One of our own landed the Chancellor position! Doctorate in Educational

Leadership Affiliated Faculty member, Dr. Francisco Rodriguez, was

appointed Chancellor of the Los Angeles Community College District in

April. He previously served as superintendent/president of Mira Costa

Community College in North San Diego County.

Dr. Rodriguez is a first generation college graduate. He attained his Ph.D.

in education from Oregon State University, Master’s degree in community

development from UC Davis, and Bachelor’s degree in Chicano Studies

from UC Davis. For six years he was president of Consumnes River

College, and also served at UC Davis and Woodlake Community College

in Yolo County.

In his new position, Dr. Rodriguez will act as a system-wide chief for the colleges. LACCD educates

almost three times as many Latino students and nearly four times as many African-American students as

all of the University of California campuses combined. Eighty percent of LACCD students are from un-

derserved populations.

Due to the recession, the LAACD lost close to 500,000 students after a budgetary disaster. Therefore, the

district's finances will be Dr. Rodriguez's number one priority. He is replacing Dr. Adriana Barrera, the

interim chancellor, after Chancellor Daniel LaVista resigned.

Chancellor Rodriguez has been instrumental in advancing the transformational skills of our graduates in

his capacity as Faculty and Dissertation Advisor. On behalf of the Doctorate in Educational Leadership

program at Sacramento State, we would like to wish Dr. Rodriguez warm congratulations and all the best

in his future endeavors.

Francisco Rodriguez becomes Chancellor of the Los Angeles

Community College District

Inside this issue:

Program Leadership 2

Faculty Scholarships 2

Student

Accomplishments

3

Recent Alumni

Accomplishments

3

Transcending into

Superintendence

3

Successful Events 4

California State University, Sacramento: College of Education

Doctorate in Educational Leadership

SPRING 2014 NEWSLETTER VOLUME 3 ISSUE 1

The Journal of Transformative Leadership

and Policy Study

The Journal of Transformative Leadership and Policy Studies (JTLPS) will issue its next volume in June 2014. In addition to our peer reviewed manuscripts, JTLPS is excited to announce two reflective essays from nationally recognized leaders in K-12 and higher edu-cation: Dr. Ramona Bishop, Superintendent of the Vallejo City Unified Schools District and Dr. Francisco Rodriguez, Chancellor of the Los Angeles Community College District. They will both share their respective educational visions.

Look for our up-coming June volume. View full volumes at: www.csus.edu/edd

Program Leadership

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We thank

Dr. Nevarez

and Dr. Jez

for their

dedication to

the program.

Dr. Carlos

Nevarez

Program Director Dr. Carlos Nevarez recently

spoke at multiple conferences about educational

leadership and institutional change. He spoke at

the Broward College President’s Leadership Acad-

emy in Davie, Florida, and at the 56th Annual

Council for the Study of Community Colleges in

Washington, D.C. The presentation was titled

“Community College Leaders Capacity to Lead:

Realizing Institutional Change.” Dr. Nevarez is

working on future publications, including a third

book focused on ethical leadership in community

colleges. This book is scheduled to be published

this fall.

Through her research and service, Associate

Director Dr. Su Jin Jez has been busy influencing

education policy and practice. She continues her

active scholarship agenda, including publishing a

peer-reviewed article in Research in Higher Education

entitled "The Differential Impact of Wealth vs.

Income in the College-Going Process," and a

commissioned paper on for-profit colleges for the

University of Southern California’s Pullias Center

for Higher Education. Dr. Jez continues to give

numerous media interviews on topics ranging

from changes in teacher tenure policy to the im-

pact of Teach For America.

Faculty Scholarship

Dr. Su Jin Jez

a leadership development work-

shop.

Dr. Rose Borunda’s

second edition of her

second publication Speak-

ing from the Heart: Histories

of Chicana, Latina and

Amerindian Women, will

be available this summer. Dr.

Borunda was invited to speak at

the Sacramento State President’s

Convocation . The theme of the

event was “Challenging Op-

portunities and Courageous

Conversation.”

Dr. Andrea Venezia has

had a very busy semester. In

January, she spoke at the

College Board's 2014 Collo-

quium in San Diego.

She also co-authored a

chapter in New Direc-

tions for Community

Colleges (with Kathy

Hughes) in February.

Andrea Venezia was a

discussant at AERA in

April on an invited panel about

postsecondary access and suc-

cess. Dr. Venezia launched a

new project on the implementa-

tion of the Common Core State

Standards and Deeper Learning in

CA (funded by the Hewlett

Foundation).

Dr. Rob Wassmer has

conduced a study focused

on early childhood educa-

tion patterns in California.

His will be presenting his

report, “The Relative Importance

of Supply and Demand Factors in

Determining Preschool Attend-

ance and Hours Attended,” at the

Western Economic As-

sociation Meeting in

Denver on June 29.

Dr. Caroline Turner

has had a busy semester.

She currently has her

book Modeling mentoring

across race/ethnicity and gender:

Practices to cultivate the next

generation of diverse faculty in

press. She also presented at

both the AERA and NACCS

conferences.

Dr. Lisa William-White

was recently

recognized for her

scholarship. She re-

ceived the Sacramento

State Outstanding

Scholarly and Crea-

tive Activity Award.

This spring Dr. Porfirio Loe-

za began the implementation of

the National Bilingual Education

Plan for Language and Literacy

Development for the

Guatemalan Ministry

of Education and the

U.S. Agency for Inter-

national Develop-

ment. The plan is

based on his book

from 2013 on a na-

tional policy for bilin-

gualism. He initiated in

January 2014 a pilot

program in the Guate-

malan state of Toton-

icapán up in the

Quiche highlands of

Guatemala.

Dr. Lisa Romero received a

Center of Teaching and Learning

Pedagogical Enhancement

Award for improving learning

outcomes in quantitative meth-

ods. Her article, “Trust, Behav-

ior, and High School Achieve-

ment” will be published

in The Journal of Edu-

cational Administration

(JEA) this year. She

will also be traveling to

Guatemala to facilitate Dr. Lisa

Romero

Dr. Porfirio

Loeza

Dr. rose

borunda

Dr. Andrea

Venezia

Dr. Rob

Wassmer

Dr. Caroline

turner

Dr. Lisa

William-White

Congratulations to Cohort 5!

All 14 members have successful-

ly defended their dissertations

and graduated. We would also

like to acknowledge Dr. Diane

Carlson and Dr. Sarah Gra-

ham, who received the Out-

standing Dissertation Award.

Dr. Diane Carlson along with

Dr. Erik Cooper received the

Graduating with Distinction

Award for their academic

achievement.

Cohort 6 has finished the quali-

fying exams and looks forward to

summer and beginning their

dissertation research.

Cohort 7 has successfully finished

their first year in the Doctorate

Program (Cohort 7 photo on page

4).

Fall 2014 will mark the entrance

of our 8th cohort into the Sac

State Ed.D. program. We are

excited to welcome this new

diverse and dynamic cohort.

Media,” that was recently pub-

lished in Cutting-Edge Technologies

and Social Media Use in Higher Edu-

cation.

In February, Dr. Shelly

Hoover was awarded the Marcus

Foster Memorial Award from the

Placer County Association of

California School Administrators.

This award recognizes outstand-

ing leadership and significant

contributions to education by a

K-12 school administrator. She

Dr. Jenny

Murphy was

appointed the

Interim Associate

Dean for the

College of Con-

tinuing Educa-

tion at Sac State

in December of 2013. She co-

wrote a chapter called

“Overcoming Organizational

Obstacles and Driving Change:

The Implementation of Social

retired from her principalship in

August 2013, and started a new

position as an adjunct research

professor at William Jessup

University in Rocklin, CA.

On February 24, Dr. Daryl

Camp, Superintendent of

Riverbank Unified School Dis-

trict, along with six other

superintendents in Stanislaus

County, met with Governor

Brown for an information

discussion on educational issues.

Student Accomplishments

Transcending into Superintendence

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Congratulations

Cohort 5! All 14

members have

successfully

defended their

Dissertations.

Dr. Gabe

Simon

Recent Alumni Accomplishments

The following Doctorate in Educational Leadership Alumni have ascended to Superintendents of their

respective school districts.

Dr. Baljinder

Dhillon

Dr. Gloria

Hernadez

Dr. Daryl

Camp

Dr. Clark

Burke

Superintendent of

Ravenwood Unified

School District

Superintendent of

Manteca Unified

School District

Superintendent of

Cascade Union

Elementary School

District Superintendent of

Riverbank Unified

School District

Superintendent of

Colfax Elementary

School District

Dr. Sarah

Graham

Dr. Diane

Carlson

Dr. Erik

Cooper

Dr. Jenny

Murphy

If you would like to be added to our prospective student list, in order to receive important

information and e-mails about upcoming information sessions, please either e-mail or

call our office. If you are interested in applying, please visit our website for admission

information and procedures.

The Superintendent Panel Discussion on March 7th was a great

success. The Dean and the Provost were both in attendance. The panel

included Dr. Sarah Noguchi, Chris Evans, and our alumni, Dr. Baljinder

Dhillon. The panelists offered thoughtful insight into the position of

Superintendent in the Sacramento region. Future panel discussions, such

as this one, are being scheduled for future semesters.

There was not an empty seat in the house on April 18th for the

Outstanding Dissertation Showcase Panel. The panel was lively and rich

with information. All panelists had the opportunity to provide a synop-

sis of their research and how their work has been implemented in their

school work. Panelists included Dr. Kadhir V. Rajagopal from Cohort 1,

Dr. Mallory Angeli Newell from Cohort 2, Dr. Rebecca Jane Berner

from Cohort 3, and Dr. Viridiana Diaz from Cohort 3. All panelists

were awarded a plaque in honor of their achievements. If you were una-

ble to make the panel event or wish to review the information provided

during the event, the EDD office videotaped the event. Please visit the

office if you wish to view the video.

Coming soon to our website, the full list of 2014-2015 events.

Please visit www.csus.edu/coe/for upcoming events.

Doctorate in Educational Leadership

Spring 2014

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Successful Events Cohort 7

Drs. Carlos Nevarez, Vanessa

Sheared, Viridiana Diaz, and

Caroline Turner