Ellen Goldring

Peabody College of Education and Human Development, Vanderbilt University

Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor, professor of educational leadership and policy, and vice dean of Vanderbilt Peabody College

Ellen Goldring (PhD, University of Chicago) is the Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Education Leadership and Policy, and Vice Dean, Peabody College of Education and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Goldring's research focuses on the intersection of education policy and school improvement with an emphasis on educational leadership. She examines the implementation and effects of school leadership practices and initiatives such as professional development, coaching, and performance feedback. Her scholarship has offered important insights into the roles of assistant principals and on school district and central office redesign for building and sustaining principal pipelines and career pathways to effective school leadership. A fellow of the American Educational Research Association, she is the recipient of the University Council for Educational Administration's Roald F. Campbell Lifetime Achievement Award. From 2019 to 2024, she served as the editor-in-chief of the American Educational Research Journal, the flagship journal of the American Educational Research Association. She was selected as an AERA Fellow in 2010 and served as vice president of AERA's Division L, Politics and Policy in 2013. She has co-authored or co-edited nine books and co-authored nearly 100 peer-reviewed articles as well as 33 research and policy reports.