The mission of the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy and Technology Studies is to prepare ethical and reflective practitioners, researchers, and scholars for work in K-12, higher education, and other educational settings. Through teaching and outreach the Department strives to promote the values, knowledge, and skills needed to improve education in the state and across the region; and through the scholarly activities of its faculty and students, contribute to national research. Leadership, in all areas, requires an understanding of curricular, instructional, supervisory, and administrative processes–as well as an awareness of the ever-changing social, philosophical, historical, political, cultural, legal, moral, and economic contexts of education. Programs offered through the Department meet this challenge by focusing on knowledge construction, learning, and pedagogy, and the development of professional practice that respects diversity, honors difference, and promotes social justice. The Department also maintains an on-going, open dialogue about school improvement through its association with various federal, state, and local educational agencies and professional organizations. The Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies is a full member of the University Council for Educational Administration.
Department Head: Dr. Frankie Santos Laanan
Main Office: 301 Graves
| Educational Leadership | Higher Education Administration | Instructional Technology | Nurse Educator | Social and Cultural Studies |
MASTER OF ARTS
EDUCATIONAL SPECIALIST
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Professor, Educational Leadership
nadams@ua.edu
feminist postructuralism
girl studies
curriculum theory
desgregation
Clinical Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership
awakin@ua.edu
Associate Professor, Educational Leadership
atkin014@ua.edu
pragmatism
teacher knowledge
BEF & INTE Program Support
lballard@ua.edu
Clinical Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership
wabergeron@ua.edu
Clinical Associate Professor, Higher Education
apbreaux@ua.edu
Clinical Associate Professor, Educational Administration
ypbynum@ua.edu
leadership development in schools
mentoring
Associate Professor, Instructional Technology
adenham@ua.edu
205-348-1731
game-based learning
emerging learning technologies
professional development
Professor, Educational Leadership and Foundations of Education
nerevell@ua.edu
critical race theory
disabilities studies
post-colonial theory
Program Coordinator, Superintendents’ Academy and the Center for the Study of Ethical Development
atgaillard@ua.edu
Clinical Assistant Professor, Instructional Technology
jhardin@ua.edu
Professor, Higher Education Administration
kaholley@ua.edu
graduate education
interdisciplinarity
organizational change in higher education
Professor, Educational Leadership
bob.johnson@ua.edu
Professor, Higher Education
katsinas@ua.edu
Assistant Professor, Instructional Technology
fluo2@ua.edu
Professor, Higher Education
cmajor@ua.edu
Program Specialist, Exec EdD
samcmillan2@ua.edu
Director, Alabama Superintendents’ Academy and Clinical Professor, Educational Administration
bjmendiola@ua.edu
leadership development in schools
mentoring
On leave 2020-2021
Associate Professor, Educational Administration
rmmitchell@ua.edu
Assistant Professor, Higher Education Administration
sdmobley@ua.edu
HBCUs
collegiate experiences of Black/African American queer students
Professor, Educational Leadership and Foundations of Education
petrovic@ua.edu
philosophy of education
liberal political theory
language policy
critical pedagogy
Associate Professor, Computer and Applied Technology
mrice@ua.edu
Program Support, Higher Education Doc and Master’s
dbsmith@ua.edu
Associate Professor, Educational Leadership
jsun22@ua.edu
Assistant Professor, Higher Education
klwilliams29@ua.edu
education policy
HBCUs
STEM Education
