The PhD program in Education and Leadership (PhDEL) is Pacific University’s first inter-professional graduate program, offering a joint-degree creatively designed by the College of Education and the College of Health Professions for the 21st century working professional. With a strong emphasis on evidence-based practice, this program explores themes and issues about the meaning of leadership and learning, and strategies to lead in a time of dynamic global change.
The curriculum encourages students to explore the role of technology in forming and supporting leaders and creating new distributed communities where leaders can gather and learn from each other across temporal and geographic environments.
The program has a contemporary approach to building an inter-professional virtual community of inquiry, offering students a collaborative, applied design to research, which has demonstrated success among adult learners who bring expertise from the field.
This scholarship-based program will produce leaders in their respective fields who are academically prepared to make future innovative contributions to the body of knowledge and pedagogy to influence practice and effect change within their own settings. Courses are offered online two nights weekly over fall, spring, and summer.
Students fulfill the low residency program requirement by coming to campus for one week each January to attend a formative applied, evidence-based research conference, which provides a rich opportunity to collaborate, showcase their current research, and learn about innovative inter-professional practices across diverse contexts.
Explore the role of technology in forming and supporting leaders, and engaging in new distributed community of inquiry where leaders, scholars, and educators gather and learn from each other across temporal and geographic environments. Students participate in weekly online synchronous sessions.
Welcome! My name is Karolyn Ismay and I work at Pacific University’s Forest Grove campus as an Area Coordinator and Deputy Title IX Coordinator in the departments of Residence Life and Student Conduct in the Division of Student Affairs. I have been working in Student Affairs for 8 years in various departments including Academic Advising […]
Welcome! My name is Talina Corvus. I am a physical therapist and adjunct faculty member to Pacific University’s School of Physical Therapy. My clinical practice is centered around geriatrics. I currently coordinate an Outpatient Physical Therapy program within a geriatric residential community where I also work in Home Health and Skilled Nursing settings. As an […]
I have been fortunate to be part of the Pacific University family since 2008, when I joined the College of Health Professions to start the Master of Healthcare Administration program. Since that time, I’ve worked with a variety of faculty across the college and university to teach, and develop grants and new programs including some […]
My name is Mark Page-Botelho a long time resident of Oregon, but who now lives mostly overseas. I’ve been working at many different American International Schools, and currently work in Lagos, Nigeria as the Technology Director. Most of my career I’ve been a K-12 Technology Facilitator, and have also managed technology departments, as well as […]
Dr. Linda Hunt holds two positions at Pacific University, professor Gerontology program and professor of School of Occupational Therapy. Dr. Hunt earned degrees in Occupational Therapy, Healthcare Services, and PhD in Physiological Optics with a specialty in cognition, vision, and aging. Dr. Hunt launched her research with a grant funded by National Institute on Aging […]
I am an Adjunct Instructor and University Supervisor here at Pacific. My research interests include, social emotional learning, mindfulness practices for p-20 education and inclusive pedagogy and practice. I earned a B.A. in philosophy from Southern Illinois University and an M.Ed. from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. My passion for travel has allowed me […]
I am a Registered Dental Hygienist and business professional with over 30 years of experience. I have worked with many different providers from all across the world in a number of dental care settings with a focus on quality improvement. Through this collaboration, I have published and continue to develop quality research that is useful […]
My name is Lesleigh Kowalski Frank. I have been an occupational therapist for ten years, graduating from Pacific University in 2009 with my Masters of Occupational Therapy. Shortly after graduation I moved to Maryland and worked at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Kennedy Krieger Institute. While there I obtained my Assistive Technology Professional certification and […]
Hi! My name is Kristi Tonning and I am an assistant professor and the Director of the OHSU (BS) Radiation Therapy Program. My background is in radiation therapy and change management, which includes both leadership and education experience. I currently teach courses in Radiation Oncology, Quality Improvement & Change Management and Foundations of IPE. My research interests include simulation based […]
Welcome to Pacific University!! My name is Todd Twyman, and I am an Associate Professor and MAT Coordinator in the School of Learning and Teaching’s Eugene campus. I teach courses in applied human development, research methods, assessment, and social studies teaching methods. My research focuses on developing classroom-based assessment to increase K-12 student achievement. Current […]
