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Motoko Akiba
Associate Professor
E-mail: akibam@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 884-3730
Motoko  AkibaResearch Areas
  • Teacher Quality & Learning
  • Multicultural Teacher Education
  • School Violence & Safety
Office: 202 Hill Hall

Personal Website: http://web.missouri.edu/~akibam/

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Rozana Carducci
Assistant Professor
E-mail: carduccir@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 884-5442
Rozana  CarducciResearch Areas
  • Manifestations and implications of academic capitalism within student affairs organizations
  • “Revolutionary” conceptualizations of higher education leadership
  • Intersection of critical qualitative inquiry theory and practice
Office: 202 Hill Hall

Offical Website: Faculty Webpage

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Bradley Curs
Assistant Professor
E-mail: cursb@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 882-2759
Bradley  CursResearch Areas
  • Economics of Education
  • Higher Education Finance
  • College Access and Affordability
Office: 202 Hill Hall

Personal Website: http://web.missouri.edu/~cursb/

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Sarah Diem
Assistant Professor
E-mail: diems@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 884-4907
Sarah  DiemResearch Areas
  • Educational politics and policy
  • Educational policy implementation
  • School desegregation
Office: 202 Hill Hall

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Joe Donaldson
Professor
E-mail: DonaldsonJ@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 884-9330
Joe  DonaldsonResearch Areas
  • Adult Undergraduate Students in Higher Education
  • Organization and Leadership of University Continuing Education
  • Education in the Professions
Office: 202 Hill Hall

Personal Website: http://bengal.missouri.edu/~donaldsonj/

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Steven W. Graham
Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs
E-mail: grahams@umsystem.edu
Phone Number: (573) 882-6396
Steven W. GrahamGeneral Interest
  • Leadership Development
  • Business Training
  • Adult Learning
Office: 309 University Hall

Offical Website: http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/departments/aa/pali/leadership/

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Casandra Harper
Assistant Professor
E-mail: harpercas@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (572) 882-2818
Casandra  HarperGeneral Interest
  • College Student Development
  • Institutional Research & Assessment
  • Multiracial College Students
Office: 202 Hill Hall

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Jeni Hart
Associate Professor
E-mail: hartjl@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 882-4225
Jeni  HartResearch Areas
  • Professions Within Academe
  • Campus Climate and Organizational Transformation Within Academe
  • Gender Issues Within Academe
Office: 202 Hill Hall

Offical Website: http://web.missouri.edu/~hartjl/

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M. Carol Maher
Assistant Professor
E-mail: maherm@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 882-8221
M. Carol MaherGeneral Interest
  • Teaching
  • Students
  • Performance
Office: 202 Hill Hall

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Heather L. Mosley Lindhart
Postdoctoral Fellow
E-mail: linhardth@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 884-6658
Heather L. Mosley LindhartResearch Areas
  • Strategic district-level reform
  • “Exceptional” or “gifted' educational policy
  • Social inequalities in education
Office: 202 Hill Hall

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Paul L. Pitchford
Clinical Assistant Professor
E-mail: PitchfordP@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 882-0862
Paul L. PitchfordGeneral Interest
  • Educational Leadership
  • Teacher Effectiveness
  • Strategic Planning
Office: 2 London Hall

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Peggy Placier
Associate Professor
E-mail: PlacierP@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 882-9643
Peggy  PlacierResearch Areas
  • Analysis of state, district, and school level policies
  • Policy discourse analysis
  • Teacher education policy and practice
Office: 202 Hill Hall

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Juanita M. Simmons
Associate Professor
E-mail: simmonsjm@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 882-4218
Juanita M. SimmonsResearch Areas
  • Curriculum Design
  • Urban Leadership
  • Magnet School Operations & Staff Development
Office: 202 Hill Hall

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Noelle Witherspoon Arnold
Assistant Professor
E-mail: arnoldn@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 884-4951
Noelle  Witherspoon ArnoldResearch Areas
  • Faith-based organizations and schools
  • Education for social justice and advocacy
  • Gender and race in education
Office: 202 Hill Hall

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Roger L. Worthington
Professor of Counseling Psychology & Higher Education
E-mail: WorthingtonR@missouri.edu
Phone Number: (573) 882-8360
Roger L. WorthingtonResearch Areas
  • Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
  • Multicultural Counseling Competencies
  • LGB Issues and Sexual Identity
Office: 16 Hill Hall

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