Education Policy and Leadership Faculty

Education Policy and Leadership (EPL) faculty members conduct research that supports the department’s mission and aims to implement change in local and national educational policies. Focusing on Higher Education and PK-12 School Leadership, SMU’s EPL department enlightens and empowers students and faculty to engage in research with real-world impacts. Our EPL experts' research aligns with their personal interests and academic goals as well as their work within EPL's various programs: 

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Dominique Baker, Ph.D.
Dr. Dominique Baker
  • Equity
  • Higher Education
Sondra Barringer, Ph.D.
Dr. Sondra Barringer
  • Higher Education
  • Leadership and Administration
  • Governance and Decision Making
  • University Trustees
  • Interdisciplinary Research
  • Higher Education Finance
  • Research Universities              
Dr. Watt Lesley Black, Jr.
Dr. Watt Lesley Black, Jr.
 
  • K-12 Policy
  • K-12 Law
  • First Amendment Expression Rights
Dr. Michael Harris
Dr. Michael Harris
  • Higher Education
  • Leadership and Administration
  • Governance and Decision Making
  • University Presidents
  • Tenure and Faculty Issues
  • College Sports
Dr. Akihito Kamata
Dr. Akihito Kamata
  • Psychometrics
  • Quantitative Methods
  • Assessment
Leanne Ketterlin Geller, Ph.D.
Dr. Leanne Ketterlin-Geller
  • Mathematics Education
  • Special Education
  • Measurement and Assessment
Alexandra Pavlakis, Ph.D.
Dr. Alexandra Pavlakis
  • Poverty and Homelessness
  • K-12 Leadership & Family-School-Community Relations
  • Qualitative Methods
Meredith Richards, Ph.D.
Dr. Meredith Richards
  • Equity
  • Poverty and Homelessness
  • K-12 Policy
  • Segregation
Dr. Ashley Stone
Dr. Ashley Stone
  • Rural Students in Higher Education 
  • Critical Theories/Approaches & Higher Education