Department of Leadership and Educational Studies

Degrees

• J.D., Duke University School of Law
• M.A., Duke University
• M.A.T.S., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
• B. A., Westminster College

Research and areas of interest: Education Law, Policy, Philosophy, and Ethics; Leadership and the Humanities; School Technology Law; Charter School Law and Policy.

Courses taught: Education Law and Ethics; Critical Issues in Education; Personnel Leadership and Management; Administering Change in Education; First-Year Seminar (undergraduate).

Professional service: Legal consulting, instruction and policy development for traditional, charter, and independent schools; Education Law Association (member and articles contributor); Legal Consultant for the Association of Classical & Christian Schools (articles contributor); Center for Law and the Humanities (board member); N.C. Bar Association (member and Education Law Section officer); N.C. Alliance of Public Charter Schools (consultant and presenter); Alliance of Public Charter School Attorneys (member).

Hobbies/personal interests: Gardening; swimming; camping; digital photography; traditional jazz; Martin Luther studies and biography; studies in law, government, legal philosophy and theology; Grace Lutheran Church, Durham, NC (member).