Kellie Albrecht

Education and Credentials

• Ph.D. in Education, Cultural and Curricular Studies, 2013
  Chapman University, Orange, California
• M.S. in Instructional Leadership, 1999
  National University, La Jolla, California
• Multiple Subject Teaching Credential with CLAD emphasis, 1997
  National University, La Jolla, California
• B.A. in Sociology, 1991
  California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California

Dr. Kellie Albrecht is the Assistant Dean for the School of Education, Senior Director of the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Leadership program, and a Professor of Education. She is responsible for Ed.D. program operations, program development and continuous improvement, faculty training and support, curriculum development and assessment, and advising doctoral students through the dissertation process. Dr. Albrecht has served as Chair of the Educational Effectiveness Committee and as a member of the Academic Council, the Institutional Review Board, and the Advancement in Rank Committee.

Prior to teaching in higher education, Dr. Albrecht was an elementary school educator teaching grades 1 through 6. Her experience teaching in urban and diverse school settings shaped her commitment to equity, access, and instructional responsiveness. Her work with culturally diverse and underrepresented students informed her ongoing focus on English language development and differentiated instructional practices.

Dr. Albrecht teaches undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral level courses, as well as multiple and single subject credential programs. She has extensive experience teaching methodology and classroom management courses, supervising student teachers in the field, assessing Teaching Performance Assessments (TPAs), and facilitating TPA workshops.

Her scholarly interests include qualitative and mixed methods inquiry, educational leadership, twins research, and educational equity. Her doctoral dissertation, Beyond Bonded Voices: A Qualitative Study with Adult Monozygotic (Identical) Twins, employed interpretive phenomenological analysis to examine twins as a cultural group and explore their educational experiences.

Dissertation Chairing and Advising

Dr. Albrecht serves as a dissertation chair for Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) students and advises doctoral research aligned with program requirements.

Courses Taught

• EDD 770: Doctoral Studies Orientation
• EDEL 510: Servant Leadership
• EDU 520: Curriculum Design and Assessment
• EDU 524: Coping with Stress and Violence in Today’s Classroom
• EDU 542: School Community and Diverse Family Structures
• EDU 547: Brain-Based Teaching and Learning
• EDU 550: Educational Discourses: Change and Reform
• EDU 586: Educational Technology
• EDU 595: Developing Character and Ethics
• EDR 580: Educational Research
• EDR 605: Capstone Project

Areas of Expertise

• Educational Leadership and Practitioner Research
• Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Research Methodologies
• Program and Course Development, Evaluation, and Improvement
• Curriculum Design, Assessment, and Evaluation
• Equity, Access, and Student Experience
• Differentiated Instructional Practices
• Distance Learning including Online Asynchronous, Synchronous, and Blended Models
• Twins Research