Dr. Starla Sieveke-Pearson

Starla Pearson, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Education Leadership and Policy Studies department of the Morgridge College of Education, earned a PhD from the University of Colorado in Educational Leadership, an MA from University of Northern Colorado in Interdisciplinary Education, and a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education from Black Hills State University. Before joining the ELPS faculty in 2022, she served as a public educator in Nevada and Colorado—high school English and middle school literacy teacher, mentor and staff developer, assistant principal, PK-8 principal, principal supervisor, and district executive director. She has been an adjunct professor at Metropolitan State University, the University of Colorado at Denver, and the University of Denver. For a decade, she was a consultant on the Colorado Department of Education's State Review Panel, helping to oversee state accountability in schools and districts across Colorado.