Doctoral Programs Dept of Counseling, Leadership, Adult Education & School Psychology

Welcome to the Doctoral Program in Education with majors in

Adult, Professional, and Community Education and

School Improvement

The vision of this program is to prepare transformational leaders who will become change agents committed and prepared to improve the quality of learning communities and learning across the life span.

We welcome your interest in our programs!  Our students develop their abilities to plan learning programs for both adults and K-12 settings; help communities in capacity-building; orchestrate professional development activities; foster learning for advocacy, action, and social justice; improve organizational capabilities; and conduct research in these settings and beyond.  Our students provide leadership through research, scholarly contributions, and participation in a wide variety of positions across the field of education and around the world.

Students learn to team with faculty and field professionals beyond classroom experiences as demonstrated in our most recent student contributions. To see a preview of our current faculty research interests click here. 

In the News…

A DECADE OF TEACHING, RESEARCH, AND SERVICE
 
A Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Texas State University’s Ph.D. Programs in APCE and SI
 

Alumni and current Ph.D. students are invited to join with the Ph.D. faculty March 23, 2011 at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 1001 E. McCarty Lane, San Marcos.
 
3:00 pm: Mini conference, featuring doctoral program alumni
6:00 pm: Reception (appetizers and cash bar)
7:00 pm: Dinner
8:00 pm: Keynote

Education and Community Leadership Conference 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012 - 9am to 4pm
Texas State University

This year's conference is just around the corner and we invite you to join us to an amazing day of learning, listening and leading!  The 2012 Conference theme, "Re-imagining Leadership: Language, Culture, and Development," recognizes the power in relationships for both academics and practitioners. Together, and with the support of university faculty, educators, education and community leaders, and youth partnerships, we will frame our learning within the contexts of language, culture, and development. This space will provide an opportunity for all participants to witness and highlight existing knowledge sets and discovering new ways of understanding and serving our educational settings.

2012 KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Maenette Kape‘ahiokalani Padeken Ah Nee-Benham

We are thrilled to have Dr. Benham as our Keynote Speaker for this year's conference.  Dr. Benham earned her doctoral degree from the University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa in 1992, and in January 1993 she joined the College of Education faculty at Michigan State University. There, she built a strong base of inquiry that centered on (a) the nature of engaged and collective educational leadership across diverse communities and organizations (in particular, indigenous communities); (b) the wisdom of knowing and praxis of social justice envisioned and enacted by educational and community leaders (both formal and informal); (c) the meaning and value of systems knowledge in the work of sustained, community-based capacity building; and (d) the effects of educational and social policy on vulnerable communities. Benham’s work on alternative frames of leadership and issues of education is nationally and internationally respected. She has been an invited speaker and presenter at international conferences in Europe and Southeast Asia, and at the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (Hawai‘i, Canada, New Zealand, and Perú).

For more information, please contact Lee Francis at: L_f40@txstate.edu.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FALL 2011 PH.D. GRADUATES!

Karin Johnson - School Improvement (advisor, Steve Gordon)

Salwa Khan - Adult, Professional, and Community Education (advisor, Ann Brooks)

Daryl Michel - School Improvement (advisor, Ann Brooks)

Stacia Miller - Adult, Professional, and Community Education (advisor, Robert Reardon)

Quinn Floyd - Adult, Professional, and Community Education (advisor, Robert Reardon)

Damaris Womack - Adult, Professional, and Community Education (advisor, Jovita Ross-Gordon)

TWO EDUCATION PH.D STUDENTS NAMED CLARK SCHOLARS

Genise Henry and Jonna Beck have been named Clark Scholars, and are the first two doctoral students from Texas State University to receive this prestigious national/international appointment.   
 
The David L. Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar brings together emerging educational leadership and policy scholars and noted researchers for presentations, generative discussion, and professional growth. The 32nd Annual David L. Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar in Educational Administration and Policy will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia in April, 2012 in conjunction with the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting. It is jointly sponsored by AERA Division A (Administration, Organization & Leadership), AERA Division L (Educational Policy & Politics), The University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), and SAGE Publications.