) in our Online Graduate Certificate in Positive Organization Development and serve as the lead faculty member for our newly revised Masters in Leadership program.

What I Research & Write About

My academic curiosities have always revolved around understanding people and how to help them flourish with each other and the world around them.  Specifically, I have often written on topics including moral imagination, corporate social responsibility, positive organization development, and Appreciative Inquiry. Some examples of my work are below, as well as my full CV.

What Recognitions I've Received

In 2018, I was honored to be named the first endowed Robert P. Stiller Chair of Management at Champlain College, as well as receive the prestigious Edward Phelps Lyman Professorship, which is  is awarded to a senior faculty member of the College community who has shown dedication to students and Champlain College through a record of service and excellence in teaching.

Pop-up Professoring

The Blue Stool Project is a series of flash lectures given on the Champlain College campus,  with a goal to address topics that might not normally come up in the classroom. Check out my Valentine's Day "Love Your Questions" flash lecture!

Hot off the Press! Grab Some of My Latest Research!

Despite an unprecedented pace of change, remote working challenges and the constant ups and downs of the Corona-coaster, 31.1% of workers feel confident about their ability to make positive changes at their workplace.


Want to find out how you can support your people to step up and create the change they want?  Check out The Change Lab 2020 Workplace Report 


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Some More Stuff I've Written

My full CV (lots of goodies!) (pdf)Download
The Change Lab 2020 Workplace Report. How some workplaces thrive even during constant disruption (pdf)Download
Whitaker, B. Thatchenkery, T & Godwin, L. (2020) The Development and Validation of the AI Scale (pdf)Download
Cooperrider, David, Godwin, Lindsey & McQuaid, Michelle (2018). A Positive Revolution in Education: Uniting Appreciative Inquiry with the Science of Human Flourishing to ‘Power Up Positive Education’. AI Practitioner Journal (pdf)Download
Stavros, Jacqueline & Godwin, Lindsey & Cooperrider, David. (2016). Appreciative Inquiry: Organization Development and the Strengths Revolution. In Practicing Organization Development: Leading Transformation and Change (pdf)Download
Godwin, Lindsey (2016). Appreciative Inquiry: Three decades of generative impact. Appreciative Inquiry Practitioner Journal. (pdf)Download
Cooperrider, David & Godwin, Lindsey (2015). Elevation and Change: An Eight-Step Platform for Leading P.O.S.I.T.I.V.E. Change. AI Practitioner Journal (pdf)Download
Godwin, Lindsey. (2015). Examining the Impact of Moral Imagination on Organizational Decision Making. Business & Society Vol. 54(2) 254-278. (pdf)Download
Sekerka, Leslie & Comer, Debra & Godwin, Lindsey. (2014). Positive Organizational Ethics: Cultivating and Sustaining Moral Performance. Journal of Business Ethics. 119. (pdf)Download
Cooperrider, D., Godwin, L., Avital, M. & Boland, B. (2012). The Appreciative Inquiry Summit Explorations into the Magic of Macro-Management and Crowdsourcing. AI Practitioner Journal (pdf)Download
Cooperrider, D. & Godwin, L. (2011). Positive Organization Development: Innovation-inspired Change in an Economy and Ecology of Strengths. In Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship. (pdf)Download

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