Educational Administration Faculty
Kent Seidel, Program Chair and Associate Professor, Educational Administration Program 
Dr. Kent Seidel is Associate Professor and Chair of the P-20 Leadership programs, including the Buell Early Childhood Program, K12 Educational Administration programs, and Higher Education Administration programs. He comes to DU from the University of Cincinnati, where he served as faculty and Chair of the Educational Leadership and Urban Education Leadership graduate programs. He holds a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Research with a focus on non-profit and educational organizational behavior and management.
Dr. Seidel has been actively involved with school improvement and standards-based reform since 1990. Since 1996, he has served as the Director of the Alliance for Curriculum reform, a collaborative of more than 20 of the national education organizations. Closely related to his school reform work, Dr. Seidel has been actively involved in arts education and the development of creativity in students, teachers, and school leaders. He has a theatre and music background.
His primary research in the past decade has focused on performance-based approaches to improving educator support and school quality, including a major emphasis on value-added and growth measures in accountability systems. He led the development of resources and training for all 72 teacher and principal preparation programs in Ohio on uses of value-added and growth measures, under the auspices of the Board of Regents to help these programs meet legislative requirements. He is Principal Investigator for the large-scale longitudinal strand of the Teacher Quality Partnership, a consortium of all 50 Ohio teacher education programs, conducting a series of studies to better understand teacher preparation, professional development, and early career support.
E-mail: kseidel2@du.edu
Kent Seidel Vita
Susan Korach, Assistant Professor, Educational Administration Program 
EdD and MA, University of Houston; BA, Trinity University
Career highlights: Serves as program coordinator for the Ritchie Program for School Leaders, an intensive cohort-based principal preparation program, a partnership between DU and Denver Public Schools; facilitates school improvement, service learning and governance at Pioneer Charter School; published "Pioneering change: The Experiences of Three Colorado Charter Schools," in "Charter Schools: Lessons in school reform".
Research interests: charter schools.
Professional affiliations: Phi Delta Kappa, Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development.
E-mail: skorach@du.edu
Susan Korach Vita
Virginia R. Maloney, Clinical Associate Professor, Educational Administration Program
PhD in Administration, George Washington University, School of Business and Public Management; MA in Education and Human Development, George Washington University; BA Yale University; Certificate of Business Administration, Nonprofit Management, University of Illinois at Chicago
Career highlights: Virginia R. Maloney became the Dean of the Morgridge College of Education at DU in 2001. Previously, she was the Executive Director of the Sturm Family Foundation. Her interests include education reform, the leadership of local schools and districts, early childhood education, and education policy on the local, state, and national levels. She has worked in an executive capacity at nonprofit organizations providing education and family support services to children with disabilities and children "at risk." Dr. Maloney received her B. A. from Yale University as a member of the first graduating class to include women. She has an M. A. in Education and Human Development and a Ph.D. in Public Administration from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. As a doctoral student she focused her study and research on public education policy and organization behavior and development.
Research interests: educational administration and policy
Professional affiliations: Advisory Council Member, 2006-present, Wildlife Experience; Member, 2004-present, Boettcher Teachers Program; Member, 2005-06, Search Committee for Provost of the University of Denver; Chair, Sub Committee for Position Statement; Board Member, 2004-present, Alliance for Quality Teaching; Member, 2004, Search Committee for Dean of Daniels College of Business; Member, 2004, Denver Public School Commission on Secondary School Reform; Elected Member, Women's Forum of Colorado; Co-Chair, 2003-present, Board of Directors, Qualistar Early Learning, Denver, CO; Committee Member, 2003-04 Educare/CORRA Merger; Governing Board Member, 2002-present, Colordo Partnership for Educational Renewal; Board Member, 2001-03 Educare Colorado; Board Member, 2001-05, Pioneer Charter School; Member, 2000-present, Colorado Council of Deans of Education; Co-Chair, 2003-05, Colorado Council of Deans of Education; Chair, 2002-03, Women's Leadership Council, University of Denver; Member, 2002, Search Committee for Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement; Advisory Council Member, Children's Museum of Denver.
E-mail: gmaloney@du.edu
Web sites: http://portfolio.du.edu/gmaloney; http://myprofile.cos.com/gmaloney
George Straface, Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of Principal Preparation Program, Educational Administration 
EdD, University of Colorado at Denver, Educational Leadership; MA, University of Colorado at Boulder, Educational Administration
Career highlights: Dr. Straface has proudly served Colorado's public schools for 39 years, most recently as the Superintendent of Schools for Adams County School District #50, Westminster. In addition, he has served as Superintendent for the Commerce City and Grand Junction schools; Deputy Superintendent for the Denver Public Schools; Executive Director for Human Resources and for the North Area for Cherry Creek Schools; and Executive Director of Personnel for the Grand Junction Public Schools. In his career he has served as a principal, assistant principal, director of activities, and a teacher in grades 6-12.
George has provided leadership for Colorado public education as the President of the Colorado Association of School Personnel Administrators (CASPA); President of the Colorado School Negotiators; President of the Colorado Association of Senior School Administrators (CASSA); Chair of the Denver Area School Superintendents (DASSC); and President of the Colorado Association of School Executives (CASE). He has received CASE's award for distinguished service, The Colbert Cushing Award, in 2000, and Westminster Hispanic and Hmong's community's recognition as "Bridge Builder" in 2006. Dr. Straface is certified as a Teacher, Principal, and Administrator Perceiver for the SRI/GALLUP Corporation. He is also a trainer of trainers for McRel's Balanced Leadership Program. He has been with the University of Denver as an adjunct professor in the Weekend School Executive Program since 1987.
Research interests: Educational leadership; principal preparation, and educational reform.
Professional affiliations: Colorado Association of School Executives, American Association of School Administrators, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Phi Delta Kappa, Horace Mann League, The Century Club.
E-mail: gstrafac@du.edu
George Straface Resume
Carolyn Elverenli, Clinical Assistant Professor and Buell Faculty Lead, Educational Administration Program 
EdD, Elementary Education/Early Childhood Education, University of Northern Colorado, MA, Early Childhood Education, George Mason University.
Co-author of the Buell Early Childhood Leadership Professional Preparartion grant, Dr. Elverenli served as project coordinator during the planning phase, and is responsible for the fiscal management, grant application, and program reporting for the Buell Early Childhood Leadership Program. As Buell lead faculty, Elverenli provides oversight of all phases of the design and development of the Buell Program. Curriculum development responsibilities include co-teaching courses in the Buell Program, developing individualized mentorships for each student, and leading the program's curriculum design process. Dr. Elverenli has extensive experience directing quality early care and education programs with diverse ethnic and sociocultural student and teaching staff populations. She led one university supported and two federally funded programs to successful NAEYC accreditation. Current research focus is the design and implementation of ECE leadership development programs.
E-mail: celveren@du.edu
Linda Brookhart, Clinical Assistant Professor, Educational Administration Program 
PhD, University of Denver in School Administration, Cognate: Speech Communications; MA, University of Denver in Curriculum and Supervision/International Relations; BA, Colorado State University.
Dr. Brookhart returns to the University of Denver after serving in several school dicstricts and other university settings in Cololrado. Linda has experience as principal in three elementary schools and as assistant principal of a large metropolitan high school; a Title I director of curriculum or learning services; and has taught many years in teacher education at the University of Northern Colorado. Areas of professional interest and research include: refining the knowledge base and preparation programs for educational leaders and corresponding development of performance assessments; and identifying student reported learning from participation in early field experiences and implication for preparation programs.
E-mail: linda.brookhart@du.edu
Elinor Katz, Dean Emerita, Doctoral Advisor, Educational Administration Program 
PhD, MPA and MA, University of Denver; BA Brooklyn College, curriculum and instruction
Career highlights: Led growth and progress in the college, including the Ricks Center, the DU High School, Pioneer Charter School and Fisher Early Childhood Center, during her 10-year tenure as dean of the Morgridge College of Education; named Woman of Valor by the Colorado Diabetes Association in 2001 for work in providing educational programs for children; has worked closely with over 75 doctoral students; collaborated in the development of Destination ImagiNation, University for Youth and Rocky Mountain Talent Search.
Research interests: gifted and talented education, teacher education programs, survey research, program evaluation research.
Professional affiliations: National Association for Gifted Children, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, American Educational Research Association.
E-mail: ekatz@du.edu
Web sites: http://portfolio.du.edu/ekatz; http://myprofile.cos.com/katze87; West VIP Partnership Program