Educational Leadership & Research Degree Program Contacts
Applied Research, Measurement & Evaluation
S. Kim MacGregor
Associate Professor in Educational Research
Bachelor's Degree: Psychology, Syracuse University, 1969
Master's Degree: Human Potential & Development, University of Massachusetts, 1972
PhD: Educational Research, North Carolina State University, 1984
Phone: 225-578-2150
Email: smacgre@lsu.edu
Office: 107 Peabody Hall
Educational Leadership
Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell, PhD
Cecil "Pete" Taylor Endowed Professor in Literacy Leadership and Urban Education
Director, LSU Writing Project
Coordinator, PhD Program in PK-12 Educational Leadership
Bachelor's Degree: BA Secondary English, minor Women's Studies, University of Northern Iowa, 1979
Master's Degree: Reading Education, University of Northern Iowa, 1989
PhD: Education, with an emphasis in Literacy Studies, University of Iowa, May 1999
Other: National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) certificate expires November 2025; Early Adolescence/English
Language Arts, National License 1995 (field test candidate); recertified November
2005 and November 2015
Phone: 225-578-5998
Email: sdowell@lsu.edu
Office: 228 Peabody Hall
Educational Technology
Jennifer Qian
Associate Professor of Learning Analytics and Educational Technology
Bachelor's Degree: BA in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, Beijing Language University, China,
1991
Master's Degree: MEd in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, State University of New York
at Buffalo, 1998
EdD: Educational Technology, Lehigh University, 2004
Phone: 225-578-5470
Email: jqian@lsu.edu
Office: 213 Peabody Hall
Higher Education Administration
Ashley Clayton
Jo Ellen Levy Yates Endowed Associate Professor
Bachelor's Degree: Interior Design, Virginia Tech, 2005
Master's Degree(s): Higher Education Administration, Florida International University, 2009 | MBA Business
Administration, LSU, 2023
PhD: Educational Research and Policy Analysis (Higher Education), North Carolina State
University, 2016
Post Doctorate: McBee Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia, 2016-2017
Phone: 225-578-1792
Email: aclayton@lsu.edu
Office: 202C Peabody Hall