College of Education
Welcome to the College of Education
Message from the Dean
Dr. Diana Pounder
I am delighted to join the UCA faculty and to be affiliated with a university that has such long and strong roots as an educator preparation institution. I am impressed with the commitment of the College of Education faculty to high quality educator preparation and development, and to equitable educational access and outcomes for all school students. I look forward to contributing to UCA's reputation as the premier College of Education in Arkansas.
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The College of Education Welcomes Dr. Diana Pounder
Dr. Diana Pounder, the new Dean of the College of Education, comes to UCA with considerable national recognition for her leadership, research, and professional service in the field of educational leadership. She was identified among "the 50 most productive and influential scholars in the field of educational leadership nationally" in a study published in Teachers College Record (Tschannen-Moran & Nestor-Baker, 2004). Dr. Pounder served most recently as the Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Utah, a department ranked among the top 20 educational leadership departments for over 25 years by U.S. News and World Report.
Pounder is an Arkansas native who earned a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics (1971) and a Master's of Education in Guidance and Counseling (1973) from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She earned a Ph.D. degree in Educational Administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1984), ranked among the top three educational leadership programs in the U.S.