Margaret M. Hopkins, PhD

Dr. Margaret M. Hopkins is a Professor of Management in the College of Business and Innovation (COBI) at the University of Toledo, teaching leadership and management at the Executive MBA, MBA, and undergraduate levels. Her research expertise is in the field of leadership, covering leadership development, gender and leadership, executive coaching, and emotional intelligence.

She has received numerous awards for teaching and research including the University of Toledo Outstanding Teacher Award, the COBI Graduate Faculty Teaching Award, the COBI Outstanding Researcher Award, as well as several Best Paper international research awards. Her research has appeared in such journals as the Annual Review of High Performance Coaching and Consulting, Career Development International, Consulting Psychology Journal, Group and Organization Management, Human Resource Management, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Management Development, Journal of Management Education, Journal of Managerial Psychology, as well as in several edited volumes.

Dr. Hopkins is a Board Certified Executive Coach working with leaders in the education, health care, government, service, manufacturing and non-profit sectors for over 20 years. She has served as an elected Executive Committee member in the Management Education and Development Division of the Academy of Management. She has also been an Associate Editor for several journals in the field of career development and leadership development.

Prior to joining academia, she held a number of managerial and leadership roles in the public sector including Chair of the Board of Education for the Cleveland, Ohio Municipal School District, Co-Director of the Mayor’s Office of Competitiveness in Cleveland, Ohio, and Deputy Director of the Governor’s Office for Northeast Ohio. She earned her undergraduate degree from Boston College, and her masters’ and doctoral degrees in Organizational Behavior from Case Western Reserve University.