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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Simmons School of Education and Human Development



Offices of the Academic Deans

Michael S. Harris, Dean ad interim,

Corey Brady, Associate Dean for Research and Outreach

Willis Jones, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Rebecca Hood, Senior Assistant Dean for Administrative Affairs and Operations

Kathryn Canterbury, Assistant Dean for Research and Grants Accounting

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

Karen Pierce, 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)

Deukmook Bae, Assistant Professor of Applied Physiology and Sport Management, Ph.D., South Carolina (Columbia)

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

Lisa Beijan, Clinical Assistant Professor of Counseling, Ph.D., North Texas

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

Tiffany Bordonado, Clinical Associate Professor of Counseling, Ph.D., South Carolina at Columbia

Corey Brady, Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning and Associate Dean for Research and Outreach, Ph.D., Massachusetts Dartmouth

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

Kevin K. Byon, Department Chair and Glenn Simmons Endowed Professor of Applied Physiology and Sport Management, Ph.D., Indiana

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

Greta Davis, Department Chair and Clinical Associate Professor of Counseling, 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 Professor of Teaching and Learning and 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 and Dean ad interim, Ed.D., Pennsylvania

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 and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Ph.D., Vanderbilt

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

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

Todd Krumholz, Visiting Clinical Professor of Applied Physiology and Sport Management, J.D., Marquette

Bo Li, Assistant Professor of Applied Physiology and Sport Management, Ed.D., Arkansas (Fayetteville)

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

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

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

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)

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

Laura Robinson-Doyle, Clinical Associate Professor 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 Associate 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 Associate Professor of Counseling, Ph.D., North Texas

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, Clinical Assistant Professor of Applied Physiology and Sport Management, M.S., West Virginia

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

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

Jonathan D. Wood, Visiting Clinical Professor of Applied Physiology and Sport Management, M.S. Sport Management, Texas A&M (College Station)

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