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Tracy Goodson-Espy, Interim Program Director 
goodsonespyt@appstate.edu

Chris Osmond, Co-Director
osmond@appstate.edu

Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership fosters the development of educators who embrace just and sustainable practices. We support and nurture a wide variety of research methodologies that enhance collaborative learning to create positive individual, social, cultural and institutional change. We consistently engage in a critical analysis of biases including race, gender, poverty, and all other -identities that shape our lives. Across a variety of disciplines, our inclusive and challenging program inspires a diversity of critical thought and unique transformative experiences.

Programs

• Educational Leadership - Educational Administration Concentration, EdD
• Educational Leadership - Expressive Arts Education, Leadership and Inquiry Concentration, EdD
• Educational Leadership - Higher Education Concentration, EdD
• Educational Leadership - Instructional Technology Leadership, EdD
• Educational Leadership - Interdisciplinary Studies Concentration, EdD
• Educational Leadership - Literacy in Exceptionalities Concentration, EdD

• Educational Leadership - Educational Administration, EdD and Educational Administration, EdS
• Educational Leadership - Higher Education Concentration, EdD and Higher Education - Community College & University Leadership Concentration, EdS

Courses

• EDL 7011 - Multi-Disciplinary Seminar on Emerging Issues I (3)
• EDL 7012 - Multi-Disciplinary Seminar on Emerging Issues II (3)
• EDL 7020 - Organizational and Systems Theory (3)
• EDL 7025 - Leadership in Organizations (3)
• EDL 7030 - Concepts and Constructs in Curriculum and Instruction (3)
• EDL 7040 - Educational Organizations and Technology (3)
• EDL 7050 - School Finance and Business Administration (3)
• EDL 7065 - Writing for the Professional Educator (3)
• EDL 7099 - Professional Seminar (1)
• EDL 7110 - Survey of Research Methodologies in Education (3)
• EDL 7120 - Advanced Tests and Measurements (3)
• EDL 7130 - Multivariate Statistics (3)
• EDL 7160 - Qualitative Research Methods (3)
• EDL 7165 - Applied Quantitative Methods in Education I (3)
• EDL 7170 - Program Evaluation and Policy Analysis (3)
• EDL 7175 - Applied Quantitative Methods in Education II (3)
• EDL 7180 - Advanced Qualitative Research in Education (3)
• EDL 7190 - Research Design in Education (3)
• EDL 7500 - Independent Study (1-3)
• EDL 7530-7549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
• EDL 7900 - Internship (3-6)
• EDL 7989 - Doctoral Research (1-9)
• EDL 7999 - Dissertation (1-9)

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