Hackmann begins July 1 as director of School of Education, inaugural Frances S. and Arthur L. Wallace Professor
07/11/2019
Donald Hackmann, a professor of educational leadership at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, has been named director of the Iowa State University School of Education and the inaugural Frances S. and Arthur L. Wallace Professor in the College of Human Sciences, beginning on July 1.
Donald Hackmann became director of the School of Education and the inaugural Frances S. and Arthur L. Wallace Professor in the College of Human Sciences on July 1. The named professorship is awarded at the college dean’s discretion to support high priorities.
Hackmann comes to Ames from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he’d served since 2004, most recently as professor of educational leadership. He led the educational organization and leadership department on an interim basis (2007-09).
This is Hackmann’s second professional stop on campus. He was a faculty member in the former educational leadership and policy studies department from 1998 to 2004. His career also includes positions as math teacher and principal at several public middle and high schools in Missouri.
He earned doctoral and educational specialist degrees in educational administration at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He earned master’s (secondary school administration) and bachelor’s (math and math education) degrees from Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri.
This University Relations brief originally ran in Inside Iowa State.
Key contacts
Donald Hackmann, director, School of Education, dghack@iastate.edu 515-294-2336
Cathy Curtis, communications director, College of Human Sciences, ccurtis@iastate.edu 515-294-8175