Department of Educational Leadership
About
Chair:
Contact Information
Phone: (936) 294-1147
Website: Department of Educational Leadership
Mission
The Department of Educational Leadership prepares culturally responsive educational leaders and professional counselors who promote meaningful societal change.
Belief Statements:
- We believe that faculty members lead by example.
- We believe that faculty members should develop and promote best practices in teaching, research, and service.
- We believe that the quality and competitiveness of the department’s programs are a primary responsibility of all faculty members.
- We believe that faculty members should display culturally responsive and respectful behavior.
- We believe in preparing educational leaders to be consumers and producers of research in order to function effectively in a dynamic and ever-changing world.
- We believe in collaboration among disciplines and between our department and the communities we serve.
- We believe excellent teaching is guided by quality scholarship.
- We believe the integrity and efficacy of faculty are developed and enhanced through academic freedom and shared governance.
- We believe that high quality programs are achieved through faculty expectations that instill academic rigor, specific measurable outcomes, student accountability, and deliberate evaluation and feedback
Academic Programs
The Department of Educational Leadership currently offers only graduate degree and certificate programs. See the current graduate catalog for more details.
Chair: Julie P Combs
Rebecca M Bustamante, PHD, Professor of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, PHD, Univ of San Diego; MA, San Jose State University; BA, Univ of Wisconsin-Madison
Julie P Combs, EDD, Professor and Acting Chair of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, EDD, Texas A&M - Commerce; MED, Texas A&M - Commerce; BS, Texas A&M University
Paul William Eaton, PHD, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, PHD, LSU & A&M College; MED, LSU & A&M College; MED, Univ of Maryland-College Park; BA, Univ of Minesota-Twin Cities
Matthew Bryan Fuller, PHD, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, PHD, Illinois State University; MS, Texas A&M University; BA, Texas A&M University
Anthony J Harris, EDD, Professor of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, EDD, Texas A&M - Commerce; MS, Univ of Southern Mississippi; BA, Univ of Southern Mississippi
Mack T Hines, EDD, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, EDD, South Carolina State Univ; EDS, Winthrop College; MAT, South Carolina State Univ; BA, Morris College
Peggy Philpot Holzweiss, PHD, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, PHD, Texas A&M University; MS, Texas A&M University; BS, Texas A&M University
Forrest Christopher Lane, PHD, Assistant Professor of Education, Department of Educational Leadership, PHD, Univ of North Texas; MS, Univ of North Texas; BS, Texas A&M University
Frederick C. Lunenburg, PHD, Professor of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, PHD, University of Ottawa; MAED, Seton Hall University; BS, Wagner College
Cynthia Martinez-Garcia, EDD, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, EDD, Texas A&M-Kingsville; MS, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; BS, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Nara Martirosyan, EDD, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, EDD, Grambling State Univ; MS, Grambling State Univ; BA, Tatev Pedagogical University
Ricardo Montelongo, PHD, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, PHD, Indiana University; MS, Texas A&M University; BS, Texas A&M University
George W Moore, PHD, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, PHD, Univ of Oklahoma-Norman; MSED, Univ of Central Oklahoma; BSED, Univ of Central Oklahoma
Anthony J Onwuegbuzie, PHD, Professor of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, PHD, Univ of S Carolina-Columbia; MED, Univ of S Carolina-Columbia; MS, Univ of S Carolina-Columbia; BA, Univ of Kent At Canterbury; BA, Univ of Kent At Canterbury
David Patrick Saxon, EDD, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, EDD, Grambling State Univ; MBA, Appalachian State University; BSBA, Appalachian State University
Susana Troncoso Skidmore, PHD, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, PHD, Texas A&M University; MED, Texas A&M University; BA, Texas A&M University
John R Slate, PHD, Professor of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, PHD, Univ of Tennessee-Knoxville; MA, Univ of Tennessee-Knoxville; BA, Eastern Illinois University
Interim Faculty
Robert S Allen, EDD, Lecturer of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, EDD, Sam Houston State University; MED, Sam Houston State University; BFA, Texas State Univ-San Marcos
Susan Kay Borg, EDD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, EDD, Sam Houston State University; MED, Sam Houston State University; BS, Central Michigan Univ
Stacey L. Edmonson, EDD, Professor of Education and Dean, College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership, EDD, Texas A&M - Commerce; MED, Texas A&M - Commerce; BA, Texas A&M University
Carolyn F Fiaschetti, EDD, Lecturer of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, EDD, Sam Houston State University; MED, Sam Houston State University; BS, Miami University-Ohio
Brandon Clark Griggs, PHD, Lecturer of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, PHD, Azusa Pacific University; MSED, Baylor University; BS, Tarleton State University
Darol Wayne Hail, EDD, Lecturer of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, EDD, Sam Houston State University; MED, Sam Houston State University; BA, Univ of Wyoming
Janene Withers Hemmen, EDD, Lecturer of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, EDD, Sam Houston State University; MED, Sam Houston State University; BA, Iowa State University
Sheila Ann Joyner, EDD, Lecturer of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, EDD, Univ of Arkansas-Fayetteville; MS, Pittsburg State University; BA, Pittsburg State University
Ronny Dean Knox, EDD, Superintendent of Schools 12Mo, Department of Educational Leadership, EDD, Stephen F Austin University; MED, Univ of Houston-Victoria; BA, Univ of Houston-Victoria
Melinda Kay Perzan-Wooderson, EDD, Lecturer of Education, Department of Educational Leadership, EDD, Sam Houston State University; MED, Sam Houston State University; BS, Sam Houston State University
Shannon Melinda Taylor, EDD, Lecturer of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, EDD, California Luthrn Un; MED, Baylor University
Veronica Vijil, EDD, Lecturer of Educational Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, EDD, Sam Houston State University; MED, Indiana Wesleyan Univesity; BS, Univ of Texas-El Paso
