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A Community Built for Collective Leadership.

Ed.D. Educational Leadership faculty support students as scholars, practitioners and leaders working to improve schools, colleges and communities. Through coursework, advising and dissertation guidance, they help you connect research to practice and develop the tools to address complex challenges in education. Use this page to learn more about the faculty who will guide your growth throughout the program.

Current Student Profiles

Ed.D. Educational Leadership Faculty

Critical scholar-practitioners who mentor, challenge, and learn alongside you.

Ed.D. Educational Leadership Faculty

Jose Acacio De Barros	Professor	Liberal Studies	barros@sfsu.edu
Antwi Akom	Professor	Africana Studies	akom@sfsu.edu
Fatima Alaoui	Associate Professor	Communication Studies	comm@sfsu.edu
Evra Marie Baldinger	Assistant Professor	Secondary Education	evrabaldinger@sfsu.com
George Barganier	Associate Professor	Criminal Justice Studies	gbarg@sfsu.edu
Brian Beatty	Professor	Equity, Leadership & Instructional Technologies	bjbeatty@sfsu.edu
Christopher Bettinger	Associate Professor	Sociology	cpb@sfsu.edu
Robert Bonner	Assistant Professor	Business Management	bonner@sfsu.edu
Ali Borjian	Professor	Elementary Education	borjian@sfsu.edu
Angelica Camacho	Assistant Professor	Criminal Justice	camachoa@sfsu.edu
Teresa Carrillo	Professor	Latina/Latino Studies	tisa@sfsu.edu
Laureen Chew	Emeritus	Ethnic Studies	laureenc@sfsu.edu
Julie Chronister	Professor	Counseling	jchronis@sfsu.edu
Robert Keith Collins	Associate Professor	American Indian Studies	rkc@sfsu.edu
Arlene Daus-Magbual	Assistant Professor	Asian American Studies	amianan@mail.sfsu.edu
Geoff Desa	Professor	Business Management	gdesa@sfsu.edu
Jeff Duncan-Andrade	Professor	Race & Resistance / Latina/Latino Studies	jandrade@sfsu.edu
Crystal Edwards	Assistant Professor	Africana Studies	cledwards@sfsu.edu
Laura Epstein	Professor	Speech, Language & Hearing	lepstein@sfsu.edu
Isauro Escamillo	Assistant Professor	Elementary Education	imescami@sfsu.edu
Yanan Fan	Professor	Secondary Education	yanan@sfsu.edu
Dawn-Elissa Fischer	Associate Professor	Anthropology	drdef@sfsu.edu
Doris Flowers	Professor	Equity, Leadership & Instructional Technologies	dflowers@sfsu.edu
Bradley James Fogo	Assistant Professor	Secondary Education	bfogo@sfsu.edu
Amber Friesen	Associate Professor	Special Education	afriesen@sfsu.edu
Robert Gabriner	Emeritus	EdD in Educational Leadership	gabriner@sfsu.edu
Marcela Garcia-Castanon	Associate Professor	Political Science	mgcs@sfsu.edu
Sheldon Gen	Professor	Public Administration	sgen@sfsu.edu
Trevor Getz	Professor	History	tgetz@sfsu.edu
Mayumi Hagiwara	Assistant Professor	Special Education	mhagiwara@sfsu.edu
David Hemphill	Emeritus	Equity, Leadership & Instructional Technologies	hemphill@sfsu.edu
Barbara Henderson	Director/Professor	Elementary Education	barbarah@sfsu.edu
Lawrence Horvath	Emeritus	Secondary Education	lhorvath@sfsu.edu
Eric Hsu	Professor	Mathematics	erichsu@sfsu.edu
Rama Ali Kased	Assistant Professor	Race & Resistance	ramak@sfsu.edu
Leora Kava	Assistant Professor	Race & Resistance	lkava@sfsu.edu
Mina Kim	Professor	Elementary Education	minakim@sfsu.edu
Catherine Kudlick	Emeritus	History	kudlick@sfsu.edu
Judith Kysh	Professor	Secondary Education	jkysh@sfsu.edu
Ming-Yeh Lee	Emeritus	Equity, Leadership & Instructional Technologies	mylee@sfsu.edu
Sonja Lenz-Rashid	Professor	Social Work	srlenz@sfsu.edu
Cynthia Martinez	Assistant Professor	Counseling	cmartinez42@sfsu.edu
Daniel Meier	Professor	Elementary Education	dmeier@sfsu.edu
Alexander Mejía	Assistant Professor	Secondary Education	afmejia@sfsu.edu
Maryssa Mitsch	Assistant Professor	Special Education	mmitsch@sfsu.edu
Kathleen Mortier	Associate Professor	Special Education	kmortier@sfsu.edu
Irina Okhremtchouk	Assistant Professor	Equity, Leadership & Instructional Technologies	irinao@sfsu.edu
Graciela Orozco	Emeritus	Counseling	orozco@sfsu.edu
Abul Pitre	Professor	Africana Studies	apitre@sfsu.edu
Stanley Pogrow	Professor	Equity, Leadership & Instructional Technologies	spogrow@sfsu.edu
Ponipate Rokolekutu	Assistant Professor	Race & Resistance	prokolekutu@sfsu.edu
Maricel G. Santos	Professor	English	mgsantos@sfsu.edu
Kim Seashore	Associate Professor	Science & Mathematics Education	kimseash@sfsu.edu
Stephanie Sisk-Hilton	Professor	Elementary Education	stephsh@sfsu.edu
Genie Stowers	Professor	Public Administration	gstowers@sfsu.edu
Sherria Taylor	Associate Professor	Child & Adolescent Development	sherriat@sfsu.edu
Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales	Professor	Asian American Studies	aticu@sfsu.edu
Rebecca Toporek	Professor	Counseling	rtoporek@sfsu.edu
Jennifer Trainor	Professor	English	jtrainor@sfsu.edu
Maika Watanabe	Professor	Secondary Education	watanabe@sfsu.edu
Jackson Wilson	Professor	Recreation, Parks & Tourism	wilsonj@sfsu.edu
Yang Xiao-Desai	Associate Professor	Modern Languages & Literatures	yangxiao@sfsu.edu
Darlene Yee-Melichar	Professor	Public Administration	dyee@sfsu.edu
Betty Yu	Professor	Speech, Language & Hearing	bettyyu@sfsu.edu
Maria Del Rosario Zavala	Associate Professor	Elementary Education	mza@sfsu.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Ed.D. Educational Leadership Adjunct Faculty

Faculty	Position	Email
Violet Ballard, Ed.D.	Ed.D. Graduate Coordinator, SF State	vballard@sfsu.edu
Jamie M. Chan, Ed.D.	Lecturer Faculty, Graduate College of Education	jmchan@sfsu.edu
Donald Frazier, Ed.D.	Interim Assistant Principal, John Muir Elementary School	dfrazie1@sfsu.edu
Angela Meeker, Ed.D.	Senior Director, District Support and Leadership, Santa Cruz County Office of Education	ameeker@mail.sfsu.edu
Robert Nakamoto, Ed.D.	Dean of Social Sciences, Chabot College	nakamoto@sfsu.edu
Roam Romagnoli, Ed.D.	Interim Dean of Language Arts and Academic Foundations, Santa Rosa Junior College	rromagnoli@sfsu.edu
George Sellu, Ph.D.	Interim Dean, Career Technical Education, Woodland Community College	gsellu@sfsu.edu