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 work with students who through advanced study are interested in becoming effectual educational leaders, researchers, and agents for change in areas such as curriculum and pedagogy, clinical mental health counseling, school counseling, gifted education, literacy education, educational foundations and research, educational innovation and more. Our faculty are leading the way in their research and teaching - and with our new Carnegie-inspired doctorate in educational innovation, we are building more ways for our students to contribute to the wise and just advancement of the communities in which they live.
Research, Counseling and Curriculum
Forest Hills Campus
3109 Wrightsboro Road,
Augusta, GA 30909
706-737-1468
The Department of Research, Counseling and Curriculum is committed to scholarship, service, and teaching through which we provide: (1) 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; and (2) 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.
To accomplish this goal the Department collaborates with professional associations, local P-12 schools and other educational institutions, as well as area counseling and health service and community organizations. An additional emphasis of the Department of Research, Counseling and Curriculum is to promote the life-long, creative commitment of Augusta University students to their own growth and well-being as well as to that of others through education that works toward creating a more just society and peaceful world. 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.
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.
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Brittany Bing
Mia Bradshaw
David Bodie
Amy Clemente
Shareen Clement
Erica Cox
Crystal Crawford
Ashley Dieterich
LaToya Dolby-Holmes
Emily Driggers
ShaRon Spry Dukes
James Epps
Mia Ford
Ashley Fryer
Jason Holt
Ellen Hotchkiss
Sameh Ibrahim
Baria Jennings
Dawn Jeffers
Christopher Johann
Melissa Johnson
Lyndsey Williams Mayweather
Alex Oldham
Adebayo Onabule
Alicia Rocker
Tiffany Snow
Natalie Thigpen
Dana Thomas
Amanda Viola Brooke
Kimberely Vaughn
Karyn Warren
Thomas Weeks
Caroline Whitcomb
Amy Williamson
Jesse Wood
Sharon Worley
