UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP STUDIES
College of Education faculty, alumna speak at KASA
Dr. Justin Bathon with alumna Dr. Martha McCarthy, a renowned expert in education law, at the opening session of the
Kentucky Association of School Administrators annual Education Law and Finance conference. Others from the College of
Education presenting included Dr. Lu Young, Dr. Carmen Coleman and Gene Wilhoit.
South Africa Conference
The Interuniversity Centre for Education
Law and Education Policy (CELP) plans a
conference, “Balancing Freedom, Autonomy and
Accountability in Education,” July 27-29 at the
Paul Roos Gymnasium, a prestigious high school
in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.
Conference co-chairs include Dr. Rika Joubert,
director of CELP and professor emeritus at the
University of Pretoria in South Africa; Dr. William E.
Thro, general counsel at UK; and Dr. John Nash, an
associate professor in the UK College of Education
Department of Educational Leadership Studies. The
conference also incorporates the 2016 International
Symposium on Educational Reform (ISER), for
which Nash is the 2016 coordinating director.
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Lewis named executive director
of educational programs
Dr. Wayne D. Lewis Jr. was recently
named executive director of educational
programs in the Kentucky Education and
Workforce Development Cabinet. He is
an associate professor in the Department
of Educational Leadership Studies.
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COE COMMUNICATOR | APRIL 2016