{"id":119,"date":"2021-09-24T16:47:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T16:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/education\/dean\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:00:04","slug":"dean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/education\/about\/dean\/","title":{"rendered":"CEHD Meet Our Dean"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">College of Education and Human Development Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/education\/about\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >About<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/education\/undergraduate-programs\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Undergraduate Programs<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/education\/graduate-programs\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Graduate Programs<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/education\/about\/adult-learning-programs\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Adult Learning Programs<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/education\/global\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Global &#038; Intercultural Opportunities<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/education\/faculty-staff\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Faculty and Staff<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-meet-our-dean\">Meet Our Dean<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"928\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/11\/2026\/06\/02130736\/bkandel-scaled-e1780423072362-1024x928.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5059\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.103472949835169;width:279px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/11\/2026\/06\/02130736\/bkandel-scaled-e1780423072362-1024x928.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/11\/2026\/06\/02130736\/bkandel-scaled-e1780423072362-300x272.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/11\/2026\/06\/02130736\/bkandel-scaled-e1780423072362-768x696.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/11\/2026\/06\/02130736\/bkandel-scaled-e1780423072362-1536x1393.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/11\/2026\/06\/02130736\/bkandel-scaled-e1780423072362.jpeg 1703w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Brooke Kandel serves as Dean and Professor in the College of Education and Human Development at Butler University, where she collaborates with colleagues and community partners to expand and diversify the Indiana educator pipeline, to prepare excellent educators and advocates to serve youth and communities, and to ensure every student can thrive. Previously, Brooke has worked as an immigrant advocate in the court system, an ESL and bilingual K-12 and adult educator, and a Senior Research Associate at the State of Texas Education Research Center. She earned her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Texas A&amp;M University, and her scholarly interests include culturally and linguistically sustaining practices, school-family-community engagement, ESL teacher professional development, and teacher leadership. Brooke\u2019s scholarship has been published in books and journals including&nbsp;<i>Multicultural Education, Theory into Practice, Educational Forum, and The Oxford Encyclopedia of Global Perspectives on Teacher Education<\/i>.&nbsp; She is a Fellow of the Desmond Tutu Center for Peace, Reconciliation, and Global Justice.&nbsp; Brooke is most energized when she is collaborating with and learning from children, youth, and educators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"link-list layout-links\" >\n    <div class=\"link-list__container link-list__grid-default\">\n                        <div class=\"list-list__linkWrapper link-list__grid-default\">\n                                <ul class=\"wysiwyg__ctaLinks\">\n                                                        <li>\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/11\/2022\/10\/08102004\/bkandel-VJUB_cBch.pdf\" class=\"button-link-right button-link-right--color-blue-bright\" target=_blank\">View 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