Faculty - EdD in Higher Education Administration Executive Cohort
Dr. Arleene P. Breaux
Clinical Associate Professor, Higher Education Administration
Executive Ed.D. Program Coordinator
- EdD | University of Arkansas
- Research Interests: Higher education administration, leadership and the presidency, governmental affairs and policy, finance
Dr. Nathaniel Bray
Professor, Higher Education Administration
Associate Director, Educational Policy Center
- PhD | Vanderbilt University
- Research Interests: College student issues, faculty-administrator relationships, rural education, student access, policy, finance and prestige of sociology in higher education
Dr. Karri Holley
Professor, Higher Education Administration
Program Coordinator, Higher Education Administration
- PhD | University of Southern California
- Research Interests: Interdisciplinary teaching and learning, organizational change in higher education, graduate and professional education, qualitative inquiry
Dr. Stephen Katsinas
Professor, Higher Education Administration
Director, Educational Policy Center
- PhD | Southern Illinois University
- Research Interests: History, finance, access of higher education, twentieth century American educational policy
Dr. Cindy Ann Kilgo
Assistant Professor, Higher Education Administration
- PhD | The University of Iowa
- Research Interests: High-impact educational practices, experiences of marginalized college student populations, utility and validity of critical quantitative inquiry in studying how college affects students
Dr. Frankie Santos Laanan
Professor, Higher Education Administration
Department Chair, Educational Leadership, Policy and Technology Studies
- PhD | University of California, Los Angeles
- Research Interests: Impact of community colleges on individuals and society, health and wellness of college students, pathways to STEM degrees for diverse students, survey research methods
Dr. Claire Howell Major
Professor, Higher Education Administration
- PhD | The University of Georgia
- Research Interests: College and university teaching, instructional technology, qualitative methods
Dr. Steve Mobley, Jr.
Assistant Professor, Higher Education Administration
- PhD | University of Maryland
- Research Interests: Historically Black Colleges and Universities, social class diversity within black communities, African American queer students, low-income, first-generation students, critical qualitative inquiry
Dr. Krystal L. Williams
Assistant Professor, Higher Education Administration
- PhD | University of Michigan
- Research Interests: Underrepresented Groups in STEM, higher Education and public policy, historically black colleges and universities; student role strain and adaptation; P-20 educational pathways
