David DeMatthews
Fellow, Oscar and Anne Mauzy Regents Professorship for Educational Research and Development, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy
Phone: +1 512 232 2413
Email: ddematthews@austin.utexas.edu
Office: SZB 3.714J
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David DeMatthews is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Faculty Fellow and holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Special Education. Prior to arriving at UT-Austin, DeMatthews was an assistant professor at the University of Texas at El Paso. He began his career in education working as a teacher, campus leader, and district administrator in Baltimore City Public Schools and the District of Columbia Public Schools.
DeMatthews' research focuses on equitable and inclusive school improvement, with an emphasis on leadership and policy. More specifically, he aims to understand how districts and schools create equitable and inclusive schools at the intersections of race, social class, language, and other markers of identity. Given the importance of stable school leadership to school improvement processes, he has also cultivated a stream of research focused on principal career pathways, job-related stress and burnout, and turnover.
He has published over 150 research articles in academic journals, book chapters in edited volumes, research reports, and editorials in media outlets. DeMatthews' research has been published in Educational Researcher, Educational Administration Quarterly, AERA Open, Teachers College Record, Educational Policy, Journal of Educational Administration, Urban Education, Journal of School Leadership, Journal of Research on Leadership Education, and Leadership and Policy in Schools. DeMatthews authored several books, including, Community Engaged Leadership for Social Justice: A Critical Approach in Urban Schools with Routledge. He regularly appears as a commentator on education policy issues in national and regional media outlets. DeMatthews' work and ideas have been featured in prominent media outlets including The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Associated Press, ABC News, Education Week, The Hill, The Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, and other regional outlets.
DeMatthews has received numerous honors and awards within the field of educational leadership and policy. He served as President of the University Council of Educational Administration (UCEA) in 2021. DeMatthews also served as Chair of the AERA Leadership for School Improvement Special Interest Group (2020-21). In 2017, he received the UCEA Jack A. Culbertson Award, which is given annually to an outstanding junior educational leadership professor in recognition of significant contributions to the field of educational leadership. He also received the 2018 William J. Davis Award for the most outstanding article to appear in Educational Administration Quarterly (the top journal in the field of educational administration and leadership) and the 2017 Paula Silver Case Award for the most outstanding article in the Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership. Dr. DeMatthews also has served on committees to support the development of national educational leadership standards and efforts to enhance how states and universities improve education preparation.
Focuses on urban school and district leadership, inclusive practices for students with disabilities, and school improvement with an emphasis on addressing inequities in classrooms, schools, and communities.
Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator: David Knight). National Science Foundation. Funded: $1,497,125.
Co-Principal Investigator (Principal Investigator: D. Brent Edwards). Dubai Cares. Funded: $913,770.
Principal Investigator. Texas Global. Funded: $10,000
Principal Investigator. The Holdsworth Center. Funded: $93,384.
Co-Investigator (Principal Investigator: Debra Cantu). Wallace Foundation. Subcontract Award Funded: $1,800,000. Subcontract awarded through San Antonio Independent School District (Principal Investigator: Leanne Hernandez).
Principal Investigator. Donor gift from World Class ROI, LLC. Funded: $40,000.
Collaborator (Principal Investigator: Austin Independent School District). Texas Education Agency. Funded: $700,000.
Focuses on rural school and district leadership, teacher recruitment and retention in rural contexts, inclusive practices for students with disabilities, and school improvement with an emphasis on school-community partnerships and place-based learning initiatives.
Focuses on the role of state educational agencies in special education policy with a particular emphasis on the inner workings of state agencies and how state governance, accountability, and finance policies relate to state and local practices.
Her research interests revolve around educational equity and policy, racial equity with school leadership experiences, and the historical and sociocultural contexts of educational opportunities for Black and Brown students.
His research examines the role of principals, K-12 educational leadership preparation, and school improvement.
Public school funding, assessments and accountability, early education
University of Texas at Austin
From Policy to Practice: Examining Funding, Spending, and Academic Outcomes for English Learners in Texas
University of Texas at Austin
COVID-19 and Principals' Levels of Stress, Burnout, and Intentions to Quit: A Correlational Study
University of Texas at Austin
Financial Risk: Charter School-Specific Risk Factors and Idiosyncratic Risk
University of Texas at Austin
Retaining Principals in High Poverty Public Schools
University of Texas at Austin
Non-Traditional Pathways to the Superintendency
University of Texas at Austin
A Texas Landscape: A Typology of Bilingual and ESL Teacher Preparation Program Profiles
University of Texas at Austin
Stress and Burnout of Principals Who Lead Historically Underperforming Schools
University of Texas at Austin
The Effectiveness of a Dual Credit Program on Black and Hispanic Students in an Urban School District
University of Texas at Austin
Principal Talent and Talent Development: The Case in One Suburban Texas School District
University of Texas at Austin
Texas School Finance System: Superintendents' Perceptions of Funding Issues Contributing to Equity and Adequacy
University of Texas at Austin
Learning to Manage the Fiscal Responsibilities of the Superintendency
University of Texas at El Paso
'Framing' Equity: Using Frame Analysis to Explore Superintendents' Attempts to Implement Policies for Equity
University of Texas at El Paso
Improving Instructional Leadership: A Multi-Case Study of Principal Perspectives on Formal Evaluations
Year | Semester | Course |
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2024 | Spring | ELP 394K: Adv Sem: Media/Pr Publ Edu |
2024 | Spring | SED 389: 1-Admin Of Spec Educ Programs |
2023 | Fall | ELP 391Q: Qual Rsch Design/Analysis |
2023 | Fall | ELP 384T: Sch Imprv: Instr Ldrshp/Dev |
2023 | Spring | ELP 394K: Adv Sem: Media/Pr Publ Edu |
2023 | Spring | ELP 390R: Organiztnl Design/Behavior |
2022 | Summer | ELP f394K: Special Ed: Proc/Processes |
2022 | Spring | ELP 394F: Spec Ed Leadership/Policy |
2022 | Spring | ELP 390R: Organiztnl Design/Behavior |
2021 | Fall | ELP 394K: Adv Sem: Media/Pr Publ Edu |
2021 | Fall | ELP 384T: Sch Imprv: Instr Ldrshp/Dev |
2021 | Summer | ELP f394K: Special Ed: Proc/Processes-Wb |
2021 | Spring | ELP 390R: Organiztnl Design/Behavior |
2021 | Spring | ELP 384R: Schl, Fam, Comm Engagement |
2020 | Fall | ELP 394K: Adv Sem: Media/Pr Publ Edu |
2020 | Fall | ELP 384T: Sch Imprv: Instr Ldrshp/Dev |
2020 | Summer | ELP f394K: Special Ed: Proc/Processes -Wb |
2020 | Spring | ELP 384R: Schl, Fam, Comm Engagement |
2019 | Fall | ELP 394F: Spec Ed Leadership/Policy |
2019 | Fall | ELP 384T: Sch Imprv: Instr Ldrshp/Dev |
2019 | Fall | SED 389: Spec Ed Leadership/Policy |
2019 | Spring | ELP 384R: Schl, Fam, Comm Engagement |
2018 | Fall | ELP 384T: Sch Imprv: Instr Ldrshp/Dev |
David DeMatthews on the Difficulty Faced by Students Who Have Limited Access to Technology
David E. DeMatthews: Take Time to Support Students Instead of Preparing them for the STAAR Test
Texas Education Expert David DeMatthews Predicts Wave of Teacher Retirements as Schools Reopen
David DeMathews: Students with Disabilities Could Lose with COVID-19 Stimulus Package
David DeMatthews on the Uvalde School Shooting.
David DeMatthews and David Knight: School vouchers a "terrible idea" for Texas' public schools
David DeMatthews and Doctoral Advisee Lebon James: Advice for New Principals in Education Week
David DeMatthews and Eleanor Su-Keene in Education Week: Rx for Principal
David DeMatthews Provides Advice for Education Researchers on Why and How to Write Op-Eds
David DeMatthews: Editorial on the One Year Anniversary of the Uvalde School Shooting
David DeMatthews on the Harm to Students with Disabilities from Proposed School Voucher Legislation
David DeMatthews on How School Vouchers are a Taxpayer Swindle