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Kyle Cox

Educational Leadership

Assistant Professor
kcox59@uncc.edu

Kyle Cox is an assistant professor of educational research, measurement, and evaluation at University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he teaches graduate level statistics and research methods courses. His research focuses on improving the feasibility of multilevel studies through design improvements and analytic advancements. This work is applicable across the social sciences as the methods accommodate natural hierarchical structures and complex theories but Kyle is most interested in their application in educational settings. Specifically, Kyle has investigated statistical...

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Mark D'Amico

Mark D'Amico

Educational Leadership

Professor of Higher Education
COED 360E
mmdamico@uncc.edu

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Laurie De Block

Educational Leadership

Assistant Office Manager
COED 261
704-687-8858
ldeblock@uncc.edu

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Sandra Dika

Sandra Dika

Educational Leadership

Associate Professor
COED 274
704-687-8539 ext. 4
sdika@uncc.edu

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Tisha Greene

Educational Leadership

Assistant Dean & Clinical Assistant Professor
COED 143
704-687-0759
tisha.greene@uncc.edu

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Dawson Hancock

Educational Leadership

Professor
COED 360B
704-687-8863
dhancock@uncc.edu

 

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Henry Harris

Educational Leadership

Interim Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership, Professor, Director of Ph.D. in Counselor Education & Supervision, CACREP Liaison
COED 241B
704-687-8971
hharris2@uncc.edu

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Walter Hart

Educational Leadership

Clinical Associate Professor & Program Coordinator Ed.D Superintendent Concentration
hartwh@uncc.edu

Walter Hart is a clinical associate professor and program coordinator for the superintendent concentration of the Ed.D.  Prior to coming to UNC Charlotte, he was an assistant professor and program coordinator for the educational leadership program at Winthrop University.  He taught classes in leadership, finance, and school law and expanded that program to include an Ed.S. and developed an Ed.D. partnership with Clemson University. 

Before entering higher education, Hart spent three decades as a teacher, principal, associate superintendent and superintendent in five school...

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Cathy Howell

Educational Leadership

Clinical Assistant Professor, Ed.D. Graduate Program Director, Interim M.Ed. Higher Education Director
COED 267
704-687-8734
chowel22@uncc.edu

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Stella Kim

Educational Leadership

Assistant Professor
stella-kim@uncc.edu

Stella Kim is an assistant professor of educational research, measurement, and evaluation at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She teaches graduate level courses on educational statistics and measurement. Her research interests are test equating, classification consistency and accuracy, generalizability theory, and multidimensional item response theory. Before joining UNC Charlotte in 2018, Dr. Kim earned her Ph.D in educational measurement from University of Iowa, and worked as a graduate research assistant in the Center for Advanced Studies in Measurement and Assessment (CASMA)...

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Jamie Kudlats

Educational Leadership

Assistant Professor
jkudlats@uncc.edu

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Richard Lambert

Richard Lambert

Educational Leadership

Professor
COED 280
704-687-8867 ext. 5
rglamber@uncc.edu

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Dr. Jae Hoon Lim

Jae Hoon Lim

Educational Leadership

Professor
COED 282
704-687-8864
jhlim@uncc.edu

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Alan Mabe

Educational Leadership

Visiting Professor
COED 261C
704-687-8854
amabe3@uncc.edu

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Lisa R. Merriweather

Lisa R. Merriweather

Educational Leadership

Professor of Adult Education
COED 266
704-687-8867 ext. 6
lmerriwe@uncc.edu

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Ryan Miller

Ryan Miller

Educational Leadership

Associate Professor of Higher Education
COED 264
RyanMiller@uncc.edu

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Debra Morris

Debra Morris

Educational Leadership

Clinical Associate Professor and Program Director of the MSA Program
COED 271
704-687-8867 ext. 2
dsmorris@uncc.edu

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Xiaoxia Newton, Ph.D.

Xiaoxia Newton

Associate Professor
COED 272
(704) 687-8867-7
xnewton@uncc.edu

Dr. Xiaoxia Newton is an applied methodologist whose scholarship is centrally concerned with using methodological tools in creative and productive ways to tackle educational problems pertinent in urban communities, with an emphasis on mathematics education and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)/CS participation. Her research, teaching, and service activities are all anchored around this research interest.

 

Research Interests:

  • Program evaluation theory and practice

  • Multilevel modeling applications

    ...

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Beth Oyarzun

Clinical Associate Professor and Program Director of LDT M.Ed. and Grad Certs
COED 263
7046878711
Beth.Oyarzun@uncc.edu

Dr. Beth Oyarzun is a Clinical Associate Professor of Learning Design and Technology (LDT) at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She teaches fully online courses in LDT and serves as the Program Director for both the Master of Education and graduate certificate degrees in LDT.   Her research areas of interest surround online teaching and learning pedagogy and technology integration into effective instruction. Beth has been teaching for over 25...

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Vacant

Educational Leadership

Office Manager
COED 261-D

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Ayesha Sadaf

Ayesha Sadaf

Educational Leadership

Associate Professor
COED 277
704-687-8867 ext. 3
asadaf@uncc.edu

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Carmen Serrata

Educational Leadership

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Carmen Serrata is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Higher Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She earned her Ph.D. in Educational Administration from the University of Texas at Austin and her Master’s in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Over the last 13 years, Carmen has served in various roles to promote college readiness and college opportunity pathways to underserved student groups.

Carmen’s research centers on examining the postsecondary experiences of marginalized student populations and the influence of...

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Rebecca Shore

Rebecca Shore

Educational Leadership

Associate Professor and Program Coordinator Curriculum & Supervision Concentration (EDD Program)
COED 269
704-687-8867 ext. 4
rshore6@uncc.edu

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Chuang Wang

Chuang Wang

Educational Leadership

Professor
COED 272
704-687-8708
cwang15@uncc.edu

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Jim Watson

Jim Watson

Educational Leadership

Clinical Professor
COED 275
704-687-8718
jrwatson@uncc.edu

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Carl Westine

Carl Westine

Educational Leadership

Associate Professor
COED 271
704-687-8539 X6
cwestine@uncc.edu

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Scarlett Zhang

Assistant Professor
COED 265
szhang26@uncc.edu

Scarlett Zhang is an Assistant Professor in the Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, Superintendent concentration. Dr. Zhang's research interest focuses on the application and integration of advanced statistical analyses for assessing educational policy implementation, school conditions, leadership implementation in
schools, and student achievement in low-performing schools.

Education
Ph.D. University of Alabama, Elementary and Middle School Educational
Graduate Certificate, University of Alabama, Quantitative Educational Research
Masters in English...

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Emeritus Faculty

Claudia Flowers

Claudia Flowers

Educational Leadership

Professor
COED 261C
704-687-8862
cpflower@uncc.edu

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Lynn Ahlgrim-Delzell

Lynn Ahlgrim-Delzell

Educational Leadership

Faculty Emeritus
laahlgri@uncc.edu

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Robert Algozzine

Robert Algozzine

Educational Leadership

Professor Emeritus
rfalgozz@uncc.edu

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Jim Bird

Jim Bird

Educational Leadership

Associate Professor Emertius

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Mickey Dunaway

Mickey Dunaway

Educational Leadership

Associate Professor Emeritus
dmdunawa@uncc.edu

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John Gretes

John Gretes

Educational Leadership

Professor Emeritus of Instructional Systems Technology
jagretes@uncc.edu

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Corey Lock

Corey Lock

Educational Leadership

Professor Emeritus
crlock@uncc.edu

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James Lyons

James Lyons

Educational Leadership

Professor Emeritus
jelyons@uncc.edu

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