Our distinguished faculty holds decades of K-12 teaching and administration experience with a passion for developing high-quality programs that help shape high-quality leaders for Washington State.
Resident Faculty
Shannon Calderone, Ph.D.
Role: Associate Professor (Tenure-Track)
Location: WSU Everett
Teaching: EDAD 509, International Principal Program
Scholarship: Democratic Engagement in K-16 spaces, School Improvement & Change, Educational Equity & Inclusion, Trust & Social Trust, Institutional Sustainability and Cohesion, and Risk Leadership.
Service: WERA President, AERA, UCEA, WASA, AWSP, Regional ESDs
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Kathleen Cowin, Career Track Associate Professor, received her Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Seattle University (2006). Kathleen served as an elementary teacher and an elementary and middle school principal before joining WSU. She also completed her Superintendent certification.
Kathleen, Cowin, Ed.D.
Role: Scholarly Associate Professor (Career-Track), Tri-Cities Principal Program Coordinator and Field Supervisor
Location: WSU Tri-Cities
Teaching: EDAD 516; EDAD 583; EDAD 589; EDAD 590, Field Supervisor
Scholarship: Mentoring in educational settings (mentoring to enhance educational leader formation, the development of mentoring relationships, the development of co-mentoring networks and circles among current educational leadership students and novice educational leaders, and mentor/mentee mentoring education). My research also includes the study of a “Collaborative Conversations” process Dr. Sarah Newcomer and I have developed that brings future educational leaders and pre-service teachers together during their certification coursework to discuss culturally sustaining, socially just pedagogy.
Service: AERA, WSU Teaching Academy, WSU Provost’s Office for Transformational Change Initiative (Peer Observation in Support of Instructional Excellence Program), College of Education Research Advisory Council, College of Education Scholarship Committee, WSU’s Principal Certification Program PEAB, and WSU Tri-Cities Resident Faculty Organization.
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Kristin Huggins, Ph.D.
Role: Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track)
Location: WSU Vancouver
Teaching: EDAD 516
Scholarship: Instructional Leadership, Teacher Leadership, Teams, Educational Leadership for Math and Science, Leadership for STEM, Rural Leadership
Service: AERA, UCEA, Phi Kappa Phi, NAME, Text and Academic Authors Assoc., Kappa Delta Pi, The National Scholars Honor Society, WASA, AWSP
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Sharon Kruse, Ph.D.
Role: Professor (Tenure-Track), Past-Department Chair
Location: WSU Vancouver
Teaching: EDAD 509
Scholarship: School Leadership, Mindful Leadership, Organizational Culture, Organizational Learning, Leadership Decision-making, Community Engagement, Women in Leadership, Cultural Competency
Service: UCEA, AERA, Vancouver School District, Director-Center for the Study of Academic Leadership (UCEA), WCEAP (Past President, Secretary), WASA, AWSP, Regional ESDs
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Joe Lapidus, M.Ed.
Role: Instructor, Vancouver Field Supervisor
Location: WSU Vancouver
Teaching: EDAD 590, EDAD 516, Field Supervisor
Scholarship: Principal Preparation
Service: WASA, AWSP, AWSP Intern Grant Reviewer, Regional ESDs
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Richard McBride, Ed.D.
Role: Assistant Professor (Clinical-Track), Spokane Principal Program Coordinator and Field Supervisor
Location: WSU Spokane
Teaching: EDAD 590, Field Supervisor
Scholarship: Principal Preparation
Service: WASA, AWSP, Regional ESDs
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Katherine C. Rodela, Ph.D.
Role: Associate Professor (Tenure-Track), Interim Department Chair, Vancouver Principal Program Coordinator
Location: WSU Vancouver
Teaching: EDAD 583, EDAD 589
Scholarship: leadership for equity and justice; Teachers and Leaders of Color; Diversifying the educational leadership pathways in PK-12 education; Centering leadership of youth, families, and communities of color in education.
Honors & Awards: WSU Faculty Diversity Award; WASA Community Leadership Award; WSU Vancouver Chancellor’s Award for Advancing Equity; WSU College of Education Faculty Excellence Award in Diversity
Service: SW Washington Latino Parent Leadership Institute; WCEAP Representative, WASA, AWSP
Honors & Awards: George Brain and Gay Selby Faculty Award in Educational Leadership;
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Jeff Walls, Ph.D.
Role: Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track)
Location: WSU Spokane
Teaching: EDAD 503, EDAD 509, EDAD 516, EDAD 580
Scholarship: School Improvement, Caring Organizations, Belonging, Caring Educational Leadership, Leadership Well-being, Leadership for Social Emotional Learning
Service: AERAOT Secretary, WPESB, PESB SEL Development Team, WASA, AWSP
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Adjunct Faculty
Pete Prez, Ed.D.
Role: Adjunct Professor
Location: Othello
Teaching: EDAD 585 School Finance
Service: LEAD program; Acting Superintendent
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Adam Swinyard, Ed.D.
Role: Adjunct Professor
Location: Spokane
Teaching: EDAD 588 School Law
Service: LEAD program; Acting Superintendent; Northwest University Distinguished Leadership Award; AWSP; WASA; NSPRA Superintendent to Watch; WSPRA Crystal Apple Award; AERA