Faculty Research Interests
Faculty in the College of Education are continuously engaged in research and other scholarly activities to support the college's mission and K-State's 2025 vision. Browse the list below to discover faculty interested in each area.
This page is in the process of being updated to include all faculty research interests. For faculty needing adjustments to this list, please send your updated information to Morgan Jobe at mmc21@k-state.edu.
Academic Advising
- Lisa Rubin
- Wendy Troxel
Adult Teaching and Learning
- Royce Ann Collins
- Jane Fishback
- Susan Yelich Biniecki
- Jeff Zacharakis
- Haijun Kang
Assessment
- Fred Burrack
- Debbie Mercer
- Jim Teagarden
- Wendy Troxel
Behavioral and Social-Emotional Support
- Jessica Lane
- Jim Teagarden
College Access (Student Recruitment/Retention)
- Wendy Troxel
- Sandra Avalos
- Marcus Kidd
- Mechelle Martinez
College Athlete Development
- Lisa Rubin
Diversity and Inclusion
- Doris Carroll
- Tonnie Martinez
- Craig McGill
- Be Stoney
- Kay Ann Taylor
Education History, Philosophy, Sociology
- Kay Ann Taylor
- Jeff Zacharakis
- Jim Teagarden
Education Policy
- Marilyn Kaff
Equity/Inequity Issues
- Doris Carroll
- Lori Goodson
- Jia Liang
- Tonnie Martinez
- Be Stoney
- Kay Ann Taylor
History and Social Studies Education
- Brad Burenheide
- J. Spencer Clark
- LouAnn Getz
- Tom Vontz
Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning
- David Allen
- J. Spencer Clark
- Vicki Sherbert
- Kimberly Staples
Integrating Technology
- Doris Carroll
- J. Spencer Clark
- Royce Ann Collins
- Robert Hachiya
- Haijun Kang
- Cyndi Kuhn
- Lotta Larson
- Jia Liang
- Della Perez
- Suzanne Porath
- Deepak Subramony
International Education
- J. Spencer Clark
- Haijun Kang
- Susan Yelich Biniecki
Issues in Higher Education
- Christy Craft
- Lisa Rubin
Language and Literacy
- Todd Goodson
- Lori Goodson
- Socorro Herrera
- Lotta Larson
- Kevin Murry
- Della Perez
- Suzanne Porath
- Vicki Sherbert
Leadership/Leadership Development
- Donna Augustine-Shaw
- Mary Devin
- Judy Favor
- Haijun Kang
- Jessica Lane
- Jia Liang
- Lisa Rubin
- Andrew Wefald
- Jeff Zacharakis
Mathematics Education
- David Allen
- Sherri Martinie
Multiculturalism
- Doris Carroll
- Ruth Gurgel
- Socorro Herrera
- Haijun Kang
- Tonnie Martinez
- Be Stoney
- Kay Ann Taylor
Professional Development
- David Allen
- Doris Carroll
- J. Spencer Clark
- Marilyn Kaff
- Suzanne Porath
- Tom Vontz
Research Methodology and Data Analytics
- Craig McGill
- Lydia Yang
Rural Schools/Rural Education
- LouAnn Getz
- Jerry Johnson
- Jessica Lane
- Tuan Nguyen
- Vicki Sherbert
- Jackie Spears
- Jeff Zacharakis
School Counseling and Career Advising
- Doris Carroll
- Jessica Lane
- Lisa Rubin
School Reform
- J. Spencer Clark
- Kevin Murry
Service Learning/Action Research
- Lori Goodson
- Tonnie Martinez
- Suzanne Porath
Science Education
- Kimberly Staples
Special Education
- Marilyn Kaff
- Jessica Lane
STEM Teaching and Learning
- David Allen
- Sherri Martinie
- Lydia Yang
Students with Disabilities
- Marilyn Kaff
- Jim Teagarden
- Warren White
Teacher Preparation and Training
- J. Spencer Clark
- Lori Goodson
- Marilyn Kaff
- Debbie Mercer
- Phil Payne
- Suzanne Porath
- Vicki Sherbert
- Kimberly Staples
Teacher Recruitment and Retention
- Jamie Alberto
- LouAnn Getz
- Socorro Herrera
- Sherri Martinie
- Tuan Nguyen
- Phil Payne
- Jim Teagarden
Vocational Training
- Warren White