Lee Stadtlander

Academic Coordinator
College of Psychology and Community Services
School of Psychology
Ph.D. Psychology

Leann (Lee) Stadtlander, Ph.D. is both an experimental psychologist (Ohio State University) and a clinical health psychologist (Fielding University). Previously, she was an Assistant Professor at Montana State University- Bozeman, she joined Walden as a part time faculty member in 2004. She became full time in 2009, Coordinator of the Academic Psychology program in 2010, and in 2019 Coordinator of Faculty Research Training for Walden’s Center for Research Quality. She is the editor for Walden's Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences and became a Senior Core Faculty member in 2017. In 2017, she received the Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence. In 2025, Dr. Stadtlander became coordinator of the Institute of Faculty Mentoring Excellence (IFME) and the editor of Walden's Journal of Online Mentoring.

Courses Taught

PSYC 9000 - Dissertation

Education

PhD, Ohio State University

Respecialization, Fielding University

Post-master's Certificate, Walden University

Public Service

Heart of the Valley Animal Shelter, Volunteer - Bozeman

Awards / Honors

Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence, Walden University, 2017

Publications

Kramer, M., Stadtlander, L. M., Maurer, P. (2025). Childhood Events and Counseling Experiences of Chinese and Korean American Transracial Adoptees (TRAs). . Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Science

Stadtlander, L. M., Sickel, A. (2024). Aging as Online Faculty: Attitudes Toward Work and Retirement. Journal of Educational Research and Practice

Stadtlander, L. M., Lynn, L., Inman, D. (2023). A Positive Leadership Doctoral Mentor Training Course. Special issue “Nurturing the Faculty-Student Mentoring Dynamic in Higher Education” . New Direction for Teaching and Learning Journal

Lynn, L., Stadtlander, L. M., Inman, D., Burkholder, G., Morgan, A. (2023). Transforming doctoral mentoring expectations and culture: An action model approach. New Direction for Teaching and Learning Journal

Stadtlander, L. M., Ozcan, A., Johnson, L., Nicholson, B. N., Hyder, N. F. (2022). Faculty and student online mentoring preferences. Journal of Educational Research and Practice

Stadtlander, L. M. (2022). Editorial: Rewriting a social science dissertation into a journal article and getting it published.. Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences

Stadtlander, L. M. (2021). Positive leadership theory for online dissertation mentoring.. Journal of Educational Research and Practice

Stadtlander, L. M., Sickel, A. E. (2021). A Qualitative Study Examining Home as Faculty Workplace During COVID-19 Self-Isolation. Higher Learning Research Communications

Presentations

Trapp, K. A., Inman, D., Stadtlander, L. M., Mattoso, D. (2025). Discover the Institute for Faculty Mentoring Excellence (IFME). . Walden University

Stadtlander, L. M. (2025). Reviewing for and Publishing in Professional Journals. Walden University

Sickel, A., Stadtlander, L. M. (2025). Online Faculty Differential Attitudes Toward Aging. .

Stadtlander, L. M. (2025). Reviewing for and Publishing in Professional Journals. Walden University

Stadtlander, L. M., Perry, E. D., Gordon, M. (2024). “Understanding Your Walden Doctoral Students”. Walden University