Who Are We?
Higher Education
Fulltime Faculty
Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors
Dr. Deborah L. Floyd
dfloyd@fau.edu
Professor, Higher Education Leadership
Program Leader and Ph.D. Coordinator
Educational Leadership & Research Methodology
Editor-in-Chief, The Community College Journal of Research & Practice (CCJRP)
Dr. Jennifer Bloom
bloomj@fau.edu
Professor, Higher Education Leadership
Founder of Office of Appreciative Education
Educational Leadership & Research Methodology
Co-Founder & Section Editor, Journal of Appreciative Education (JAE)
Dr. Cristobal Salinas Jr.
salinasc@fau.edu
Professor, Higher Education Leadership
Undergraduate Minor Coordinator
Educational Leadership & Research Methodology
Editor, Journal of Hispanic Higher Education
Dr. Katie Friesen
kfriesen@fau.edu
Assistant Professor, Higher Education Leadership
Higher Education M.Ed. Coordinator
Educational Leadership & Research Methodology
Dr. Nicole Contreras-García
ncontrerasgarcia@fau.edu
Assistant Professor, Higher Education Leadership
Higher Education M.Ed. Coordinator
Educational Leadership & Research Methodology
Book Review Editor, Community College Journal of Research & Practice (CCJRP)
Research Methodology
María D. Vásquez Ph.D.
mvasque3@fau.edu
Associate Professor, Research Methodology
Lead Instructor for EDF 3430
Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Associate Editor, Florida Journal of Educational Research (FJER)
Michael A. DeDonno, Ph.D.
mdedonno@health.fau.edu
Assistant Dean of Research, Director of the Center for Research Excellence and Associate Professor, Research Methodology
Integrated Medical Science (Secondary)
Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
John D. Morris, Ph.D.
jdmorris@fau.edu
Professor Emeritus, Research Methodology
Lead Instructor for STA 7114, EDF 7482 & EDF 6432
Mathematics (Affiliate Faculty)
Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Mary Lieberman, Ed.D.
mlieberm@fau.edu
Associate Professor, Research Methodology
Lead Instructor for STA 6113 & EDF 6481
Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Sangbeak Ye, Ph.D.
sye@fau.edu
Associate Professor, Research Methodology
Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
School Leaders
Vonzell Agosto, Ph.D.
vagosto@fau.edu
Chair and Professor, Educational Leadership
Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Maysaa Barakat, Ph.D.
barakatm@fau.edu
Professor, Educational Leadership
Coordinator, FAU Egypt Partnership
Past-President,
Florida Association of Professors of Educational Leadership (FAPEL)
Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Ira Bogotch, Ed.D.
ibogotch@fau.edu
Professor Emeritus, Educational Leadership
Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
John E. Critelli, Ph.D.
jcritelli2014@fau.edu
Clinical Instructor, Educational Leadership
Director, PROPEL School Leaders Master’s Degree Program
Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
John Hardman, Ph.D.
Whardma1@fau.edu
Senior Instructor, Educational Leadership
Director, IDEAL School Leaders Master’s Degree Program
Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Tracey Miller, Ph.D.
tmiller7@fau.edu
Clinical Instructor, Educational Leadership
Director, ExEq School Leaders Master’s Degree Program
Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Patricia Maslin-Ostrowski, Ed.D.
pmaslin@fau.edu
Professor, Educational Leadership
Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Taka Mays, Ed.D.
mayst@fau.edu
Senior Instructor, Educational Leadership
Director, ELITE School Leaders Master’s Degree Program
Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Meredith Mountford, Ph.D.
mmountfo@fau.edu
Associate Professor, Educational Leadership
Director, UCEA Joint Center on Research on the Superintendency and District Governance
Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Daniel Reyes-Guerra, Ph.D.
dreyes@fau.edu
Professor
Coordinator, School Leaders Program
Program Director; PROPEL, ELITE, ExEq, and IDEAL
Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
Robert Shockley, Ph.D.
Shockley@fau.edu
Professor, Educational Leadership
Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology