Ph.D. Educational Leadership

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 […]

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 […]

Dr. Tisha Greene is currently the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education & Teacher Preparation in the Cato College of Education at UNC Charlotte. She is a two-time UNC Charlotte graduate having earned a BA in English and MA in English Education from UNC Charlotte. Dr. Greene also holds an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Wingate […]

Dr. Dawson R. Hancock is a Professor of Educational Research in the Department of Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His research interests include assessment and evaluation, curriculum design, student and faculty motivation, and leadership theory and application. His most recent works investigate factors which influence the recruitment, development, and retention […]

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 […]

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 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 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 […]

Alan Mabe is a Visiting Professor of Educational Leadership. He is a native of North Carolina, having grown up in Pilot Mountain. He has a bachelor’s from Guilford College, a master’s and doctorate from Syracuse University and a Prosci Certificate in Change Management. While he was also an instructor and visiting assistant professor at Syracuse […]

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 […]