Cathy A. Toll, PhD, serves as both a university faculty member and a consultant. As a faculty member, she is an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, where she serves as Graduate Program Coordinator in the Department of Leadership, Literacy, and Social Foundations. She teaches graduate courses in educational research, educational coaching, literacy leadership, and literacy instruction and was recently chosen to receive the Edward R. Penson Distinguished Teaching Award.

Cathy's scholarship includes models of teacher professional learning, coaching, and practices for whole-staff coaching, coaching-the-coach, and individual coaching. She has published widely on coaching, school leadership, teacher professional learning, and school change.