The PhD program in Education and Leadership (PhDEL) is Pacific University’s first inter-professional graduate program, offering a joint-degree creatively designed by the College of Education and the College of Health Professions for the 21st century working professional. With a strong emphasis on evidence-based practice, this program explores themes and issues about the meaning of leadership and learning, and strategies to lead in a time of dynamic global change.
The curriculum encourages students to explore the role of technology in forming and supporting leaders and creating new distributed communities where leaders can gather and learn from each other across temporal and geographic environments.
The program has a contemporary approach to building an inter-professional virtual community of inquiry, offering students a collaborative, applied design to research, which has demonstrated success among adult learners who bring expertise from the field.
This scholarship-based program will produce leaders in their respective fields who are academically prepared to make future innovative contributions to the body of knowledge and pedagogy to influence practice and effect change within their own settings. Courses are offered online two nights weekly over fall, spring, and summer.
Students fulfill the low residency program requirement by coming to campus for one week each January to attend a formative applied, evidence-based research conference, which provides a rich opportunity to collaborate, showcase their current research, and learn about innovative inter-professional practices across diverse contexts.
Explore the role of technology in forming and supporting leaders, and engaging in new distributed community of inquiry where leaders, scholars, and educators gather and learn from each other across temporal and geographic environments. Students participate in weekly online synchronous sessions.
My name is Elena Macias. I am a high school teacher at a small Christian school in Salinas, California. I received my BA in Social Work and my Masters in Teaching from George Fox University. My background consists of dual language development in bilingual and English Learners (ELL). I have also participated in mentorship programs […]
Shamra Clark is a Cooperative Education Coordinator faculty member at Lane Community College. Shamra earned a B.A.in English and Psychology in secondary education from University of Detroit Mercy and a M.A. in Counseling from Oakland University. Her professional interests are teaching emotional intelligence within experiential education. She enjoys acting, traveling and hanging out with her […]
Andy Saultz is the director of the PhD in Education and Leadership (PhDEL) Program and is an Assistant Professor of Educational Policy. Andy earned a B.A. of Political Science from Oregon State University, a M.A. in Teaching Social Studies from Lewis and Clark, and a Ph.D. in Educational Policy from Michigan State University. Dr. Saultz […]
I am Michela Kenning and I am a PhD in Education and Leadership student. I am an optometric physician and faculty member at Pacific University College of Optometry. My professional interests include ocular disease, diabetic healthcare, and interprofessional healthcare practice and education. In my free time, I enjoy traveling, theater shows, and quirky restaurants!
Hello everyone. My name is Greg Aldred. I am a high school math, science, and technology teacher at the Catalyst school in the Newberg School district. I think this is my 26th year in public education. I also teach quantitative research for Concordia and GeorgeFox Universities. I have spent my life practicing how to teach […]
Hello my name is Teresa I am currently working as a school administrator at an international school in Nigeria. I have been working in education since 1992 in a variety of roles as teacher, program coordinator, administrator… I have been working internationally for the past 6 years in a variety of countries (Bangladesh, Thailand and […]
Hello, I am Shauna and live in New Mexico with my family. My experience consists of education in healthcare, management in hospital operations and process improvement. My interests are to extend my knowledge and gain insight and ability to productively be apart of the education and research community. Being in a new environment with different […]
Greetings! My name is Flamur. I got my AA and BS in counseling psychology and an MA in conflict resolution from Portland State University. After getting my MA, I taught psychology and sociology courses both at Rogue Community College and Southern Oregon University. For about two years, I also taught in the Middle East. I […]
Hi! My name is Jessika Chi (@jessikachi). I am a higher education professional who is deeply commitment to educational and social equity. As a former first generation college student of color, I understand the importance of creating an inclusive campus climate. Currently, I work in the office for institutional diversity at Reed College to create […]
