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Dr. Lacey Seaton is an Associate Teaching Professor of Educational Leadership in the Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development at North Carolina State University. She holds an Ed.D. in Educational Administration and Master’s Degree in School Administration, both from North Carolina State University, as well as a Bachelor’s Degree in Adapted Special Education from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Prior to joining the faculty at NC State, Dr. Seaton served as an Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and the Faculty Director for the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) for Virginia Commonwealth University. At VCU Dr. Seaton coordinated multiple educational leadership programs including the Post Master’s Certificate in Educational Leadership, the Master of Education with concentrations in Administration and Supervision, Leadership Studies, Culturally Responsive Leadership, and Higher Education, as well as the Graduate Certificate in Culturally Responsive Leadership.

Dr. Seaton’s recent publications in Review of Educational Research, Education Sciences and the Journal of Research on Leadership Education focus on school leader preparation. While at VCU, Dr. Seaton worked in collaboration with RTR to support grant writing and management of the School Leader Residency program to enhance the quality of preparation and ongoing support new school leaders receive post-graduation. Dr. Seaton’s teaching experience includes Equity and Leadership, Principles of Professional Writing II, School Law, Policy and Ethics, and Administrative Internship I-III. Prior to her roles in higher education, she was a principal resident, assistant principal, and an exceptional children’s teacher in North Carolina public schools. Dr. Lacey Seaton is licensed as a Principal and Superintendent in North Carolina, and she brings extensive experience collaborating with school district partners.

Publications

• Coaching as a feminist leadership development strategy for women leaders , Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks (2026)
• A Synthesis of Research on Principal Internships , Review of Educational Research (2024)
• Measuring the Impact of Mentoring in School Leader Development , (2024)
• Isolated or Integrated? Tracing the Principal Mentor–Intern Relationship across an Academic Year , Education Sciences (2023)
• Educational Leaders Supporting Linguistic Equity , (2022)
• School Segregation: A Mixed Methods Examination of Charlottesville City and Albemarle County Schools , (2022)
• School administration and classroom management , Handbook of Classroom Management: Research, Practice, and Issues (2022)
• Variation in Levels of Mentorship Throughout the Principal Internship , (2022)
• Interns’ Reflective Learning During a Full-Time Principal Internship , (2021)
• Inwardly Facing Inequitable and Racially Unjust Practices While Outwardly Dealing With the Challenge of the Online Learning Environment Around Implicit Bias and Structural Racism , (2021)

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