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Dr. Patti Chance
Office: NE166A
Phone: 619-594-4674
Email: pchance@mail.sdsu.edu
Patti Chance received her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, Curriculum, and Supervision from the University of Oklahoma in 1992. Prior to coming to SDSU as professor and chair of the Educational Leadership Department in 2009, she was on faculty at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, where she served as Program Coordinator for PK-12 Education Leadership. Dr. Chance also provided leadership in PK-12 schools as a building level principal, assistant principal, and coordinator for K-12 gifted education programs, and she has taught at the elementary, middle school, and high school levels. Dr. Chance is author and co-author of three books. Her second edition of An Introduction to Educational Leadership and Organizational Behavior: Theory into Practice, an introductory text for educational administration, was released in February 2009. She served as editor of The Rural Educator, a national, refereed journal, for seven years, and currently sits on editorial boards for several national journals devoted to educational leadership. Her areas of interest and expertise include instructional leadership, supervision, school and curriculum improvement, and organizational behavior and leadership theory. She has published articles and chapters related to instructional supervision, educational administration preparation programs, and leading for systemic change.