Dr. Matthew Militello is the Wells Fargo Distinguished Professor in Educational Leadership at East Carolina University. Before his academic career, Militello was a middle and high public-school teacher, assistant principal, and principal in Michigan. Dr. Militello has over 60 publications and is currently co-authoring his sixth book on school leadership, “Leading and Learning Together: Cultivating School Change from Within.” He has been awarded over $17 million in grant funding and is the founding director of an innovative Doctor of Education program for ECU anchored in Bangkok, Thailand.
Lynda Tredway, an activist educator, is committed to a vision of social justice as a way of being and knowing in schools and communities. In her first year of teaching in 1969-70, she engaged in 80 home visits. As a teacher, teacher-educator, and leader-educator, she works with school and district leaders in facilitating Community Learning Exchange processes that support capacity-building in schools and organizations. Dedicated to the premise that all those in a school can become researchers of their work and actively choose to engage others to effect change, she and colleagues, Matthew Militello and Joe Flessa, have a forthcoming book entitled “Leading and Learning Together: Cultivating School Change from Within.”
Carrie Morris joined the East Carolina University Department of Educational Leadership in March 2019 after 22 years as a teacher and administrator in Onslow County Schools, NC. She is excited to learn from and with eastern North Carolina public school leaders in her position as the Associate Director for School Leadership, funded through a U.S. Department of Education grant entitled edPIRATE (Educator Pipeline in Rural Action for Teaching Equity). Carrie is interested in equitable educational practices positively impacting all students, empowering women in leadership, and the importance of relationship building in K-12 public education.
Larry Hodgkins is an assistant teaching professor at East Carolina University. He previously served as a National Board-Certified math teacher, athletic coach, assistant principal, and principal in North Carolina public schools for fifteen years. He earned his Educational Doctorate from East Carolina University and holds a master’s degree in school administration from as well as undergraduate degrees in physics and chemical engineering. As an educator, Larry is committed to ensuring success for all students by focusing on equity and community in his research and practice.