Students
The Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis graduate student community is a collaborative network of scholars and practitioners interested in making significant contributions to the field of education through their individual and collective efforts.
Please feel free to contact the individuals listed below for more information on the Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis student experience. Some are current ELPA students, others have completed their programs, but they remain true ELPA cheerleaders!
K-12 Focused Students
Deb Spencer Anderson, Ph.D. student
Anderson@madison.k12.wi.us
Work: 608-267-3918
Home: 608-832-6606
Areas of Interest: K-12 in ELPA with a distributed minor in RPSE/social welfare.
Mark Anderson, Master’s alumnus
K-12 Principalship
Anderson@ricelake.k12.wi.us
(715)790-7947 (cell)
(715)234-8156 (work)
Michael Gonzalez, Ph.D. student
gonzal48@gmail.com
Areas of Interest: School culture, Affirmative Action, Equity issues, Leadership, organizational management and theory, NCLB.
John LaFleur, Ph.D. student
262-679-2300 #4521
jlafleur@mnsd.k12.wi.us
Administrative Development/Retention, Leveraging Technology for Improved School Learning
Erica Laughlin, Master’s student
Laughlin@wisc.edu
Work: 608-265-2408
Areas of Interest: Transitions from high school to college and the perceptions of campus climate for bi-racial/multi-racial undergraduate students.
Sarah McKinney, Ph.D. student
smckinney@wisc.edu
(608) 320-1353
Areas of interest: Disability Studies, social justice, inclusive education, being a principal
Steve Murley, Ph.D. student
Superintendent of Schools, Wausau School District
smurley@wausau.k12.wi.us
Work: 715-261-0505
Areas of Interest: Administrative Professional Development and Legislative Policy.
Lynda Oleinik, Certification student
oleinly@stoughton.k12.wi.us
Mobile: 608-219-1280
Catherine (Cate) Pautsch, Ph.D. student
pautsch@wisc.edu
Work: 608.265.2619
Cell: 704.576.9473
Areas of Interest: K-12 in ELPA, the role of the principal in turning around low-performing schools
Yeonjai Rah, Ph.D. alumna
yeonjairah@gmail.com
Home: 512-300-7697
Latish Reed, Ph.D. alumna (2007)
latish_reed@unc.edu
Areas of Interest: Social justice in administration and teaching practices.
Martin Scanlan, Ph.D. alumnus
Professor Marquette (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Martin.scanlan@marquette.edu
Annette Smith, Ph.D. alumna
Professor UW-Oshkosh
smithan@uwosh.edu
Christopher Thomas, Ph.D. alumnus (2007)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Leadership Studies
Director of Administrative Service Credential Program
University of San Francisco
cnthomas@usfca.edu
Areas of Interest: Urban Education, Community Involvement, Social
Justice, Special Education
Jess Weiler, Ph.D. student
Jrz111@aol.com
Home: 414-339-7204
Areas of Interest: Special Education, Law.
Higher, Postsecondary, and Continuing Education Focused Students
Kate Alder, Ph.D. student
Research Associate, Center on Education and Work
608-265-3541
My primary area of interest is career and technical education with a focus on administration of post-secondary CTE schools.
Darin Allen, Master’s alumnus
darintallen@hotmail.com
Home: 612-810-4395
Areas of Interest: Legal Aspects of Education and Diversity in Law School Admissions.
Brad Andrews, Ph.D. student
262-551-5800
bandrews@carthage.edu
My areas of interest focus on postsecondary education in the following areas: student affairs, public policy and finance, college choice, access, persistence, and the role of small private colleges.
Todd Berry, Ph.D. student
berrylew@chorus.net
Home: 608-831-3737
Areas of Interest: Social capital/ social networks. Higher education and
K-12 finance, policy analysis, methodology, marketing.
Emily Bradley, Master's alumna
Cell: 608.769.2631
Areas of Interest: Career Services in Higher Education
Molly Carlson, Ph.D. student
mgcarlson@wisc.edu
Office: 608-263-4018
Interests: College choice, Purpose of Higher Education
Laura Coppus, Master's student
coppus@wisc.edu
Areas of Interest: Student Affairs (First Year Experience, Leadership Development, and Greek Life)
Honorie Coté, Master's student
hocote@wisc.edu
Work - 263-6678
Areas of interest: teaching and learning focus relating to health professions students and returning adult students, and the recruitment and retention of underrepresented populations.
Marjorie Cook, Ph.D. student
marjoriecook@wisc.edu
Areas of Interest: At-risk college students (esp. low SES and first generation), psychological factors affecting educational decision making and persistence, and community college students.
Darin Eich, Ph.D. alumnus
djeich@gmail.com
Areas of Interest: Leadership Development, Teaching & Learning, Experimental Education, Service Learning, University Curriculum, Innovation & Creativity, Strategic Planning
Lee Frazer, Ph.D. student
rlfrazer@wisc.edu
Home: 608-238-2659
Areas of Interest: Reflective practice, Transformative learning, Adventure education, Critical pedagogy, Participatory leadership, “Groupwork”, Experimental learning, Personal development.
Tina Gislason, Ph.D. student
kegislason@wisc.edu
Areas of Interest: Higher education law, student affairs, and athletics.
Matt Greenberg, Master’s alumnus
Matt_greenberg@hotmail.com
Chris Hoppe, Ph.D. student
lawbadger@hotmail.com
Areas of Interest: Athletic Administration, Higher Education Legal Services, and Office of General Counsel.
Jason Johnson, Ph.D. student
jnjohnson@wisc.edu
Minor: Rhetoric
I have been with the ELPA Ph.D. program since fall 2004 and my intentions are to complete the program by spring 2007 or shortly thereafter. I am focusing my research on the rhetoric of higher education, particularly with regard to the purposes of higher education as illuminated by subjects such as: institutional mission statements and capital campaigns, articulations of secondary-postsecondary connections, public policy documents and deliberations, field/discipline boundaries, and expressions of research aims and objectives.
Patti Jorgensen, Ph.D. student
jorgensenpl@lakeland.edu
Work phone: (920) 565-1256
Areas of interest: Leadership in higher education, teaching and learning, partnerships
Christina Klawitter, Ph.D. alumna
cpklawitter@wisc.edu
Work: 608-262-5780
Areas of Interest: Student and academic affairs administration, undergraduate career development and leadership education, curriculum design and teaching
Elizabeth O’Callaghan, Ph.D. student
eocallaghan@wisc.edu
(608) 335-0535
Areas of Interest: Women’s Issues in Higher Education, Gender Equality, Women’s Academic and Administrative Leadership in the Academy.
Matt Page, Master’s student
mpage@mail.utexas.edu
Areas of interest: Student affairs, diversity issues
Julia Savoy, Master's alumna, Ph.D. student
jnsavoy@wisc.edu
Work: (608) 265-0478
Areas of Interest: Continuing Professional Education and Development, Health Professions Education and Program Planning, Evaluation and Research, Gender Issues
Kayla Schipman, Master’s student
Mobile: 307.660.3092
Areas of Interest: Athletic Training Education, Assessment of Clinical Education.
Scott Seyforth, Ph.D. student
scott.seyforth@housing.wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-0914
Areas of Interest include: Social capital and community building; higher education finance; learning communities and first-year experience; social justice issues; experiential learning, curriculum design and teaching.
Alexandra Sielaff, Ph.D. student
sielaff@pitnet.net
Home: 262-939-1938
Ares of Interest: Transfer Populations and Policy.
Courtney Skare, Master’s alumna
caskare@wisc.edu
Home: 920-559-2490
Jenna Street, LAT; Master's student
jstreet@wisc.edu
248-376-5184
Areas of Interest: Athletic Administration, Sports Medicine Administration, Undergraduate Program Curriculum Design/Management
Genella Taylor, Ph.D. student
gmtaylor@wisc.edu
Areas of Interest: Teaching and learning focus, Department of Education leadership and policy analysis.
Mónica Urigüen, Ph.D. alumna
moniuriguen@yahoo.com
Areas of interest: Quality issues in higher education.
Home phone in Quito, Ecuador: 5932-2406618
Stacey Wegener, Master’s student
swegener@wisc.edu
920-210-8121
Career Focus: Student Services-Admissions/Academic Advising
Interests: Recruitment of underrepresented populations
Patricia Yu, Master’s student
Pyu1@wisc.edu
Areas of Interest: International Student Affairs.
Policy Focused Students
Nicole R. Bowman-Farrell, Ph.D. student
www.nbowmanconsulting.com
nbowman@nbowmanconsulting.com
715-526-9240
Areas of interest are social science research and indigenous evaluation methodologies.
Dawn Crowley, Ph.D. alumna
dawnmcrowley@hotmail.com
Areas of Interest: Sustaining excellence in higher education.
Michael Garvey, Ph.D. alumnus
garvey@johnsoncreek.k12.wi.us
Area of Interest: Wisconsin Youth Options Program as well as K-12 Leadership and Career and Technical Education
Yeonjai Rah, Ph.D. alumna
yeonjairah@gmail.com
3501 Shoreline Dr., #924
Austin, TX 78728
Leticia Smith-Evans, Ph.D. student
lvsmithevans@wisc.edu
Areas of Interest: Education Law and Policy, Diversity, and Professional Development.
Ph.D. Dissertations
For information on Ph.D. student dissertations both in progress and completed, view the ELPA website http://www.education.wisc.edu/elpa/academics/dissertations.html
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