Faculty

Contact Information
The University of Georgia
Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy
850 College Station Road
River’s Crossing, Room 305
Athens, GA 30602
Phone: (706) 542-4151
Fax: (706) 542-5873
mskidmor@uga.edu

Research Interests

• Superintendency
• Leadership
• Human resource and management

Courses Typically Taught

• EDAP 7050 Personnel Administration and Staff Development
• EDAP 7030 Organizational Leadership in Schools
• EDAP 8000 Special topics-Central Office Administration

Selected Publications

Contributions to scholarly reference works:

Skidmore, M. (2006). Pygmalion effect. In F.W. English (Ed.), Encyclopedia of educational leadership and administration (Vol. 2, pp. 829-830). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Skidmore, M. (2006). Theory X, theory Y. In F.W. English (Ed.), Encyclopedia of educational leadership and administration (Vol. 2, pp. 1018-1019). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Skidmore, M. (2006). Charisma, of leaders. In F.W. English (Ed.), Encyclopedia of educational leadership and administration (Vol. 1, pp. 114-115). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Skidmore, M. (2006). Great man theory. In F.W. English (Ed.), Encyclopedia of educational leadership and administration (Vol. 1, pp. 438-439). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Refereed Journal Articles

Skidmore, M. (2004), So you want to become a superintendent–points to ponder, FALA Communicator. Fall, 7-8.

Skidmore, M. (2004). A sense of purpose. American School Board Journal,191(11), 37-38.

Skidmore, M. (2001). Recruiting more and better teachers with incentives. School Business Affairs, 67(10), 6-10.

Links and URLS specific to discipline

University Council for Educational Administration

American Association of School Administrators