Transformative Leadership and Change Initiative Implementation for P-12 and Higher Education

Tracy Mulvaney is the Dean of the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Prior to UNCP she served as the Assistant Dean and Associate Professor in Educational Leadership at Monmouth University. After a long career as a P-12 teacher and administrator, she entered the higher education space as the Chair of a teacher education program in Arizona. In 2016 she accepted the position of Assistant Dean of the School of Education at Monmouth University, a role she served for six years prior to returning to faculty to work directly with doctoral students. Dr. Mulvaney holds a B.S. in Rehabilitation and an M.A. in Special Education from the University of Arizona. William George III is an experienced educator and P-12 school and district leader, Dr. George currently serves as the Program Director of the EDD program in Educational Leadership at Monmouth University. Dr. George has enjoyed a career spanning three decades as a teacher, principal, and superintendent. Jason Fitzgerald is a scholar in civic and historical thinking. Dr. Jason Fitzgerald brings his years of K-12 teaching experience to his research and work with university students. Applying historical and civic thinking heuristics, systemic functional linguistics, and legitimation code theory to social studies contexts and practices, Dr. Fitzgerald collaborates with a range of P-12 and higher education stakeholders to create design-based research initiatives to support students' knowledge building. Wendy Gray Morales is an Assistant Superintendent at the Monmouth-Ocean Educational Services Commission. After a distinguished career as a teacher, teacher leaders, and Supervisor, Dr. Morales continues to impact future and aspiring leaders by teaching courses in the Educational Leadership department at Monmouth University.