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Dr. Hans W. Klar
Dr. Hans W. Klar
Email: hklar@clemson.edu
Hans W. Klar, PhD, is a professor and the Interim Department Chair in the Department of Educational and Organizational Leadership Development. In this role, he supports faculty and students in the Athletic Leadership, Education Systems Improvement Science, Educational Leadership, Human Resource Development, and Student Affairs programs. Dr. Klar has served as a faculty member and coordinator of the educational leadership programs at Clemson University since 2010. He received his PhD in Educational Leadership at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to commencing doctoral studies, he served in a variety of teaching and educational leadership positions in Australia, China, and Japan, including Associate Dean for English Programs at the Sydney Institute of Language and Commerce at Shanghai University.
Dr. Klar’s research is centered on fostering leadership development in rural and high-needs schools through research practice partnerships. At Clemson, he has led the South Carolina Successful School Principals’ Project and co-directed a leadership coaching initiative called the Leadership Learning Community. He has also served as a visiting scholar at the Universidad Andrés Bello in Santiago, Chile and at the Center for Principal Development at Umeå University in Umeå, Sweden.
Dr. Noelle Paufler
Dr. Noelle Paufler
Email: npaufle@clemson.edu
Dr. Noelle A. Paufler is an Assistant Professor - P-12 and the Program Coordinator for the EdD in Education Systems Improvement Science at Clemson University. She has experience as a high school social studies teacher, district administrator, and applied researcher in high-need districts and schools. Her research interests include K-12 educational policy, specifically how educational leaders enact policy into practice and its impact on teachers and students. She is actively involved in the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED) as the delegate for Clemson University and currently serves as the Program Chair for the American Educational Research Association Supervision and Instructional Leadership Special Interest Group.
Dr. Angela Carter
Dr. Angela Carter
Email: adc5@clemson.edu
Dr. Angela Carter is an Assistant Professor in the Master of Human Resource Development program and is an International Coaching Federation ACC Certified Executive Leadership Coach.
After receiving an English degree from Georgia State University, she embarked on a journey of complimentary but different careers. Her first, a 16-year stretch in the shopping center industry, is where she first fell in love with training and development, coaching, and mentoring emerging leaders. A career change to human resource development and corporate training roles in the employee wellness analytics and aerospace industries solidified her experience as a workplace change leader and organizational learning practitioner. Along the way, she received an MEd in Workforce Development from the University of Arkansas and an EdD in Adult Education and Human Resource Development from the University of Georgia.
Her research spans a wide range of HRD issues, with a common thread being an intense passion for developing leaders and particularly those in underserved populations. She teaches, researches, and presents on issues concerning inclusion and equity, leadership, mentoring, and coaching. Her current stream of research includes ways coaching can reduce the effects of imposter phenomenon, as well as developing an intersectional coaching framework.
She leads and facilitates the TIGERS Advance Trailblazers program, a 9-month faculty development and mentoring initiative. In addition, she is an Intercultural Development Inventory Qualified Administrator as well as a faculty commissioner and incoming chair of the Commission of The Black Experience.
Dr. Daniella Hall Sutherland
Dr. Daniella Hall Sutherland
Email: dhall5@clemson.edu
Daniella Hall Sutherland is an Assistant Professor of Educational and Organizational Leadership Development at Clemson University. Her work examines the intersections of educational leadership and policy in rural communities. Ongoing research includes superintendent - school board relationships, local control, and the enactment of educational equity in rural communities.
Dr. Sutherland received her doctorate from the Pennsylvania State University, followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Northwestern University, where she studied school district organization and improvement. She has previously worked with the Center on Rural Education and Communities at Penn State and the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) at University of Pennsylvania. Sutherland is the editorial board chair for The Rural Educator, and an early career scholar for the Spencer Foundation's Rural Equity Research Steering Committee. Her work has been published in Rural Sociology, Educational Policy, Peabody Journal of Education, Education Policy Analysis Archives, Journal of Research in Rural Education, and Education Week, among other journals. Her research on educational equity has been funded by the Spencer Foundation, Clemson University, and the Charleston County School District. Sutherland has received two awards from the National Rural Education Association for her collaborative scholarship, and she received the 2016 Outstanding Dissertation Award in Education Policy and Politics for her study of locally controlled school boards.
Ms. Cindy Roper
Ms. Cindy Roper
Email: cgroper@clemson.edu
Cindy Roper is a Research and Planning Administrator at the Charles H. Houston Center for the Study of the Black Experience in Education. She has a BA in Psychology and Sociology, a MS in Applied Sociology, and a PhD in Policy Studies, all from Clemson University. Her research interests are varied and include program evaluation, policy research, organizational research, and research addressing equity and social justice issues.
Ms. Betty Bagley
Ms. Betty Bagley
Email: bbagley@clemson.edu
Betty Bagley is a PhD candidate and graduate assistant at Clemson. As a long-time SC educator, her experiences and positions in public education include serving as a teacher, basketball coach, school and district administrator, school psychologist, school superintendent in three districts, graduate research assistant, university visiting lecturer, and school board member. She has presented to state, national, and international audiences on various leadership topics. Throughout these experiences, she had mentored and coached teachers, teacher leaders, instructional coaches, assistant principals, principals, coordinators, directors, assistant superintendents, and fellow superintendents. Coaching and mentoring have been the centerpiece of her professional identity and in several districts, and she has established leadership academies to support the development of aspiring school leaders. Ms. Bagley will provide logistical support and advice related to Center activities for three hours per week. With her extensive leadership experience, she will also help develop and share the work of the Center with constituencies across the state.
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