Research interests
Joan Kingrey’s research interests include K-12
educational leadership, leadership for social justice,
organizational learning, and school improvement
and reform. She is examining the professional
learning community implications of the teams
participating in the Riverpoint Partnership for Math
and Science HECB grant to improve teacher quality in
mathematics.
Teaching/professional interests
Kingrey is academic unit director for the WSU Spokane
campus, overseeing education programs in the
departments of Teaching and Learning, and Educational
Leadership and Counseling Psychology. She teaches
coursework in the superintendent certification program
and advises doctoral students in the Ed.D.
program. She previously taught courses in
educational leadership: Improvement of Instruction,
Basic Principles of Curriculum Design, and Human
Resources Management. Prior to coming to WSU as
clinical faculty, Kingrey had extensive experience as a
school administrator, supervising schools and
principals in two districts in Eastern Washington,
Spokane Public Schools, and the Mead School District.
She was also a faculty member in the Leadership
Formation program for principals and superintendents at
Gonzaga University.
Recent accomplishments
- Principal Investigator for a $226,000 HECB
Improving Teacher Quality Grant secured for the
Riverpoint Partnership for Math and Science: Building
Capacity for College Readiness Standards in Mathematics
through 11-16 Teacher/Faculty Professional Learning
Communities
- Facilitator for the Riverpoint Partnership for Math
and Science, a partnership between Washington State
University – Spokane; Eastern Washington
University; Community Colleges of Spokane; Spokane
Public Schools; Central Valley School District; Mead
School District; Educational Service District 101
- Editor, Curriculum in Context, the journal
of the Washington State Association of
Supervision and Curriculum Development
- Program Coordinator, Educational Leadership
program: WSU College of Education
- Consultant to numerous school districts and school
boards in the state of Washington.
Educational background
- Ph.D. Educational Administration, Washington State
University
- M.Ed. Curriculum and Instruction, Washington State
University
- B.A. English, Washington State University
