I am a certified practitioner for Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.

Grant awards

• K-State Open/Alternative Textbook Initiative, 2020
• US Embassy Ghana, Department of State, Public Affairs Small Grant: Youth Leadership Empowerment and Advocacy for Development (Youth-LEAD) Project in Ghana, 2019
• U.S. Department of State and IREX, Mandela Washington Fellowship Reciprocal Exchange Grant: Leading in Your Community: Developing Capacity to Create Change in the Healthcare and Environmental Sectors, 2018

• K-State Women of Distinction Recognition, Fall 2019
• Presidential Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Spring 2019
• Department of Diversity and Multicultural Student Affairs “Family” Recognition, Fall 2018 & 2019
• First-Year Advocate Award, 2018
• K-State Excellence in Engagement Award, Food Security & Leadership, Center for Engagement and Community Development, 2015
• Rost Outstanding Faculty/Staff Award, Staley School of Leadership Studies, 2014-2015
• Mortar Board Outstanding Faculty Member, 2013
• K-State Greek Affairs Sorority Chapter Advisor of the Year, 2010-2011

• Cats’ Cupboard Advisory Board
• K-State First, Instructor
• JED campus team for mental health at K-State

• Teaching and Learning Center, coordinator for New Faculty Institute
• Wildcat Dialogues, co-chair
• Snyder Leadership Legacy Fellows, facilitator of curriculum

• Priest, K. L., Bauer, T., & Finnegan, M. J. (2020). T.I.P.S for leadership learning. In Jillian M. Volpe White, K. L. Guthrie, & M. Torres (Eds.), Thinking with purpose: Facilitating reflection in leadership learning (pp. xx-xx). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
• Priest, K. L., & Bauer, T. (2020). Appreciative Service-Learning. In K.L. Guthrie & D. M. Jenkins (Eds.), Transforming Learning: Instructional and Assessment Strategies for Leadership Education (pp. xx-xxx). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
• Gott, T., Bauer, T., & Long, K. (2019). Student Leadership Today, Professional Employment Tomorrow. New Directions for Student Leadership. Volume 2019, Issue 162 (pp. 91-109). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishing.
• Bauer, T., Kniffin, L. E., & Priest, K. L. (2015). The Future of Service-Learning and Community Engagement: Asset-Based Approaches and Student Learning in First-Year Courses. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 22(1), 78-81.
• Priest, K. L., Bauer. T., & Fine, L. (2015). The Hunger Project: Exercising Civic Leadership with the Community for the Common Good in an Introductory Leadership Course. Journal of Leadership Education, 14(2), 218-228.

• M.S. in counseling and student development, Kansas State University
• B.S. in life sciences, Kansas State University

I love spending quality time with people – especially my kids, family and friends. I enjoy soaking up the sun outside, while reading, walking or running. I grew up riding horses and look for any excuse to be around animals. Lastly, I love to learn and laugh with others.