Center Team

Olcay Yavuz

Dr. Olcay Yavuz
Associate Professor / Internship Coordinator
Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
WT 125-9
yavuzo1@southernct.edu
(203) 392-5442

Dr. Olcay Yavuz serves as Internship Coordinator and Associate Professor in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department where he teaches Leadership Development and Advanced Research Methods courses as well as supervises dissertation defenses. Currently, Dr. Yavuz also serves as the SCSU Early College Faculty Coordinator. 

Dr. Yavuz earned his doctorate in Teacher Leadership from Rutgers State University. He also received his Master of School Counseling from the New York Institute of Technology and obtained his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Science Education.

Prior to coming to SCSU, Dr. Yavuz spent twelve years of his professional career as an educational leader, supervisor, school counselor, and teacher in K-12 public schools. He holds a K-12 Supervisor Certificate, a Director of K-12 School Counseling Services Certificate, as well as K-12 Standard Mathematics Teaching and Professional School Counseling Certifications. 

As the founding editor of the Journal of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (JELPS), Dr. Yavuz also designed and launched a new scholarly journal which is indexed in Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) that is used by over 12 million researchers around the world each year.