Stacy Agee Szczesiul

Stacy Szczesiul is the Associate Dean of Online Education, Accreditation & Licensing for the College of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Much of her work is dedicated to building a strong, diverse educator workforce in the Merrimack Valley. Prior to moving to the Dean’s Office in Fall 2021, Szczesiul served as a faculty member in the School of Education for 11 years. As an Associate Professor, she led the design and implementation of an Ed.D. Leadership in Schooling program that has been nationally recognized for its emphasis on critical improvement science and equity literacy.  Szczesiul is an established researcher with interests in the role of internal and external accountability systems in school improvement and in the occupational expectations of teachers in a changing policy context. She received an Ed.D. in Education Policy, Leadership and Instructional Practice from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education in 2009. She is currently President of the MA Association for Colleges of Teacher Education.