| Michelle D. Young University of Texas at Austin |
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Michelle D. Young is the Executive Director of the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) and a faculty member in the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Texas at Austin. UCEA is an international consortium of research institutions with doctoral programs in educational leadership and administration. In her role as Executive Director of UCEA, Young works with universities, practitioners, professional organizations and state and national leaders to continually improve the preparation and practice of school and school system leaders and to create a dynamic base of knowledge on excellence in educational leadership.
Young routinely works with states and universities on program improvement projects and serves on a number of national boards that focus on increasing knowledge of and improving practice in educational leadership. Young serves on the Wallace Foundation’s Education Advisory Committee, the Institute for Educational Leadership’s E-Lead Advisory Board, the National Policy Board for Educational Administration, and the National Commission for the Advancement of Educational Leadership Preparation. She also served on the National Advisory Board for ERIC through December 2003.
Young received her Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin in Educational Policy and Planning and then served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Policy, Planning and Leadership Studies at the University of Iowa. Her scholarship focuses on the preparation and practice of school leaders and school policies that facilitate equitable and quality experiences for all students and adults who learn and work in schools. Young is the recipient of the William J. Davis award for the most outstanding article published in a volume of the Educational Administration Quarterly. Her work has also been published in the Review of Educational Research, the Educational Researcher, the American Educational Research Journal, the Journal of School Leadership, the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, and Leadership and Policy in Schools, among other publications. She currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Educational Administration Quarterly, Educational Administration Abstracts and Education and Urban Society.