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The Faculty

 

Monika Burczyk
Visiting Instructor in Educational Studies

Degrees: BFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MA, PhD candidate New York University

Teaching Experience: Hampshire College

Teaching Specialties: Arts in teaching, learning, therapy and development and qualitative methods in research

Research Interests: Creativity, flow and play in children, the Reggio Emilia/project approach to early childhood learning, aesthetic education and art as social sculpture

Contact Information: mburczyk@mail.colgate.edu, (315) 228-7072

 

Don Duggan-Haas

Assistant Professor of Educational Studies

Degrees: BA State University of New York at Geneseo 1985, MS State University of New York at Cortland 1990, PhD Michigan State University 2000

Teaching Experience:
Phelps-Clifton Springs Central Schools (NY); Norwich High School (NY); Michigan State University; Kalamazoo College; Cornell University

Teaching Specialties:
Teacher Education, Science Education, Environmental Education

Research Interests:
The system of education as a complex adaptive system, science teacher education, educational technology, teaching evolution

Publications:
Legislative Challenges to the Teaching of Evolution: The Science Educators' Response Wavering, M. & Duggan-Haas, D.; Rethinking the Presentation of the NSTA Standards for Science Teacher Preparation Duggan-Haas, D., Enfield, M. & Ashmann, S.; Beginning Teachers: Beliefs and Classroom Actions Journal of Research in Science Teaching 36:8, 930-954 co-author.; Secondary Science and Mathematics Teacher Preparation Programs: Influences on New Teachers and Their Students, The Salish I Research Project, University of Iowa

Contact Information:
dugganhaas@mail.colgate.edu, (315) 228-7250
Don's website:
http://people.colgate.edu/ddugganhaas/

 

D Kay Johnston
Associate Professor of Educational Studies and Women's Studies (1986)

Degrees
: AB Ohio University 1969, MEd Boston University 1971, EdD Harvard University 1985 

Teaching Experience: Bellport (NY) and Stoneham (MA) Public Schools; Lesley College; Boston College; Harvard University; College of the Holy Cross 

Teaching Specialties: Moral Development, Adolescent Development, Teacher Education, Women's Studies 

Research Interests: Moral problem solving, teacher thinking, women's development 

Publications:  Articles in TCRecord.org, PBS.org/Shakespeare/educators, Journal of Moral Education, The Ohio State Journal: Theory Into Practice, Journal of Youth and Adolescence; Chapters co-authored with M. Maurer in For All Time? Critical Issues in Teaching Shakespeare; Chapters in Learning for Life, A.Garrod (Ed.); Remapping the Moral Domain, Gilligan, Taylor, Ward (Eds.); Moral Development: A Compendium, B.Puka (Ed.) 

Contact Information:
djohnston@mail.colgate.edu, (315) 228-7662

 

Carolyn Kissane
Visiting Assistant Professor of Educational Studies

Carolyn KissaneDegrees: BA Denison University, MA Teachers College, Columbia University, PhD Columbia University

Teaching Experience:
New York University; Columbia University; Queens College

Teaching Specialties:
Comparative and International Education, Politics and Education

Research Interests:
Central Asia, education in post-Soviet societies, nongovernmental organizations, educational reform

Publications:
Comparative Education Review, Book Review of Processes of Transition in Education Systems;
History Education in Transit: Where to for Kazakhstan, Comparative Education, Carfax Publishing (UK, in press); Construction of History Education in Kazakhstan – the Politics of Accommodation in History Education for Understanding and Reconciliation, Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs, Princeton University Press (forthcoming 2005); Evaluating Human Rights Education: Approaches and Challenges, Democracy, Minorities and Human Rights in Europe, Teaching Human Rights in Europe Research Group Publication, Berlin: Humboldt University (2004); Kazakhstan:  Countries at the Crossroads, Freedom House Publication, Washington, DC (2004); Martin, P. and Kissane, C. Evaluating Human Rights Education in Anthology of Human Rights Education, Humboldt University, Berlin (2004); Women’s Studies Quarterly, Book Review of V. Dhruvarajan and J. Vicker’s Gender, Race and Nation: A Global Perspective, Feminist Press at the City University of New York (2003)

Contact Information:
ckissane@mail.colgate.edu, (315) 228-7982

 

Jo Anne Pagano, Department Chair

Professor of Educational Studies

Degrees: BA 1973, MS 1981, PhD 1982 University of Rochester 

Teaching Specialties: English and Social Studies Curriculum, Curriculum Theory, Philosophy of Education, Women and Education 

Research Interests: Critical theory and pedagogy, ethics and education, teaching and feminist theory, popular culture and education 

Publications: Exiles and Communities: Teaching in the Patriarchal Wilderness (State University of New York Press, 1990); Preparing Teachers as Professionals, co-author (1989); articles in Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, Curriculum Inquiry, Educational Theory, Journal of Curriculum Studies, Journal of Moral Education, Educational Foundations and in anthologies; book review editor, Phenomenology and Pedagogy (1984-1988); editorial review board. Educational Theory; editor-in chief, JCT: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Curriculum Studies (1988-1995) 

Distinctions: Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice (1988- 1994); Phenemenology and Pedagogy, book review editor (1984-1988); Educational Theory, editorial review board (1988-1991, 1999-2003); JCT: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Classroom Practice, editor-in-chief (1988-1995); American Educational Studies Association, vice president (1996-1997), president-elect (1997-1998), president (1998-1999)

Contact Information:
jpagano@mail.colgate.edu, (315) 228-7253

 

John D. Palmer
Assistant Professor of Educational Studies

Degrees: BA University of Northern Iowa, MA Yonsei University, PhD The University of Iowa

 Teaching Experience: Yonsei University, Graduate School of International Studies; Ewha Womans University, The Division of Professional Development; The University of Iowa, Educational Policy and Leadership Studies; Peabody College, Vanderbilt University

Teaching Specialties:
Social Foundations of Education (The American School), Race & Education, Seminar on High Needs Schools, Qualitative Research Methods, Asian American Educational Experiences, History of Education

Research Interests:
Ethnic identity formation and development, cross cultural competency and development, immigrant educational experiences, social justice education, socio-cultural & cultural-historical theory, ethnographic/qualitative research methodology

Publications:
Palmer, J. D., & Jang, E. (in press). Korean born, Korean American high school students' entry into understanding race and racism through social interactions and conversations. Race Ethnicity and Education; Palmer. J. D. (2004). 좋은 교사를 능가하는 대책은 없다 (No Child Left Behind: The problem with accountability and high stakes testing). Korean Educational Development Institute. Artiles, A. J., Trent, S. C., & Palmer, J. D. (2004). Culturally diverse students in special education: Legacies and prospects. In J. A. Banks & C. A. McGee Banks (Eds.), Handbook of research on multicultural education. Palmer, J. D., & Hines, M. R. (2002). Review of the book Ethnicity, race, and nationality in education: A global perspective. Teachers College Record, 105 (1). Palmer, J. D. (2001). Korean adopted young women: Gender bias, racial issues, and educational implications. In C. C. Park, A. Lin Goodwin, & S. J. Lee (Eds.), Research on the education of Asian Pacific Americans. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing Inc. Palmer, J. D. (1999). From the "yellow peril" to the "model minority:" A review and analysis of Asian stereotypes and the harmful affects for Asian American students today. Journal of the Midwest History of Education Society, 26 (1), 33-42

Distinctions:
American Educational Research Association Spencer Foundation Pre-Dissertation Fellow; Holmes Scholar; American Educational Research Association, Special Interest Group Research on the Education of Asian Pacific American, Secretary, 2002- 2003, Program Chair, 2003-2004, President , 2004-present

Contact Information:
jpalmer@mail.colgate.edu, (315) 228-7291

 

Matthew Schertz
Visiting Assistant Professor of Educational Studies

Degrees:
BA St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM, MAT and EdD (Pedagogy) Montclair State University

Teaching Experience:
Rutgers University; Montclair State University, Precollegiate Teaching Academy

Teaching Specialties:
Philosophy of Education, Child and Adolescent Development

Research Interests:
Critical thinking, philosophy for children, educational philosophy, moral development, empathy

Publications:
"Moral Education, Empathy and the Community of Inquiry." Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines

Contact Information:
mschertz@mail.colgate.edu, (315) 228-7981

 

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