ELPS Faculty and Staff

Faculty and Staff

The faculty of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies build leadership capacity and enhance practitioner effectiveness through research and scholarship that integrates theory and practice across structural and subject lines.

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Norma T. Mertz
Professor Emerita

Pamela S. Angelle
Professor, Program Coordinator, Education Administration

J. Patrick Biddix
Interim Department Head; Professor & Program Coordinator, Higher Education Administration PhD Program

Karen D. Boyd
Associate Professor of Practice

Ernest W. Brewer, EdD, LPC
Professor Emeritus, PI/Director of Federal Programs Educational Administration

Jimmy G. Cheek
Distinguished Professor and Chancellor Emeritus

Mary Lynne Derrington
Associate Professor, Educational Administration

Lisa G. Driscoll
Associate Professor

Sonya D. Hayes
Assistant Professor

Terry T. Ishitani
Associate Professor of Higher Education

James A. Martinez

James A. Martinez
Assistant Professor; Assistant Director, Center for Educational Leadership

Dorian L. McCoy
Associate Department Head; Associate Professor; Program Coordinator, College Student Personnel

James P. McIntyre, Jr.
Assistant Professor of Practice, Director - Center for Educational Leadership

Affiliated Faculty

Frank Cuevas
Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Life; Adjunct Assistant Professor

Martha Dagenhart
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Ruth A. Darling
Assistant Provost for Student Success, Affiliate Faculty

Joseph E. Johnson
President Emeritus, Affiliate Faculty

Sonja McNeely
Adjunct Assistant Professor

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Jenny Richter
Associate Vice Chancellor; Title IX Coordinator; Adjunct Assistant Professor

College Student Personnel

J. Patrick Biddix
Interim Department Head; Professor & Program Coordinator, Higher Education Administration PhD Program

Karen D. Boyd
Associate Professor of Practice

Dorian L. McCoy
Associate Department Head; Associate Professor; Program Coordinator, College Student Personnel

Frank Cuevas
Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Life; Adjunct Assistant Professor

Martha Dagenhart
Adjunct Assistant Professor

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Jenny Richter
Associate Vice Chancellor; Title IX Coordinator; Adjunct Assistant Professor

Educational Administration

Pamela S. Angelle
Professor, Program Coordinator, Education Administration

Mary Lynne Derrington
Associate Professor, Educational Administration

Lisa G. Driscoll
Associate Professor

Sonya D. Hayes
Assistant Professor

James A. Martinez

James A. Martinez
Assistant Professor; Assistant Director, Center for Educational Leadership

James P. McIntyre, Jr.
Assistant Professor of Practice, Director - Center for Educational Leadership

Sonja McNeely
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Higher Education Administration

Norma T. Mertz
Professor Emerita

J. Patrick Biddix
Interim Department Head; Professor & Program Coordinator, Higher Education Administration PhD Program

Karen D. Boyd
Associate Professor of Practice

Jimmy G. Cheek
Distinguished Professor and Chancellor Emeritus

Terry T. Ishitani
Associate Professor of Higher Education

Dorian L. McCoy
Associate Department Head; Associate Professor; Program Coordinator, College Student Personnel

Frank Cuevas
Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Life; Adjunct Assistant Professor

Martha Dagenhart
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Ruth A. Darling
Assistant Provost for Student Success, Affiliate Faculty

Joseph E. Johnson
President Emeritus, Affiliate Faculty

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Bob Rider
Professor and Dean Emeritus, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences

Undergraduate Leadership Studies

Joe Scogin
Associate Provost, Senior Associate Athletic Director, ELPS Adjunct Assistant Professor

Pamela S. Angelle
Professor, Program Coordinator, Education Administration

J. Patrick Biddix
Interim Department Head; Professor & Program Coordinator, Higher Education Administration PhD Program

Karen D. Boyd
Associate Professor of Practice

Jimmy G. Cheek
Distinguished Professor and Chancellor Emeritus

Lisa G. Driscoll
Associate Professor

Constance Honorable
Business Manager
320 Jane and David Bailey Education Complex

Michelle Passamonte
Administrative Specialist I
321 Jane and David Bailey Education Complex

Wade McGarity
Administrative Specialist II
Center for Educational Leadership
Postsecondary Education Research Center
302 Jane and David Bailey Education Complex

Sam Tawayhah
Administrative Specialist I
Higher Education Administration, Leadership Studies Minor
319 Jane and David Bailey Education Complex

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