Department faculty
For complete profile, click on name. Research specializations are listed below.
Michele Acker-Hocevar, Associate Professor. Ph.D., University of South Florida. Organizational behavior and theory.
Arreed Barabasz, Professor, Ed.D., State University of New York at Albany. Clinical and experimental hypnosis, and aports psychology.
Marianne Barabasz, Professor, Ed.D., State University of New York at Albany. Clinical and wxperimental hypnosis, cognitive-behavior therapy.
Bruce E. Becker, Research Professor, M.D., Tulane University School of Medicine. Aquatic exercise and rehabilitation.
Jennifer Beller, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Idaho. Physical education and sport philosophy and ethics.
Larry Bruya, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Purdue University. Play behavior in children, development of motor skills.
A. Timothy Church, Professor, Ph.D., University of Minnesota. Cross-Cultural psychology, and indigenous psychology.
Tammy Crawford, Clinical Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Washington State University. College athletics, socio-cultural sports issues, sports marketing.
Cathy Claussen, Professor, J.D., Georgetown University Law Center. Sport law, especially discrimination and First Amendment issues.
Phyllis Erdman, Interim Dean, Professor, Ph.D., St. Mary's University. The linking of family systems and attachment theory
Brian French, Associate Professor. Ph.D., Purdue University. Psychometrics/educational measurement and quantitative methods.
Gail C. Furman, Professor, Ph.D., Washington State University. Leadership and organizations, school as community, moral leadership and ethics.
Gordon S. Gates, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Washington State University, Leadership, stress and coping, school community.
Paul Goldman, Clinical Professor, Ph.D. University of Chicago, educational professionalism, trust in schools, distance education, organizational learning.
Kasee J. Hildenbrand, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kansas State University. Critical thinking, the effects of concussion, warm-water immersion.
Steve M. Hirsch, Clinical Assistant professor, Ph.D., Univ. of Washington. The use of curriculum-based measurement to identify at-risk readers and mathematicians.
David R. Holliway, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Washington. The evelopment of perspective-taking in writing discourse and on the development of teaching practice.
James Howard, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Oregon. School principal effectiveness and preparation programs.
Susan Jensen, Clincial Assistant Professor. Ed.D., Washington State University.
Joan Kingrey, Clinical Associate Professor, Educational Director for WSU-Spokane, Ph.D., Washington State University. K-12 educational leadership, leadership for social justice, organizational learning, school reform.
Laurie McCubbin, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison. Risk and resilience among indigenous peoples and people of color, cultural identity, multicultural counseling.
Brian W. McNeill, Professor, Ph.D. , Texas Tech University. Qualitative investigations of Latino healing traditions.
Phillip E. Morgan, Clinical Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Washington State University. Youth activity/fitness and public school coaching.
Forrest W. Parkay, Professor, Ph.D., University of Chicago. Principal Socialization, curriculum theory, implementation of educational policies.
Michael Pavel, Professor, Ph.D., Arizona State University. College student development, institutional adaptation, policy environments.
Paul Pitre, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park. Racial/ethnic minority and low socioeconomic status students’ experiences in the college choice process and factors that enhance student aspirations.
Kimberly Robertello, Clinical Assistant Professor. Ph.D., University of Idaho. Health behavior change theory and program-theory based evaluation.
Nancy M. Sanders, Associate Professor, Ph.D. Stanford University, education reforms and policy, equity and social justice in the core technology of schooling.
Judy Schultz, Instructor and Advisor, Ph.D., Washington State University. Higher educational instructional improvement, movement planning disorders, psychomotor behavior.
Gay Selby, Assistant Professor, Ed.D., Washington State University. Vancouver Specialization: Finance, Law and Personnel.
Gene Sharratt, Clinical Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Washington State University. Characteristics of effective building-level leaders and how they impact school culture.
Danny Talbot, Assistant Professor. Ed.D., University of Utah. Educational law, organizational leadership.
Yosuke Tsuji, Assistant Professor. Ph.D., Texas A&M University. Sport consumer behavior.
Michael S. Trevisan, Interim Department Chair, Professor, Ph.D., University of Washington. Psychological measurement/assessment, quantitative methods.
Sarah Urlich-French, Clinical Assistant Professor. Ph.D., Purdue University. The social psychology of sport and physical activity.
Kelly Ward, Professor, Ph.D. Penn State University. Integration of teaching, research, and service; work and family concerns for faculty; new faculty development.
John Wong, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Maryland. hockey, History of business of sport, sport business decision-making, power relationships.
Carol Zweifel, Instructor, M.S., Washington State University. Athletic training, health/wellness and fitness.
