EDCI - Key Persons


A. Koehler-Blair

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Primary Committee

A. Rapoport

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Primary Committee

Abby Weiderhaft

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Studies Program Coordinator

Abraham Zaragoza

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Recruitment Coordinator

Alexandra Pflug

Job Titles:
  • Director of Foundation Relations

Alice Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Clinical Professor Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Educational Studies

Alissa Adams

Job Titles:
  • College Success Manager

Amanda Goodwin-Bowman

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Graduate Committee
  • Director, Grad Studies ( Ex Officio )

Amber Reed

Job Titles:
  • Director of Assessment and Accreditation

Andrea Marfell

Job Titles:
  • Donor Experience Officer

Ashley Avila

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Ashley Luzadder

Job Titles:
  • Receptionist / Administrative Support

B. Capobianco

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Primary Committee

beth Niedermeyer

Job Titles:
  • Superintendent

Bryan J. Duarte

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Educational Studies

C. Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Elect
  • Member of the Graduate Committee
  • Member of the Primary Committee

C. Wessel-Powell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Primary Committee

Carrie Brier

Job Titles:
  • Purchasing and Travel Clerk

Christine Rienstra Kiracofe

Job Titles:
  • Professor Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Educational Studies

Cynthia Marin Bonwell

Job Titles:
  • Office Coordinator

Dr. Daniel hile

Job Titles:
  • Superintendent

dr. dennisha Murff

Job Titles:
  • Curriculum Coordinator

Dr. Janet Alsup

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Primary Committee
  • Department Head
  • Department Head / Curriculum and Instruction
  • Department Head of Curriculum and Instruction, Professor of Literacy and Language Education Literacy & Language Curriculum and Instruction
  • Professor of English Education
Janet Alsup is a professor of English Education and a department head, as well as a former high school English teacher in a rural school. She is currently working on a new book project, tentatively titled Entering Identity Portals: An Autoethnography of Leading and Following, a qualitative, narrative-based autoethnography exploring the development of leadership identities of women leaders, including herself, working in various educational settings.

dr. jeff butts

Job Titles:
  • Superintendent, M.S.D

dr. jerry Thacker

Job Titles:
  • Superintendent of Schools / Penn - Harris - Madison School Corporation

Dr. michael parsons

Job Titles:
  • Principal

Dr. Muhsin Menekse

Job Titles:
  • Projects
I am currently working on the project entitled Innovation in Quantum Pedagogy, Application and its Relation to Culture (IQ-PARC) as a research assistant to develop quantum-infuse curriculum units for middle school students. Additionally, I have been lecturing on "Design Thinking in Technology - TECH120" at Purdue Polytechnic Institute since Spring 2022.

Dr. Pascal Losambe

Job Titles:
  • Speaker and Consultant in Education, Organizational Culture, Diversity / Equity / Inclusion / Synergy Consulting Company

Dr. Phil Downs

Job Titles:
  • Superintendent

Dr. Scott deetz

Job Titles:
  • Superintendent / Madison - Grant United School Corporation

Dr. Terry Sargent

Job Titles:
  • Vice President / Lancer Beebe, LLC

Dr. Todd bess

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director / Indiana Association of School Principals

Ed Wiercioch

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator of Early Field Experiences

Erin Perdue

Job Titles:
  • Alumni Engagement Officer

Erin Schultz

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor

F. Richard Olenchak

Job Titles:
  • Professor Gifted, Creative and Talented Educational Studies

Goshen Schools

Job Titles:
  • Superintendent

H. Prough

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty Affairs Committee
  • Ex Officio

J. Broome

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty Affairs Committee
  • Member of the Primary Committee

J. Burdick

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Primary Committee

J. Duncan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Primary Committee

J. Greenan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Primary Committee

J. Newton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty Affairs Committee
  • Member of the Primary Committee

J. Phillion

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Primary Committee

J. Richardson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Primary Committee

Jacob Brown

Job Titles:
  • Community and Mentoring Engagement Coordinator

Jacquelyn Thomas-Miller

Job Titles:
  • Director

James Freeland

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Assistant Professor Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Educational Studies

Jennifer Barce

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Dean for Teacher Education

Jessie Zeng

Job Titles:
  • Education Data Systems & Reporting Analyst

Jodie Conner

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Studies Program Assistant

Joshua Roadruck

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

K. Obenchain

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Primary Committee

Karen Danaher

Job Titles:
  • Payroll Clerk

karie Mize

Job Titles:
  • Elementary Principal / Avon Community School Corporation

Kelly Kitchel

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development, Planned Giving

Kirke Willing

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Financial Affairs

Kristy Bennett

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

L. Bryan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Primary Committee

LaMonica Williams

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Assistant Professor Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Educational Studies

Lisa Lambert Snodgrass

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Educational Studies

M. Exter

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair
  • Member of the Primary Committee

M. Kuhn

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Primary Committee

Margaret "Maggie" Hoernemann

Job Titles:
  • Retired ( Superintendent ) Avon Community School Corporation

Marilyn Hirth

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Educational Studies

michael pinto

Job Titles:
  • Principal / Tippecanoe School Corporation

Natalie Guerra-Long

Job Titles:
  • Education Data Systems & Reporting Analyst

P. VanFossen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Primary Committee

Preethi Vaidyanathan

Job Titles:
  • Advisor

Rachel Frigo

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Donor Relations

Rocky Killion

Job Titles:
  • Superintendent / West Lafayette Community School Corporation

Ryan Farrell

Job Titles:
  • Teacher Education Recruiter

S. Kastberg

Job Titles:
  • Co - Chair
  • Member of the Primary Committee

S. Kocabas, Grad

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Graduate Committee
  • Student Orgs. ( Ex Officio )

S. Watson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Primary Committee

Shu Huo

Job Titles:
  • Clerk

Stacey Beyer

Job Titles:
  • Business Assistant

Stacey Schmidt

Job Titles:
  • Superintendent / Porter Township School Corporation

Stephen I. Smith

Job Titles:
  • Secondary Coordinator ( TTT )

T. Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Primary Committee

T. Morita-Mullaney

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Primary Committee

T. Newby

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Primary Committee

Tammy Maynard

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Development

Terron Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Assistant Professor Holmes Scholars Faculty Research Coordinator Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Educational Studies

V. Chan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty Affairs Committee
  • Member of the Primary Committee

V. Lowell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty Affairs Committee
  • Member of the Primary Committee

W. Huang

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty Affairs Committee
  • Member of the Primary Committee

W. Watson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Primary Committee

W. Wright

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Primary Committee

Zeynep G Akdemir

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant / Science Education