Faculty
Educational Administration
Acting Department Head
Vicki Squires Assistant Professor, Acting Department Head and Graduate Chair, Educational Administration
Dr Squires' research and teaching areas include post-secondary education, leadership, assessment and evaluation, and organizational theory.
Faculty
David Burgess Associate Dean (Research, Graduate Support, and International Initiatives)
Dr Burgess' research and teaching areas include organizational theory, modelling, simulation, decision-making, and analysis; and educational and administrative law.
Michael Cottrell Associate Professor, Educational Administration
Dr Cottrell's research and teaching areas include Native-Newcomer relations, Indigenous education, international and comparative education, and educational leadership.
Paul Newton Professor, Educational Administration
Dr Newton's research and teaching areas include school improvement, the principalship, leadership, and staff development.
Janet Okoko Assistant Professor, Educational Administration
Dr Okoko's research and teaching areas include school leadership preparation and development, socially empowered learning, monitoring and evaluation of education programs, immigrants and minority education.
Michelle Prytula Dean, College of Education
Dr Prytula's research and teaching areas include learning, identity, leadership, induction, educational finance, and improvement.
Scott Tunison Assistant Professor, Educational Administration
Dr. Tunison’s research and teaching areas include strategic planning, evidence-informed decision making, Indigenous education, and K-12 leadership.
Keith Walker Professor, Educational Administration
Dr Walker's research and teaching areas include professional and applied ethics; executive leadership, board and organizational development; trust and moral agency; hope-building through leadership; best interests of the child; teacher retention and attrition; adaptive mentorship; the spiritual dimension of leadership; flourishing schools and churches; non-Catholic students in Catholic schools; wellness and policymaking; capacity building in the new economy; leadership philosophies; and decision making in public and not-for-profit sectors.
Dawn Wallin Associate Dean (Undergraduate Programs, Partnerships, and Research)
Dr Wallin's research and teaching areas include educational administration and leadership; rural education; and gender issues in education.
Jing Xiao Assistant Professor, Educational Administration
Dr Xiao's research and teaching areas include international comparative educational administration, organizational theory, and post-secondary educational administration.