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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• All Faculty
• CSP
• EDAM
• HEAM
• Leadership Studies
• Staff
• Affiliated Faculty

Robert Kelchen
Professor, Department Head

Pamela S. Angelle
Professor, Director of Graduate Studies

J. Patrick Biddix
Professor & Program Coordinator, Higher Education Administration PhD Program

Karen D. Boyd
Professor of Practice, Director of Undergraduate Education, and Leadership Studies Coordinator

Jimmy G. Cheek
Chancellor Emeritus and Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Mary Lynne Derrington
Associate Professor, Educational Administration

Mary Dueñas
Assistant Professor; Coordinator, College Student Personnel

Sonya D. Hayes
Assistant Professor

Terry T. Ishitani
Associate Professor of Higher Education

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

College Student Personnel

Lamar Bryant
Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives

Angela E. Batista
Faculty Lecturer, College Student Personnel (CSP)/Educational leadership and Policy Studies; Founder and CEO of Batista Consulting Services, LLC

J. Patrick Biddix
Professor & Program Coordinator, Higher Education Administration PhD Program

Karen D. Boyd
Professor of Practice, Director of Undergraduate Education, and Leadership Studies Coordinator

Gresham Collom
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Frank Cuevas
Vice Chancellor for Student Life; Adjunct Assistant Professor

Martha Dagenhart
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Mary Dueñas
Assistant Professor; Coordinator, College Student Personnel

Educational Administration

Pamela S. Angelle
Professor, Director of Graduate Studies

Mary Lynne Derrington
Associate Professor, Educational Administration

Lisa G. Driscoll
Adjunct Associate Professor

Sonya D. Hayes
Assistant Professor

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

Sonja McNeely
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Higher Education Administration

J. Patrick Biddix
Professor & Program Coordinator, Higher Education Administration PhD Program

Karen D. Boyd
Professor of Practice, Director of Undergraduate Education, and Leadership Studies Coordinator

Jimmy G. Cheek
Chancellor Emeritus and Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Frank Cuevas
Vice Chancellor for Student Life; Adjunct Assistant Professor

Martha Dagenhart
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Terry T. Ishitani
Associate Professor of Higher Education

Joseph E. Johnson
President Emeritus, Affiliate Faculty

Undergraduate Leadership Studies

Pamela S. Angelle
Professor, Director of Graduate Studies

Karen D. Boyd
Professor of Practice, Director of Undergraduate Education, and Leadership Studies Coordinator

Jimmy G. Cheek
Chancellor Emeritus and Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Lisa G. Driscoll
Adjunct Associate Professor

Kimberly R. Hill
UG Leadership Studies Instructor, Project Excellence Lead Instructor

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

Constance Honorable
Business Manager
320 Jane and David Bailey Education Complex

Mervin Lawrence
Financial Associate II
319 Jane and David Bailey Education Complex

Affiliated Faculty

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

Frank Cuevas
Vice Chancellor for Student Life; Adjunct Assistant Professor

Martha Dagenhart
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Lisa G. Driscoll
Adjunct Associate Professor

Kimberly R. Hill
UG Leadership Studies Instructor, Project Excellence Lead Instructor

Joseph E. Johnson
President Emeritus, Affiliate Faculty

Mary Lucal
Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources

Sonja McNeely
Adjunct Assistant Professor

Norma T. Mertz
Professor Emerita

Amber Williams
Vice Provost for Student Success