Education Faculty

The strength of the faculty at ACU creates a program unlike any other. Faculty participate in research, are published, act as consultants to colleges and universities and actively participate in professional organizations. They bring vast experience to their courses and have a passion for learning and teaching.

Donnie Snider, Ed.D.
Dean of the College of Education and Human Services, Department of Graduate Studies in Education; Associate Professor

B.S., Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 1974
MEd, University of Central Oklahoma, 1978
Ed.D., University of Oklahoma, 1997

29 years of public school experience
 

Lloyd Goldsmith, Ed.D.
Associate Professor

B.S., Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 1972
M.S., Corpus Christi State, 1974
M.S., Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, 1985
Ed.D., Baylor University, 1990

30 years as a teacher, assistant principal and principal
 

Dana Pemberton, PhD.
Professor of Education

B.S., Abilene Christian University, 1981
M.Ed., Abilene Christian University, 1988
Ph.D., University of Texas, 2001

Eight years as a teacher and curriculum consultant
 

Karen Maxwell, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor

B.A., Abilene Christian University, 1968
M.S., Curriculum and Instruction, Texas A & M University – Corpus Christi, 1988
M.S., Educational Administration, Texas A & M University – Corpus Christi, 1990
Ed. D., Nova Southern University, 2001

 

W. Bruce Scott, Ed.D.
Interim Chair; Director of the School Superintendent Program 

B.S. in Elementary Education, Texas A&I University – Corpus Christi, 1976
M.S. in Mid-Management, Corpus Christi State University, 1984
Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, Texas A&M University – Kingsville, 1995

34 years in K-12 education as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, area director and superintendent
 

Sam J. Stewart, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor of Education

B.A., Harding University, 1977
M.S.E., Arkansas State University, 1985
Ed.D. William Howard Taft University, 2007

29 years in public education as a teacher, counselor, principal, director and assistant superintendent
 

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 Summer 2 2013
  • June 14, 2013

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