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Arlene Ackerman, Ed.D. 2001
Concentration: Urban Superintendents Program
Advisor: Robert Peterkin
Dissertation: The Superintendency: A Multi-State Case Study of Shared Leadership
Dr. Ackerman was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Philadelphia School District in the spring of 2008. |
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Sonya Anderson, Ed.D. 2005
Concentration: Administration, Planning, and Social Policy (currently Education Policy, Leadership, and Instructional Practice )
Advisor: John Willett
Dissertation: Girls' Education and the "Pedagogy of Difference": A Study of Teacher Attitudes and Gender Equitable Pedagogy in Benin |
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Kristen Bub, Ed.D. 2008
Concentration: Human Development and Psychology (currently Human
Development and Education)
Advisors: Kathleen McCartney and John Willett
Dissertation: Classroom Supports for Academic Achievement: Testing the
Mediating Effect of Social Competence Using Latent Growth Modeling |
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Jennifer de Forest, Ed.D. 2005
Concentration: Learning and Teaching (currently Culture, Communities, and
Education )
Advisor: Sally Schwager
Dissertation: Justine Wise Polier and her Struggle for Juvenile Justice in New
York City |
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Morgaen Donaldson, Ed.D. 2008
Concentration: Administration, Planning, and Social Policy (currently
Education Policy, Leadership, and Instructional Practice )
Advisor: Susan Moore Johnson
Dissertation: Teach for America Teachers' Careers: Whether, When, and Why
They Leave Low-Income Schools and the Teaching Profession |
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Julie Mendoza, Ed.D. 2003
Concentration: Higher Education
Advisor: Gary Orfield
Dissertation: Mathematics Course-Taking and the SAT Score Gap: A Case Study of 151 Los Angeles County Public High Schools |
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Jordan Naidoo, Ed.D. 2004
Concentration: Culture, Communities, and Education
Advisor: Suzanne Grant Lewis
Dissertation: Educational Decentralization and School Governance in South Africa: From Policy to Practice |
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Richard Reddick, Ed.D. 2008
Concentration: Higher Education
Advisor: Bridget Terry Long
Dissertation: Shelters Through the Storm: Faculty Mentors and Their Role in Assisting African American Undergraduate Students' Responses to Racism |
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Joshua Starr, Ed.D. 2001
Concentration: Urban Superintendents Program
Advisor: Robert Peterkin
Dissertation: Leadership and Local Context: A Qualitative Case Study of Interagency Collaboration in a New Jersey Community |
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Joel Vargas, Ed.D. 2003
Concentration: Administration, Planning, and Social Policy (currently Education Policy, Leadership, and Instructional Practice )
Advisor: Richard Elmore
Dissertation: Interactions between college access programs and high schools: Sorting out the role of individualization in students' access to courses |