Dr. BA Adair White is an educator, coach, and consultant. BA teaches in the following content areas: conflict management, teams in medicine, leadership, educational administration, and health professions education.
Her formal education consists of a bachelor of arts in psychology with a minor in sociology, a master of arts in industrial and organizational psychology, and a doctorate in educational leadership with a dissertation entitled “Conflict Management Education as a tool for Leadership Development in the Intensive Care Unit”.
She questions assumptions and conclusions, assisting individuals in deepening their knowledge and understanding, enabling skill development such as: critical thinking, life-long learning, and humility. Ultimately, her passion is to help others achieve their goals, which drives much of her work. In that quest, she has led the development of curriculum for education, leadership, communication, and conflict management sessions. Additionally, she is an author for a textbook entitled Cultivating Leadership In Medicine, which was developed to help teach leadership in medicine as well as to help institutions create leadership education programs.
Dr. Adair White is active in her community, serving as the Vice President on the Board of Trustees for Salado Independent School District. And, she often says she is married to medicine, as her husband is a Physician leader. They share two adorable kiddos JuliAnn (photo credit) and Preston. She spends her extra time with her family and dogs (Boston and Fenway).