The mission of the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy and Technology Studies is to prepare ethical and reflective practitioners, researchers, and scholars for illiork 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
Degrees
MASTER OF ARTS
EDUCATIONAL SPECIALIST
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
CERTIFICATES
People
Dr. Natalie Adams
Professor, Educational Leadership
nadams@ua.edu
201 Lloyd
Dr. Becky Atkinson
Associate Professor, Educational Leadership
aktin014@ua.edu
323B Graves Hall
205-348-0357
Dr. Nathaniel Bray
Professor, Higher Education
nbray@ua.edu
207 Carmichael
205-348-1169
Higher Education
Policy
Governance
Dr. Arleene Breaux
Clinical Associate Professor, Higher Education
apbreaux@ua.edu
328E Graves Hall
205-348-0572
Dr. Yvette Bynum
Clinical Assistant Professor, Educational Administration
ypbynum@ua.edu
323A Graves
205-348-4101
Dr. Andre Denham
Associate Professor, Instructional Technology
adenham@ua.edu
205-348-1731
Dr. Nirmala Erevelles
Professor, Foundations of Education
nerevelles@ua.edu
205-348-1179
Dr. David Hardy
Associate Professor, Higher Education
dhardy@ua.edu
101D Carmichael
205-348-6874
Dr. Karri Holley
Professor, Higher Education
kaholley@ua.edu
323C Graves Hall
205-348-7825
website
Graduate and postdoctoral education
Interdisciplinarity
Qualitative inquiry
Dr. Philo Hutcheson
Professor, Higher Education
pahutcheson@ua.edu
328C Graves Hall
205-348-5641
Dr. Bob Johnson
Professor, Educational Leadership
bljohnson@ua.edu
302A Graves
205-348-6417
Dr. Stephen Katsinas
Professor, Higher Education
katsinas@ua.edu
212 Carmichael
205-348-6005
Dr. Cindy Ann Kilgo
Assistant Professor, Higher Education
cakilgo@ua.edu
315J Graves Hall
205-348-5391
College impact research
LGBTQ+ collegians’ experiences
Critical quantitative methodologies
Dr. Frankie Santos Laanan
Department Head and Professor, Higher Education
laanan@ua.edu
301C Graves
205-348-5811
website
Dr. Claire Major
Professor, Higher Education
cmajor@ua.edu
315E Graves
205-348-1152
Dr. Bryan Mann
Assistant Professor, Foundations of Education
bamann1@ua.edu
205-348-4733
Dr. Douglas McKnight
Professor, Foundations of Education
dmcknigh@ua.edu
205-348-1449
Dr. Brenda Mendiola
Clinical Associate Professor, Educational Administration
bjmendiola@ua.edu
329A Graves
205-348-1163
Dr. Roxanne Mitchell
Associate Professor, Educational Administration
rmmitchell@ua.edu
307E Graves
205-348-0348
Organizational theory
School culture
International education
Dr. Steve Mobley, Jr.
Assistant Professor, Higher Education
sdmobley@ua.edu
307A Graves Hall
205-348-0542
Dr. Margaret Rice
Associate Professor, Instructional Technology
mrice@ua.edu
205-348-1165
Donna Smith
HEA Program Support, MA/Doctoral
dbsmith@ua.edu
302 Graves Hall
205-348-6871
Dr. Jing Ping Sun
Associate Professor, Educational Leadership
jsun22@ua.edu
328A Graves
205-348-6082
Leadership for Learning
School improvement
Meta-Analysis
Dr. Stephen Tomlinson
Professor, Foundations of Education
stomlins@ua.edu
307B Graves
205-348-3071
Kimberly West
Program Assistant, ELPTS
301 Graves
205-348-6997
kewest4@ua.edu 
Dr. Philip Westbrook
Clinical Professor, Educational Administration
ptwestbrook@ua.edu
328D Graves
205-348-3469
Vanessa Williams
Program Specialist, Exec EdD
willi077@ua.edu
302 Graves
205-348-3828
Dr. Krystal Williams
Assistant Professor, Higher Education
klwilliams29@ua.edu
308 Graves
205-348-2823
