Kim Case, Ph.D. is a tenured Professor of Psychology and member of the Health Psychology doctoral program faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University. As a mixed-methods social psychologist, she examines how academic leaders contribute to intentional creation of belonging and flourishing within workplace and educational settings. Currently, Dr. Case’s research focuses on the impact of organizational culture on how faculty navigate job demands with particular attention to health, performance, and retention outcomes. Her research investigates how workplace norms, policies, and applied practices result in positive or negative experiences for scholars deeply involved in mentoring, service, and community collaborations, for example, by invalidating or rewarding their work in faculty promotion. Her national and international faculty development work focuses on support for faculty career and leadership success by tackling topics such as job crafting, values alignment, invisible labor, self-worth in the academy, imposter feelings, and defining “enough.”

Awards: Nationally, Dr. Case has been recognized for her scholarship as a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, the American Psychological Association, and three APA divisions (STP, SPSSI, SPW). The APA Committee on Women in Psychology honored her with the Distinguished Leadership Award, and the University of Tennessee Knoxville gave her the Accomplished Alumni Award. Her mentoring and pedagogical innovations resulted in five university teaching awards and four national teaching awards from professional associations.

University Leadership: Dr. Case served as the Senior Advisor for Organizational Culture at VCU. She previously served as VCU’s inaugural Director of Faculty Success in the Office of the Provost. Her Director role included overseeing the faculty success initiatives and directing the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence where she provided pedagogical, scholarship and writing, leadership, and career planning programs to faculty across ranks and career paths. Prior to VCU, she served as Professor of Psychology, Chair of the Faculty Mentoring Program, Director of the Teaching-Learning Enhancement Center, and Director of the Applied Social Issues Master’s program at a state university in Texas (2005-2019).