Ian M. Mette (he/him/his)

Dr. Ian Mette's scholarship focuses on three main areas of expertise, namely 1) culturally responsive instructional supervision, 2) technical components of instructional supervision, and 3) rural educational leadership. With regards to culturally responsive instructional supervision, Dr. Mette has co-developed a culturally responsive instructional supervision framework that serves as the foundation for a more critical perspective on instructional supervision, something that has historically been missing from the supervision field. Dr. Mette's second area of scholarship focuses on the technical components of instruction supervision, where he critiques the policies of teacher supervision and evaluation models that reinforce accountability standards and deficit-oriented business management practices. Dr. Mette's third area of scholarship examines rural educational leadership, increasingly the development of equity-oriented rural educational leadership in predominantly white rural spaces.

• Ph.D., University of Missouri, PK-12 Educational Administration (2012)
• Ed.S., University of Missouri, Educational Administration (2008)
• B.S., University of New Hampshire, Resource Economics (2003)

• Graduate School of Education Dean’s Apple Award for Outstanding Service; University at Buffalo; 2026-05-08;
• Graduate School of Education STAR Faculty Award for Service; University at Buffalo; 2026-05-08;
• Culturally Responsive Instructional Supervision Practice Lab Funding ($15,000); University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education Equity-Oriented Transformative Research Program; 2023-12-01;
• College of Education and Human Development Faculty Service Award; University of Maine; 2022-04-15;
• Graduation Marshall; University of Missouri; 2008-12-13;

• Mette, I. M., Cormier, D. R., & Oliveras-Ortiz, Y. (2023). Making a difference: Instructional leadership that drives self-reflection and values the expertise of teachers. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN-13: 978-1475872255.

• Cormier, D. R., Mette, I. M., & Oliveras, Y. (Eds.) (2024). Culturally responsive instructional supervision: Leadership for equitable and emancipatory outcomes. Teachers College Press. ISBN: 9780807769485

• Mette, I. M. & Cormier, D. R. (2026). Addressing sociocultural gaps through feedback: Culturally responsive instructional supervision for equitable outcomes. Theory into Practice, 1-16.
• Mette, I. M. (2026). A call to revisit the elements of a good case: Critical case development to address inequitable outcomes in education and society. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership.

• Mette, I. M., Cormier, D. R., & Oliveras-Ortiz, Y. (2023). Culturally responsive instructional supervision: (Re)Envisioning feedback for equitable change. In A. Lavigne & M. L. Derrington (Eds.), Actionable feedback for PK-12 teachers. Rowman & Littlefield.

• Dabney, C. & Mette, I. M. (November 2025). Culturally responsive school leadership strategies to improve outcomes for minoritized students. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the University Council of Educational Administration, San Juan, PR.;
• Mette, I. M. & Cormier, D. R. (November 2025). Using culturally responsive instructional supervision to provide feedback and address sociocultural gaps. In M. L. Derrington and A. L. Lavigne, Strengthening communities and building resilience in schools. Symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of the University Council of Educational Administration, San Juan, PR.;
• Mette, I. M. & Flowers, J. H. (November 2025). Space as a sociocultural hierarchy: Implications for equity-oriented rural educational leadership. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the University Council of Educational Administration, San Juan, PR.;
• Cormier, D. R., Flessa, J., Mette, I. M., Militello, M., Oliveras, Y., & Tredway, L. (November 2024). Collaborative processes for practitioner-researchers: Ensuring culturally responsive practices. Critical conversation presented at the Annual Meeting of the University Council of Educational Administration, Los Angeles, CA.;
• Cormier, D. R., Mette, I. M., & Oliveras, Y. (April 2024). Culturally responsive instructional leadership: Disrupting traditional paradigms by centering race to construct new futures in P-20 education. Presidential Session presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.;

• Program Coordinator for Educational Administration
  Apr 2025-present
• Co-founder of JCEL Jabber Podcast (UCEA production)
  Sep 2022-May 2024
• Council of Professors of Instructional Supervision (COPIS) Past-President
  Sep 2019-Aug 2020

• Associate Editor; Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership
  Mar 2025-present
• Editor; Journal of Educational Supervision
  Sep 2018-Jun 2026