Faculty Associates
Irene A. Bal is an Assistant Teaching Professor at Loyola University Maryland. She teaches graduate-level educational technology courses on multimedia design, innovation, research, and leadership in PK-12 schools. Irene has received multiple technology and design, development, and implementation grants for PK-12 learning experiences and presents locally and globally at conferences. Irene's research interests are learning in micro, including microlearning and micro-credentials, and designing instruction for innovative and emerging technology. Irene is a doctoral candidate in the Instructional Design & Technology Ph.D. Program at Old Dominion University in Virginia.
Nouf Bazaz is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Loyola University Maryland. Her clinical work and research focuses on trauma, torture, grief and loss with survivors of war, violence, and persecution. She holds a Ph.D. in Counseling from George Washington University and an M.A. in Trauma and Violence Studies. Previously, she was the Program Director of a mental health agency for refugees and immigrants and has served as a consultant and trainer globally.
- 410-617-1627
- nsbazaz@loyola.edu
- Timonium Graduate Center, Room 27H
Educational Leadership Program
Carey is an Associate Professor in the SOE’s Department of Education Specialties where she teaches and advises students in the Master of Education Leadership and the new Executive Leadership programs. Carey’s expertise and experience in student onboarding, coaching, and identity development align well with Loyola’s mission of educating the whole person and will contribute to SOE’s leadership development degrees. Her research publications and projects sit at the intersection of belonging, educating the whole person, leadership, and learning. Carey has published scholarship on best practices for online learning including cultivating community, connections, and belonging. She has written about faculty identity development, well-being, and the role of value congruence in cultivating inclusive and welcoming spaces for faculty and students. Most recently, Carey published her first book about noticing, naming, and navigating personal and professional transitions. Along with her research team, Dr. Borkoski is currently using data from her podcast to explore the many faces of belonging in schools, leadership, and during a global pandemic. Integrating Loyola’s core values and Carey’s expertise represents a tremendous opportunity to reimagine our definition of and approach to education leadership. Her approach integrates current scholarship, coaching strategies, and teaching opportunities to effectively support our diverse and talented students. Moreover, Dr. Borkoski’s training as a research methodologist will contribute to SOE’s ability to strengthen our scholarship, cultivate research collaborations among our Loyola faculty and programs, and build out the Center’s program evaluation projects and offerings.
Curriculum and Instruction for Social Justice program
Stephanie Flores-Koulish is Professor and Program Director of Curriculum and Instruction for Social Justice. Her primary area of expertise and research has been within the field of Critical Media Literacy Education. She also has conducted research on identity and adoptees, education policy and practices, and critical multicultural education. Her research provides her with many opportunities to practice engaged scholarship in and around Baltimore City. She serves on the board for the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE) and is on the executive committee for the Alliance of Adoption and Culture (ASAC). Flores-Koulish is also an alumna and mentor of the Institute for Recruitment of Teachers (IRT).
- 410-617-5456
- sfloreskoulish@loyola.edu
- Timonium Graduate Center, Room 26G
Educational Leadership program
Dr. Marie K. Heath is an assistant professor of educational technology at Loyola University Maryland. Her research interests center inquiry on young people attending high-poverty, majority-minority public schools, technology use, and civic engagement in online and offline spaces. Prior to working in higher education, Dr. Heath taught secondary social studies in Baltimore County Public Schools.
Educational Leadership program
Dr. Christine Mahady holds a bachelor’s degree in Music from Seton Hill University, Greensburg, where she also earned K-12 teaching certification. She has a master’s degree in music education from the Boston Conservatory, which helped lead to professional opportunities as an opera singer. While in Boston, she worked as a music educator and began to understand the importance of mental health impacts in education. At Propel Charter School in Pittsburgh PA, she worked as creative arts leader, helping to open several campuses while completing a second master degree in marriage and family therapy. From 2013 to 2018 served as the principal of Greensburg Central Catholic Junior Senior HS. Her principal certification and doctorate in educational and organizational leadership is from the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education in which her dissertation was focused on women college presidents. Her research interest include: Women’s Leadership, Systems Theory, Emotional Intelligence, and Trauma Informed Leadership.
- 410-617-2671
- lksaal@loyola.edu
- Beatty Hall 121-5
- 410-617-5343
- jssmith2@loyola.edu
- Xavier Hall 101
Prior to joining the Education Specialties team at Loyola University Maryland, Dr. Smith served as an elementary school principal in Baltimore County and Montgomery County Public Schools. Furthermore, she worked at the district level as a director of school performance in Montgomery County Public Schools supervising elementary and secondary school principals. Dr. Smith’s leadership, expertise, and skill as an effective instructional leader was recognized and she was appointed to the superintendent’s executive leadership team as a community superintendent for a region supporting elementary and secondary school principals in Montgomery County Public Schools to ensure a quality education for students by supervising, supporting, and evaluating principals.
She earned her Doctorate of Education degree in education leadership, higher education, and policy studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, Master of Education, at Towson University, and Bachelor of Science degree from Coppin State College.
- 410-617-5095
- jswatkinson@loyola.edu
- Timonium Graduate Center, Room 26L