Faculty

Department of Educational Organization and Leadership Faculty:

• Samuel Kern Alexander Ph.D., Indiana University, Professor, Former President of Murray State University. Research includes higher education law and finance.
  E-mail: alexandr@uiuc.edu
  
  
• Michael Bastedo Ph.D., Stanford University, Assistant Professor. Research includes higher education policy, organization theory, sociology of higher education, governance.
  E-mail: bastedo@uiuc.edu
  
  
• Debra D. Bragg Ph.D., The Ohio State University, Professor. Research includes community college policy and leadership, policy and program evaluation, high school to college transition.
  
  
• Denise O'Neil Green Ph.D., University of Michigan, Assistant Professor. Research includes higher education policy, diversity, organizational conflict, and qualitative research design.
  E-mail: dogreen@uiuc.edu
  
  
• Kristina Hesbol Ph.D., Loyola University, Assistant Professor. Research includes learning organizations, organizational design, and literacy. E-mail: khesbol@uiuc.edu
  
  
• Richard C. Hunter Ed.D., University of California, at Berkeley. Professor and Department Head. Research includes- urban education, equity issues, school accountability, and privatization of public schools. E-mail: rchunter@uiuc.edu
  
  
• Stanley Ikenberry Ph.D., Michigan State University. Regent Professor and President Emeritus University of Illinois. Research includes policy and leadership.
  E-mail: stanike@uiuc.edu
  
  
• Arthur Lehr Ed.D., Visiting Assistant Professor. Research includes public school reform involving equity in curriculum, student placement, and support policies. E-mail: lehr@uiuc.edu
  
  
• Stephen Lucas Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia. Assistant Professor. Research includes transformational leadership theory, collaborative administrator-teacher leadership, and middle school principals and teacher-leaders. E-mail: selucas@uiuc.edu
  
  
• David R. Pierce Ph.D., Purdue University. Adjunct Professor. Research includes leadership, culture, history, and governance. E-mail: DPierce280@aol.com
  
  
• James Ward Ed.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Professor. Research includes constitutional politics and school finance.
  E-mail: j-ward@uiuc.edu

Other Faculty Affiliated with the CCEL Program

• Steven R. Aragon Ph.D., University of New Mexico. Assistant Professor, HRE. Research includes adult learning, cross cultural learning, and program evaluation. E-mail: aragon@uiuc.edu
  
  
• Angela Benson Ph.D., University of Georgia. Assistant Professor, HRE. Research includes instructional technologies for teaching and learning. E-mail: abenson@uiuc.edu
  
  
• Liora Bresler Ph.D., Stanford. Professor, Curriculum and Instruction. Research includes qualitative research design. E-mail: liora@uiuc.edu
  
  
• Scott D. Johnson Ph.D., University of Minnesota. Professor and Department Head, HRE. Research includes instructional design, instructional methods, and online learning.
  E-mail: sjohnson@uiuc.edu
  
  
• K. Peter Kuchinke Ph.D., University of Minnesota. Assistant Professor, HRE. Research includes evolution of the field of Human Resource Education and leadership and management development in public and private organizations. E-mail: kuchinke@uiuc.edu
  
  
• James A. Leach Ph.D., University of Illinois. Professor, HRE. Research includes trainer certification, instructional excellence in training and development, program management and evaluation. E-mail: jaleach@uiuc.edu