Dee Hopkins is Dean of the College of Human Resources and Education at West Virginia University and has been an administrator for over fifteen years at four institutions. Her research focus is leadership. Her chapter, "To Dean or not to Dean: Personal and Professional Considerations," appears in Dean's Balancing Acts: Education Leaders and the Challenges They Face (2002). She also co-edited It's All about People: Case Studies in Higher Education Leadership (2007) and Collaborative Leadership in Action: Partnering for Success in Schools (2010).