Ashley Clayton

Jo Ellen Levy Yates Endowed Associate Professor
Coordinator, Higher Education Administration PhD Program

Bachelor's Degree: BS Interior Design, Virginia Tech, 2005
Master's Degree(s):
MS Higher Education Administration, Florida International University, 2009
MBA Business Administration, Louisiana State University, 2023
PhD: Educational Research and Policy Analysis (Higher Education), North Carolina State University, 2016
Post Doctorate: McBee Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia, 2016-2017

Email: aclayton@lsu.edu

Joy Blanchard

Associate Professor in Higher Education

Education
Bachelor's Degree: Honors BS, Secondary French Education, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Master's Degree(s): MS, Higher Education, Florida State University; Master of Jurisprudence, Labor and Employment Law: Tulane University, 2024
PhD: PhD, Higher Education, University of Georgia

Phone: 225-578-2192
Email: jlblanchard@lsu.edu

Yu "April" Chen

Associate Professor in Higher Education

Education
Bachelor's Degree: Pedagogy, Beijing Normal University, 2005
Master's Degree: Educational Sociology, Beijing Normal University, 2008
PhD: Educational Leadership (Higher Education), Iowa State University, 2014

Office: 202D Peabody Hall
Phone: 225-578-6878
Email: yuchen@lsu.edu

Roland Mitchell

E.B. "Ted" Robert Endowed Professor
Dean, LSU College of Human Sciences & Education

Education
Bachelor's Degree: History, Fisk University, 1994
Master's Degree: Higher Education, Vanderbilt University, 1996
PhD: Educational Research, The University of Alabama, 2005

Office: 1131 Huey P. Long Field House
Phone: 225-578-1258
Email: rwmitch@lsu.edu