Students & Alumni

Doctoral Students in Candidacy and Areas of Interest

LaTeesa Allen: Culturally Relevant Leadership; Gender; Alternative Education
Major Professor: Zorka Karanxha

Adrian Anthony: Principal Leadership, Turnaround Leadership, Race and Equity
Major Professor: Bill Black

Janice Barge-Clarke: De/Re-segregation, Leadership History, Black Education Major Professor: Vonzell Agosto

Drew Bratspis: Performance Theory, Qualitative Research, Aesthetic Researching and Leading
Co-Major Professors: Vonzell Agosto and Zorka Karanxha

Ann Broom-Hinds: District Leadership, Professional Learning, Principalship
Major Professor: Judith Ponticell

Dia Davis: Policy Implementation, Systems Change, MTSS, Implementation Science
Co-Major Professors: Bill Black and Jose Castillo

Sean Dickerson: Restorative Justice, School-Community Partnerships, African-American Males
Co-Major Professors: Zorka Karanxha and Vonzell Agosto

Raquel Edgecombe: Leadership Preparation, Teen Pregnancy, Collaborative Leadership
Major Professors: Vonzell Agosto and Zorka Karanxha

Mario Garcia: Student Social Capital; Student Career Choice Polices;
Major Professor: Bill Black

Carrie Gentner: Policy Implementation, Curriculum Leadership, Literacy
Major Professor: Vonzell Agosto

Yanzeng Li: School Governance; Leadership Development; Chinese Educational Policy
Major Professor: Zorka Karanxha

Heather McConnell: Queer Theory, LGBT Policy, Leadership Identity
Major Professor: Vonzell Agosto

Sam McClain: School Leadership; School Marketing; Leadership Development
Major Professor: Judith Ponticell

Terri Mossgrove: Critical Language Policy, Secondary Schools and Immigrant Students
Major Professor: Judith Ponticell

Dustin Robinson: School Finance, School Law, Free Speech in Schools
Co-Major Professors: Steve Permuth and Rob Knoeppel

Lindsay Rustan: Zero Tolerance Policies, Critical Race Theory, Exclusionary Discipline
Co-Major Professors: Zorka Karanxha and Bill Black

Joe Simmons: Charter Schools, Choice Policy, Neoliberal Reforms in Education
Major Professor: Zorka Karanxha

Juliana Velasco: Disability Policy, Critical Disability Studies, K-24 Policy Convergence
Major Professor: Bill Black