Leadership Team

Dean

Kui Xie

Dean and Joanne H. Hook Dean’s Chair in Educational Renewal xiekui@missouri.edu

Secley Kennedy

Senior Executive Assistant kennedyse@missouri.edu

Associate Deans

Erica Lembke

Associate Dean for ResearchCurators’ Distinguished Professor lembkee@missouri.edu

Ashlie Lester

Associate Dean of Undergraduate StudiesAssociate Teaching ProfessorAcademic Advisor, Family & Community Services lestera@missouri.edu

Joi L. Moore

Associate Dean for Engagement, Outreach, & Graduate StudiesProfessor moorejoi@missouri.edu

Department Chairs

Bradley Curs

Department Chair - Educational Leadership & Policy AnalysisAssociate Professor, Higher Education Policy cursb@missouri.edu

Tony Castro

Department Chair - Learning, Teaching & CurriculumAssociate Professor Director of Qualitative Inquiry castroaj@missouri.edu

Nikki Ashcraft

Associate Department Chair - Learning, Teaching & CurriculumTeaching Professor ashcraftn@missouri.edu

Brenda Lohman

Professor Department Chair - Human Development and Family ScienceDirector - Center for Family Policy and Research blohman@umsystem.edu

Denice Adkins

Director and Professor - School of Information Science & Learning Technologies adkinsde@missouri.edu

Cindy Dudenhoffer

Associate Director, SISLTTeaching Professor dudenhofferc@missouri.edu

Cheryl Offutt

Department Chair - Educational, School, and Counseling PsychologyTeaching Professor EdSp MHPS Program Coordinator offuttc@missouri.edu

Lisa Goran

Department Chair - Special EducationTeaching Professor GoranL@missouri.edu

Strategic Communications

Sarah Salmons

Director, Strategic Communications sarah.salmons@missouri.edu

Fiscal

Kristen Hudson

Business Administration Manager hudsonka@umsystem.edu