ELP Faculty

Janine Allen, Ph.D.
University of Oregon
Student Services and enrollment management; higher education policy and governance; higher education law

Patrick Burk, Ph.D.
University of Chicago
District, state, and federal educational policy; characteristics of high performing schools

Heather Burns, Ed.D.
Portland State University
Sustainability pedagogy in higher education, sustainable food systems, and the roles of community-based learning and service-learning in creating sustainable change

Susan Carlile, MA
University of Oregon
Instructional leadership; organizational change; principal leadership; curriculum and staff development; supervision and evaluation

Tom Chenoweth, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Principalship; supervision and evaluation of instruction; school change and leadership; problem-based learning; high school reform

Christine Cress, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Adult learning and professional development; institutional transformation and inclusive learning communities; community-based learning; teaching to cognitive and cultural diversity; leadership for social change

Ramin Farahmandpur, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Critical pedagogy; social justice and multicultural education

Karen Haley, Ed.D.
North Carolina State University
Student services, legal aspects of higher education, student success in higher education, graduate education 

Andy Job, Ed.D.
Portland State University
Adult learning; organizational leadership; assessment; organizational behavior; training and development

Dan Johnson, Ed.D.
Portland State University
Instructional leadership; principal and superintendent development; school law; community relations; organizational change

Cheryl Livneh, Ed.D.
Boston University
Adult learning, continuing professional development

Deborah Peterson, Ed.D.
Lewis and Clark
Principalship and PK-12 instructional leadership for equity; engaging diverse communities in education; organizational change for equity; second language acquisition and multicultural education

Amy Petti, Ed.D.
Portland State University

Candyce Reynolds, Ph.D.
University of Oregon
Adult learning; student-centered learning; learning communities, authentic student learning assessment practices, online learning; student development theory

Michael Smith, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Parent involvement in college choice; educational equity; first-generation college students; race and ethnicity in higher education; sociological theories of capital; qualitative research methodology and analysis

Stephanie (Blackman) Stokamer, MS
Portland State University
Adult learning; civic leadership and service learning; schools in society; social change, sociological theories of education

Dilafruz Williams, Ph.D.
Syracuse University
Philosophy of education; ecological/environmental education; administration of curriculum; urban schools; educational policy