Contact

Department of Educational Leadership and Policy

Main Office
George I. Sánchez Building
Suite 3.308

Hours
8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Monday – Friday
Closed noon – 1 p.m.

Mailing Address
Department of Educational Leadership and Policy
1912 Speedway D5400
Austin, TX 78712-1604

Phone: 512-471-7551
Fax: 512-471-5975

Department Leadership

Sarah Woulfin, Department Chair

Denisa Gandara, Graduate Studies Committee (GSC) Chair

Jennifer Holme, Graduate Advisor

Program & Area Contacts

Ph.D. and M.Ed. in Higher Education Leadership and Policy

Michael Anthony Goodman, Co-coordinator

Lauren Schudde, Co-coordinator

Executive Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership

Michael Nava, Faculty Director
512-680-2746

Anthony Martinez, Academic Program Coordinator
512-232-2165

Joe Wilcox, Program Director
512-425-0919

Cooperative Superintendency Program (CSP)

David DeMatthews, Director

Sylvia R. Reyna, Assistant Director

Educational Policy and Planning Program (EPP)

Sofia Malik, Ph.D. & M.Ed. Program Coordinator

Joshua Childs, Program Coordinator

Texas Principal Leadership Academy (TPLA)

Debra Cantu, Co-Director

Terrance Green, Co-Director

Department Staff

Jacinda Herrera, Graduate Coordinator, Admissions
Course scheduling, course instructor surveys, grade reporting, FaSET reporting, catalog changes, course inventory changes, admissions, recruitment and student support.

Kelsey Samsel, Graduate Program Administrator, Current Students
Graduate program coordination needs, outreach, recruitment, orientation, registration and graduation activities.

Gina Smuts, Senior Administrative Manager
See Gina for human resources (student, staff and faculty appointments), faculty promotion and tenure, faculty third-year reviews, staff annual performance and department events.

Jeanie McJunkins, Senior Administrative Associate
See Jeanie for traveling and purchasing needs.

Department of Educational Leadership and Policy