Angie Wellman, PhD

• Title: Director of Belonging, Staff Education and Well-being
• Email: wellman.63@osu.edu

Angie Wellman (she, her, hers) is the Director of Belonging, Staff Education and Well-being for Student Life. Her transformational work with students, staff, faculty and alumni was recognized with the University Distinguished Staff Award in 2016.

Angie is a proud first-generation college graduate who earned her bachelor's degree from Kent State University, a Master of Science degree in Clinical Counseling and School Guidance Counseling from the University of Dayton and a Doctor of Philosophy in Leadership and Change from Antioch University. The supervisory needs of higher education professionals who were first generation college students was the focus of her doctoral research. An experienced scholar-practitioner, Angie’s ongoing research interests are in the cultivation of individual self-efficacy, institutional access and organizational development. She has served in various leadership roles in community non-profits, and has contributed to our work at Ohio State since 2010.

As the Director of Belonging, Staff Education and Well-being, Angie facilitates community building and educational opportunities scaffolded to continuously develop Student Life team members’ capacity to effectively relate, work and lead. Angie supports Student Life managers and supervisors in advancing a culture in which students and staff feel valued, included and welcomed as integral parts of the work we do at the university.