Gretchen Ann Oltman, JD, PhD

Department

Interdisciplinary Studies

Position

Associate Professor

Presentations

• Clark, J., Sughrue, J., Surface, J., & Oltman, G. (2020). Teaching Higher Education Law: Best Practices for Graduate Programs. A roundtable session for the Education Law Association Annual Conference. Virtual/Online. 2020
• Oltman, G. & Surface, J. (2020). Virtual Dissertation Defenses: Adapting to a New Pandemic Reality. A concurrent presentation for the Education Law Association Annual Conference. Virtual/Online. 2020
• Brown, L., & Oltman, G. (2020). Recognizing and Responding to the Difficult Stories of Students. An invited concurrent session for the ASCD Virtual Symposium on Building Trauma-Sensitive Schools. Online. 2020
• Oltman, G., & Brown, L. (2020). When Students Write Their Truth: Supporting the Written Voices of Students. A concurrent session for the 2020 ASCD Back to School Virtual Conference, online. 2020
• Oltman, G. & Bautista, V. (2020. More Than My Title: Capturing Your Leadership Philosophy. A concurrent session for ASCD's Empower 20 National Conferences, Los Angeles, CA. (Cancelled due to COVID-19). 2020
• Oltman, G. & Bautista, V., Are You Sure You Want to Follow Me?: School Leaders Creating a Leadership Philosophy. Concurrent session at ASCD Empower 19, Chicago, IL. 2019
• Oltman, G., Graff, J., & Maddux, C., The Justice League: Unmasking the Mystery behind Supreme Court Cases. Concurrent session at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) National Conference. Chicago, IL. 2018
• Oltman, G. & Surface, J.. Dissertations gone wrong 2.0: Legal and educational issues faced in dissertation completion. A concurrent session at the Education Law Association National Conference, Cleveland, OH. 2018
• Oltman, G. & Bautista, V. Embracing Your Past to Lead for the Future: Developing Your Leadership Philosophy. Concurrent session presentation at the annual Non-Profit Association of the Midlands (NAM) Summit, LaVista, NE. 2018
• Bautista, V. & Oltman, G., Using Your Past to Lead Your Future. Concurrent session presentation at the NonProfit Association of the Midlands (NAM) Conference, Kearney, NE. 2018
• Oltman, G., Graff, J., & Maddux, C., Legal Literacy: Teaching the Reading of U.S. Supreme Court Cases. Concurrent session at the College Board AP National Conference. Houston, TX. 2018
• Bautista, V., & Oltman, G., Connecting With Clients: Sharing Your Health and Wellness Coaching Philosophy. Concurrent session presentation at the National Wellness Institute (NWI), St. Paul, MN. 2018
• Incorporating author voices in censorship challenges: Authors as advocates. A session at the NCTE National Conference, Atlanta, GA. 2017
• Law Meets Literature: A Novel Approach for the English Classroom. A closing address at the University of Nebraska's Transformative Education in a Globalized Context: A Professional Development Workshop. 2017
• Oltman, G. & Surface, J. "Dissertations Gone Bad...and Gone Good." A concurrent presentation for the Nebraska Women in Higher Education Conference, Lincoln, NE. 2017
• Oltman, G. & Bautista, V. "Beyond the Buzzwords: Crafting a Personal Leadership Philosophy." A concurrent presentation for the Nebraska Women in Higher Education Conference, Lincoln, NE. 2017
• Synthesis and Analysis: Using Legal Documents in the English Classroom. A concurrent session presentation at the AP National Conference, Anaheim, CA. 2016
• The dissertation in practice: Designing a meaningful dissertation for leadership students. Innovative Practice Paper Session at the Association of Leadership Educators National Conference, Sacramento, CA. 2016
• Law and literature: Incorporating legal texts in the English classroom. A session at the National Council of English Teachers National Convention, Washington, D.C. 2014
• When doctoral students sue: Case law involving doctoral student lawsuits. Session presentation at the Education Law Association Annual Conference, San Diego, CA. 2014
• When doctoral students sue: Case law involving doctoral student lawsuits. ELA Conference. Paper presented at the Education Law Association Annual Conference, San Diego, CA: Education Law Association. 2014
• Gifted education: Advocacy, identification, and policy issues for 2013-2014. Concurrent session at the Education Law Association National Conference, Westminister, CO. 2013
• Law 101 for English teachers. Round-table discussion at the National Conference for Teachers of English, Boston, MA. 2013
• Implications of using student inventories in gifted programming. Concurrent session at the Nebraska Association for the Gifted Conference, Papillion, NE. 2013
• All I needed to know about education law I learned in kindergarten: An overview of the legal issues facing today's kindergartners. ELA Conference Papers. Paper presented at Education Law Association, Hilton Head, SC 2012
• Dealing with student violent writing. Round-table presentation at the National Conference of Teachers of English (NCTE) National Convention, Las Vegas, NV. 2012
• Everything I needed to know about education law I learned in kindergarten: An overview of legal issues arising in kindergarten. Concurrent session at the Education Law Association National Conference, Hilton Head, SC. 2012
• Advising the thesis process for LL.M. students. Concurrent session presentation at the national conference for LL.M. program administrators, American University, Washington, D.C. 2012
• Dealing with student violent writing. Round-table presentation at the Education Law Association National Conference, Chicago, IL. 2011
• What the kids are wearing: Troublesome T-shirts in the public schools Concurrent session presentation at the Women in Educational Leadership Conference, Lincoln, NE. 2011
• Dealing with violent writing: Guidelines for administrators. Concurrent session presentation at the annual state convention for the Nebraska Council of School Administrators (Administrator Days), Kearney, NE. 2011
• Online harassment of school administrators by students. Concurrent session presentation at the annual national convention of Women in Educational Leadership, Lincoln, NE. 2010
• Dealing with student violent writing. Concurrent session presentation at the annual national convention for the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), Phoenix, AZ. 2010

Awards

• Harold I. Moser Scholarship
• 2013-2014 Fellow to the Nebraska State Bar Association Leadership Academy
• 2012 Mom Congress Delegate for the State of Nebraska
  Parenting Magazine
• 2010 NASSP High School Level Dissertation of the Year Award
  Awarded the 2010 National Association of Secondary School Principals' High School Level Dissertation of the Year Award.
  National Association of Secondary School Principals
• Florence Turner Karlin Scholarship, Lincoln Community Foundation
• Peter Kiewit Teacher Achievement Award
  2002 Peter Kiewit Teacher Achievement Award
• John Gradwohl/Nebraska Council of School Attorneys Scholarship
• Eastman Memorial Law Scholarship
• Shawn L. Markel Memorial Scholarship
• M.M. and W.F. Hoppe Memorial Scholarship