Rhonda McClellan, Ed.D. (Oklahoma State University)
Professor, Interdisciplinary PhD in Change Leadership for Equity and Inclusion
Mashburn 230B
(501) 852-2578
Curriculum Vita
Cell: 580.628.7808
Educational Background
Ed.D., Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX, 2014. Dissertation: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Student Perceptions of Instructional Engagement in High School Math Courses and College Math Readiness
M.Ed., Educational Administration, Texas A&M University-Commerce, 2004
Bachelor of Arts, Physical Education; Biology minor, University of Texas at Arlington, 1986
Teaching Field Specialization
LEAD 8v38 Emergent Leadership
LEAD 7300 Capabilities Approach and Human Development
LEAD 8336 Doctoral Student Leader Identity and Well-Being Development
LEAD 9110-9910 Dissertation and Qualifying Papers
LEAD 8338 Dissertation Seminar
LEAD 8338 Social Justice Education and Methodology
LEAD 8305 Foundations of Leadership
LEAD 8336 Contemporary Issues in Leadership
LEAD 8338 Independent Readings and Research
LEAD 7300 Leadership Internship
Various Field-Based Research Projects (listed under Service, too)
SLMA 6330 Curriculum and Program Leadership
EDAD 6390 K16 Educational Leadership: History and Philosophy
EDAD 6330 Leadership Theory and Research
EDAD 6392 K16 Educational Issues
EDAD 6304 Qualitative Research
EDAD 5330 Leadership in Instructional Settings (face-to-face and online)
EDAD 6360 Curriculum Development and Supervision (online)
EDAD 5332 The American Community College
EDAD 5322 Research Methods
Instructional Leadership Development
Educational Foundations and Administrative Implications
Internship—Principal
Applied Field Research
Educational Politics and Social Justice
Research in Education
Social Justice Leadership
Professional Appraisal System
Thesis
Professional Paper—Applied Field Research for Aspiring Principal
The American Community College
Qualitative Research
Qualitative Research in Foreign Context: Alaska
Impact of College on Students
Qualitative Research in Foreign Context: Belizean Higher Education
Educational Leadership, Organizational and Critical Theories
Elements of Research (online and face-to-face)
Cross-cultural Educational Leadership (online and travel)
Educational Seminal Texts
Multicultural Leadership in Education
Educational Politics: Feminine Leadership and Discourse
Educational Politics and Community Relations
Community College Administration
Administration of Adult and Continuing Education
Higher Education Advanced Internships
Bi-national Leadership: Mexico’s Private and Public Educational Systems
Research Interests and Areas
Nadelson, L. S., Albritton, S., Couture, V. G., Green, C., Loyless, S. D., & Shaw, E. O. (2019). Principals’ perceptions of education equity: A mindset for practice. Journal of Education and Learning, 9(1), 1-15.
Huffman, S., Shaw, E., & Loyless, S. (2019). Ensuring ethics and equity: Policy, planning, and digital citizenship. Education, 140(2), 87-99.
Huffman, S. P., Loyless, S., Albritton, S., & Green, C. (2020). Leveraging technology to improve school safety and student wellbeing. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Loyless, S., & Shaw, E. O. (2020). Beyond retreat and rebellion: Building teacher capacity for optimized student engagement & agency. In Huffman, S. P., Loyless, S., Albritton, S., & Green, C. (Eds.), Leveraging technology to improve school safety and student wellbeing. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
McClellan, R. (2021). Chapter Two: Leading resilient communities in the VUCA context.
Handbook of Community Development. Routledge.
Ivory, G., & McClellan, R. (2018). Leadership development and the study of expertise in
principals. In D. J. Touchton, M. A. Rodriguez, G. Ivory, & M. Acker-Hocevar (Eds.),
Expertise and the Principalship. Quandaries of school leadership: Voices from principals
in the field (pp. 225-238). Palgrave McMillan.
Lane, E., Morris, D., McClellan, R. Brantley, S., Argue, S., & Boles, J. (2020). Public Health
Leadership in a Disadvantaged Landscape. Medcrave Journal of Public Health, 9(2), 44-51.
Wilson, J., North, M., Morris, D., & McClellan, R. (2020). Rethinking implicit leadership
theories: Tomorrow’s leaders are collective, generative, and adaptive. Journal of Leadership Studies. https://doi.org/10.1002/jls.21707
Specialty Areas
Leadership and Change, Leader Identity and Expertise Development, Higher Education Program Development and Implementation