Amanda Mayeaux

Amanda Shuford Mayeaux, Ed.D., has worked in education for over three decades from classroom to leadership positions at various levels. Since joining the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, she has worked with aspiring school and state leaders, as well as emerging academics, in the M.Ed. and Ed.D. programs.

Her research interests include teacher expertise, experiences of rural gifted students and families, reducing organizational barriers to student success, policy construction, and comprehensive training for emerging leaders.

Amanda’s work with doctoral students spans a wide variety of research focused on topics critical to ensuring all students are offered opportunities for fair and equal education. In 2003 she was named a Milken Family Educator and was the Disney Teacher of the Year and Disney Middle School Teacher of the Year in 2006. She is the co-author of several publications, including Expertise in Every Classroom.

Ed.D., 2013
University of Louisiana at Lafayette

M.Ed., 2006
Louisiana State University

M.A., 1998
Louisiana State University

B.A., 1992
Northwestern State University

Dr. Mayeaux's research interests include: 

• Educator expertise
• Experiences of rural gifted students and families
• Reducing organizational barriers to student success
• Education policy construction
• Comprehensive training for emerging leaders

Opportunities for Student Research/Collaboration:

Dr. Mayeaux's research team is currently working on understanding the development of decisional capital in novice teachers. Additionally, student researcher may be interested in policy work the Department of Educational Foundation & Leadership is developing.

• Sanders, R. & Mayeaux, A. S. (2024, in press). Grounded theory as a method for asset-based exploration of black males in K-12. SAGE Research Methods Cases 1. SAGE.
• Mayeaux, A. S., Barber, A. & Adams, M. (2022). Supporting the Habits and Practices of Teacher Expertise Development across the Career Spectrum. B. Zugelder & M. L'Esperance (Eds.). The Educator continuum and development of teachers. Hershey, PA IGI Global Publishers.
• Mayeaux A. S. (2021). Systems Alignment. In F. Del Favero (Ed.). Organizational leadership: Knowledge and skills for PK-12 success. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers.
• Mayeaux, A. S. & Olivier, D. F. (2020). Expertise in every classroom: Guidelines to bridging the research and practice. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers.
• Mayeaux A. S. (2019). Evaluating Instructions. In F. Del Favero (Ed.). The essential organizational knowledge and skills of an effective PK-12 school leader. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers.
   

• 2019 UNIV 100 Instructor of the Year, University of Louisiana at Lafayette 
• 2017 Rising Star Award, College of Education, University of Louisiana at Lafayette 
• 2014 Rayma Harchar Outstanding Research Paper Award, Louisiana Educational Research Association