Dr. Lionel H. Brown, Assistant Professor
405C TC, 513-556-3406Dr. Lionel H. Brown earned his Ed.D. in Educational Administration from the University of Cincinnati. His M.Ed. and B.S. in Education and his Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees are all from the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Brown brings to Urban Educational Leadership thirty years of professional experiences in Cincinnati's urban schools and communities, as a teacher, assistant principal, junior high and senior high school principal, and assistant, deputy and acting superintendent of the Cincinnati Public Schools, with community collaboration a major focus of his work. His current research includes studies of collaborative efforts to address the needs of urban students and their families, and on studies of collaborative efforts to address the needs of urban students and their families, and on studies of relationships among urban students, their family members, and community organization and institutions.
Dr. Nancy A. Evers, Professor
406A TC, 513-556-6623Dr. Nancy A. Evers earned her Ph.D. in Educational Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1974. She has been a member of the Educational Administration faculty since 1976. Her primary research interests are in the areas of educational leadership, change, women in leadership and interpersonal relationships. She has published books, book chapters, reviews, journal articles and training materials. In addition to her publications, Dr. Evers has made numerous presentations at international, national, regional and local conferences. She has served as Dean of the College of Education, Head of the Department of Educational Leadership, and Program Coordinator of Educational Administration, and she has provided national leadership through serving as the President of the University Council for Educational Administration, Chairperson of the National Commission on Women in Educational Leadership, and a member of the National Policy Board in Educational Administration. Among her honors, Dr. Evers is the recipient of the prestigious University of Cincinnati Barbour Award and the Outstanding Faculty Award, and she was an invited participant at the Oxford Round Table held at the University of Oxford, Oxford, England. She led the creation of Urban Education Leadership doctoral program and has developed and taught many graduate courses, including A Study of Change and Change Techniques.
Dr. Mark A. Gooden, Assistant Professor
406B TC, 513-556-3533Dr. Mark A. Gooden is an assistant professor in the departments of educational leadership and urban educational leadership (UEL). He is also Co-Coordinator of the UEL program. His research interests include educational technology and its use by administrators, legal issues related to the connection between the Internet, students' rights and school violence, and issues in urban educational leadership. He received his Ph.D. in educational administration and higher education from The Ohio State University, a B.A. in mathematics from Albany State College (now University) and his M.Ed. in mathematics education and M.A. in educational administration, both from The Ohio State University. Prior to returning to graduate school full-time, he taught mathematics and served as the Departmental Chairperson at the high school and middle school levels in the Columbus Public Schools district. His most recent publications appear in Education and Urban Society, School Business Affairs, Education Law Association Case Citations 2002: Violence and Safety, The Journal of Negro Education and Educational Administration Quarterly. Dr. Gooden, who served as one of the editors for the Education Law Association's Principal Legal Handbook, also completed a chapter for that volume on legal issues associated with students' use of technology and the Internet.
Dr. James W. Koschoreck, Assistant Professor
406C TC, 513-556-6622Dr. James W. Koschoreck received his Ph.D. in Educational Administration (2000) and a Master in Professional Accounting (1983) from the University of Texas at Austin, an M.A. in Spanish from Purdue University (1979), and a B.A. in Spanish from the University of Wisconsin at Madison (1974). His research interests include educational policy analysis and gay/lesbian issues in educational leadership. As an oppositional scholar/activist, he challenges the taken-for-granted social normalizations in the public schools. His most recent publications include a book chapter co-authored with Dr. Patrick Slattery titled “Meeting all students' needs: Transforming the unjust normativity of heterosexism.” Additionally, he has co-edited a seminal issue of the Journal of School Leadership with Dr. Catherine Lugg, which focuses on sexual minority school leaders. Other works have appeared in the International Journal of Leadership in Education, Education and Urban Society, and the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, among others. He is also the editor of the online, peer-reviewed International Journal of Urban Educational Leadership. As an instructor, he regularly teaches Educational Policy Analysis, Introductory and Intermediate Statistics, Urban Educational Leadership, Communities and the Educational Process, and Ethics in Educational Leadership.
Dr. Ann M. Millacci, Assistant Professor
435 TC, 513-556-5232Dr. Ann M. Millacci earned her doctorate in Educational Administration from the University of Cincinnati in 1998. She received her M.S. and B.A. from the State University of New York College at Buffalo. She has been a member of the Educational Leadership faculty since 2003. Dr. Millacci coordinates the distance learning master's degree program in Educational Leadership and teaches the two, core educational leadership courses in the online program. She has 18 years experience in higher education administration having worked in the areas of admissions, research administration, finance, and evaluation and assessment.