Check out Dr. Hollis’ recent publications and speaking engagements, including empirical research on workplace bullying at community colleges, Title IX and sexual violence issues, and how workplace bullying affects diversity. To the left, Dr. Hollis is at the American Council on Education, Regional Women’s Leadership Forum at Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina. In 2018, she gave talks at the University of Bordeaux (France), and New York University- Prague.
Publications & Research
Hollis, L.P. (2025 in press) Queen Bees in an Apathetic Ecosystem of Higher Education Incivility at an HBCU in Disrupt the “Not Telling:” Gatekeeping issues on the way to tenure and promotion for Black Woman at HBCUs, MSIs, and PWIs. Oxford University Press.
Hollis, L.P. (2025 in press). Walking in Acid Rain: Black women faculty, microaggressions and coping strategies in the Third Space. in Disrupt the “Not Telling:” Gatekeeping issues on the way to tenure and promotion for Black Woman at HBCUs, MSIs, and PWIs. Oxford University Press.
Hollis, L.P. (2024). Instrumental Social Justice in Higher Education. Eight validated surveys for workplace bullying and social justice research. Palgrave Macmillan.
Hollis, L. P. (2023). Spirit murdering and mobbing: Working strategies for underrepresented minority faculty survivors of academic workplace bullying. Taboo, 21(4), 6-20.
Hollis, L.P. (2022). Black Women, Intersectionality, and Workplace Bullying: Intersecting Distress (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003187813
Hollis, LP (2022). Strength in Numbers Collective Voice in Resisting Workplace Injustice (ed) Hollis, LP Black women, intersectionality and workplace bullying: Intersecting Distress. Routledge New York.
Hollis, L.P. (2021). Mules versus (Wo)Men: Narrative of a Black Woman Modifying Maslow’s Theory of Needs to Withstand Workplace Bullying. Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships. 7(3).77-92.
Hollis, L.P. (2020). Señor Jim Crow Still Roosts in Cuba: A comparative analysis of race and resistance of the United States and Cuba. Comparative Civilizations Journal, 82, 39-51.
Tye-Williams, S., Carbo, J. Cruz, P., Hollis, L.P., Keashly, L. Mattice, C., Mattice, C. Tracy, S. (2020). (Invited panel). Exploring Workplace Bullying from Diverse Perspectives: A Journal of Applied Communication Research forum. 1-18.
Hollis, L.P. (2019). Lessons from the Bobo Doll Experiments: Leadership’s Deliberate Indifference Exacerbates Workplace Bullying in Higher Education. Journal for the Study of Postsecondary and Tertiary Education, 4, 85-102.
Hollis, L. (2018). The ironic interplay of free speech and silencing: an argument that workplace bullying compromises the cherished value of free speech in higher education. Journal of Academic Freedom. Volume 9. 2018. American Association of University Professors.
Hollis, L. (2018). Remember the Alamo: Implementing a campus-wide anti-bullying policy. Human Research Management International Digest. Emerald Publications. 26(4). https://doi.org/10.1108/HRMID-03-2017-0046
Hollis, L. (2018). Bullied out of Position: Black women’s complex intersectionality, workplace bullying and resulting career disruption. Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships. 4 (3). 73-89.
Hollis, L. (2017). Workplace Bullying in the United States and Canada: Organizational accountability required in higher education. Comparative Civilizations Review.
Hollis, L. (2017). The Need for Anti-Bullying Policies on Campus. An argument for improving gender and race relations in higher education. Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships
Hollis, L. (2017). Qualitative Phenomenological Study: Considerations in engaging international students. SAGE Research Methods Cases. Sage Publications LTD. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526401168
Hollis, L. (2016). The coercive community college; Bullying and its costly impact on the mission to serve underrepresented populations. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. United Kingdom.
Hollis, L. (2015) Take the Bull by the Horns: Structural Approach to Minimize Workplace Bullying for Women in American Higher Education. Forum on Public Policy. Oxford, England.
Hollis L. (2015) Bully University? The cost of workplace bullying and employee engagement in American higher education. Sage Open
Research Report
Lead Researcher/Coordinator-Regional Symposium to halt faculty bullying in higher education. Includes cost analysis of workplace bullying for Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). The study examines faculty experience and cost of workplace bullying across all 14 PASSHE universities Two-part event in partnership with Lehigh University, Boston University, Academic Parity, Maryland State AAUP, The National Coalition of Workplace Bullying, Patricia Berkly LLC. February 24 and March 31, 2023
https://scholarsphere.psu.edu/resources/f224ed0a-3682-4cb2-8e80-01c6b8c93c4c
Conferences & Speaking Engagement
Chair & Session Organizer, AERA Symposium. Leading from the Third Space: Pathways to Authentic DEI College of Education Leadership.” Committee on Scholars of Color in Education. Denver, CO. April 23-27, 2025.
Overworked, Underpaid, Viable Strategies for resisting unequal pay for women of color. 36th Annual National Conference on Race and Ethnicity. Honolulu, HI, May 28- June 1, 2024.
Chair & Session Organizer, AERA Symposium. Faculty Development: Well- being, Workplace Bullying & Faculty Networks, LaWanda Ward, Penn State University, Raquel Muniz, Boston College, Josclynn Brandon, Indiana University, Philadelphia, PA. April 11-14, 2024.
“Odd Woman Out: Black Women Faculty Disproportionately Targeted by Workplace Mobbing in Higher Education.” 2021 Association of Black Sexologists and Clinicians. 7th Annual Round Table Conference. (virtual delivery). St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, April 26- 27.
“Amoral Malignancy: Workplace bullying as significant ushers for corrupt behavior in the workplace.” 2021 The 12th International Association of Workplace bullying Conference. (virtual delivery). The University of Wollongong in Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, April 12-14.
“Minority women’s self-medicating behaviors from work stress.” Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Program 2019 Conference: Collaborative Solutions to Improve Minority Health & Reduce Health Disparities. Bethesda, Maryland. December 15-17.
“Digital Devils: Cyberbullying in Higher Education, and Strategies to Unplug Civility” 3rd Biennial Difficult Dialogues National Resource Center, (DDDNRC) Conference, University of Maryland, College Park, 2018
“Bully by Proxy: Using subordinates as henchmen to facilitate workplace bullying.” 11th International Conference for the International Association of Workplace Bullying and Harassment, Bordeaux, France. 2018
“The Bullied Labido. The Impact of Workplace Bullying on Desire for Physical Intimacy.” International Lecture Series: Global Leadership for Global Engagement. New York University, Prague, Czechoslovakia 2018
Keynote Speech. Hershey Story. Heart of Chocolate: Little things that mean a big deal. Hershey PA 2017
Keynote Speech. American Council on Education. Workplace bullying and career ascension. Clemson University. 2016
Conference Co-Chair ABSC Spring Roundtable Series, St Thomas, the Virgin Islands, April 2016
Presented at American Association of Community Colleges National Convention. “Bruising the Bottom Line: The cost of workplace bullying at community colleges.” Chicago, IL. April 2016
Keynote Speaker. “How Workplace Bullying Affects Diversity,” Cornell University, April 2016
Presented at Pennsylvania Black Conference on Higher Education, “Blacks and Blues: Workplace Bullying for African Americans in Higher Education.” Philadelphia PA March 2016
Keynote Speaker. “Microaggressions: Little things that hurt and how to handle it.” Swarthmore College. Swarthmore PA November 2015