Senior Faculty Fellow at Northeastern University; Visiting Fellow at Swinburne University; faculty member at College of Professional Studies at Northeastern University.Leslie Hitch teaches full time for Northeastern University. Her primary area is in Higher Education Administration and Leadership. She teaches both online and on ground and has significant experience in curriculum development and course design. She has international teaching experience in Australia and Hong Kong. She has consulted to several colleges and universities on online course and faculty development. She is currently engaged, through Northeastern University, in a professional development program in adult and organizational learning for a major US government agency.
Prior to her full-time academic role, she was Director of Academic Technology also at Northeastern. In this position she served as the translator, catalyst and sometimes arbiter between information technology and the academic community. Prior to joining Northeastern, she was a Vice President at Harcourt, Inc. during the launch of their online college which, in 1999, was one of the high points of her career. Her higher education experience includes developing executive education at Babson College, directing a masters program at Simmons College, and involvement in strategic planning for several colleges. She has been consultant to IBM’s Global Education business unit. At Educause and NERCOMP, she has spoken on the topics of communicating IT, remote delivery and access of software services. Her professional development program, Higher Ed 101- A Short Course for Technology Professionals was highlighted at the 2006 Campus Technology Conference. She holds a B.A. and MBA from Simmons College and a Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
