Blog - I finally got around to trying the blogging thing. It's called, "Lost and Found" and in it I reflect on both what I think has been lost in our time
and what I have found that gives me hope.
Vita update - The vita has been updated to include a new article and chapter in press.
Return to Moldova! - I'll be returning to Moldova in early spring at the invitation of the Ministry of Education. I'll be helping develop new national
policy related to the selection and preparation of school leaders.
and what I have found that gives me hope.
Vita update - The vita has been updated to include a new article and chapter in press.
Return to Moldova! - I'll be returning to Moldova in early spring at the invitation of the Ministry of Education. I'll be helping develop new national
policy related to the selection and preparation of school leaders.
RESEARCH
In this section you will find a description of my perspective on research, a description and rationale for my present research and writing agenda, an overview of current projects and some teaching materials used in my educational research courses. This section also contains links to two projects that were designed for and written in a web-based format. This format was chosen as an experiment to increase transparency and rigor in qualitative inquiry.
Trio-ethnography
In this section you will find a description of my perspective on research, a description and rationale for my present research and writing agenda, an overview of current projects and some teaching materials used in my educational research courses. This section also contains links to two projects that were designed for and written in a web-based format. This format was chosen as an experiment to increase transparency and rigor in qualitative inquiry.
Trio-ethnography
TEACHING
In this section you will find belief statements related to both graduate and undergraduate teaching, some materials related to current classes being taught and other articles and ideas that have influenced my general pedagogical beliefs or current practices.
In this section you will find belief statements related to both graduate and undergraduate teaching, some materials related to current classes being taught and other articles and ideas that have influenced my general pedagogical beliefs or current practices.
SOME INFLUENTIAL ORGANIZATIONS
Below are links to some of the organizations with which I am most involved or that have been particularly influential in my teaching or in how I think about my research.
Below are links to some of the organizations with which I am most involved or that have been particularly influential in my teaching or in how I think about my research.
WHAT I'M READING NOW
As with my research agenda, I like to juggle a number of genres and topics at a time when it comes to reading. As part of my morning routine I typically read theology or religious writing of some sort. In the evening I try to end the day with a some fiction. Some poetry, as well as magazine (real, paper copies, not digital) reading (The New Yorker, National Geographic, Sojourners, Hedgehog Review, etc.) is usually scattered throughout the day. There's also usually something I read on the iPad while on some sort of exercise machine. Of course, there's usually some professional reading that has to be wedged into the day or that goes along with teaching or current research projects.
The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions, Marcus Borg & N.T. Wright - Two sides of the "Historical Jesus" debate.
Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2015
Favorite Recent Reads - How We Got There, The 70s, David Frum; The Maid's Version, Daniel Woodrell; The Sandman Vol 1, Neil Gaiman; The Cold War: A New History, John Lewis Gaddis; Both Flesh and Not, David Foster Wallace
As with my research agenda, I like to juggle a number of genres and topics at a time when it comes to reading. As part of my morning routine I typically read theology or religious writing of some sort. In the evening I try to end the day with a some fiction. Some poetry, as well as magazine (real, paper copies, not digital) reading (The New Yorker, National Geographic, Sojourners, Hedgehog Review, etc.) is usually scattered throughout the day. There's also usually something I read on the iPad while on some sort of exercise machine. Of course, there's usually some professional reading that has to be wedged into the day or that goes along with teaching or current research projects.
The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions, Marcus Borg & N.T. Wright - Two sides of the "Historical Jesus" debate.
Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2015
Favorite Recent Reads - How We Got There, The 70s, David Frum; The Maid's Version, Daniel Woodrell; The Sandman Vol 1, Neil Gaiman; The Cold War: A New History, John Lewis Gaddis; Both Flesh and Not, David Foster Wallace
FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR ACTIVITY
During the spring semester (January through June) of 2014 I was a Fulbright Scholar and Teacher in Chisinau, Moldova. This page includes my general reflections on the experience and links to a photo gallery, a description of my research while there, and some general information about Moldova and the Fulbright program in general.
During the spring semester (January through June) of 2014 I was a Fulbright Scholar and Teacher in Chisinau, Moldova. This page includes my general reflections on the experience and links to a photo gallery, a description of my research while there, and some general information about Moldova and the Fulbright program in general.