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Chairperson

Meredith Wronowski is an Assistant Professor in the Educational Administration department at the University of Dayton. Her research interests are focused on issues of equity in schooling including the unintended effects of accountability policies on teachers and leaders, opportunity to learn, community-based school improvement, and resegregation of U.S. schools.

 

 

 

 

 

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Immediate past Chairperson

Julia Mahfouz, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Leadership for Educational Organizations program, School of Education and Human Development at the University of Colorado-Denver. She has been recently selected to be part of the inaugural cohort of CASEL Weissberg scholars. Her research explores the social, emotional, and cultural dynamics of educational settings placing specific emphasis on Adult SEL, specifically school administrators and the integration of systemic SEL into principal preparation programs. She also investigated how preparation programs, professional development, and certification standards can be strengthened to enhance effective leadership by supporting principals to deepen their social and emotional competencies.  

 

  

Program chairperson

DeMarcus Jenkins

Dr. DeMarcus A. Jenkins is an Assistant Professor of Education. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from the Division of Urban Schooling. His holds an Ed.M in English Education from Georgia State University, a masters from American University, and his bachelor’s degree from The University of Michigan where he doubled-majored in English and African American Studies. Dr. Jenkins is an activist and urban scholar whose work considers the intersections of race, space and policy. 

His research focuses on the influence of spatial, social and political factors that foster and exacerbate inequalities for Black populations as well as the approaches that school leaders take to disrupt and transform these dynamics. His interdisciplinary approach to tackling complex and challenging problems of racial equity in schools is informed by Black critical theory, critical spatial theory, Black geographies, critical policy studies and justice-oriented leadership frameworks. Consistent throughout his research are practical solutions for school leaders and policymakers. He recently received a research grant from the Spencer Foundation to examine how urban school systems respond to policy changes that divest and disinvest from law enforcement on school campuses. His program of research draws from his previous professional experience working in urban schools and in local and state policy and advocacy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secretary/Treasurer
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Dr. Alison Wilson is an Assistant Professor of Practice and Educational Leadership Program Coordinator at the University of Arkansas. She enjoys hiking, biking, cooking, and spending time with her friends and family.

 

 

 

 


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Dissertation Award Chair

Samantha Viano is an assistant professor in the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University. Dr. Viano earned her PhD in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College after an MSEd from Northwestern University. Her research critically examines endemic challenges in PreK-12 schools and evaluates the effects of the chosen solutions on traditionally marginalized and racially minoritized students and their teachers. Specific research strands that fall within this agenda include school improvement, school safety and security, and high school graduation policies in addition to researching how to better integrate critical theory into quantitative analysis in educational research.

 


 

 Book Series Editors

Khalid Arar, Texas State University  

 

 

Newsletter Editor

 

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Matthew Shirrell is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Administration at George Washington University, where he studies the relationships between policy, the social and organizational characteristics of schools and school systems, and learning, improvement, and teacher retention. In his free time, he enjoys painting, cooking, gardening, and birdwatching with his son. 

 

 

 

 

 Researcher Development Program Faculty Advisors   


image001 (1)638086298413581726 Kristy Cooper Stein is an Associate Professor of K-12 Educational Administration at Michigan State University. Her research examines how school and district leaders systematically increase student learning and engagement. For fun, she likes to travel, cook, read, explore new wine, entertain family and friends, and spend quality time with her husband and daughter.  

 

 

 

 Craig Devoto, University of Illinois Chicago Learning Sciences Research Institute 

  

 

Graduate student representatives

Megan Buchanan, Texas State University

Aashna Khurana, Boston College

 

             

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George Panayiotou is a second-year Ed.D student and a UK school teacher with a passion for organizational improvement, learning, and good olive oil.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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pic (1)   Maxwell Yurkofsky is an assistant professor in the Doctor of Education program at Radford University. His research explores how school and system leaders organize for continuous improvement towards more ambitious and equitable visions of learning. When he's not stumbling his way through LSI SIG webpage, Max enjoys taking his two and four-year old daughters on runs to all the playgrounds in Roanoke (and, less frequently, going on sunset cruises in Maine with his family). 

 

 

 

 

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Article I.

Name of the SIG

The name of this Special Interest Group (“SIG”) is Leadership for School Improvement, (hereafter, the “SIG”).Read More