» Ph.D. in Education Career Outcomes

Chapman Ph.D. in Education alumni are well-positioned for a range of careers throughout higher education, K-12 education, education nonprofits, the private sector, and beyond. Although nearly 45% of Ph.D. alumni become either higher education faculty or administrators, our alumni also serve as school psychologists and K-12 administrators as well as leaders within the education policy, nonprofit, and private sectors.

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Since its inception in 2007, the Attallah College of Educational Studies' Ph.D. in Education program - the first doctoral program at Chapman University - has graduated on average 12 students each year across our five emphases:

Cultural and Curricular Studies (CCS)
Disability Studies (DS)
Leadership Studies (LS)
School Psychology (SP) (not accepting at this time)
Teacher Education (TE)

Explore below to see a selection of featured Ph.D. in Education alumni and detailed data about the alumni career outcomes by emphasis.

See also our Ph.D Dissertations webpage for more details about alumni research topics.

Dr. Ryan McGill

Associate Professor and Chair, School Psychology and Counselor Education, William & Mary

Ryan McGill is Associate Professor of School Psychology and Chair of the Department of School Psychology and Counselor Education at William & Mary. Prior to W&M, he was a faculty member in the school psychology programs at Texas Woman's University and a practicing school psychologist in Southern California.

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Dr. Stefani Boutelier

Associate Professor of Education, Graduate Research Program Director, Aquinas College

Dr. Stefani Boutelier is an Associate Professor of Education as well as the Graduate Research Program Director at Aquinas College.

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Dr. Colette Marie O’Bannion

Fairmont Private School - Anaheim Hills Campus

Dr. Colette O'Bannion currently serves as Head of School for the Fairmont Preparatory Academy in Anaheim Hills, California.

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Dr. Maryann Krikorian

Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept. of Teaching and Learning, Loyola Marymount University

Dr. Maryann Krikorian is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Urban Education Department at Loyola Marymount University’s (LMU) School of Education. She is also a director in the LMU School of Education for Accreditation Case Studies where she oversees a research team investigating educator prep program alumni and their teaching effectiveness.

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Dr. Nicol Howard

Associate Professor of Education & Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, University of Redlands

Dr. Nicol Howard is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the School of Education’s Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Redlands. She is also the co-director of the Race in Education Analytics Learning Lab (REAL Lab) in the Center for Educational Justice.

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Dr. Kyle Patrick (KP) Williams

Assistant Teaching Professor of Leadership Studies, Iowa State University

Dr. Kyle Patrick (KP) Williams joined the Iowa State University Leadership Studies program faculty in the Fall of 2018. He also currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Community Development Society.

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Dr. Dina Eletreby

Head of School, New Horizon

Dr. Dina Eletreby currently serves as the Head of School at New Horizons School in Irvine, California.

Dr. Tricia Kasamatsu

Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, California State University, Fullerton

Dr. Tricia Kasamatsu is an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Cal State Fullerton. She is a certified athletic trainer with clinical experience working in university settings, an orthopedic physician's office, and a community concussion clinic.

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Cultural and Curricular Studies (CCS) graduates follow many different paths, although most (out of all pathways) are apt to enter into faculty or administrative roles within higher education (38.6%). Many CCS graduates also elect to serve as leaders in K-12 education (22.7%) or the education nonprofit and private sectors (20.5%).

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The majority of Disability Studies (DS) graduates have become either higher education faculty (42.9%) or K-12 administrators (25.7%).

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Leadership Studies graduates primarily enter careers as nonacademic higher education administrative positions (47.4%) or higher education faculty and academic administrators (15.8%).

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Alumni from the School Psychology emphasis typically enter into their own practices. However, a number become either higher education faculty (22.7%) or higher education administrators (9.1%).

*We are currently not accepting applications to the School Psychology emphasis at this time.

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