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2019-2020 Graduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Simmons School of Education and Human Development: Faculty and Staff



Offices of the Academic Deans

Stephanie L. Knight, Dean, Leon Simmons Endowed Deanship

Paige Ware, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Mary Elizabeth Holdsworth Endowed Professor

Anthony Petrosino, Associate Dean for Research and Outreach, Professor

Rebecca Hood, Senior Assistant Dean for Administrative Affairs and Operations

Kathryn Canterbury, Assistant Dean for Research and Grants Accounting

Anthony Cuevas, Assistant Dean for Learning Technology

Yolette Garcia, Assistant Dean for External Affairs and Outreach

Administration

Patricia Addington, Director of Development

Eric Bing, Director of the Institute for Leadership Impact

Akihito Kamata, Executive Director of the Center on Research and Evaluation

Michele Mrak, Executive Director of Graduate Liberal Studies

Regina Nippert, Executive Director of The Budd Center: Involving Communities in Education

Simmons Faculty

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Jill Allor, Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ed.D., Vanderbilt

Stephanie Al Otaiba, Patsy and Ray Caldwell Centennial Chair, Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., Vanderbilt

Caitlin Anderson, Senior Lecturer of Applied Physiology and Wellness, M.S., Texas A&M

Dominique Baker, Assistant Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, Ph.D., Vanderbilt

Doris Baker, Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., Oregon

Sondra Barringer, Assistant Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, Ph.D., Arizona

Ann Batenburg, Clinical Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., Iowa

David Bertrand, Clinical Assistant Professor of Applied Physiology and Wellness, Ph.D., SMU

Eric Bing, Professor of Applied Physiology and Wellness, M.D., Harvard

Watt Lesley Black, Jr., Clinical Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, Ph.D., North Texas

Sarah Brown, Clinical Assistant Professor of Applied Physiology and Wellness, Ph.D., Texas A&M

Roxanne Burleson, Clinical Assistant Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, M.S., Texas (Arlington)

Peter Carton Jr., Clinical Assistant Professor of Applied Physiology and Wellness, J.D., Seton Hall

Piotr Chelstowski, Lecturer of Applied Physiology and Wellness, M.A., M.S., Warsaw

Gary Clayton, Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor of Dispute Resolution and Counseling, Psy.D., University of the Rockies

Anthony Cuevas, Clinical Professor of Teaching and Learning and Assistant Dean, Ph.D. Florida State

Greta Davis, Clinical Assistant Professor of Dispute Resolution and Counseling, Interim Department Chair, Ph.D., North Texas

Scott L. Davis, Associate Professor of Applied Physiology and Wellness, Ph.D., Utah

Mario De La Garza Jr., Clinical Assistant Professor of Dispute Resolution and Counseling, Ph.D., North Texas

David Deggs, Research Associate Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, Ph.D., Louisiana State

Sherril English, Clinical Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., North Texas

Brian Fennig, Senior Lecturer of Applied Physiology and Wellness, PhD., Texas (Dallas)

S. Kiersten Ferguson, Clinical Associate Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, Ph.D., Texas (Austin)

Amy Ferrell, Clinical Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ed.D. SMU

Denisa Gandara, Assistant Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, Ph.D., Georgia

Leanne Ketterlin Geller, Texas Instruments Endowed Chair in Education, Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, Ph.D., Oregon

Diane Gifford, Clinical Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., SMU

Donna Gober, Senior Lecturer of Applied Physiology and Wellness, Ed.D., Lamar

Michael S. Harris, Associate Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, Ed.D., Pennsylvania

Thomas L. Hartsell, Clinical Professor of Dispute Resolution and Counseling, J.D., Michigan State

Frank Hernandez, Annette and Harold Simmons Centennial Chair and Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)

Tim Jacobbe, Professor of Teaching and Learning, Department Chair, Ph.D., Clemson

Lynn Romejko Jacobs, Professor of Applied Physiology and Wellness, Department Chair, Ph.D., Texas Woman’s University

Margaret Jacome, Clinical Associate Professor of Dispute Resolution and Counseling, Ph.D., Texas Tech

Johnitha Johnson, Clinical Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., Texas A&M

Francesca Jones, Clinical Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., North Texas

Akihito Kamata, Professor of Education Policy and Leadership and Psychology, Ph.D., Michigan

Stephanie Knight, Leon Simmons Endowed Dean, Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ed.D., Houston

Colleen Logan, Clinical Associate Professor of Dispute Resolution and Counseling, Ph.D., Virginia

Jan Mallett, Research Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., Texas A&M (Commerce)

Cynthia Matthews, Clinical Associate Professor of Dispute Resolution and Counseling, Ph.D., Texas A & M

Suzanne Maxwell, Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor for Dispute Resolution and Counseling, Ph.D., Texas A&M

John Ashley Mears, Adjunct Professor of Graduate Liberal Studies, Ph.D., Chicago

Megan Murphy, Clinical Associate Professor of Applied Physiology and Wellness, Ph.D., North Texas

Dawson Orr, Clinical Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, Department Chair, Ph.D., Texas (Austin)

Miriam Ortiz, Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., SMU

Chalie Patarapichayatham, Research Assistant Professor of Teachng and Learning, Ph.D., Chulalongkorn (Bangkok)

Alexandra Pavlakis, Assistant Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, Ph.D., Wisconsin-Madison

Lindsey Perry, Research Assistant Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, Ph.D., SMU

Anthony Petrosino, Professor of Teaching and Learning, Associate Dean, Ph.D., Vanderbilt

John Potter, Clinical Associate Professor of Dispute Resolution and Counseling, O.D., Indiana

Abigail Pruitt, Clinical Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ed.D., George Washington

Sushmita Purkayastha, Assistant Professor of Applied Physiology and Wellness, Ph.D., North Texas

Meredith Richards, Assistant Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, Ph.D., Texas (Austin)

Brenna Rivas, Research Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., SMU

Laura Robinson-Doyle, Lecturer of Applied Physiology and Wellness, M.S., Texas Women’s University

Kelyn S. Rola, Lecturer of Applied Physiology and Wellness, Ed.D., SMU

Dara Rossi, Clinical Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., North Texas

Amy Gillespie Rouse, Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., Vanderbilt

Robert Rouse, Clinical Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., Vanderbilt

Mark Rudich, Lecturer of Applied Physiology and Wellness, M.S., Baylor

Edita Ruzgyte, Clinical Associate Professor of Dispute Resolution and Counseling, Ph.D., Texas Woman’s

Brandy Schumann, Clinical Associate Professor of Dispute Resolution and Counseling, Ph.D., North Texas

Milan Sevak, Clinical Associate Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, Ed.D., Harvard

Betty Iglesias Snyder, Clinical Associate Professor of Dispute Resolution and Counseling, Psy.D., Alliant International

Misty Solt, Clinical Associate Professor of Dispute Resolution and Counseling, Ph.D., North Texas

Kenneth L. Springer, Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., Cornell

Ashley Tull, Clinical Associate Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, Ed.D., Florida State

Candace Walkington, Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., Texas (Austin)

Terra Wagner, Clinical Assistant Professor of Dispute Resolution and Counseling, Ph.D., North Texas

Paige Ware, Mary Elizabeth Holdsworth Endowed Professor, Associate Dean, Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

Bradley Warren, Lecturer of Applied Physiology and Wellness, M.S., West Virginia

Nancy V. Warren, Clinical Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ed.D., Texas A&M (Commerce)

Peter G. Weyand, Glenn Simmons Endowed Professor, Ph.D., Georgia

Anne Wilhelm, Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., Vanderbilt

Paul Yovanoff, Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., Oregon

Simmons Emeritus Faculty

Dale E. Davis, Professor Emeritus of Teacher Preparation

Deborah Diffily, Professor Emeritus of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., North Texas

Paul Gordon Hook, Professor Emeritus of Physical Education, Ph.D., North Texas

Jiang (JoAnn) Lan, Professor Emeritus of Teaching and Learning, Ed.D., Northern Illinois

G. Reid Lyon, Professor Emeritus of Education Policy and Leadership, Ph.D., New Mexico

Patricia Mathes, Professor Emeritus of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., Vanderbilt

George McMillion, Professor Emeritus of Physical Education

William Pulte, Professor Emeritus of Teaching and Learning

Bryan Robbins, Professor Emeritus of Physical Education

R. Jack Roberts, Professor Emeritus of Education

Patricia K. Webb, Professor Emeritus of Teacher Preparation, Ed.D., North Texas