Edna Chun, D.Mus.

Dr. Edna B. Chun is an award-winning author and educational thought leader with more than two decades of strategic human resource leadership experience in public higher education. Dr. Chun has co-authored sixteen books and numerous journal articles in the areas of talent management, human resources, and inclusion.

Two of her books, Are the Walls Really Down? Behavioral and Organizational Barriers to Faculty and Staff Diversity and Bridging the Diversity Divide: Globalization and Reciprocal Empowerment in Higher Education received the prestigious Kathryn G. Hansen Publication Award from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). Her co-authored book, The New Talent Acquisition Frontier, the first book to lay out a concrete roadmap to the integration of HR and diversity strategy, was awarded a silver medal in the Axiom Business Book Awards. Among her recent books are Rethinking Diversity Frameworks in Higher Education coauthored with Joe Feagin, Conducting an Institutional Diversity Audit in Higher Education, and The Challenges of Minoritized Contingent Faculty in Higher Education coauthored with Alvin Evans, and Transformational Music Teaching co-authored with George Chu.  Her most recent book, The Future of DEI in the Higher Education Workforce coauthored with Alvin Evans was published in 2026.

Dr. Chun holds the Doctor of Music and Master of Music degrees with High Distinction from Indiana University, the Master of Arts from Columbia University, and the Bachelor of Arts from Oberlin College. She currently serves as Chief Learning Officer for HigherEd Talent, a strategic leadership and organizational development consulting firm. She is a sought-after speaker on talent management and inclusion strategies and serves on a number of national advisory boards.