Leading Expert on Generation Z
Dr. Seemiller has been on the forefront of research and publishing about Generation Z since the generation began entering college. In collaboration with her co-collaborator, Dr. Meghan Grace, she conducted her first nation-wide mixed-methods study on Generation Z college students in 2014, her second, the Generation Z Stories Project, in 2017, and the third, Gen Z Voices on Voting in 2019. She and Dr. Grace have published five books – Generation Z Goes to College, Generation Z Leads, Generation Z: A Century in the Making, Generation Z Learns, and Gen Z Around the World, as well as the Gen Z Voices on Voting Report, the Campus of Tomorrow Report, and several scholarly and trade publication articles.
Dr. Seemiller recently co-led the Global Gen Z Study where she worked with 91 research collaborators from around the globe to better understand Generation Z in a post-COVID world. Participants from 81 countries took part in the study, and the research was published in Gen Z Around the World with Emerald Publishing. She just completed her fifth study, Generations in the World of Work, and is writing a book with the same name.
Dr. Seemiller’s work has been featured on NPR and in The New York Times, Time Magazine, Newsweek, as well as in several other news publications and academic journals. She has also been interviewed for podcasts as well as TV and radio shows worldwide and has engaged in market research consulting for Fortune 10, 50, and 500 companies. Her highly popular TED Talk on Generation Z at TEDxDayton showcased how Generation Z is making a difference in the world and has been watched by more than a quarter million viewers. She speaks all over the world at conferences and institutions about Generation Z and frequently consults for marketing firms and corporations on how to market to and hire Gen Z.
Google “Millennials,” and nearly 45 million results emerge. But, a new post-Millennial generation is growing up, and it seems that very little attention has been paid to them. So, what do we really know about Generation Z? First, we know that they are our youth and young adults. And, between technological advances like artificial intelligence and nanotechnology as well as global issues such as terrorism and alternative facts, these kids and young adults are growing up during a very unique time. They do not know a world without personal digital devices like smartphones and tablets. Because of that, most have had access to nearly any information or service around the clock as long as they can remember. The oldest of Generation Z were in Kindergarten during the September 11th attacks and later were only 11 years old when we learned that global warming was an inconvenient truth. And, as they continue to come of age, they will be faced with more political, global, environmental, social, and economic issues than imaginable.
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Dr. Seemiller is a seasoned leadership educator teaching students in and out of the classroom. She has designed more than twenty different for credit classes on topics such as foundations of leadership, social justice, emotional intelligence, research methods, and social change, and facilitates workshops and seminars around the country on a variety of topics. Dr. Seemiller is also involved in the training and development of leadership educators. Her research and publications on understanding leadership educator identity have helped shape the conversation about professional identity and development for the field of leadership education. She is also involved in training leadership educators through her facilitation of sessions at the International Leadership Association, Lead365, Leadership Educators Institute, NASPA, and ACPA. Dr. Seemiller has served twice as the co-chair for the National Leadership Symposium and a co-founder and co-chair for the Leadership Education Academy twice.
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