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Marguerita K. DeSander, Ph.D.

Director
Western Kentucky University

Dr. Marguerita DeSander, JD, PhD earned her juris doctorate from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing Michigan, and her doctorate of philosophy from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg Virginia. She practiced law for five years in the metropolitan Detroit area, with an emphasis in employment law. Dr. DeSander was the Executive Director for Human resources for Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools and Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources in Lincoln County North Carolina. Prior to joining Western Kentucky University, she was an Assistant Professor of Educational Policy and Leadership at the George Washington University. In 2014, Dr. DeSander joined WKU as the department chair for Educational Administration, Leadership and Research, later merging the department with the School of Professional Studies to create the School of Leadership and Professional Studies. From 2016 – 2022, she served as the principal investigator and program director for the WKU University Principal Preparation Initiative, a $6 million dollar grant funded by the Wallace Foundation.

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