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Philip Altbach
J. Donald Monan, SJ, Professor of Higher Education
Department of Educational Administration and Higher Education
Lynch School of Education
Director, Center for International Higher Education
B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. University of Chicago

International higher education; comparative education; university-society relationships; impact of federal and state government on higher education; affirmative action issues; role of research at universities; student activism; the academic profession. Author of the books Comparative Higher Education, Essays on Higher Education in International Perspective (including a Japanese edition of selected articles) and Student Politics in America; author or editor of numerous other books. Director of BC's Center for International Higher Education. Holds several editorial positions at journals of higher education, including The Review of Higher Education; former North American Executive Editor of the International Journal of Educational Development. A regular contributor of articles to the Japan Times and Times of India; a senior associate at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and coordinator of the Bellagio Publishing Network Research and Information Center, a program funded by the Rockefeller Foundation that assists indigenous publishing and book development in developing countries. Courses include: "Global and Comparative Systems in Higher Education" and "Issues in Contemporary Higher Education."

617.552.4236
altbach@bc.edu
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Karen Arnold
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Administration and Higher Education
Lynch School of Education
B.A. and B. Mus. Oberlin College
M.A. and Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Success of high school valedictorians in college and after college; success in high school as an indicator of success in professional careers; educational and career compromises made by women valedictorians seeking to balance career and family; implications of lack of mentors for valedictorians; gifted and talented students; campus and classroom climate for women; women in higher education. Director of the Illinois Valedictorian Project–a study tracking 81 high school valedictorians and salutatorians since their graduation in 1981. Author of the books Lives of Promise: What Becomes of High School Valedictorians and Remarkable Women: Prospectives on Female Talent Development. Courses include: "Symposium in Higher Education" and "College Student Development."

617.552.2649
karen.arnold.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/people/profiles/eahe/Arnold.htm

Irwin Blumer
Research Professor, Department of Educational Administration and Higher Education
Lynch School of Education
B.S. and M.A. Northeastern University
D. Ed. Boston College

Education from kindergarten through 12th grade, including administration, teaching, curriculum, special education, etc.; education reform; teacher assessment; union issues. Former superintendent of schools in Newton and Concord, Mass. Former classroom teacher, guidance counselor, and principal in various public school systems. Editor and contributor to issue paper "School Culture and Leadership: The Role of the Superintendent." Courses include: "The Principalship"; "Clinical Experience and Seminar in Administration," and "Theories of Leadership."

617.552.1956
irwin.blumer.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/people/profiles/eahe/Blumer.htm

David L. Blustein
Professor, Department of Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology
Lynch School of Education
B.A. SUNY Stony Brook
M.S. CUNY Queens College
Ph.D. Teachers College/Columbia University

Career development–including adolescent employment, career decision making and indecision, career exploration and vocational adjustment; school-to-work transition, particularly for students who do not go on to college; work-related issues in general–job shifts, unemployment, psychological consequences of work challenges; socioeconomic class issues in psychology; group psychotherapy. Author of more than 50 articles and chapters on these topics. Courses include: "Seminar in Group Counseling and Group Therapy"; "Career Counseling and Development."

617.552.0795
david.blustein.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/people/profiles/cdep/Blustein.htm

Beth Casey
Professor, Department of Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology
Lynch School of Education
B.A. University of Michigan
M.A. and Ph.D. Brown University

Development of critical thinking skills, problem solving and play and organizational skills; the link between handedness and spatial ability and sex-role identification; gender differences in spatial and math abilities, spatial and geometry curriculum for kindergartners; individual differences in pattern of brain organization and the impact on individuals in how they think and function, using handedness as a marker; training teachers to foster critical thinking abilities; attention problems, including ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder); "tomboys". Founding member of the Massachusetts Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators. A licensed psychologist in Massachusetts. Co-author of numerous articles, including "Mediators of Gender Differences in Mathematics College Entrance Test Scores: A Comparison of Spatial Skills with Internalized Beliefs and Anxieties"; "Understanding Individual Differences in Spatial Ability Within Females: A Nature/Nurture Interactionist Framework," and "As the Twig is Bent: The Biology and Socialization of Gender Roles in Women."Courses include: "Teaching Process and Content in Early Education"; "Learning and Cognition"; "Learning and Development: The Special Needs of Early Learners."

617.552.4232
beth.casey.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/people/profiles/te/Casey.htm

John Cawthorne
Associate Dean for Students and Outreach
Lynch School of Education
B.A. Harvard University
M.A.T. Antioch-Putney Graduate School of Education

Testing; student life; student-faculty relationships; school reform, K-12 Former vice president for education, National Urban League (1995-1997). Author or co-author of numerous publications and chapters, including "Changing the Culture of the University to Engage in Outreach Scholarship"; "The Standards Movement: Another Warning"; "Merging Standards and Communities of Color"; "Charter Schools and Vouchers: The Case Against," and "Investing in Education: Training the Workforce in the 90s and Beyond." Courses include: "Family, School and Society."

617.552.4200
cawthorn@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/people/profiles/Cawthorne.htm

Philip DiMattia
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum, Administration, Special Education
Lynch School of Education
Director, Campus School
B.S., M.Ed. and Ph.D. Boston College

Inclusion of disabled students within mainstream educational settings; issues related to multi-handicapped children and their families; short- and long-range educational services for special needs students; the implication of inclusion and teacher preparation needs; the relationship of teacher behavior and student motivation; violence towards and by children; application of "EagleEyes" technology--a process designed by three BC faculty members which allows computer control through eye movement via a series of electrodes attached around the eyes–for computer interaction, and its impact on teaching and learning for multi-disabled children. Director of Boston College's Campus School, which provides educational and therapeutic services to students ages 3-21 with multiple disabilities including complex health care needs. Co-author of the book Effective Management of Special Education Programs; author of numerous related publications, including "Selected Human Aspects in Behavioral Management." Courses include: "Classroom Management: Strategies for Avoiding Destructive Conflict."

617.552.8424
philip.dimattia.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/people/profiles/te/DiMattia.htm

Walter Haney
Professor, Department of Counseling, Developmental Psychology, Research Methods
Lynch School of Education
Senior Research Associate, Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation and Educational Policy (CSTEEP)
B.S. Michigan State University
Ed.M Harvard University
Ed.D. Harvard University

Educational evaluation and assessment and educational technology; fairness in standardized testing, including state-wide assessment examinations; problems with Scholastic Aptitude Tests–e.g., whether or not they predict future academic performance and whether or not they are fair to women and linguistic and cultural minorities; educational applications of the Internet; cheating on tests; statistical methods used–and misused–to detect cheating. Expert testimony on testing policies and procedures provided to numerous legislative, judicial and educational organizations. Senior research associate of Boston College's Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation and Educational Policy. Co-author of the books The Fractured Marketplace for Standardized Testing, which presents an analysis of the testing industry in the United States, and Testing and Evaluation: Learning from the Projects We Fund. Courses include: "Management Uses of Computers in Education"; "Expectations and Evidence for Educational Technology"; "Design of Research."

617.552.4199
walter.haney.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/people/profiles/erme/Haney.htm

Penny Hauser-Cram
Professor, Department of Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology
Lynch School of Education
B.S. Denison University
M.A. Tufts University
Ed.D. Harvard University

Inclusion of children with disabilities in typical classrooms; the need for early education programs; child growth and development; children and their families living in poverty. Directed follow-up study on the Brookline (MA) Early Education Project (BEEP) of 185 young adults and their parents who participated in an early education project from 1973-1980. In addition to numerous articles and book chapters, she has co-authored the books Development of Infants with Disabilities and Their Families; Early Education in the Public Schools: Lessons from a Comprehensive Birth-to-Kindergarten Program; and Essays on Educational Research: Methodology, Testing and Application. Courses include: "Seminar in Theories of Child Development"; "Seminar in Counseling, Developmental Psychology and Research Methods."

617.552.8664
penny.hauser-cram.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/people/profiles/cdep/HauserCram.htm

George Ladd
Professor, Department of Teacher Education, Special Education and Curriculum & Instruction
Lynch School of Education
Former Director, College Bound Program
B.S., State University College at Oswego, NY; M.A.T., D.Ed., Indiana University

Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment Systems examinations; mentoring and college preparation via school, business and university partnerships–combining academic and social support, mentoring and work experience–to support and encourage urban youth to pursue and succeed in higher education; school reform and charter schools; science and education technology. Coordinator of the Boston College Collaborative School/ University/Business partnership programs; former director of the university's College Bound program, a four-year enrichment and college preparatory effort for disadvantaged youths in Massachusetts' Brighton and West Roxbury high schools. Books include Health Elementary Science Textbook Series (K-6) (senior author); publications include numerous journal articles, monographs, research reports and curriculum manuals. Courses include: "Secondary and Middle School Science Methods"; "Teaching about the Natural World"; "Exploring Science and Social Studies through the Environment."

617.552.4229
george.ladd.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/people/profiles/te/Ladd.htm
http://www2.bc.edu/~ladd/ (personal web page)

M. Brinton Lykes
Professor, Department of Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology
Lynch School of Education
Associate Director, Center for Human Rights and International Justice
B.A, Hollins College, M.Div. Harvard University, Ph.D. Boston College

Effects of state-sponsored terror and organized violence; human rights policy and mental health interventions. Violence toward children in Central America; methods of intervention to help children cope with violence; expressive healing techniques–drawing, body movement, drama and music–for young victims of violence; psychological research within communities to bring about change; developing community responses to violence; alternative strategies for working with children affected by organized violence in US cities. Gender and racial issues in psychology; gender, culture and theories of the self. Associate director of BC's Center for Human Rights and International Justice. Co-editor of the book Myths about the Powerless: Contesting Social Inequalities. Author of numerous publications, including "Ethnic conflict in Latin America: Toward a psychology of liberation in Guatemala, Peru and Puerto Rico?"; "Activist participatory research among the Maya of Guatemala: Constructing meanings from situated knowledge"; "War Tears at Children's Emotions"; "Human Rights and Mental Health Work in the United States: Lessons from Latin America," and "Terror, Silencing and Children: International Multidisciplinary Collaboration with Guatemalan Maya Communities." Courses include: "Psychology of Adolescence"; "Culture and Society"; "Child in Society: Integrative Seminar."

617.552.4200
brinton.lykes.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/people/profiles/cdep/Lykes.htm

James R. Mahalik
Associate Professor, Department of Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology
Lynch School of Education
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. University of Maryland

Psychology of men; the socialization of men and its impact on their well being and that of their families and communities. Influence of gender role strain on developmental, psychological and relational well being; how gender role socialization affects men's utilization and experiences with counseling and therapy. The effect of gender roles on quality of life; how social forces (media, family, peers) create social norms around gender, and the benefits and costs of conforming/not conforming to these norms. Changing gender norms to reduce distress associated with conformity (e.g., drive for thinness in women; inability to seek help for men). Co-author of several publications, including "Examining masculine gender role conflict and stress in relation to religious orientation and spiritual well-being"; "Examining racial identity statuses as predictors of psychological defenses in African-American college students"; "Men's gender role conflict as predictors of self-ratings on the Interpersonal Circle"; "Identifying gender role conflict messages that distinguish mildly depressed from non-depressed men"; "Gender role conflict and psychopathology in a clinical population." Editor of American Psychological Association's Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity Bulletin and editorial board member of Journal of Counseling Psychology and Journal of Counseling and Development. Courses include: "Issues in Counseling Men"; "Principles and Techniques of Counseling"; "Counseling Theory and Process."

617.552.4077
mahalik@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/people/profiles/cdep/Mahalik.htm

Michael O. Martin
Co-Director, Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
Research Associate Professor, Department of Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation
Lynch School of Education
B.A. University College, Cork, M.Sc. Trinity College, Dublin Ph.D. University College, Dublin

International comparisons of student achievement; large-scale assessment of student achievement. Co-director of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study, the biggest international testing study ever undertaken, involving 45 countries, five grades, two school subjects and more than a half million students. Co-director of the International Study Center at Boston College. Co-author of numerous publications evaluating and assessing the results of the TIMSS testing, including Third International Mathematics and Science Study: Technical Report Volume II. Other publications include "Are Girls Better Readers? Gender Differences in Reading Literacy," and "Reading Literacy in Irish Schools: A Comparative Analysis."

617.552.3172
michael.martin.3@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/people/profiles/erme/Martin.htm
TIMSS

Ina V.S. Mullis
Co-Director, Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
Research Professor, Department of Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation
Lynch School of Education
B.A., Ph.D. University of Colorado

International comparisons of student achievement; large-scale assessment of student achievement; US students' educational achievement in national and international contexts. Measuring complex student skills and understandings, evaluating progress in performance, analyzing achievement data; policy uses of assessment information to increase student learning. Co-director of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study, the largest international testing study ever undertaken, involving 45 countries, five grades, two school subjects and more than a half million students. Co-director of the International Study Center at Boston College. Co-author of numerous publications evaluating and assessing the results of the TIMSS testing, including "Analysis and reporting of context questionnaire data" in Third International Math and Science Study: Technical Report Volume II. Former director of the National Assessment of Educational Progress at the Educational Testing Service.

617.552.3173
ina.mullis.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/people/profiles/erme/Mullis.htm
TIMSS

Joseph O'Keefe, SJ
Dean
Lynch School of Education
B.A. College of the Holy Cross, M. Div., STL Weston School of Theology, M. Ed., Ed.D. Harvard University

Urban and integrated service schools; the changing role of the principal, including new responsibilities–e.g., writing grants, coordinating health care, and external relations with the community: Catholic education; fiscal and administrative challenges facing Catholic schools in the US and United Kingdom; preparation of Catholic school teachers and administrators. International comparative education; ethics in administration. Co-author of the forthcoming book The Legacy and Future of Catholic Schools. Editor of the book including Catholic Education at the Turn of the New Century; co-editor of books including The Contemporary Catholic School: Context, Identity and Diversity. Co-editor of a series of books, Conversations in Excellence, published by the National Catholic Educational Association; author of numerous articles and book chapters. Courses include: "Catholic Schools in the 2000s"; "Seminar in Educational Administration."

617.552.8426
joseph.okeefe.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/people/profiles/eahe/Okeefe.htm

Alec Peck
Associate Professor, Department of Teacher Education, Special Education and Curriculum and Instruction
Lynch School of Education
B.A. University of San Francisco, M.S., Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University

Attention Deficit Disorder; special education; technology for people with disabilities; educational technology; rehabilitation; transit accessibility for the blind. Coordinator of the Moderate Special Needs Program at Boston College. Co-author of the books Access to Mass Transit for Blind and Visually Impaired Travelers and The Profession of Orientation and Mobility in the 1980s: The AFB Competency Study. Author of several journal articles and monographs. Serves on the executive board of the New England Regional Council or Children with Behavior Disorders and is the editor of the CCBD National Newsletter. Courses include: "Management of the Behavior of Students with Severe Special Needs"; "Working with Families and Human Service Agencies"; "Consultation and Collaboration in Education";

617.552.3149
alec.peck.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/people/profiles/te/Peck.htm

Joseph Pedulla
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Research, Measurement and Evaluation
Lynch School of Education
B.S. Tufts University, M.S. Northeastern University, Ph.D. Boston College

Educational testing in schools; statewide student testing programs; use of tests; interpretations of test scores; grading and evaluating students. Testing and its impact on public policy; alternative assessment techniques, especially their utilization in urban schools; program evaluation. Teacher testing; college admission testing. Co-author of the book Minimal Competency Testing; author or co-author of numerous publications and specific reports on academic testing and assessment. Courses include: "Classroom Assessment"; "Assessment and Test Construction"; "Design of Research."

617.552.0683
joseph.pedulla.1@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/people/profiles/erme/Pedulla.htm

Diana Pullin
Professor of Education Law and Public Policy
Coordinator, Joint Degree Program in Law and Education
Lynch School of Education (former dean)
B.A. Grinnell College; M.A., J.D., Ph.D. University of Iowa

Testing and the law; equity issues in testing; education law and policy; rights of students with disabilities; teacher performance assessment; public policy issues in education; professional education reform; Catholic schools; civil rights and education. Author of the book Special Education: A Manual for Advocates; co-author of several books, including Selling Students Short: Classroom Bargains and Educational Reform in the American High School and Educating One and All: Students with Disabilities and Standards-Based Reform. Author of book chapters, articles, law reports, bulletins, monographs and technical reports. Courses include: "Education Law and Public Policy."

617.552.8407
pullin@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/people/profiles/eahe/Pullin.htm

Dennis Shirley
Professor, Department of Teacher Education, Special Education and Curriculum and Instruction
Lynch School of Education
B.A. University of Virginia, M.A. New School for Social Research; Ed.D. Harvard University

School reform; urban schools, teacher education, politics and history of education. Principal investigator and director of the Massachusetts Coalition for Teacher Quality and Student Achievement, whose work is to enhance the preparation of teachers whose work will focus on the improvement of urban education. Author of the books Organizing the Valley: Community Empowerment and School Reform in South Texas; Community Organizing for Urban School Reform and The Politics of Progressive Education: The Odenwaldschule in Nazi Germany. Courses include "Social Contexts of Education."

617.552.4202
dennis.shirley@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/people/profiles/te/Shirley.htm

Elizabeth Sparks
Associate Professor, Department of Counseling, Developmental Psychology, Research Methods
Lynch School of Education
B.A. Wellesley College; M.Ed. Columbia University; Ph.D. Boston College

Issues related to youth, notably African American youth, and violence; youth and community-based violence; inner-city schoolchildren as victims/witnesses of violence; achievement in urban schools; preparing teachers and administrators for work in the "war zone" of inner-city schools; training students to be more aware of multicultural/diversity issues; sociopolitical conditions that impact individuals from ethnic and non-ethnic minority groups in the US; psychopathology and mental illness treatment. Author of articles and chapters including "Family Diversity and Family Policy"; The Integration of Feminism and Multiculturalism: Ethical Dilemmas at the Border"; "Human Rights Violations in the Inner-City: Implications for Moral Educators"; "The Role of Mother in the Black Cultural Context: A New Definition of Black Womanhood," and "The Challenges Facing Community Health Centers in the 1990's: A Voice From the Inner City." Courses include: "Multicultural Issues in Counseling"; "Psychopathology"; "Seminar in Counseling Supervision and Consultation."

617.552.0698
elizabeth.sparks@bc.edu
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/soe/people/faculty.html

Mary Walsh
Daniel E. Kearns Professor of Education and Innovative Leadership, Department of Counseling, Developmental Psychology, Research Methods
Director, Center for Child, Family and Community Partnerships
Lynch School of Education
B.A. Catholic University; M.A., Ph.D. Clark University

Developmental conceptions of illness (including AIDS) across the life-span; psychosocial functioning of homeless mothers and children; interprofessional collaboration/integrated services in urban schools and agencies. A leader of BC's innovative Gardner Extended Services School Project, which aims to join diverse professions in an effort to meet the social, educational, health and other needs of urban children and their families in school settings. Director of the Boston College Center for Child, Family and Community Partnerships. Author of the award-winning book Moving to Nowhere: Children's Stories of Homelessness, which chronicles 20 children's accounts of living in shelters due to poverty, family breakdown or parental substance abuse. Author of a number of publications on the developmental and socioemotional needs of homeless infants and preschoolers and on high school and college students' understanding, information and misconceptions of AIDS."

617.552.8973
mary.walsh.1@bc.edu

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