Staff & Researchers

Meet the staff and researchers of the Center for Urban Education Leadership who support the work of the EdD Urban Education Leadership program.

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Senior Research Specialist, Center for Urban Education Leadership

Martha Hebert joined UIC’s College of Education in 2006, and continues to collaborate with the school’s EdD program while she serves as Senior Researcher for the Center. Before joining the College, Dr. Hebert had a distinguished career in professional development with Chicago Public Schools.

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Senior Research Specialist, Center for Urban Education Leadership

Lisa Walker helps develop UIC’s program to train school leaders for the Chicago Public Schools and collaborates with colleagues to apply promising ideas of Improvement Science and Networked Improvement Communities to leadership development challenges in the urban context.

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Director of Research, Center for Urban Education Leadership

Samuel P. Whalen, director of research for the Center, joined UIC’s College of Education in 2003. He is an award-winning co-author of Talented Teenagers: The Roots of Success and Failure.

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