Ed.D. in School Improvement Faculty

Mary Alice Varga, Ph.D.
Chair, Professor, Leadership, Research, and School Improvement

Jean Ferguson Ruffin, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor & Assistant Chair
Education Annex RM 124
Office Hours:
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Office Hours:
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Julie Raschen
Clinical Assistant Professor & Assistant Chair

Jennifer K. Allen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Literacy and Special Education

Logan Arrington, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Stacey Britton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education Annex RM 119
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Morris Council, III Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Literacy and Special Education

Adriana D'Alba, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Georgia Evans, Ed.D.
Clinical Asst. Professor, Leadership, Research, and School Improvement

Michelle Frazier Trotman Scott, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and College of Education Director of Graduate Studies

Brent Gilles, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Education Annex RM 126
Office Hours:
Tuesdays 10am - 1pm
Office Hours:
Tuesdays 10am - 1pm

Katy Green, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Literacy and Special Education

Robert A. Griffin, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
Education Annex RM 248
Office Hours:
Online by appointment
Office Hours:
Online by appointment

Kim C. Huett, Ed.D.
Associate Professor
Education Annex RM 129
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Melissa Johnston, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Educational Technology and Foundations
Education Annex RM 125
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Laurie Kimbrel, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor, Leadership, Research, and School Improvement
Education Annex RM 221
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Diana Mindrila, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Leadership, Research, and School Improvement

Andy Nixon, Ed. D.
Associate Professor and Department Chair, Leadership, Research, and School Improvement

Abbot Packard, Ph.D.
Professor, Leadership, Research, and School Improvement
Education Annex RM 250
Office Hours:
Mon-Thurs. 8:00-11:30
Office Hours:
Mon-Thurs. 8:00-11:30

John Ponder, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Department Chair, Literacy and Special Education

Elizabeth Pope, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Leadership, Research, and School Improvement
Pafford Social Science Building RM 324
Office Hours:
Varies by semester.
Office Hours:
Varies by semester.

Bethany L. Scullin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Literacy and Special Education

Janet Strickland, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Early Childhood through Secondary Education
Education Annex RM 108
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Yan Yang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Education Annex RM 149
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