Dr. Egan joined the University of Maryland by way of Purdue School of Engineering & Technology/Purdue University Graduate School and Texas A&M University where he served as a tenured associate professor and director. He was recently co-recipient of the Human Resource Development Quarterly's Richard A. Swanson Research Excellence Award for a study using mixed methods research and was also the recipient of the Academy of HRD Early Career Scholar Award. He has a PhD in HRD from the University of Minnesota.