Office of the Dean
College of Education, University of Kentucky
103 Dickey Hall, Lexington, KY 40506-0017
(859) 257-6076

Dr. Cibulka (vita - in PDF) joined the faculty in 2002 upon becoming Dean of the College of Education. He came to Lexington from College Park, Maryland where he was Associate Dean and Professor at the College of Education at the University of Maryland. Dr. Cibulka’s previous experience includes serving as Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Educational Policy and Planning at Maryland and as Professor and Director of the Doctoral Program in Urban Education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Cibulka holds a B.A. from Harvard College and a Ph.D. from The University of Chicago.

Dr. Slaton (see vita in PDF) has been on the faculty in the UK College of Education since 1984. She is a member of the Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling where she previously served as department chair. Her teaching and research interests involve academic interventions for students with learning disabilities. Dr. Slaton earned a B.S. Ed. in a dual major program, elementary education/language and learning disabilities, from Texas Tech University and did her graduate work at the University of Florida where she earned both an M.Ed. and a Ph.D. in special education.

Ms. Adolph received her B.A. in political science from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She has served as Administrative Services Coordinator II in the Department of Sociology at USC since 1997, and prior to that as Secretary/Receptionist in that department. She brings to UK a wealth of knowledge and skills concerning the academic enterprise.

Rita Booth, Administrative Support Associate

Rita has been with the University since 1984, and joined the College of Education in 2003. She works at the front desk in the Office of the Dean and monitors payment documents for the office. She also serves as the College's SAP resource and copier services manager.

As CGO, Faith works with the faculty on the various aspects of grant proposal development through post-award management. She hails from Atlanta, Georgia where she was a contracts officer at the Georgia Institute of Technology and more recently worked with the U.S. Army Environmental Policy Institute. She has managed grants for NIH, NSF, and most other federal agencies and NGO's. She is assigned to the College of Education through OSPA. Faith is an alumnus of the University of Georgia, with a B.S.Ed in Secondary English Education.

Brad Duncan, Information Specialist

Brad works with the public relations efforts for the College of Education. He got his start in PR in UK Athletics as a media relations assistant in 2000 and moved on to the UK Public Relations office in 2002. Most recently, he was a project manager/editor with HOST Communications Printing and Publishing.

Bonnie assists with development, public relations, alumni, and student activities. She has been with the University for 18 years. Fifteen of those were in the medical sector.  She has extensive knowledge in the university's accounting and research funding systems.  Bonnie has lived in Lexington her entire life.  

Jason Horger, Administrative Assistant to the Associate Dean

Jason has worked for the College of Education for nearly ten years. In addition to helping out his neighbors in the Office of Academic Services and Teacher Certification, he also maintains the unit's budget and employment records, processes the college's Dean's List, receives requests for reinstatement into the college, and works with the Courses & Curricula committee to get course and program proposals passed.

Cindy oversees all of the college’s payroll transactions on the Human Resources System (HRS). She is the liaison between the college’s departments and the university’s payroll/compensation departments. In addition to working with HRS, Cindy also has administrative responsibilities to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Development Office.

Michelle Traynor, Administrator Support Associate

Michelle has been with the University since 1994 and joined the College of Education in December, 2004. She works as the assistant for the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and is responsible for the College's graduation recognition, registers students for classes and works with all the college's departments for class room scheduling.

Mary Ann works with alumni, special events, and a variety of developmental efforts such as the annual phonathan and the capital campaign. She is an Associate Professor in the department of Curriculum and Instruction and she is Director of the Economic Education Center. Her background is in teacher training and curriculum development.

Rosemary is responsible for planning, managing, reporting, and accounting for all financial resources in the college. She oversees six departmental budgets, five budgets for administrative units, and many grant, gift, and income accounts. In addition to preparing the annual budget, Rosemary also prepares special budget reports for the dean and provost. Rosemary is the college’s primary resource for interpreting university and governing regulations for faculty and staff.

Annual Research Plan (Word)

College of Education Strategic Plan (Word)

Proposal for Faculty Hiring (Word)

PowerPoint presentation from the faculty meeting September 14, 2004 (PowerPoint)

Updated on November 28, 2007 9:04 by the webmaster