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Robert O. Slater, Ph. D.

Department Head & Professor

Office: Picard Center, Room 252
Office Telephone Number: (337) 482-1513
Email Address: rslater@louisiana.edu
Courses I teach

  • ​EDLD 800 - Introduction to Research
  • EDLD 801 - Writing for the Dissertation
  • EDLD 822 - Politics and Policy in Education
  • EDLD 880 - Practicum in Educational Research
  • EDLD 875 - The Power of Education: Empirical and Philosophical Considerations

Robert Slater has taught and directed doctoral dissertations at the University of Maryland, The Louisiana State University, Texas A&M University and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.  From 1987 to 1989 he worked as Senior Research Associate at the U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C. where he directed their program in educational leadership.

Robert O. Slater holds a master’s degree from Harvard University and a Ph. D. from the University of Chicago. A Senior Fulbright Scholar to Peru in 1996, to Bolivia in 2010, and to Greece in 2018, his teaching, research, and writing focuses on education and the vicissitudes of democracy. He is professor of education at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he directs the doctoral program in educational leadership.  

Comprehensive Curriculum Vitae

Educational Background:
Ph.D.,  The University of Chicago, Educational Policy
Ed.M.,  Harvard University, Educational Policy
B.A.,  The Harris Teachers College, Elementary Science

Dissertation: Organizational Size and Differentiation: A Study of Administrative Intensity in Michigan School Districts - Chair, Charles E. Bidwell