Sandra Harris, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership
Doctoral Faculty

Ph.D. in Educational Leadership-University of Texas, Austin
M.A. in Mid-Management-University of Texas at San Antonio
B.S. Education - Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas.

CURRENT COURES 2008

Registered students may access syllabi and other course information through My Lamar.

RESEACH INTERESTS

Educational Leadership K-16
Doctoral Programs-Education Leadership
Bullying in K-12 schools
Women's Studies

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

BOOKS

	Harris, S. (2005). BRAVO Teacher: Building relationships with actions that value others. New York: Eye on Education.
	Irons, E. J. & Harris, S. (2007). The Challenges of No Child Left Behind: Understanding the Issues of Excellence, Accountability, and Choice. Lanham, NJ: Rowman & Littlefield Education
	Harris, S. (2006). Best Practices of Award-Winning Secondary School Principals. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
	Harris, S. (2005). Best practices of Award-Winning Elementary School Principals. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
	Harris, S. (2005). Changing Mindsets of Educational Leaders to Improve Schools: Voices of Doctoral Students. Lanham, MD.: Scarecrow Education.
	Harris, S.(2004). BRAVO Principals: Building relationships with actions that value others. New York: Eye on Education.
	Harris, S., Lowery, S., Ballenger, J., & Hicks-Townes, F. (2004). Winning Women: Stories of Award-Winning leaders in education. Lanham, MD.: Scarecrow Education.
	Harris, S. & Lowery, S. (2004). Standards-based leadership: A case study book for the assistant principal. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Education.
	Harris, S. & Lowery, S. (2003). Standards-based leadership: A case study book for the principal. Lanham, MD.: Scarecrow Education.
	Lowery, S. & Harris, S. (2003). Standards-Based Leadership: A case study book for the superintendency. Lanham, MD.: Scarecrow Education.
	Harris, S. & Petrie, G. (2003). Bullying: The bullies, the victims, the bystanders. Lanham, MD.: Scarecrow Education.

RECENT BOOK CHAPTERS:

• Harris, S. (In press). Reflections on the first two years of a new doctoral program in Educational Leadership. In C. Mullen, T. Creighton, F. Dembowski, & S. Harris (Eds.) Handbook of Doctoral Programs in Educational Leadership. NCPEA Press.
• Harris, S., Hopson, M., & Farrow, V.(In press). Learning transfer strategies: Impact on changed leadership understandings. NCPEA Yearbook, 2007. Lancaster, PA: Pro-Active Publishing.
• Harris, S. (In press). Communication in a Global Society.
• Clarke, G. & Harris, S.(2006). Preparing Scholar-Practitioner Leaders: A suggested model for change. F. Dembowski & L. Lemasters (Eds), NCPEA Yearbook 2006. (pp. 51-60). Lancaster, PA: Pro-Active Publishing.
• Harris, S. (2006). In F. English (Ed. ), Encyclopedia of educational leadership and administration, Assistant Principals (pp. 793-794)

RECENT ARTICLES

Harris, S.(2007). Best Practices of Award-winning Principals (Texas edition). TASA Insight, 22(1), 23-31.

Harris, S.(2007). Best Practices of Elementary School Award-Winning Principals. NAESP Principal. Invited article.

Harris, S.(2007). The school as a place of refuge. TASA Insight, 19(3), 28-31.

Irons, E. J> & Harris, S. (In press). Impact of NCLB on Principal Preparation Programs. TCPEA School Leadership Review

Harris, S., Ballenger, J., & Jones, A. (In press). Women leaders and spirituality. Advancing Women in Leadership Journal.

Harris, S.(In press). Women Superintendents. Advancing Women in Leadership Journal.

Jackson, S. & Harris, S.(2007). African American Female College Presidents: Barriers to the Presidency. Journal of Women in Educational Administration, 5(2), 119-137.

Harris, S., Irons, E. J., & Crawford, C.(2007). Superintendent perceptions of NCLB on the district. Planning and Changing, 37(3 & 4), 190-204.Harris, S.(2006). Best practices of award-winning public school principals: Implications for university preparation programs. Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 3(2),30-41.

Harris, S. & Hathorn, C.(2006). Middle School principals' perceptions of bullying on campus. NASSP Bulletin, 90(1), 49-69.

Harris, S.(2006). Changing leadership paradigms and practices of doctoral students. AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2(4), 5-11.

Harris, S. Motivators and inhibitors for women superintendents. (In press). Advancing Women in Leadership Journal.

RECENT PRESENTATIONS (*indicates refereed)

*Harris, S. (2007). Learning best practices from the best - Elementary Principals. Presented at NAESP in Seattle, WA, April, 2007

*Harris, S. (2007). Creating a culture of inquiry. NAESP in Seattle, WA, April, 2007

*Gober, D.L., Lambert, J., Wallace, M., & Harris, S. (2007, January). Identifying at-risk first time college students: An equity audit at a regional university in the south. Poster session presented at the 5th annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI.

*Harris, S. (2007). Learning best practices from the best - Secondary Principals 2007. Presented at NASSP in Las Vegas, February, 2007.

*Harris, S. (2007). Using equity audits in a doctoral program. Symposium presented at SERA, San Antonio, Texas, February 7-9, 2007.

*Price, T. & Harris, S. (2007). The role of the student in leading districts to become more culturally proficient to bridge the achievement gap. Presented at Texas Association of School Administrators, Austin, TX, February, 2007

*Harris, S., Hopson, M., & Farrow, V. (2006). What transfer of learning strategies are embedded in a doctoral program? Presented at UCEA, San Antonio, Texas, November 9-11, 2006.

*Moore, M.J., Shoefstall, S., & Harris, S. (2007). High school and college freshmen expectations of college. Presented at CREATE, San Antonio, Texas, September 10-12, 2006.

*Caffery, S. & Harris, S. (2006). Factors influencing Hispanic students to take AP classes. Presented at CSOTTE, Corpus, Christi, TX., October 22-24, 2006.

*Hougen, M., Jacobson, J., & Harris, S. (2006). The role of HEC. Presented at CSOTTE, Corpus Christi, TX, October 22-24, 2006.

*Irons, J. & Harris, S. (2006). The principal's role as instructional leader. Session presented at annual conference of NCPEA, August 2, 2006, Lexington, Kentucky.

  Harris, S. (2006). Invited Doctoral Panel Discussion. Session Presented at annual conference of NCPEA, August 2, 2006, Lexington, Kentucky.

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