2005-06 Ed.D. Handbook

Department personnel

The faculty

Programs in the Department of Educational Policy and Administration are delivered by highly qualified graduate faculty with diverse areas of expertise. Provided below is information about the academic background and areas of scholarly work of the core graduate faculty.

Alexander, Nicola A., assistant professor, Ph.D., 1998, University at Albany, State University of New York.
Public finance, policy studies, public sector economics, budgeting and cost-benefit analysis.

Ammentorp, William M., professor, Ph.D., 1964, University of Chicago.
Organizational systems and theory, higher education administration and finance.

Anderson, Melissa S., associate professor, Ph.D., 1990, University of Minnesota.
Graduate education, ethics and misconduct in science, faculty issues, administration, academic-industry relations.

Brunner, C. Cryss, associate professor, Ph.D., 1993, University of Kansas.
Power, the superintendency, women in administration, school management and policy, and collaborative decision-making.

Chapman, David W., professor, Ph.D., 1975, Syracuse University.
Educational development, program evaluation, education policy.

Cogan, John J., professor, Ph.D., 1969, The Ohio State University.
Comparative and international development education, social studies and global environmental education, citizenship education.

Fry, Gerald W., professor, Ph.D., 1977, Stanford University.
Southeast Asia, comparative education, international educational reform, human resource development, education and development, politics of education.

Harkins, Arthur M., associate professor, Ph.D., 1968, University of Kansas.
Future cultural and educational systems, qualitative futures methods, knowledge base learning, advanced technologies for learning personalization.

Hendel, Darwin D., associate professor, Ph.D., 1972, University of Minnesota.
Undergraduate education, evaluation of teaching and learning, strategic planning, institutional research, student affairs.

Johnson, David R., professor, Ph.D., 1987, University of Minnesota.
Special education administration, evaluation studies, disability policy analysis, community integration.

King, Jean A., professor, Ph.D., 1979, Cornell University.
Evaluation capacity building, evaluator competencies, the history of program evaluation.

Lewis, Darrell R., professor, Ph.D., 1963, Louisiana State University.
Economic education and the economics of education, cost-effectiveness, faculty development.

McLeod, Scott C., assistant professor, J.D., 1998, Ph.D., 2000, University of Iowa.
Technology and school administration, school law, data-driven decision making, research and policy analysis using large scale data sets, class-based desegregation plans.

Mestenhauser, Josef A., professor emeritus, Ph.D., 1960, University of Minnesota.
International education, culture learning theory, social and cultural change, leadership.

Paige, R. Michael, professor, Ph.D., 1978, Stanford University.
International development education, intercultural education and training, multicultural education, international educational exchange.

Schneider, Byron J., associate professor, Ph.D., 1975, University of Chicago.
Youth development leadership, youth policy, education in the community, leadership of youth organizations.

Seashore, Karen, professor, Ph.D., 1975, Columbia University.
Organizational theory, planned change, schools as workplaces, leadership and administration.

Yeh, Stuart S., assistant professor, Ph.D., 1998, Stanford University.
Educational program evaluation (particularly evaluation of pre-school reading readiness programs), educational improvement, state-mandated testing (including high-stakes testing), and construction of improved state tests.

York-Barr, Jennifer, associate professor, Ph.D., 1986, University of Wisconsin.
Teacher leadership, professional development, general/special education collaboration.

Zhang, Liang, assistant assistant professor, Ph.D., 2003, University of Arizona.
Economics in education.

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