Laura L. Bierema
Professor
Adult Education Program
Research Interests

• Women’s Learning
• Career Development
• Organization Development
• Critical Human Resource Development
• Diversity and Multiculturalism
• Qualitative Research

Ronald M. Cervero
Associate Dean for Outreach and Engagement
Adult Education Program
Research Interests

• Power and politics in educational practice
• Racism and anti-racist education
• Professional education

Bradley C. Courtenay
Professor Emeritus
Adult Education Program
Research Interests

• Administration in Adult Education
• Learning in Marginal Groups
• Spirituality and Adult Education

John Dayton
Professor
Educational Administration and Policy Program
Research Interests

• Law

Elizabeth DeBray
Associate Professor
Educational Administration and Policy Program
Research Interests

• Educational Politics and Policy
• Educational Policy Implementation
• School Choice and Governance

Kathleen P. deMarrais
Professor
Qualitative Research Program
Research Interests

• Impact of conservative foundations on educational policy
• Qualitative research methodology
• Qualitative research pedagogy
• Equity issues in education (as related particularly to race, social class, and gender)

Khalil M. Dirani
Assistant Professor
Adult Education Program
Research Interests

• International Human Resource Development (especially in the Middle East)
• Leading Organizational and Individual Change
• Testing Applicability of Western Management Theories in International Contexts
• Cultures and Cultural Differences
• Quantitative survey research

Melissa Freeman
Associate Professor
Program Chair
Qualitative Research Program
Research Interests

• Qualitative research and evaluation methods (especially ethnographic and participatory)
• Intersection of culture, ideology, discourse, power, and knowledge in educational structures and practices (especially in regards to parent-school relations and educational assessments)
• The role of dialogue in the construction of meaning and understanding
• Philosophical and critical hermeneutics
• Alternative forms of representation in research and evaluation

Talmadge C. Guy
Associate Professor
Adult Education Program
Research Interests

• Multicultural Adult Education
• African American education
• Media studies

Jori N. Hall
Assistant Professor
Qualitative Research Program
Research Interests

• Educational evaluation and accountability policies
• Mixed methods evaluation and research approaches
• K-12 urban education

Janette R. Hill
Professor
Department Head
Adult Education
Research Interests

• Online Learning Environments
• Community Building in Virtual Environments
• Resource-based Learning
• Information/Knowledge Management Systems

Robert J. Hill
Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator
Adult Education Program
Research Interests

• Social Policy and Adult Education
• Anti-oppression Education
• Gender and race in organizational settings
• Sexual Orientation and Gender Justice
• Human Rights Education in an International Context
• Environmental Justice/Environmental Racism
• Activism as the Practice of Education for Social Change
• Diversity Instruction
• Learning and Social Movements

Juanita Johnson-Bailey
Director, Institute for Women’s Studies
Professor
Adult Education Program and Women’s Studies Program
Research Interests

• Gender and race in the educational and workplace setting
• The experiences of Black reentry and graduate students.

Aliki Nicolaides
Assistant Professor
Adult Education Program
Research Interests

• Adult Learning and Adult Development in the Midst of Ambiguity
• Developmental Action Inquiry

Jack Parish
Lecturer
Educational Administration and Policy Program
Research Interests

• Leadership preparation
• Superintendency
• School Law

April Peters
Assistant Professor
Educational Administration and Policy Program
Research Interests

• Women in Educational Leadership
• Mentoring and support for school leaders
• Leadership and school reform

Judith Preissle
Professor
Qualitative Research Program
Research Interests

• Anthropology and education
• Ethics in education and research
• Gender studies
• Immigration studies
• Minority subcultures in the U.S.A.
• Philosophy and education
• Qualitative research design, methodology, and philosophical frameworks

Valija C. Rose

Assistant Professor
Educational Administration and Policy Program
Research Interests

• Quantitative research methods
• Gifted education
• Urban school leadership and reform
• Teacher leadership

Kathryn Roulston
Associate Professor
Qualitative Research Program
Research Interests

• Qualitative research methods
• Ethnomethodology and conversation analysis
• Qualitative interviewing
• Doctoral education
• Teachers’ work
• Topics in music education

Wendy E. A. Ruona
Associate Professor
Adult Education Program
Program Chair: Human Resources and Organizational Development
Research Interests

• Strategic Human Resource Development & Performance Improvement
• Organizational Development and Change
• Foundations of HRD (philosophical, theoretical, and historical) and reflective/scholarly practice
• Qualitative research

Lorilee R. Sandmann
Professor
Program Chair
Adult Education Program
Research Interests

• Higher Education Community Engagement and Outreach
• Scholarship of Faculty Engagement, Faculty Roles and Rewards
• Leadership/Administration of Organizations serving Adult Learners
• Adults in Higher Education
• Institutional and Program Evaluation

Catherine Sielke
Associate Professor
Educational Administration and Policy Program
Research Interests

• School finance equity and adequacy
• School and district budgeting
• Sustainability of k-12 education programs during economic downturns
• K-12 education resources and students in poverty
• Examining the history of K-12 funding in Georgia

Max Skidmore
Academic Professional
Educational Administration and Policy Program
Research Interests

• Superintendency
• Leadership
• Human resource administration

Janet E. Truluck
Academic Professional
Program Chair
Adult Education Program
Research Interests

• Distance Education
• Adult Development
• Gerontology (Learning and Aging)

Thomas Valentine
Professor
Adult Education Program
Research Interests

• Adult Literacy
• Classroom Dynamics
• Survey Research

Desna Wallin
Associate Professor
Adult Education Program
Research Interests

• Leadership and Professional Development in community and technical colleges.

Karen E. Watkins
Professor
Adult Education
Research Interests

• Creating a Learning Culture, Organization Development
• Action Learning and Action Science
• Informal and Incidental Learning in the Workplace

Sheneka Williams
Assistant Professor
Educational Administration and Policy Program
Research Interests

• Student assignment policies
• School governance and the impact on school communities
• Magnet schools and desegregation

William G. Wraga
Professor
Educational Administration and Policy Program
Research Interests

• Curriculum Theory, Development, Policy, and History.

Sally J. Zepeda
Professor
Educational Administration and Policy Program
Research Interests

• Instructional supervision
• Teacher and administrator professional development
• Teacher evaluation
• Learning communities and teacher leadership