Master of School Administration

Mark D'Amico

Professor of Higher Education
Educational Leadership
Cato College of Education, Mebane Hall 360E

Curriculum Vitae Mark D’Amico is a Professor of Higher Education and former Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership at UNC Charlotte. Mark primarily studies community college transfer and noncredit education and has published more than 60 scholarly articles and book chapters. His work has been funded by the U.S. Department of Education, the John […]

Sandra Dika

Professor
Educational Leadership
Cato College of Education, Mebane Hall 276

Curriculum Vitae Sandra Dika is Professor of Educational Leadership (Research Methods) at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Sandra earned degrees in elementary education and human ecology from the University of Alberta (Canada) before receiving her Ph.D. in Educational Research and Evaluation from Virginia Tech. Sandra’s scholarship contributes to discussion about the utility of […]

Walter Hart

Clinical Associate Professor
Educational Leadership
Cato College of Education, Mebane Hall 273

Walter Hart is a clinical associate professor. 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 […]

Cathy Howell

Clinical Associate Professor, Ed.D. Graduate Program Director, M.Ed. Higher Education Director
Educational Leadership
Cato College of Education, Mebane Hall 267

Dr. Howell is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She is the Ed.D. Graduate Program Director and the Graduate Program Director of the M.Ed. in Educational Leadership – Higher Education. Dr. Howell teaches courses in adult and higher education and places emphasis on (1) advancement of inclusion, diversity, equity, […]

Jamie Kudlats

Assistant Professor & Program Coordinator for the Ed.D. Superintendency Concentration
Educational Leadership
Cato College of Education, Mebane Hall 271

Jamie Kudlats is an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he teaches courses in the Master of School Administration and Ed.D. in Educational Leadership programs. Jamie also developed and currently leads the Independent School concentration of the M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction. His research interests include positive […]

Rich Lambert

Professor
Educational Leadership

Rich Lambert is a Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Director of the Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation. He earned his Ph.D. in Research, Measurement, and Statistics and Ed.S. in counseling psychology from Georgia State University.  He has received over 30 million dollars in […]

Jae Hoon Lim

Program Director for Post-Master's Certificate in Qualitative Research; Professor
Educational Leadership

Jae Hoon Lim is a Professor of Educational Research and teaches introductory and advanced qualitative research courses in the Cato College of Education. Dr. Lim’s research explores the intersection of gender, race, and class in STEM education and highlights the dialogical process of identity construction across various groups of underrepresented minorities in STEM fields. She […]

Lisa R. Merriweather

Professor of Adult Education
Educational Leadership

Dr. Lisa R. Merriweather My passion drives me to understand the realities of race, particularly through the lens of anti-Black racism in the education of adults. My journey has moved along a tumultuous path best described as Living While Black that compels me to increase the capacity of my teaching, quality of my research, and […]

Debra Morris

Clinical Associate Professor and Program Director of the MSA Program
Educational Leadership

Debra Morris recently retired after serving as the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum & Instruction in Kannapolis City Schools. Prior to being named the assistant superintendent, she was principal at A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis. Morris spent 15 years as a high school English teacher and has a BA in English from Appalachian State University, […]

Rebecca Shore

Associate Professor
Educational Leadership

Dr. Rebecca Shore is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership. She teaches in the Master of School Administration program, the Aspiring Principal program and the Doctorate in Educational Leadership program. Prior to coming to UNC Charlotte, Dr. Shore worked in schools for 28 years in California, Louisiana, and North Carolina; 13 years […]