Faculty
Nicola Alexander Nicola Alexander
- Professor; Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Diversity, and International Initiatives
- 612-626-3256
- nalexand@umn.edu
Policy does not always work in the way we expect or want. My research examines the implications of policy for society as a whole, entire student populations, and specified student groups.

Peggy Andrews Peggy Andrews
- Lecturer
- pandrews@umn.edu
Prior to beginning an academic career, I worked in the field of human resources for more than 20 years and held staff and leadership positions at The Pillsbury Company, Personnel Decisions International, Ameriprise Financial (formerly American…

Alexandre Ardichvili Alexandre Ardichvili
- Professor; Hellervik Chair in Leadership and Adult Career Development; Co-Director, Workforce Development and Research Lab
- 612-626-4529
- ardic001@umn.edu
Examples of my past empirical research include: a series of quantitative studies linking leadership styles and cultural values of managers and employees in the U.S.

Heidi Barajas Heidi Barajas
- Associate Professor; Interim Associate Vice President for Public Engagement
- 612-625-4823
- hbarajas@umn.edu
Heidi Lasley Barajas is currently serving as the interim Associate Vice President for Public Engagement at the University of Minnesota and is an associate professor in the College of Education and Human Development.

Kenneth Bartlett Kenneth Bartlett
- Professor; Hellervik Chair in Leadership and Adult Career Development
- 612-624-4935
- bartlett@umn.edu
My program of research examines the process, outcomes, and context of human resource development, training, lifelong learning, and organizational change.

Cori Bazemore-James Cori Bazemore-James
- Affiliate Faculty, Higher Education; Assistant Vice Provost, Graduate School Diversity Office
- she, her, hers
- 612-624-9447
- cbazemor@umn.edu
Fall 2023: OLPD 8702—Administration and Leadership in Higher Education Dr. Cori Bazemore-James (she/her) is an enrolled member of the Seneca Nation of Indians of Western New York and was raised in a Lakota community in South Dakota.

Joshua Collins Joshua Collins
- Associate Professor; Director of Undergraduate Studies
- collinsj@umn.edu
I am concerned with the challenges associated with learning and work for racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual minorities.

Joan DeJaeghere Joan DeJaeghere
- Professor
- 612-626-8258
- deja0003@umn.edu
As the oldest daughter of parents who had to leave secondary school due to financial needs, I am committed to concerns related to educational equity and wellbeing.

Peter Demerath Peter Demerath
- Professor; Co-Coordinator, Graduate Programs in Education Policy and Leadership
- 612-626-0768
- pwd@umn.edu
Demerath completes UMN GPS Alliance-Sponsored outreach trip to Papua New Guinea - Extended write up with pictures [PDF] My research and teaching are guided by a commitment to broaden equitable educational opportunity for all students.

Nicole Dillard Nicole Dillard
- Assistant Professor
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- 612-626-8971
- ndillard@umn.edu
My primary research interest explores areas of marginalized identities in organizations with a focus on narratives of mothering and work, women and leadership, and the work-life experiences of women of color.

Heather Dorsey Heather Dorsey
- Senior Teaching Specialist
- 612-626-4780
- dors0034@umn.edu
I have been a faculty member of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota for 17 years. I teach in the First Year Inquiry program which involves multidisciplinary team teaching and learning communities.

Meg Fitzgerald-Sisk Meg Fitzgerald-Sisk
- Lecturer
- 612-625-0060
- mfsisk@umn.edu
My academic interests are in the fields of HRD, instructional design, and higher education, and my principal interest lies in exploring how faculty in higher education learn to teach.

Gerald Fry Gerald Fry
- Professor
- 612-624-0294
- gwf@umn.edu
My background is Amish, although as a city-reared Kansas boy I was the only member of my extended family who didn’t speak Amish. Maybe that’s what prompted my interest in learning languages.

Andrew Furco Andrew Furco
- Professor; Associate Department Chair
- 612-625-5663
- afurco@umn.edu
My primary research and teaching interests focus on the measurement and assessment of experiential education, community-engaged learning, and community-engaged scholarship in fulfillment of the public purposes of education.

Michael Goh Michael Goh
- Professor; Campbell Leadership Chair in Education and Human Development
- mgoh@umn.edu
From 2017-2022, I served as the University of Minnesota systemwide vice president for equity and diversity for the university’s five campuses.

Barbara Hodne Barbara Hodne
- Lecturer
- she, her, hers
- 612-625-7847
- hodne002@umn.edu
I coach my students to be "first-class noticers" who think deeply about events and attitudes in the workplace and decide how and whether writing could address the issues they see at work.

Rashné R. Jehangir Rashné R. Jehangir
- Professor; Robert Beck Chair of Ideas in Education; Founding Director, CEHD First Gen Institute
- 612-625-3551
- jehan001@umn.edu
My academic work is at the nexus of research and praxis shaped by my early career as a student affairs practitioner and advisor in federally funded TRIO programs.

David Johnson David Johnson
- Professor; Coordinator of Graduate Programs in Evaluation Studies
- 612-624-1062
- johns006@umn.edu
David R. Johnson, Ph.D. is Senior Associate Dean for Research and Policy, an Emma Birkmaier Professor of Educational Leadership, and Director of the Institute on Community Integration (ICI) in the College of Education and Human Development,…

Christopher Johnstone Christopher Johnstone
- Associate Professor; Director of Graduate Studies
- 612-625-2505
- john4810@umn.edu
Christopher Johnstone is an Assistant Professor of Comparative and International Development Education.

Minjung Kim Minjung Kim
- Lecturer
- kim00242@umn.edu
OLPD 5615 – Training & Development of HR OLPD 3601 – Introduction to HRD OLPD 3424 – Sales Training OLPD 5619 – Planning and Decision-Making I believe that exploring human resources development in a diversity of organizational contexts…

Sehoon Kim Sehoon Kim
- Associate Professor; Coordinator of Graduate Programs in Human Resource Development
- 612-626-4079
- kimsh@umn.edu
My scholarship is seeking a comprehensive understanding of HRD to foster incessant development of individuals, organizations, communities, and the whole society.

John LaVelle John LaVelle
- Assistant Professor
- 612-626-0884
- jlavelle@umn.edu
My empirical work has focused on the formal development of the evaluation profession, with a specialization on understanding international job markets and university systems that are set up to meet those needs.

Meixi Meixi
- Assistant Professor
- she, her, they, them
- 612-624-5717
- meixi@umn.edu
Spring 2022: OLPD 8087 - Culture, Learning, and Human Development Fall 2022 & 2023: OLPD 5122 - Indigenous Education ( course site ) Spring 2023: OLPD 8103 - Comparative Education From mangrove forests to highland mountains, I grew up navigating…

Tania Mitchell Tania Mitchell
- Professor; Department Chair; Rodney Wallace Professor for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
- 612-624-6867
- tmitchel@umn.edu
My scholarship and teaching is focused on supporting student development with an aim to foster students’ leadership capacities for social change and social justice.

Walter Novillo Walter Novillo
- Lecturer
- 612-624-9719
- novi0007@umn.edu
My education background is in human resource development, business, public administration, and law.

Roberto Orozco Roberto Orozco
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- orozc100@umn.edu
My research explores questions around race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality with relation to college student activism and student development, queer resistance and queer worldmaking in and outside of higher education contexts.

Rosemarie Park Rosemarie Park
- Associate Professor
- 612-625-6267
- parkx002@umn.edu
I was trained as an elementary teacher in Great Britain and have taught in elementary and adult literacy settings in Great Britain and the United States.

Katie Pekel Katie Pekel
- Executive Director of Educational Leadership
- 612-625-7002
- kpekel@umn.edu
As the Executive Director of Educational Leadership, Dr. Pekel serves as the department’s direct connection between the fields of research and practice in PK-12 education.

Gary Peter Gary Peter
- Senior Lecturer
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- 612-626-0433
- peter901@umn.edu
I've been at the University of Minnesota since 2002 and have taught a wide variety of courses in a wide range of disciplines to both undergraduate and graduate students.

Calvin Phillips Calvin Phillips
- Affiliate Faculty; Vice President for Student Affairs
- 612-626-1642
- cphill34@umn.edu
Calvin D. Phillips, D. Ed. is the Vice President for Student Affairs at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, and serves as the chief student affairs officer of the University of Minnesota multi-campus system.

Debra Prenkert Debra Prenkert
- Senior Leader of Scholarly Practice
- dprenker@umn.edu
Dr. Prenkert has been in K-12 education for 28 years. She was a classroom teacher for 12 years at the elementary level.

Gary Prest Gary Prest
- Director, Administrative Licensure and Leadership; Co-Coordinator of Graduate Programs in Education Policy and Leadership; Co-Director, Urban Leadership Academy
- 612-626-8647
- pres0004@umn.edu
As a University of Minnesota alumni, I am grateful to serve this great institution and its students as the Director of Administrative Licensure and lead in leadership development for educational administrators.

Louis Quast Louis Quast
- Senior Lecturer
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- 612-626-3046
- louquast@umn.edu
Louis Quast's primary appointment is as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development , in the College of Education and Human Development.

David Quinn David Quinn
- Rodney S. Wallace Associate Professor for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
- dquinn@umn.edu
David M. Quinn is Rodney S. Wallace Associate Professor for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development at the University of Minnesota.

Aditi Rajendran Aditi Rajendran
- Assistant Professor
- araj@umn.edu
My research explores how leadership shifts policies and practices towards more racially just schools and systems.

Rebecca Ropers Rebecca Ropers
- Professor; Senior Advisor, Academic Leadership and Conflict Resolution, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, Office of Equity and Diversity
- 612-626-9545
- ropers@umn.edu
My scholarship focuses on how educators create environments that are accessible to, nurturing of, and reliant upon people in our diverse communities.

Matthew Schuelka Matthew Schuelka
- Lecturer
- schu1168@umn.edu
I have experience at all levels of education, from kindergarteners to graduate students. I have also lived and taught in several countries around the world: Bhutan, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.

Roozbeh Shirazi Roozbeh Shirazi
- Associate Professor; Coordinator of Graduate Programs in Comparative and International Development Education
- 612-624-2367
- shir0035@umn.edu
Coming to the field of comparative and international education from a background in political science, I have always sought to understand the social, political, and cultural labor that schools perform, with particular attention to how knowledge is…

Stephanie Sisco Stephanie Sisco
- Assistant Professor
- 612-626-7255
- pleasant@umn.edu
My research seeks to understand how social issues appear at work and influence the learning and development of professionals of color.

Christine Sonenblum Christine Sonenblum
- Lecturer; Administrative Licensure Coordinator
- 612-625-8300
- sone0001@umn.edu
Early research projects concerned inclusive education services for students with disabilities, team-decision making in development of Individualized Education Programs, and post-school outcomes for students who had received special education and…

Teri Staloch Teri Staloch
- Lecturer; Administrative Licensure Coordinator
- 608-385-8772
- stal0038@umn.edu
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Darrius Stanley Darrius Stanley
- Assistant Professor; Carmen Starkson Campbell Endowed Fellow for Innovation in Teacher Development
- he, him, his
- dstanley@umn.edu
My work centers the political, educational, and philosophical perspectives of Black people to unearth Black genius and possibility in education.

Michael Stebleton Michael Stebleton
- Professor; Co-Coordinator of Graduate Programs in Higher Education
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- 612-625-2110
- steb0004@umn.edu
My current studies focus on understanding the experiences of first-generation and immigrant college students, including food insecurity issues and the impact of career courses on career planning and career decision-making.

Nathaniel Stewart Nathaniel Stewart
- Assistant Professor; Carmen Starkson Campbell Endowed Fellow for Innovation in Teacher Development
- 612-625-3517
- stewart1@umn.edu
I am a former middle school science teacher and Black liberatory pedagogist, turned educational policy scholar.

Karen Storm Karen Storm
- Lecturer
- 612-624-5708
- stout010@umn.edu
Karen Storm, Ph.D., is a Research Associate at the Center for Early Education and Development (CEED) part of the Institute on Community Integration at the University of Minnesota.

Jonathan Stuart Jonathan Stuart
- Lecturer
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- 612-625-8697
- stua0042@umn.edu
Coming from the fields of adult education and human resource development, my work experience the past twenty years intersects between training at companies and teaching in higher education.

Elizabeth Sumida Huaman Elizabeth Sumida Huaman
- Professor; Emma Birkmaier Education Leadership Professorship
- 612-626-5118
- eshuaman@umn.edu
OLPD 5122 Indigenous Education: Research, Policy, and Practice OLPD 5080 (Special Topics) Qualitative research design: Applied Indigenous methods DSSC 8111 Ways of Knowing OLPD 8101 International development and education OLPD 5132 Intercultural…

Bhaskar Upadhyay Bhaskar Upadhyay
- Professor
- he, him, his
- 612-625-3286
- bhaskar@umn.edu
As a former science teacher, I am interested in research and teaching that addresses issues of science teaching and learning in the high-poverty urban schools.

Kyla Wahlstrom Kyla Wahlstrom
- Lecturer; Senior Research Fellow
- 612-624-1890
- wahls001@umn.edu
Kyla L. Wahlstrom, PhD, is a Senior Research Fellow in the College of Education and Human Development, and also a Lecturer in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development (OLPD). Most recently, Dr.

David Weerts David Weerts
- Professor; Faculty Director, Academic Planning and Programs, Office for Public Engagement
- 612-625-2289
- dweerts@umn.edu
Over the past fifteen years, my scholarly work has focused on helping college and university leaders build productive relationships with external partners including state policy makers, community partners, alumni, and donors.

Stuart Yeh Stuart Yeh
- Professor
- 612-624-0285
- yehxx008@umn.edu
I apply evaluation perspectives and frameworks to identify what works in solving pressing social problems.
