Craig Andrew Cunningham
1745 Hanson St. Fort Myers FL 33901
Craig.A.Cunningham.PhD@gmail.com ● https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigcunningham
Phone: 773-505-1133
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Philosophy of Curriculum, University of Chicago, 1994.
Dissertation: “The Moral Consequences of John Dewey’s Metaphysics.” Dissertation committee: Philip W. Jackson (chair), Frederick Lighthall, Donald Browning. Outside readers: William Pattison, Robert Dreeben.
A.M., Education, University of Chicago. Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction, 1992.
Klingenstein Summer Fellow, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1987.
A.B., History, Magna cum laude, Lafayette College, 1983.
ACADEMIA
2004-2020: Associate Professor (tenured in 2010), Advanced Professional Programs, Educational Foundations, and Technology in Education, National College of Education (NCE), National Louis University, Chicago.
2001-2004: Research Associate, Center for School Improvement, University of Chicago.
1999-2001: Director of Curriculum, Chicago Public Schools/University of Chicago Internet Project
1995-1999: Assistant Professor, Educational Foundations, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago.
PUBLICATIONS
2021 John Dewey and curriculum studies. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Oxford University Press.
2017 “Technology for Democracy and Education in the 21st Century,” a chapter in John Dewey’s Democracy and Education: A Centennial Handbook, Leonard J. Waks & Andrea R. English (eds). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Available: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/john-deweys-democracy-and-education/FC3407854DF15733A5A2AAC44579FDCC#
2016 “Dewey on Educational Research and the Science of Education,” a chapter in Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory, Michael A. Peters (ed.). Springer-Verlag Singapur. (Available: http://eepat.net/doku.php?id=start).
2015 “The Digitalization of the University,” a chapter in Higher Education and Society, edited by Joseph DeVitis and Piero Sasso (Peter Lang).
2015 “A Systems View of Classrooms: Response to Microsphereology of the Classroom,” a chapter in Philosophy of Education Yearbook 2015, edited by Eduardo Duarte (Urbana (IL): Philosophy of Education Society).
2015 Granger, David A., Craig A. Cunningham, and David T. Hansen. 2015. Philip W. Jackson, December 2, 1928-July 21, 2015; A Life Well Lived. Education and Culture, 31(2):1-7.
2014 Cunningham, Craig A. Systems Theory for Pragmatic Schooling: Toward Principles of Democratic Education (Palgrave).
2014 Cunningham, Craig A. Review of Leonard Wak’s Education 2.0: The Learningweb Revolution and the Transformation of the School. Educational Theory, 64 (June): 409–417.
2011 Cunningham, Craig A. Cultivating Unique Potential in Schools: Revisioning Democratic Teacher Education . In J. Kincheloe and R. Hewitt (Eds.), Regenerating the Philosophy of Education: What Happened to Soul? New York: Peter Lang.
2011 Seltzer-Kelly, Deborah L; Serina Cinnamon-Morrison, Craig A. Cunningham, Suzanne T. Gurland, Kalinda Jones and Shannon Lindsay Toth. (Re)Imagining Teacher Preparation for Conjoint Democratic Inquiry in Complex Classroom Ecologies. Complicity 8(1): 5-27. Available: http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/complicity/issue/view/571.
2010 Cunningham, Craig A. and Kimball Harrison. 2010. The Affordances of Second Life for Education. In Teaching through Multi-User Virtual Environments: Applying Dynamic Elements to the Modern Classroom, edited by Giovanni Vincenti and James Braman. Hershey PA: IGI Global.
2009 Cunningham, Craig A. 2009. Transforming Schooling through Technology: 21st Century Approaches to Participatory Learning. In Dewey at One Hundred-Fifty. Reflections for a New Century, edited by A.G. Rud, Jim Garrison, and Lynda Stone. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue Univ. Press.
2009 Cunningham, Craig A. and Briana Allen. 2009. Philosophical Questions about Learning Technologies: A Ground-Map. In Richard Bailey, David Carr, Robin Barrow and Christine McCarthy (eds), The SAGE Handbook of Philosophy of Education. London: SAGE.
2009 Cunningham, Craig A. 2009. Review of David Granger, John Dewey, Robert Pirsig, and the Art of Living: Revisioning Aesthetic Education. In Studies in Philosophy and Education (Online): Available: https://commerce.metapress.com/content/b01171l16648h2t5/resource-secured/?target=fulltext.pdf&sid=u4tmnlj0ue5isl55axbk1i45&sh=www.springerlink.com
2008 Cunningham, Craig A. 2008. "Book Review: Richard Shusterman, Body Consciousness: A Philosophy of Mindfulness and Somaesthetics," Education and Culture 24 (2): 54-59.
2008 Cunningham, Craig A. 2008. "Review Article: Artful Writing about Artful Living; Review of David Granger's John Dewey, Robert Pirsig, and the Art of Living." Journal of Philosophy of Education. 42 (2): 333-340.
2008 Cunningham, Craig A., Louanne Smolin, Sarah McPherson, Kimberly a. Lawless, Josh Radinsky, Scott W. Brown, and Nicole Zumpano. 2008. "Higher education institutions as partners for technology professional development," in Transforming classroom practice: professional development strategies in educational technology, edited by Arlene Borthwick and Melissa Pierson. Eugene, OR: International Society for Technology in Education.
2008 Several articles in Moral Education: A Handbook [Two Volumes]. 2008. F. Clark Power, Ronald J. Nuzzi, Darcia Narvaez, Daniel K. Lapsley, Thomas C. Hunt (Eds.). Westport, CT: Praeger. (Articles by me include: “American Institute for Character Education,” “Association for Values Research,” “Character Education Movement,” “Characteriological Research,” “Hugh Hartshorne,” and “Mark May.”)
2008 Cunningham, Craig A., Meg Ormiston, Lisa Perez, and Scott Swanson. 2008. Second Life: It’s Not a Game. Ice Cube (Illinois Computing Educators Newsletter), Winter 2008, pp 8-9.
2007 “Dewey, Women, and Weirdoes: or, the Potential Rewards for Scholars who Dialogue across Difference,” with David Granger, Jane Fowler Morse, Barbara Stengel, and Terri Wilson. Education & Culture 23-2, 27-62.
2007 “In Search of the Extra-ordinary in the Ordinary: Philip Jackson and/on John Dewey,” by David Granger and Craig A. Cunningham, in A Life in Classrooms: Philip W. Jackson and the Practice of Education, May 2007; David T. Hansen, Mary Erina Driscoll, and René V. Arcilla, Editors. New York: Teachers College Press.
2006 Curriculum Webs: Weaving the Web into Teaching and Learning, 2nd edition. With Marty Billingsley. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
2005 "A Certain and Reasoned Art: The Rise and Fall of Character Education in America," in Character Psychology and Character Education, edited by Daniel K. Lapsley and F. Clark Power, South Bend IN: University of Notre Dame Press.
2005 “Imagination of Ideal Ends,” in Experiencing Dewey: Insights for Today’s Classroom, edited by Donna Adair Breault and Rick Breault. Indianapolis: Kappa Delta Pi.
2002-2003 "Finding Useful John Dewey Resources on the World Wide Web," a series of three articles published in Insights, the newsletter of the John Dewey Society.
2003 "The Internet as a Tool for Shared Inquiry," an article that appeared in the inaugural issue of Jewish Educational Leadership, April 2003.
2003 Curriculum Webs: A Practical Guide to Weaving the Web into Teaching and Learning. With Martha Billingsley. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
2000 “Improving Our Nation's Schools through Computers and Connectivity: An Impossible Dream?” Brookings Review, Winter 2000 (Special issue on technologies); invited essay.
2000 "The Web Institute for Teachers: Engaging Teachers in Developing Web-Based Curriculum," with Ellen Diaryko and Frada Boxer. In D. A. Willis, J. D. Price, & J. Willis (Eds.), Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Proceedings 2000. Charlottesville, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. Also available at http://cuip.uchicago.edu/wit/talks/SITE2000.htm.
1999 “Transforming Schools in a Nation of Workers/Consumers: A reply to Xiaodan Huang,” Philosophy of Education 1998 (Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society).
1997 Book Review of The Educational Conversation: Closing the Gap, in Journal of Curriculum Studies 29(2): 250-252.
1996 “The Metaphysics of John Dewey’s Conception of the Self,” Philosophy of Education 1995: Current Issues. (Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society).
1995 “John Dewey’s Metaphysics and the Self,” in The New Scholarship of Dewey, edited by Jim Garrison, 175-192 (Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers). This article also appears at Studies in Philosophy and Education 13(3-4): 343-360.
1994 “Unique Potential: A Metaphor for John Dewey’s Later Conception of the Self,” Educational Theory 44(2): 211-224.
REFEREED PAPER PRESENTATIONS
2017 “Blaming John Dewey: American Traditionalists’ Search for an Educational Scapegoat,” a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society, Mundelein IL, October.
2016 “Connected Learning: Technologies for Democracy and Education in the 21st Century,” a paper presented at The Centennial Conference on Democracy and Education, Washington D.C., April.
2016 “Realizing the Intellectual Possibilities of Digital Technologies: A Deweyan Groundmap,” a paper presented at the American Philosophical Association Central Division Meeting, Chicago, March.
2015 “John Dewey’s Systematic Understanding of Nature: Juxtaposing Pragmatic Naturalism and Generalized Systems Theory,” a paper presented to the Dewey Studies SIG of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April.
2015 “A Systems View of Classrooms: Response to Microsphereology of the Classroom,” a paper presented to the Philosophy of Education Society, Memphis, March.
2013 “A Systems Approach to Thinking about the Complexity of Identity Emergence in Public Schools,” a paper presented to the Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society, Bergamo Conference Center, September.
2011 “Thinking about Teaching Systems Thinking with Technology,” a paper presented to the International Society for Technology in Education, Philadelphia, June.
2010 "The Cultivation of Unique Potential in Public Schools," A paper presented to the Spirituality and Education SIG of AERA, Denver, May.
2009 What is Philosophical about Instructional Technology, panel session with A.G. Rud, Nicholas Burbules, and Megan Bolder at the Philosophy of Education Society annual meeting, March, Montreal.
2007 The ELVEN Institute: Building the preK-12 Educational Community in Second Life, a presentation to the Second Life Community Convention, August 26, 2007, Chicago.
2007 Goal-based Scenarios for Online Teacher Education, roundtable at 23rd Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning, Madison WI, August 8-10, 2007.
2007 Using Second Life to Support the Professional Development of Chicago Public School Teachers and Librarians, presentation to annual meeting of American Educational Research Association, Division K invited session, April in Chicago.
2007 Character Education in Public Schools: The Search for a Suitable Ontology, paper given at annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Moral Education SIG), at its annual meeting in April, in Chicago.
2007 Dewey's Metaphysics and the Self: A New Look, paper given at annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, March, Columbia, South Carolina.
2005 Organizing Learning Around Student Inquiry, with Sharon L. Comstock, to be presented at the Illinois Technology Conference for Educators (IL-TCE), March, in St. Charles, IL.
2004 Putting Passion On-Line: A Protocol for Building Motivation into Curriculum Webs, with coauthor Diana Joseph, to be given at the Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education (SITE) Annual Meeting, Atlanta, March 1-6.
2001 Finding Common Grounds in Dewey: Exploring the Real Differences between Humanism and Orthodoxy, with Tamar Friedman, address given at annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (John Dewey Society), Seattle.
2000 Chicago WebDocent: A University, Public Schools, and Museum Collaboration for Web-Based Curriculum. With Anna Rochester and Mary Cobb, paper given at Musee Expo , Philadelphia, November 2000.
2000 Teacher-Initiated, Museum-Based, Curriculum Development: A Case Study, with Anna Rochester and Michelle Warden, National Educational Computing Conference (NECC 2000), June 2000.
2000 The Chicago WebDocent: Web-based Curriculum from Multiple Museums, with Nenette Luarca and Anna Rochester, Museums and the Web conference, April 2000. Available online at http://www.archimuse.com/mw2000/papers/luarca/luarca.html.
2000 "The Web Institute for Teachers: Engaging Teachers in Developing Web-Based Curriculum," with Ellen Diaryko and Frada Boxer. In D. A. Willis, J. D. Price, & J. Willis (Eds.), Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Proceedings 2000. Charlottesville, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. Also available at http://cuip.uchicago.edu/wit/talks/SITE2000.htm.
1999 What Can John Dewey’s Theory of Habit Teach Us About Drug Education? a paper given to the American Educational Research Association and John Dewey Society at their annual meeting, April 1999.
1995 The Indeterminate Metaphysician: On Interpreting John Dewey’s Generic Traits, a paper given as part of a Symposium on “Reconsiderations: Doing Dewey Studies Today,” at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, April.
1995 Pertinent Ideals: The Role of Imagination in John Dewey’s Theory of Moral Inquiry, an invited paper given to the College of Education at Miami University, Oxford Ohio, April.
1995 The Metaphysics of John Dewey’s Conception of the Self, a paper given at the annual meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society, San Francisco, March.
1994 Ideal Ends: John Dewey’s Later Conception of Education, a paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April.
1993 Unique Potential: A Metaphor for John Dewey’s Moral Self, a paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Atlanta, April.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
2015 Systems Theory for Democratic Schooling, an invited presentation to the National College of Education faculty, March.
2014 Towards an educational response to school violence: Response to Jane O’Dea and Amy Shuffelton, a paper presented at Theorizing Gun Violence in Schools Conference, Loyola University, Chicago, October.
2014 Monsters to the left of me, Money to the right: Here I am, thrown in the middle with you: Response to Kerdeman and Smith, a paper presented at Educational Theory Summer Institute, Urbana, Illinois, August.
2013 Internet Filtering in Schools: What’s at Stake, an invited presentation to the Art Institute of Chicago's Teachers Lounge, Chicago, February.
2012 21st Century at Hillel Torah, an invited presentation to the faculty and administration of Hillel Torah, Skokie, October.
2009 A Gold Standard for Technology Integration. Keynote Address at Awards Ceremony for South Cook LTC, March, St. Charles. Available: http://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=dhrpwkz7_266p3xfvcx&hl=en.
2008 Making Time for a Second Life, Spotlight Session at Illinois Technology Conference for Educators, March, St. Charles.
2006. Preparing for TheFuture@MMS.org: Extending the Montessori Way into 21st Century Skills, a talk at the annual fundraising dinner for the Milwaukee Montessori School, February, Milwaukee.
2003. The Technology Infusion Process: A Guide to Integrating Technology into Existing Lesson Plans, a professional development workshop for Jones College Preparatory High School, Chicago IL, January 31
2002 The Internet as a Tool for Student Inquiry, an invited address to the The Lookstein Center for Jewish School Leadership, Bar Ilan University, held at Nova Southeastern University, Miami, Florida, February.
2001. The Affordances of the Internet for PES Activities, part of a panel on issues related to technology at the Philosophy of Education Society annual meeting, April.
1998 The World Wide Web and the Coming Revolution in Education, an invited address to the College of Education at Northeastern Illinois University, April.
1997 Putting Character at the Center of Drug Abuse Prevention, an invited address at the New Hampshire Character Resources Conference, Bedford, October 3.
1993 Character Education: An Interventionist Approach, an invited address at Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia, April.
1991 Dewey's Daimon: Towards a Teleology of Pragmatism, an address to the Schools and Schooling Workshop, University of Chicago Department of Education, May.
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
Chair, Board of Directors, John Dewey Society, 2017-present.
Member, Awards Committee, John Dewey Society, 2017.
Member, Board of Directors, John Dewey Society, 2015-present.
Certified Quality Matters Reviewer for Higher Education, 2014-present.
Immediate Past Chair, Dewey Studies SIG, AERA, 2014-present.
Chair, Dewey Studies SIG, AERA, 2012-2014.
Member, Review Committee (now called “Review Panel”), Dewey Studies SIG, AERA, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014.
Program Chair, Dewey Studies SIG, AERA, 2010-2012.
Communications Officer, Philosophical Studies of Education SIG, AERA, 2009-2010.
Member, Board of Reviewers, Journal of Thought, 2009-present
Chair, Web Site Subcommittee of Public Face of PES Task Force, Philosophy of Education Society, 2008-2009.
Member, Review Committee (now called “Review Panel”), Instructional Technology SIG, AERA, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Member, Review Committee (now called “Review Panel”), Moral Education and Development SIG, AERA, 2008, 2009.
Member, Review Committee (now called “Review Panel”, Philosophical Studies of Education SIG, AERA, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014.
President, Philosophical Studies of Education SIG, AERA, 2007 – 2009.
Member, Board of Directors, John Dewey Society, 2007-2010.
Member, Commission on Social Issues, John Dewey Society, 2007-present.
Member, Alliance Library Systems Second Life Advisory Board, 2007-2008.
Member, Review Committee (now called “Review Panel”), Instructional Technology SIG of AERA, 2006, 2008, 2009.
Member, Review Committee (now called “Review Panel”), John Dewey Society SIG of AERA, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.
Technical Editor, Education Policy Blog, 2006-2011.
Director, ELVEN Institute in Second Life; led group providing professional development activities for educators, 2007-2009.
Program Committee, National Educational Computing Conference, 2008.
Manager, PHILOSED Listserv, 2006-present.
Program Committee, Society for Information Technology in Teacher Education (SITE), 2006-present.
Chair, Book Discussion Committee, Teacher Education SIG (SIG-TE) of International Society for Technology in Education, 2006-2007.
Member, Board of Reviewers, Education and Culture, 2005-present.
Reviewer of articles for Educational Policy, 2007-present.
Reviewer of articles for Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2005-present.
Reviewer of articles for Educational Researcher, 2005-present.
Program Chair, Philosophical Studies of Education SIG, AERA, 2005-2007.
Program Committee, Illinois Technology Conference for Educators, 2004 and 2007.
Web builder, Philosophy of Education Society, 1999 – 2005. (http://philosophyofeducation.org)
Web builder and Listserv Manager, John Dewey Society, 2000 – present. (http://johndeweysociety.org).
Member, Advisory Board, Hyde School – Woodstock. Assisted with evaluation of ongoing secondary education program emphasizing character education. 2001-2002.
Member, Review Board, Educational Theory, 1996-2001 and 2003-2008.
Member, Board of Student Advisors, American Journal of Education, Chicago, Illinois, 1992-1993.
Member and recording secretary, Working Group on the Potential of New Technologies in Teaching Geometry and Measure, K-12, sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1988-1990.
SERVICE TO NATIONAL LOUIS UNIVERSITY
Member, National College of Education Curriculum and Instruction Committee, 2017-present
Member, Ad Hoc Task Force on Intellectual Property Policy, 2016
Program Director, Technology in Education, 2014-2015
College representative, University Senate, 2014-present
Chair, University Governance Committee, 2013-2014
Unit representative, University Governance Committee, 2013-2016
Co-Chair, NCE Faculty, 2012-2014
Representative, University Governance 3.0 Task Force, 2011-2013
Departmental representative, Strategic Plan Implementation Work Group, 2011-12
Faculty representative, University Leadership Council, 2010-2011
Co-Chair of NCE Faculty, 2008-2009
Chair, NCE Technology Committee, 2004-2008 (member 2004-2010)
Chair, Ad-hoc Task Force on Governance Issues, 2007-2009
Program Director, Technology in Education, 2005-2007
Member, Senate Academic Technology Committee, 2008-2010
AQIP Governance Committee, 2008-2009
Co-director, Technology, Pedagogy, and Content Knowledge (TPACK) project funded by Senate Faculty Development Committee, 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.
Member, Early Childhood Search Committee, 2009.
Facilitator of Technology Review Group, Capacity-Building Institute, May 2009.
Co-Chair, National College of Education Faculty, 2008-2009.
Member, AQIP Governance Committee, 2008-2009.
Assessment Coordinator, Technology in Education Program, 2007-present.
Chair, Ad-hoc Task Force on Governance Issues, 2007-2009.
Member, Senate Academic Technology Committee, 2008-2010.
Member, Elementary and Middle-Level Teacher Education Search Committee, 2006-2007 and 2007-2008.
Technology Co-Chair, National-Louis University 120th Anniversary Celebration Committee, 2007.
Member, Curriculum and Social Inquiry Steering Committee, 2006-2007.
Member, University Support Council, 2006-2008.
Chair, Technology in Education Search Committee, 2006-2007.
Chair, National College of Education Technology Committee, 2004-2008; member 2008-2010.
Director, Technology Integration Seminar Series project funded by Senate Faculty Development Committee, 2006-2007.
Program Director, Technology in Education Program, National-Louis University, Chicago.
Member, Graduate Council, 2004-2005.
HONORS AND AWARDS
“Excellence Award in Recognition of Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Inquiry,” Presented by the Faculty Association of National Louis University, 2015-2016.
“Outstanding Reviewer” award from the American Educational Research Association, 2006.
Elected a “Fellow” in U.S. Philosophy of Education Society., 2005
Helen B. Walberg Memorial Prize for most distinguished student admitted to candidacy, 1994.
Susan Colver Rosenberger Award for excellence in the first year of graduate study, 1989.
CONSULTING
Reviewer of manuscripts for University of Toronto Press and Palgrave Macmillan, 2015-present.
Consultant, 21st-Century Skills Project, Hillel Torah Jewish Day School, 2012-13.
Consultant, Ellis College (reviewing plans for masters in instructional technology), Chicago, 2008.
Member, Adobe Learning Communities Advisory Board, 2007-2012.
Consultant, Technology Planning Project, Hillel Torah Jewish Day School, Skokie, 2007-2008.
Second Life Trainer, Chicago Public Schools Department of Libraries and Information Services, 2007.
Director, Digital Library Summer Planning Project, Milwaukee Montessori School, Milwaukee, 2006.
Professional Development Provider, Nancy B. Jefferson School at Cook County Juvenile Detention Center (Chicago Public Schools), 2005.
Director, Judaic Web Institute for Teachers, Associated Talmud Torahs, Chicago, 2003 and 2005.
Trainer (Dreamweaver), Chicago Public Schools Department of eLearning, 2004.
Reviewer of manuscripts and book proposals for Praeger and SAGE, 2005-present.
Director, Disney Animation Project, Walt Disney Magnet School, Chicago Public Schools, 2004-2005.
Consultant, Chicago Arts Partnership for Education. Member of planning committee funded by Dewitt Wallace-Readers Digest Fund, designing major professional development activities in technology for Chicago Public School teachers. 1999-present.
Director, Technology Infusion Institute and Technology Infusion Workshop, teacher training workshops conducted for the Chicago Public Schools Department of Learning Technologies. Summer 1999.
Consultant, CUIP (Chicago Public Schools/University of Chicago Internet Project). Help to design training and curriculum for collaborative project seeking to accelerate the use of telecommunications in Chicago Public Schools. 1997-1999.
Trainer, Computer Services and Consulting, Inc., Chicago. Conducted numerous inservice training programs for teachers in the Chicago Public Schools. 1996-1998.
Curriculum Consultant, GlobaLearn, Inc., New Haven, 1994-1996.
Providing planning oversight for start-up non-profit organization planning ambitious “trip around the world” with 100,000 American middle school students participating over the Internet.
Consultant and Grant Referee, The Smart Family Foundation, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1992-present
Provided detailed evaluations of grant proposals on educational reform.
Curriculum Consultant, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1982.
Served as student member of a faculty group which redesigned the college’s liberal arts curriculum. Hired to serve on a special task force which worked on the curriculum during the summer, and authored the pamphlet: A Liberal Education: A Guide to the A. B. Curriculum at Lafayette College.
Consultant, Bell Consulting, Chicago, IL, 1988-1990.
Assisted development of prototype for computerized mathematics instruction workspace.
OTHER PROFFESIONAL POSITIONS
Visiting Assistant Professor, Purdue University, 2012-2013; taught a graduate Introduction to the Philosophy of Education course and a graduate seminar on the philosophy of John Dewey.
Instructor, Loyola University of Chicago, 2012; taught an undergraduate course and a graduate course in philosophy of education.
Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2010; taught graduate class in philosophy of education.
Visiting Instructor, DePaul University, 2003-2004; taught two undergraduate sections of Philosophical Issues in Education.
Visiting Instructor, Chicago State University, 2003; taught “Philosophy of Education” graduate course to participants in Teachers for Chicagoland program in south suburbs.
Visiting Instructor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1998- 2001; taught “Graduate Seminar: Theory and Philosophy” in graduate program in art education, Fall 2001; designed and delivered graduate course on “New Technologies in Arts Administration” to graduate students in arts administration. Fall, 2000 and Spring 2001; co-taught “Rewiring the Arts Organization” to graduate students in arts administration. responsible for teaching web design. Spring 2000; taught “History and Philosophy of Education” to undergraduate students majoring in art education. Summer 1998.
Lecturer, Department of Education, University of Chicago. Taught Philosophy of Education (graduate and undergraduate levels) to students seeking teacher certification and others interested in the subject. Spring, 2000.
Director, Web Institute for Teachers, a four-week intensive teacher training program conducted by the Graham School of General Studies, University of Chicago. (http://webinstituteforteachers.org) 1999-2005.
Discussion leader, Midwest Faculty Seminar, University of Chicago. Helped facilitate professional development seminar focusing on the philosophy of John Dewey. February 1998.
Instructor, World Wide Web for Teachers: Tools and Techniques, a summer seminar offered by the Graham School of General Studies, University of Chicago. Summer 1997 and 1998.
Director of Studies, The Hyde Leadership School of Greater New Haven, 1994-1995.
The Hyde Leadership School was the first public school in the nation to incorporate Hyde’s “Character First” philosophy of education. Responsibilities included academic scheduling, restructuring, and teacher training, as well as financial and logistical support for the Director. Implemented a “team teaching” approach designed to meet the specific needs of our diverse student body.
Director of Curriculum and Evaluation, The Hyde Foundation, Bath, Maine, 1992-1994.
The Hyde Foundation was developing the Hyde concept of character education for export into the public schools. Responsibilities included articulation of concept; developing training materials; project evaluation; design and implementation of computer networking; and preparation of grant proposals.
Trustee, Family and School Together, Inc., 1990-1995.
Secretary of non-profit corporation seeking to set up character and family education programs in public schools.
Visiting Instructor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1991-1992.
Taught three semesters of “History and Philosophy of Education” to art education students.
Editorial Assistant, Handbook of Research on Curriculum, edited by Philip W. Jackson (New York: MacMillan, 1992), 1990-1991.
Provided editorial feedback for contributors to this major compilation of research in curriculum and instruction; project sponsored by the American Educational Research Association.
Teaching Assistant and Writing Intern: "Political Economy," Professor Donald N. Levine; University of Chicago, 1990.
Research Assistant, Professor Anthony S. Bryk, Center for School Improvement, University of Chicago, 1989.
Performed research into the history of character education.
Curriculum Designer and Editor, University of Chicago Schools Mathematics Project, Chicago, Illinois, 1988-1990.
Editor and writer of primary school math curricula, and a primary editor of First Grade Everyday Mathematics, now being published by Everyday Math Tools of Evanston, Illinois.
Director of Program and Assistant Director of Studies. The Hyde School, Bath, Maine, 1986-88.
Responsible for school schedule, teaching assignments, curriculum development, computer training, and special events. Designed "The Sophomore Curriculum," an integrated class curriculum framework currently being implemented at Hyde School.
Teacher, The Hyde School, Bath, Maine, 1985-88.
Taught Chemistry, Geometry, Algebra I, II, and III, and a short course in Philosophy at innovative independent secondary boarding school which stresses character development and parental involvement. Directed instrumental music and tech crew for performing arts, coached track and the math team, and served as dorm parent.
Legal Administrator, Computer Systems of America, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, 1984-1985.
Law Clerk, Silber and Rubin, P.C., New York City, 1984.
Editor-in-Chief, The Lafayette, 1982.
PERSONAL
Organizations: Philosophy of Education Society (Fellow); John Dewey Society; American Educational Research Association; ; International Society for Technology in Education; Illinois Computing Educators; Philosophical Studies in Education SIG (AERA); Instructional Technology SIG (AERA); Association for Research into Virtual Environments for Learning SIG (AERA); Systems Thinking SIG (AERA); Phi Beta Kappa
Blogger: http://technopaideia.blogspot.com
Avocations: Instrumental music; sailing; computers; politics; bicycle riding; home remodeling; cats.
Children: Daughter Rowan, born November 1993; son Thomas, born June 2001.