Carol A. Winkle, Ph.D. earned her B.A. from Michigan State University in 1969. She taught in public schools in grades 1-4 and 6-8 over a period of 12 years. During three years of that time, she served as a Title I Director. She earned her M.A. in educational psychology with specialization in child and adolescent growth and development in 1973 from Michigan State University. In 1983, she earned her Ph.D. in social-philosophical foundations from Michigan State University.   While working on her doctorate at MSU, she also served as a teaching assistant in the area of educational psychology.

From 1990-1993, Dr. Winkle served as the Director of the Student Support Services Program at Aquinas College. She became a faculty member of the Aquinas College Education Department in 1993. Her responsibilities first included coordinating the Introduction to Education courses. Currently, Dr. Winkle is involved in teaching Introduction to Education and Foundations courses.  Dr. Winkle additionally teaches a course in research design and a course involving the development of the master's thesis. 

• Currently researching on retention of teachers in the profession during the first 3-5 years of service as Tim Bennett and I develop and implement the STAY Program for the School of Education in an attempt to support our graduates in the first few years of their teaching careers.

• “The Road to a Job in the Next Three Years.” Presented at the Fire-Up! Conference, Fall of 2007, sponsored by ITEC-WM. Discussed the use of multiple intelligences as related to interests which can then be turned into problem solving techniques
• Presented at Grand Rapids Community College in November of 2007 on the topic of e-portfolios and portfolio assessment in general.