University Catalog 2024-2025

Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development (PhD)

Degree Requirements

Degrees earned will be distributed as: "Doctor of Philosophy in Education Leadership, Policy and Human Development" without specialization specifications.

College Scholar Leader Courses6
Scholar Leader: Diversity and Equity in Schools and Communities
Scholar Leader: Systemic Change in Education
College Research Methods *15
Required Introductory Research Methods Courses6
Applied Quantitative Methods in Education I
Introduction to Qualitative Research in Education
Advanced Research Methods Courses (select one course from the list below)3
Applied Quantitative Methods in Education II
Advanced Qualitative Research and Data Analysis in Education
Mixed Methods Research in Education
Advanced Research Methods Electives6
Select two courses from the list above or other advanced research methods courses approved by the student advisor.
Dissertation Research9
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Total college core hours30
Concentration area courses30
Select 30 hours of additional coursework based on Concentrations listed below
Total Hours60

In addition to the required College core courses courses above, students must select one of 6 approved concentrations and complete the minimum 30 hours required in the selected concentration.

  1. Adult and Lifelong Education
  2. Community College and Career Education
  3. Counseling and Counselor Education
  4. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
  5. Higher Education
  6. Higher Education Opportunity, Equity, and Justice
*

ED 700 Introduction to Research Design in Education, or its equivalent is a pre-requisite course for any research course. A graduate student may take it as part of their Program Area of Study, with approval from their advisor.

Faculty

Professors

  • Duane Akroyd
  • Stanley Baker
  • Bonnie C. Fusarelli
  • Lance Fusarelli
  • Joy Gaston Gales
  • Marc Anderson Grimmett
  • Audrey Jaeger
  • March Krotee
  • Meghan Manfra
  • Sylvia Nassar
  • Stephen Porter
  • Alyssa Rockenbach
  • Siu-Man Ting
  • Paul Umbach

Associate Professors

  • Susan Barcinas
  • Lisa Bass
  • Timothy Drake
  • Anna Egalite
  • DeLeon Gray
  • Chad Hoggan
  • Keon McGuire
  • Tamara Young

Assistant Professors

  • Jennifer Ayscue
  • Alexander Becnel
  • Rawn Boulden
  • Roshaunda Breeden
  • Devon Graves
  • Michael Little
  • Brean'a Monet Parker
  • Lam Dinh Son Pham

Teaching Professors

  • Diane Chapman
  • Angela Smith

Teaching Associate Professor

  • Lacey Seaton

Teaching Assistant Professors

  • Krispin Barr
  • Cristina Braga
  • Nicole Childs
  • Bobbie Frye
  • Briana Gaines
  • Catherine Hartman
  • Erin Horne
  • Pooneh Lari
  • Francine Riddick
  • Claudia Smith
  • Terri Tilford
  • Carrol Adams Warren

Adjunct Professors

  • Lisa Chapman
  • Jeffrey Cox
  • Patrick Crane
  • Kandi Deitemeyer
  • Charlene Dukes
  • Pam Eddinger
  • Kenneth Ender
  • Linda Garcia
  • Algie Gatewood
  • Rufus Glasper
  • Sharon Morrissey
  • Daniel Phelan
  • Mary Elizabeth Rittling
  • Lawrence Rouse
  • Janet Spriggs
  • Robert Templin
  • Joshua Wyner

Adjunct Assistant Professors

  • Mary Lou Addor
  • Mark Bernhard
  • Jeffrey Covington
  • Callie Edwards
  • Paula Gentius
  • Peter Hessling
  • Pamela Howze
  • Melvin Jackson
  • Donna Petherbridge
  • Stephanie Helms Pickett
  • Makena Stewart
  • Cameron Sublett
  • Katherine Titus-Becker
  • Yolanda Wilson
  • Keith Witham
  • Carrie Zelna

Lecturers

  • Karen Anderson
  • Patricia Ashley
  • James Bartlett
  • Michelle Bartlett
  • Clinton Bolton
  • Brenda Champion
  • Dorothy Crissman
  • Mattie Fleener
  • Gregory Hicks
  • Richard Tyler-Walker Jr.
  • Thomas Stafford Jr.
  • Monica Osburn
  • Demetrius Richmond
  • Rhonda Sutton
  • Suzanne Wasiolek
  • Joseph Wescott
  • Cathy Sue Williams
  • Lesley Wirt

Emeritus Faculty

  • Raymond Taylor Jr.
  • Mary Ann Danowitz
  • Carol Kasworm