A former Iowa State University faculty member who studies effective leadership will return to Ames to lead ISU’s School of Education, the university announced. Donald Hackmann, a professor of educational leadership at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, has been named director of the School of Education and the inaugural Frances S. and Arthur L. Wallace Professor in the College of Human Sciences. The appointment is effective July 1. At Iowa State, Hackmann began as an assistant professor of educational administration in 1998. He was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2001 and served on the faculty until July 2004. Hackmann will succeed Marlene Strathe, who has directed the School of Education since January 2015.