About the Department
We are deeply committed to shaping compassionate, culturally humble, and thoughtful leaders who are equipped to create positive change and advocate for a just, inclusive, and courageous world for all.
We support students who want to become impactful educational leaders, researchers, and change-makers. Their interests span areas like curriculum and teaching, mental health and school counseling, gifted and literacy education, educational foundations and research, and educational innovation. Our faculty are at the forefront of research and teaching. With our new Carnegie-inspired doctorate in educational innovation, we’re creating more opportunities for students to help advance their communities in thoughtful and meaningful ways.
Contact Us
Research, Counseling and Curriculum
Summerville Campus
1120 15th St, Box 13
Augusta, GA 30912
706-737-1497
Mission Statement
The Department of Research, Counseling and Curriculum is committed to scholarship, service, and teaching through which we provide:
- An educational experience with the overriding objective of preparing graduate students to become effective and ethical educators and counselors; scholarly practitioners who thoughtfully, equitably and imaginatively respond to educational problems and realize new possibilities.
- A service program for all Augusta University students that encourages the practice of critical inquiry and sense of social responsibility within one's own life and work by providing educational opportunities for actively seeking to understand and address issues of oppression, privilege and power in society; and create and sustain socially just and equitable relations in the world.
The emphasis of the professional preparation program is on integrating scientific knowledge, pedagogical theory, skill acquisition, and application into a comprehensive educational experience. The educational program is conducted in an atmosphere that is open, concerned, and responsive to the needs of students and the community.
We collaborate with professional associations, local P-12 schools, and other educational institutions, as well as area counseling and health service and community organizations. In addition, we inspire Augusta University students to make a lifelong, creative commitment to their personal growth and well-being—and to support the growth and well-being of others—through education that fosters a more just and peaceful society. A student so educated has gained the knowledge and skill necessary for cultivating such optimal physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, interpersonal, social, and environmental wellness and transformative work.
Additionally, the Department strives to ensure that the missions of the College of Education and Augusta University are realized.
Faculty & Staff
Our faculty and staff are committed to high impact practice within the context of a caring community, and produce innovative research that seeks to address matters related to mental health, intellectual growth, ethical development and social justice.
Full Time Faculty & Staff
- Assistant Professor
- UH Suite 325, Room 321
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- Assistant Professor
- UH Suite 235, Room 235A
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- Assistant Professor
- Suite 325, Room 322
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- Assistant Professor
- UH Suite 325, Room 308
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- Assistant Professor
- UH Suite 325, Room 307
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- Assistant Professor
- Suite 235, Room 235D
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Sheritta Cash
- Graduate Research Assistant – Doctoral Level
Christy Donnovan
- Graduate Research Assistant – Doctoral Level
Part Time Faculty
Mia Bradshaw
David Bodie
Shareen Clement
Erica Cox
LaToya Dolby-Holmes
Emily Driggers
Walter Dodson, III
ShaRon Spry Dukes
James Epps
Emily Harrison
Rella Hicks
Daniel Horgan
Gina Hudson
Sameh Ibrahim
Baria Jennings
Christopher Johann
Lyndsey Williams Mayweather
Alex Oldham
Natalie Thigpen
Amanda Viola Brooke
Karyn Warren
Thomas Weeks
Amy Williamson
Jesse Wood
Sharon Worley