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Patricia Fox, Clinical Assistant Professor of Organizational Leadership and Supervision at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI), received the James H. McGraw Award for 2008. Fox is recognized for her outstanding administrative and leadership contributions to engineering technology at IUPUI; and for her service to the engineering technology constituency in multiple leadership positions in both the ASEE Engineering Technology Division and Engineering Technology Council. She is nationally recognized for her efforts in promoting and steering policy in engineering technology.
Fox is author and co-author of the annual National Engineering Technology Faculty Salary Survey, which has served as a basis for selecting, retaining, and developing outstanding faculty in the engineering technology education field for the past 28 years. The survey is conducted annually in cooperation with the ASEE Engineering Technology Council (ETC) and the ASEE Engineering Technology Division (ETD). This survey has proved to be a reliable resource tool for administrators to promote higher salaries for engineering technology faculty and for comparing salaries with other institutions. Additionally, the results of this survey have been used for developing compensation plans that seek to attract, retain, and motivate engineering technology faculty. Fox has also authored a national Engineering Technology Trends and Development Survey for four- and two-year schools.
Fox has served at IUPUI for 20 years as Associate and Assistant Dean for Administration and Finance. She also directs and co-facilitates a multidisciplinary study abroad course on sustainable development, globalization, and German culture. She has authored and co-authored numerous papers on a variety of aspects of engineering education. She began serving in her current position as Clinical Assistant Professor of Organizational Leadership and Supervision at IUPUI in 2007. Prior to that, she served in various administrative and faculty positions, including Associate Dean for Administration and Finance (2003-07); Assistant Dean for Administration and Finance (1987-2002); Assistant Dean for Financial Affairs (1986 -87); and Assistant to the Dean for Research and Sponsored Programs (1983-87). She is also Director and Co-Facilitator of GO GREEN Study Abroad (2002-Present); and was a Visiting Professor at Berufsakademie in Mannheim, Germany (2001-02).
A member of ASEE since 1983, Fox has served in numerous ASEE leadership roles including: First Vice President; Vice President for Public Affairs (renamed Vice President for External Relations); Vice President for Institutional Councils; Chair, Engineering Technology Council; and other leadership roles within the Engineering Technology Council and Engineering Technology Division. She has served as a member and/or chair on numerous ASEE Committees, including the ASEE Executive Committee; Publication Policy Committee, National Outstanding Teaching Award Committee; Sharon Keillor Award Committee; Long Range Planning Committee; and Projects Board.
She is an ASEE Fellow and recipient of the Frederick J. Berger Award (2003); IUPUI Prestigious External Award Recognition (PEAR Award) (2004); Engineering Technology Division Best Moderator and Best Session Awards, Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration (2000). She received a B.S. degree (1980) in accounting at Indiana University, and a M.B.A. degree (1985) in business administration at Butler University.
The James H. McGraw Award is sponsored by the ASEE Engineering Technology Council and is presented for outstanding contributions to engineering technology education. Established in 1950, the award is funded by the Glencoe Division of MacMillan/McGraw-Hill.
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