Chad R. Lochmiller is an associate professor of educational leadership in the school of education at Indiana University Bloomington. His research examines issues related to education policy and leadership practice. In particular, he studies instructional leadership, leadership development and coaching, as well as the operational aspects of schooling, such as financial and human resource management.

His scholarship has been widely published in leading educational leadership journals, including Educational Administration Quarterly and Journal of Educational Administration, and appears in edited volumes. He is the 2018 recipient of the University Council for Educational Administration’s (UCEA) Jack A. Culbertson Early Career Award. Professor Lochmiller currently leads improvement science activities in the IU School of Education and is collaborating with school districts in Indiana and non-profit organizations in the Midwest to introduce and support the use of this groundbreaking methodology.