EPFA Faculty

Janine Allen, Ph.D.
University of Oregon
Student Services and enrollment management; higher education policy and governance; higher education law

Stephanie Blackman, MS
Portland State University
Adult learning; civic leadership and service learning; schools in society; social change, sociological theories of education

Susan Carlile, MA
University of Oregon
Instructional leadership; organizational change; principle leadership; curriculum and staff development; supervision and evaluation

Carolyn Carr, Ph.D.
University of Texas at Austin
School law; equity issues; policy studies; school and community relations; qualitative research; educational leadership preparation

Tom Chenoweth, Ph.D.
Stanford University
Principalship; supervision and evaluation of instruction; school change and leadership; problem-based learning; high school reform

Christine Cress, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Adult learning and professional development; institutional transformation and inclusive learning communities; community-based learning; teaching to cognitive and cultural diversity; leadership for social change.

Ramin Farahmandpur, Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles
Critical pedagogy; social justice and multicultural education

Andy Job, Ed.D.
Portland State University
Adult learning; organizational leadership; assessment; organizational behavior; training and development

Dan Johnson, Ed.D.
Portland State University
Instructional leadership; principal and superintendent development; school law; community relations; organizational change

Dae Kim, Ph.D.

New York University
Public policy and finance; quantitative research methods; evaluation of education policies and school reform programs

Cheryl Livneh, Ed.D.
Boston University
Adult learning, continuing professional development

Rosalyn McKeown, Ph.D.
University of Oregon
Education for a more sustainable future; environmental education

Pramod Parajuli, Ph.D.
Stanford University

Sustainability Education; leadership for sustainability; political ecology; biocultural diversity; ethnographic research methods

Michael Smith, Ph.D.

University of California, Los Angeles
Parent involvement in college choice; educational equity; first-generation college students; race and ethnicity in higher education; sociological theories of capital; qualitative research methodology and analysis

Dilafruz Williams, Ph.D.
Syracuse University
Philosophy of education; ecological/environmental education; administration of curriculum; urban schools; educational policy