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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Simmons School of Education and Human Development



Offices of the Academic Deans

Stephanie L. Knight, Dean, Leon Simmons Endowed Deanship

Anthony Petrosino, Associate Dean for Research and Outreach

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

Francesca Go, Assistant Dean for Assessment and Accreditation

Administration

Eric Bing, Director of the Institute for Leadership Impact

Annie Wright, Executive Director of the Center on Research and Evaluation

Toni Harrison-Kelly, Executive Director of The Budd Center: Involving Communities in Education

LaChelle Cunningham, Director of College Access

Annette Taylor, Director of External Affairs and Outreach

Jeff King, Director of Development

Simmons Faculty

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Kristie Abt, Clinical Assistant Professor of Applied Physiology and Sport Management, Ph.D., Pittsburgh

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

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

Cindy Anderton, Clinical Assistant Professor of Counseling, Ph.D., Southern Illinois (Carbondale)

Flavio Azevedo, Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

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

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

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

Corey Brady, Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., Massachusetts Dartmouth

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

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

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

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

Greta Davis, Clinical Associate Professor of Counseling, Department of Counseling Chair, Ph.D., North Texas

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

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

Karla Del Rosal, Clinical Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D. Colorado

Ashley Mag Gabbert, Clinical Assistant Professor of Human-Centered Interdisciplinary Studies, Ph.D., Texas Tech

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

Nick Gesualdi, Clinical Associate Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, Ed.D., Vanderbilt

Francesca Go, Clinical Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, Assistant Dean, Ph.D., North Texas

Tara Godhwani, Clinical Assistant Professor of Counseling and Counseling Clinic Director, Ph.D., North Texas

Sydney Hammit, Clinical Assistant Professor of Applied Physiology and Sport Management, Ph.D., Arkansas

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

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

Xiaodon Hu, Associate Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, Ph.D., Florida

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

Willis Jones, Associate Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, Department of Applied Physiology and Sport Management Chair ad interim, Ph.D., Vanderbilt

Akihito Kamata, Mary Elizabeth Holdsworth Endowed Professor, Department of Education Policy and Leadership Chair, Ph.D., Michigan

Alison Kanny, Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)

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

Michael Kuban, Visiting Lecturer of Applied Physiology and Sport Management, DBA, Grenoble Ecole de Management (France)

Lin Lin Lipsmeyer, Professor and Department Chair of Teaching and Learning, Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia

Kate Montgomery, Clinical Assistant Professor and Department of Human-Centered Interdisciplinary Studies Chair, Ed.D., SMU

Farnoosh Nouri, Clinical Assistant Professor of Counseling, Ph.D., North Texas

Prajakt Pande, Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., Tata Institute, Mumbai

Magdalena Pando, Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., Texas Tech

Alexandra Pavlakis, Associate Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)

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

John Potter, Clinical Professor of Human-Centered Interdisciplinary Studies, O.D., Indiana

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

Amy Richardson, Clinical Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ed.D., SMU

Kyle Roberts, Research Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., Texas A&M (College Station)

Laura Robinson-Doyle, Lecturer of Applied Physiology and Sport Management, M.S., Texas Woman’s University

Edita Ruzgyte, Clinical Professor of Counseling, Ph.D., Texas Woman’s

Brooke Ryan, Clinical Assistant Professor of Applied Physiology and Sport Management, D.P.T., UTSWMC

Kelsey Schenck, Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)

Brandy Schumann, Clinical Professor of Counseling, Ph.D., North Texas

Quentin Sedlacek, Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D. Stanford

Misty Solt, Clinical Professor of Counseling, Ph.D., North Texas

Ashley Stone, Clinical Assistant Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, Ph.D., Texas (Austin)

LaKaavia Taylor, Clinical Associate Professor of Counseling, Ph.D., North Texas

Kenneth Troupe, Visiting Lecturer of Applied Physiology and Sport Management, M.S., Ohio

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

Sandra Frost Waldron, Assistant Professor of Education Policy and Leadership, Ph.D., Michigan State

Denise Walker, Clinical Assistant Professor of Counseling, Ph.D., Texas A&M, Commerce

Candace Walkington, Annette and Harold Simmons Centennial Chair, Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., Texas (Austin)

Paige Ware, Associate Provost and Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

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

Jeanna Wieselmann, Assistant Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D. Minnesota (Twin Cities)

Jiun-Yu Wu, Professor of Teaching and Learning, Ph.D., Texas A&M (College Station)

Simmons Emeritus Faculty

Dale E. Davis, Professor Emeritus of Teacher Preparation, Ed.D. North Carolina

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

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

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

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, Ph.D. Texas (Austin)

Bryan Robbins, Professor Emeritus of Physical Education

R. Jack Roberts, Professor Emeritus of Education

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

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

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