Kathryn Washington, Ed.D.
Service


Professional membership/service:

  • Membership Chair-Elect, American Educational Research Association, Research on Women in Education SIG (2022-2023) 
  • President Elect, Texas Council of Women School Executives, Executive Board, Conference Committee Chair & Presenter, 2021 & 2022 TEPSA Summer Conference Session Selection Committee 
  • President, Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors Association, Regional Board, Governance Task Force  
  • Texas Association of School Administrators, Racism, Equity and Diversity Steering Committee (Sept. 2020)  
  • Lamar University 2020 December Undergraduate Candidates, Rites of Passage Program: Your Future in Focus. Presenter of Kente Stole (Dece. 2020) 
  • Lamar University Ad hoc Centennial Planning Committee (Planning for 2023 Celebration) 
  • Lamar University Community Virtual Town Hall: The World is Marching Now What, Organizer/Facilitator (June 2020) 
  • College of Education and Human Development, Principal Program Policy Advisory Committee 
  • Co-Chair, College of Education and Human Development, Student Success Task Force

Activities: 

  • Collegiate 100 Leadership and Career Institute (Jan.-May 2022) 
  • Collegiate 100 Social Media Workshop, (Oct. 2021) 
  • Lamar University’s Collegiate 100 Vaccination Clinic (Aug. 2021) 
  • Collegiate 100 of Lamar University Induction (April 2021), Organizer/Advisor/Intake Committee  
  • Formation of Collegiate 100® of Lamar University, Co-Organizer/Advisor (Feb. 2021) 
  • Lamar University Voter Registration Drive (Sept. 2020) 
  • College of Education and Human Development, search committees 

Positions: 

  • Assistant Professor, Doctoral Program 
  • Assistant Professor, Master’s Program 
  • Director of Assessment 
  • Administrative Associate Sr. 
  • College of Education and Human Development, IMPACT Magazine Committee 
  • College of Education and Human Development, Dissertation Committees

Candidates: 

  • Babin, A. (2020). Perceptions of paraprofessional-student relationships and practices: A phenomenological study. Lamar University. 
  • Johnson, D. (2021). The impact of teacher leader's voice in a suburban school district: A phenomenological study. Lamar University. 
  • Walker, R. (2021). Teachers’ capacity to implement social-emotional learning in the classroom: A phenomenological study. Lamar University. 
  • Segura, J. (2022). Female students and exclusionary disciplinary practices in Texas. Lamar University. 
  • Sharp-Rekeita, C. (2021). The impact of instructors’ interpersonal skills on student engagement: A phenomenological study. Lamar University.  
  • Mitchell, O. (2021). A correlational study on teacher perceptions of preparedness for online instruction. Lamar University. 
  • Rankin, L. (2022). An explanatory correlation study of grit in a small sample of northeast Texas administrators. Lamar University.  
  • Jacobs, L. (2021). How culturally responsive classroom practices can disrupt the school-to-prison pipeline. Lamar University. 
  • Williams, A. (2022). Perspectives of alternatively certified teachers on their support and preparation: A phenomenological study. Lamar University. 
  • *Wilson, K. (2022). Parent perspectives of digital learning: A phenomenological study. Lamar University. 
  • Hickman, S. (2022). Factors influencing new teachers’ intent to remain in a midsize Texas school district. Lamar University. 
  • Tillson, A. (2022). Success through succession: A qualitative case study exploring succession planning within k-12 education. Lamar University  
  • Martin-Davis, L. (2022). Cultivating the employability skills of secondary CTE students: A phenomenological study. Lamar University. 

*Chair 

Positions: 

  • Instructional Designer 
  • Mount Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, Beaumont, Texas, Director of Media and Communication-Facebook, YouTube, Zoom, Conference Call USA 
  • Texas Council of Professors of Educational Administration 
  • International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership
  • National Alliance of Black School Educators