Director of the Center for Education Support

Office: EDHS 113

Email: psmansell@muw.edu

Phone: (662) 241-6088

Education

• Ed.D., Rural Education, Organizational Change and Leadership, University of West Alabama (In Progress)
• M.Ed., Early Childhood Education — University of West Alabama
• B.S. — Mississippi University for Women
• A.A. — East Mississippi Community College

University Councils, Committees, and Leadership

• Academic Council
• Administrative Council
• Campus Technology Advisory Council
• Directors Council
• Emergency Call Center
• Institute on AI, Pedagogy, and the Curriculum Team (2026-2027)
• Planning and Institutional Effectiveness (PIE) Council
• Women’s College Advisory Board
• WHEMN, MUW Institutional Representative
• Title III EPIC for Career Readiness, Activity 2 Co-Director (2026–Present)

School of Education Councils, Committees, and Leadership

• School of Education Dean and Chairs Leadership Committee
• School of Education Marketing, Recruitment, and Retention Committee
• School of Education Advisory Board
• Teacher Education Council (TEC)
• Mississippi Professional Educators (MPE), Campus Advisor
• Mississippi Early Childhood Association (MsECA), Campus Advisor
• Kappa Kappa Iota (KKI), Campus Advisor

Community, State, and National Leadership

• Excel By 5 Mississippi, Board Member
• Lowndes 100 Women Who Care, Board Member
• Lowndes Community Foundation, Education Committee Co-Chair
• Columbus-Lowndes Chamber of Commerce, Education Committee
• Columbus-Lowndes Excel By 5, Steering Committee Chair
• Center for Early Childhood Policy Advancement, Advocacy Scholar (2025–2027)
• Phil Hardin Early Education Instructors Fellow (2025–2027)
• National Committee for Collegiate Kappa, Kappa Kappa Iota

Professional Organizations

• Mississippi Early Childhood Development Coalition
• Mississippi Forum for the Future
• National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
• Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA)
• Mississippi Early Childhood Association (MsECA)
• Northeast Mississippi Early Childhood Association
• Mississippi Professional Educators (MPE)
• Kappa Kappa Iota (KKI)

Previous State and Community Leadership

• Mississippi PEER Committee, Early Intervention Task Force Advisor (2023–2024)
• Mayor’s Coalition for Early Childhood Policy and Education (2023–2025)
• Mississippi Community College Leadership Academy (MCCLA), 2023–2024 Cohort
• Mississippi Child Care Quality Support System Project, Recommendations Team Member (2022)

Awards and Honors

• Distinguished Achievement Award, Mississippi University for Women Alumni Association (2025)
• Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award, Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (2020)
• Diversity and Inclusion Award of Excellence, Mississippi University for Women (2020)