I am a full professor and Department Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the Morgridge College of Education at the University of Denver. I earned a Bachelor of Science in mathematics education with a minor in Spanish from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. After teaching mathematics on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona and in inner-city Indianapolis, I attended Indiana University–Bloomington and earned a Master of Science degree in curriculum and instruction with a focus on international and intercultural education. After living in London for a few years and extensive global travel, I earned a Ph.D. in Educational Policy and Administration focusing on comparative and international development education from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. 

I teach research methods, educational leadership, foundations of educational leadership, and technology leadership. My research focuses on digital technologies and their impact on school leadership, transformation, innovation, and the student experience. My primary interest is exploring how school administrators lead deeper learning, innovative learning organizations that prepare future-ready students.

I am the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Educational Administration. I have written or co-authored articles in the following journals: Comparative Education Review, Educational Administration Quarterly, International Journal of Education and Development using ICT, Information Technology for International Development, Journal of International Development, Journal of School Leadership, Review of Policy Research, and The Teacher Educator.

My research, teaching, and service links global, cultural, and technological forces. My main areas of focus include:

• School technology leadership

• Leading for deeper learning

• School leadership in international contexts

• Information and communication technology for development (ICT4D)

• International development

I am a Director of the Center for the Advanced Study in Technology Leadership (CASTLE). CASTLE is the nation’s only center dedicated to the technology needs of school administrators. I also serve as the UCEA Associate Director of Program Centers. I co-founded the Comparative and International Education Society's (CIES)Information and Communication Technologies Special Interest Group (ICT4D SIG) and have held various leadership roles within CIES for over a decade.