Expertise

Research + Teaching Interests

  • democratic citizenship education in comparative, international, and cross-cultural contexts

Regional Expertise

  • South Africa

Her comparative research focuses on global-local constructions of democracy, citizen identity, and formal and indigenous education in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East.

Skills and Expertise:

  • Comparative Education
  • Citizenship Education
  • Culture, Politics, and Education
Affiliations

Professor, Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies Program, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, School of Education, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor, International and Comparative Education Program, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, School of Education, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor, History, Philosophy, and Policy in Education Program, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, School of Education, Indiana University Bloomington

Affiliate Faculty, Center for the Study of Global Change, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

African Studies Program, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, School of Education, Indiana University Bloomington

Past Affiliations

Professor, Social Studies Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, School of Education, Indiana University Bloomington

Associate Professor, School of Teaching and Learning, College of Education and Human Development, Bowling Green State University (past)

Professor, Education Policy Studies

Associate Professor, Educational Foundations and Inquiry Program

Professor, Center for International Education, Development and Research

Professor, Department of Higher Education and Student Affairs, College of Education and Human Development, Bowling Green State University (past)

Director, Center for International Education, Development and Research

College Student Personnel/Higher Education Administration

Professor, School of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Policy, College of Education and Human Development, Bowling Green State University (past)

Communities
Philosophy, International Studies, History, Social Sciences, Education, Curriculum and Instruction
Degrees
PhD, University of Minnesota, Educational Policy and Administration, 1996
MA, University of Minnesota, Educational Policy and Administration, 1994
BA, Concordia College, English Education, 1989
Keywords
area studies africa, central africa, eastern africa, southern africa, western africa, sub-sahara kenya south africa culture african studies planning or policy studies educational planning or policy comparative government or politics citizenship civics or civics education democracy sociology educational administration and policy exchange programs teacher education international education curriculum development comparative education higher education
Honors

Olscamp Research Award, Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green State University)

Outstanding Citizenship Education Award (Democratic Education), United States Agency for International Development (Bowling Green State University), 2003-2003

Recognition for Humanitarian and Reconstruction Efforts Abroad (Democratic Education and Pedagogy), The White House and President Bush (Bowling Green State University), 2002-2002

Distinguished Research in Teacher Education Award (Democratic citizenship education and preservice teacher education), Association of Teacher Educators (Bowling Green State University), 2001-2001

Outstanding Dissertation Award (Division K: Teaching and Teacher Education), American Educational Research Association (Bowling Green State University), 1998-1998

Outstanding Paper Award from the Research in Social Studies Education Special Interest Group (Citizenship education for the twenty-first century), American Educational Research Association (Bowling Green State University), 1997-1997

Associations
American Educational Research Association
Association of Teacher Educators
Comparative and International Education Society
World Council of Comparative Education Societies