Dr. Witkowsky's research focuses on the experience of graduate students in higher education as well as student engagement and leadership development. She is actively involved in the American College Personnel Association as a directorate member for the Commission for Admissions, Orientation and First Year Experience and the Association for Orientation, Transition, and Retention as an Associate Editor of the Journal of College Orientation and Transition. Dr. Witkowsky teaches leadership, research, internationalization, and supervised practicum courses in the Student Affairs in Higher Education program.