Elwood
F. “Ed” Holton III, holds
a distinguished record of accomplishments in
adult and continuing education and human resource
development. His scholarly work about adult and
workplace learning is recognized by adult and
continuing education scholars and practitioners
around the world. He is the Jones S. Davis Distinguished
Professor of Human Resource, Leadership and Organization
Development in the School of Human Resource Education
at Louisiana State University. He coordinates
the university’s B.S., M.S., and Ph.D.
degree programs in Human Resource and Leadership
Development and teaches a variety of courses
including Advanced Theory in Adult Education,
Advanced Theory in HRD, Needs Assessment, Leadership
in Organizations, and Managing Change in Organizational
Systems.
Dr. Holton has advanced the theory and practice
of both adult education and human resource development
through his co-authored books TheAdult
Learner – 5 th Edition and Foundations
of Human Resource Development. He is the
founding editor of Human Resource Development
Review and a past president of the Academy
of Human Resource Development. Dr. Holton is
the author of over 200 publications including
academic and professional articles in journals
such as Advances in Developing Human Resources, Human
Resource Development Quarterly, Human
Resource Development International, Performance
Improvement Quarterly, Human Resource
Management Review, Human Resource Planning, Human
Performance, International Journal of
Training and Development, Public Personnel
Management, Journal of Organizational
and Occupational Psychology, Training
and Development, and the Journal of
Business and Psychology.
Dr. Holton has over twenty years experience
consulting with a wide variety of private, public,
and non-profit organizations on human resource
development and performance-improvement issues.
These organizations include: J. P. Morgan, Cigna
Corp., Ciba-Geigy Corp., Entergy Corp., Ford
Motor Company, Louisiana Workers Compensation
Corporation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the
U.S. General Services Administration, the Louisiana
Office of Mental Health and eleven Louisiana
state government departments.
Dr. Holton has personally designed and delivered
adult learning programs to thousands of people
during the last twenty years through his many
workshops and training programs. He is also trained
in organizational development and consults on
issues such as organizational climate and culture,
organizational change, team building and organizational
design.
He is the author or editor of 19 books, including
recently co-authoring Approaches to Training
and Development and Results: How to
Assess Performance, Learning, and Perceptions
in Organizations and co-editing Improving
Learning Transfer in Organizations. His
books have also been translated into several
foreign languages.
Dr. Holton received his B.S. in Business, an
M.B.A., and an Ed.D. in Human Resource Development,
all from Virginia Tech. His other career positions
include being President of his own human resource
and organizational development consulting firm;
Director of Virginia Tech’s Northern Virginia
M.B.A. program and directing their M.B.A. career
planning and placement services; and an analyst
in international finance with the DuPont Co.