Barbara Pazey

Faculty, Teacher Education and Administration
Associate Professor

Matthews Hall 218-L

940-565-4897

Barbara.Pazey@unt.edu

Barbara Pazey

Barbara L. Pazey is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of North Texas, where she joined the faculty in 2017. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Administration with a specialization in Special Education Administration from The University of Texas at Austin, her Master of Arts in Music and Piano from The Ohio State University, her special education certification through the University of South Carolina and Francis Marion University, and a Bachelor of Music degree with a major in piano from Muskingum University. She has experience as a K-12 special education and music teacher, musician and music director for several professional organizations, high school inclusion coordinator, high school principal, and higher education administrator.

Pazey’s research agenda pursues four lines of inquiry: student and adult voice and the importance of facilitating the empowerment of student and adult voice, particularly among individuals across multiple generations and identities; ethically and equity-oriented teacher and school leadership and leadership preparation; education policy, law, and reform; and inclusive education. She interrogates the effects of education and related policies, laws, and reforms on the experiences of student and adult populations and examines how those policies, laws, and reforms inform and impact the development of ethically and equity-oriented leaders and leadership preparation programs. Much of her work focuses on topics focused on special education and individuals with disabilities.

Pazey actively participates in several professional organizations, serving as a member of the Action Committee for the Leadership for Social Justice Special Interest Group (SIG) for the American Educational Research Association (AERA). She is currently working on a research project related to school leaders’ values, beliefs, and mindsets about ability and capability as inclusive leaders and an international research project regarding inclusive school leadership within schools relevant to educational policy. She also participates as a member of the Council of Exceptional Children, the Council of Administrators of Special Education, and the University Council of Educational Administration.