education degrees and certificates ... - education.purdue… · 7.08.2018 · dr. christine...

Dr.ChristineKiracofe,CurriculumVitae,Lastupdated08/07/2018 1

Dr. Christine Kiracofe Purdue University 5132 Beering Hall

(765) 496-6068 [email protected]

EDUCATION

Degrees and Certificates Earned

Certificate, Pepperdine University School of Law, 2018 Major: Family Law Mediation – 17 Hour Program Certificate, Northwestern University, 2013

Major: Legal Mediation – 40 Hour Program

Ed.D., University of Georgia, 2004 Major: Education Administration Supporting Areas of Emphasis: Education Law & Finance Dissertation Title: The Relationship Between Desegregation and School

Funding Litigation in American K-12 Public Schools M.A., University of Georgia, 2000 Major: Art History Supporting Areas of Emphasis: Baroque Painting B.A., Kalamazoo College, 1997 Double Major: Art History & Health Sciences

APPOINTMENTS

Academic Appointments Associate Professor, Department of Educational Studies, Purdue University

(2018 – Present)

Full Professor, Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations, Northern Illinois University (2016 – 2018) Adjunct Professor, College of Law, Northern Illinois University (2014 – 2018) Associate Professor, Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations, Northern Illinois University (2010 – 2016)


Assistant Professor, Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations, Northern Illinois University (2004 – 2010)

Adjunct Professor, Art Education & Art History, Gainesville College (2000 – 2001) & (2003 – 2004)

Fifth Grade Teacher, Redeemer Christian Academy (2001 – 2002) Administrative Appointments Contractor, Title I Division, Supplemental Educational Services, Georgia Department of Education (2004) Research Associate, Education Law Consortium (2003 – 2004) Graduate Research Assistant, Leadership, Administration, and Policy, University of Georgia (2002 – 2004) Professional Memberships

Indiana Association of School Business Officials (2018 – Present) National Education Finance Academy (2012 – Present) Illinois Association of School Business Officials (2004 – 2018) Education Law Association (2001 – Present)

TEACHING AND ADVISING

Courses Taught

Purdue University EDST 60800, Business Management in Education Northern Illinois University

LEEA 520, Education Finance I LEBM 525, Legal Aspects of School Business Management LEEA 525, Education Law I LEEA 554, Policy Analysis for School Administrators


LEEA 591, Special Topics: Education Law Research LEEA 720, Education Finance II LEEA 725, Education Law II LEEA 798, Doctoral Research LEEA 799, Doctoral Research and Dissertation Supervision LAW 668, Education Law (College of Law Elective)

Completed Dissertations Chaired/Co-Chaired Purdue University

Northern Illinois University

Fitzpatrick, Rebecca. (2018). Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972 and its Impact on Interscholastic Athletics: A Review of Related Litigation.

Herrmann, Jessica. (2018). The Schoolhouse Gate in the Digital Age:

Examining the First Amendment When Student Electronic Speech Targets School Employees. Oziemkowski, Julie. (2017). Here Comes the Monkey! Best Practices for Using Student Test Scores as Part of the Teacher Evaluation Process Based on an Analysis of Legislation and Litigation in Early-Adopting Race to the Top States. Humphries, Kristin. (2017). Illinois’ Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) and Its Effect on the Dismissal of Teachers for Unsatisfactory Teaching Performance: A Review of Related Litigation Carter, Tanya. (2016). What Are We Going to Do When the Yellow Bus Stops Coming? An Historical Legal Analysis of the Transition Provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Lambe, Jeremy. (2015). An Historical Analysis on the Status of Unilateral Private Placements in Special Education. Mroz, Jenell. (2015). A Study of the Statutes, Regulations, and Judicial Rulings Impacting the Access of Service Animals to the Public Schools. Nasso, Hillary. (2015). Illinois’ Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) Examined within the Context of the Federal Government’s Expanding Role in Public Education. Osborne, Deborah Dyer. (2015). Applying Frances Fowler’s Model to Analyze the History of Compulsory Attendance Laws in the United States.


Scarsella, Anthony. (2015). Your Teacher Said What on Facebook? Application of First Amendment Rights to Teacher Cyber-Speech. Shortridge, Bradley. (2015). Student Cyber-Speech Targeting Faculty: What Can School Administrators Legally Do About It? Pacheco, Ronald. (2014). An Examination of Impact Fees in Growing School Systems. Coleman, Susan Lava. (2013). Just One Click – The Eternity of Social Media: A Legal and Administrative Perspective on the Collision of Cyberspeech and the First Amendment in Schools. Hiscock, Charles. (2013). Disciplining Students with Disabilities: A Historical

Legal Analysis of the Disciplinary Provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

Summers, Beth. (2013). School Discipline in the Dark: Crippling Court Confusion Offers Mixed Messages for School Administrators Attempting to Discipline Students for Cyber Misconduct Schroeder, Monica. (2012). A Historical Legal Analysis of Impact Aid: Guidance for Understanding Financial Reimbursements for Militarily-

Affiliated Students. Kallstrom, Theresa. (2010). Social, Political, and Economic Influences on Legislation or Supreme Court Decisions that Allowed or Denied Black

and Other Minority Students Greater Access to Public Schools from 1866 to the 21st Century.

Brua, Julie. (2009). English Language Learners and High-Stakes Testing: Seeking Guidance from Statutory History and Judicial Opinions. O’Neil, Gineen. (2009). An Historical Analysis of the Disciplinary Provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Act. Schaffer, Marc. (2009). A Predictive Legal Analysis on the Status of High-Stakes Testing in the United States: From Debra P. v. Turlington to the Present. Koch, Steven. (2008). Is There a Schoolhouse Gate in Cyberspace? The Extent of Public School Officials’ Authority Over Student Cyberspeech.

SCHOLARSHIP


Publications Books Wood, R.C., Thompson, D.C., Dayton, J. & Kiracofe, C. (2015). Educational Finance Law: Constitutional Challenges to State Aid

Plans – An Analysis of Strategies. Cleveland, Ohio: Education Law Association.

Dayton, J. & Kiracofe, C. (2013). Illinois Education Law: A State Law Companion. Bangor, Maine: Wisdom Builders Press.

Book Chapters Wood, R.C., Dayton, J. & Kiracofe, C. (2017). School Funding

Litigation. The Principal’s Legal Handbook, 6th Ed. Education Law Association, Section D, pp. 121 – 156.

Kiracofe, C. (2017). Public School Facilities and Religious Buildings:

The Constitutional Parameters of Renting Each Other’s Space. Religion and the Law in public Schools. Education Law Association, Chapter 15, pp. 333-354.

Kiracofe, C. (2013). School District Governance & Finance. Educators’ Guide to School Law 2013. Allan Osborne, Jr. & Nathan Roberts (Ed.), Education Law Association. Kiracofe, C. (2012). School District Governance & Finance. Educators’ Guide to School Law 2012. Allan Osborne, Jr. & Nathan Roberts (Ed.), Dayton, Ohio: Education Law Association. Kiracofe, C. & Safransky, R.J. (2012). Chapter 14: Should School Districts Charge Additional Fees for Academic Programs Such as Advanced Placement Classes? William E. Thro (Ed.), Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications. Kiracofe, C. & Sutton, L.C. (2012). Chapter 15: Should the State Give Vouchers to Poor Students to Allow Them to Attend Private Schools? William E. Thro (Ed.), Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications. Kiracofe, C. (2008). Legal Aspects of Assessment. In Foundations of Meaningful Educational Assessment by Diann Musial and Gayla Nieminen. New York: McGraw-Hill.


Scholarly Articles

Kiracofe, C. (In Press). Can Public School Graduation Ceremonies Be Held in Religiously-Affiliated Buildings? Education Law Into Practice.

Kiracofe, C. (2018). State of the States: Illinois’ School

Funding System. The Journal of Education Finance. Larkin, B., Kiracofe, C. & Weiler, S. (2018). The Good, the Bad, and the Alarming: Commentary on the 2017 State-of-the- States Submissions. The Journal of Education Finance. Kiracofe, C. & Armagost, A. (2017). Political Question Doctrine in the Keystone State: A Legal Analysis of Pennsylvania School Funding in Light of William Penn School District v. Pennsylvania Department of Education. West’s Education Law Reporter, 348, pp. 1 - 17. Kiracofe, C. (2017). Making Sense of Fiscal Uncertainty: An Overview of the 2016 State of the States: Illinois. The Journal of Education Finance, pp. 270 – 272. Kiracofe, C. & Atwood, N. (2016). Giving Kids a [Required] Shot: Mandatory Vaccination Laws and Exceptions for Public K-12 Students in the United States. West’s Education Law Reporter, 324, pp. 611-637. Kiracofe, C. (2015). State of the States: Hawaii’s School Funding System. The Journal of Education Finance. Coleman, S. & Kiracofe, C. (2015). Student Cyber Speech and the Law: What Administrators Need to Know. The Journal of School Business Management (Spring/Summer 2015), pp. 30 – 35. Summers, K.H., Crawford, J.G. & Kiracofe, C. (2014). A Legal and Statistical Analysis of Illinois School Funding in Light of Pending Litigation in Chicago Urban League v. Illinois. West’s Education Law Reporter, 309, pp. 595 – 611. Kiracofe, C. (2014). Serial and Second Generation School Finance Litigation: 2003-13. West’s Education Law Reporter, 299,

pp. 1 – 14.


Kiracofe, C. (2013). The Constitutional Parameters of Renting Public School Space for Weekend Worship Services: An Analysis of 15+ Years of Case Law in Bronx Household of Faith v. New York. West’s Education Law Reporter, 287, pp. 663 – 688. Kiracofe, C. (2012). When State Constitutional Arguments Fail: Challenging School Finance Inequities Under the Illinois Civil Rights Act. West’s Education Law Reporter, 273, pp. 479 – 502. Kiracofe, C. (2011). Goin’ to the Chapel and We’re Gonna . . . Graduate?: Does Holding Public School Graduation Ceremonies in Religiously-Affiliated Buildings Run Afoul of the Establishment Clause? West’s Education Law Reporter, 266, pp. 583 – 610. Kiracofe, C. (2010). Can Teachers Really Wear that to School? Religious Garb in Public Classrooms. The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 83, pp. 80-83. Kiracofe, C. (2010). Isn’t School Supposed to be Free?: An Analysis of State Constitutional Language and School Fees. West’s Education Law Reporter, 253, pp. 1 – 16. Kiracofe, C. (2009). Pretending Not to Pray?: A Historical Overview of Moment of Silence Legislation and Why Illinois’ Statute Clearly Violated the Lemon Test. West’s Education Law Reporter, 241, pp. 1 – 21. Kiracofe, C. (2009). Prayer or Quiet Time: Illinois’ Failed Moment of Silence Legislation, in Critical Issues in Education Law and Policy, Charlottesville, VA: Matthew Bender/LexisNexis. Kiracofe, C. (2007). Legal Aspects of K-12 High Stakes Testing: High School Graduation Tests. In Critical Issues in Education Law and Policy, Charlottesville, VA: Matthew Bender/LexisNexis. Dayton, J., Dupre, A. & Kiracofe, C. (2006). Protecting Children from the Dark Side of the Internet. West’s Education Law Reporter, 212, pp. 553 – 574. Kiracofe, C. (2006). Diversity as a Compelling Interest: The Logical Application of Grutter v. Bollinger to K-12 Schools. West’s Education Law Reporter, 208, pp. 691 – 703. Kiracofe, C. (2006). One Room Schoolhouses and the Law: Legislation, Litigation and Consolidation. Thresholds in Education.


Kiracofe, C. (2005). De Facto Segregation in 21st Century American Schools. In Critical Issues in Education Law and Policy, Charlottesville, VA: Matthew Bender/LexisNexis, pp. 201 – 206. Kiracofe, C. (2005). Diversity as a Compelling Interest? Grutter and De Facto Segregation in K-12 Schools. Education Law Association (published on CD-ROM). Dayton, J., Dupre, A., & Kiracofe, C. (2005). What Did You Say My Child Saw on the Internet?: Can We Protect Both Children and Free Speech? Education Law Association (published on CD- ROM). Dayton, J., Dupre, A. & Kiracofe, C. (2004). Education Finance Litigation: A Review of Recent State High Court Decisions and Their Likely Impact on Future Litigation. West’s Education Law Reporter, 186, pp. 1 – 14. Kiracofe, C. (2004). The Natural Relationship Between Desegregation and School Funding Litigation. West’s Education Law Reporter, 184, pp. 1 – 16. Dayton, J., Dupre, A. & Kiracofe, C. (2003). Education Finance Litigation in the Twenty-First Century. Education Law Association (published on CD-ROM). Dayton, J. & Kiracofe, C. (2003). Public School Funding Litigation: Recent Decisions and Future Directions, Journal of School Business Affairs, 69, pp. 11 – 16). Citations to Scholarly Work My work has been cited to/in the following: Courts of Law Supreme Court of the United States

Reply Brief for Petitioners, Bronx Household of Faith v. The Board of Education of the City of New York. (2015).

Brief of Amicus Curiae, Bronx Household of Faith v. The Board of Education of the City of New York. (2015). United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit


Brief of Amicus Curiae, American Humanist Association v. Greenville County School District. (2015). United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Brief of Amicus Curiae. Kucera, Forgety and Smith v. Jefferson County Board of School Commissioners. (2013). United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Petition for a Writ of Certiorari. Elmbrook School District v. Doe. (2012). Dissenting Opinion. Sherman ex rel. Sherman v. Koch. (2010). First District Court of Appeals, Florida Majority Opinion. Flynn v. Estevez. (2017).

Scholarly Journals/Law Reviews • Action in Teacher Education • Alabama Law Review Boston College Law Review • California Interdisciplinary Law Journal • International Journal of Educational Reform • Journal of Education Finance • Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work • New York University Law Review • Northern Illinois University Law Review • Public Interest Law Reporter • Seventh Circuit Review • Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal • Suffolk University Law Review • Trinity Law Review • University of Cincinnati Law Review • University of La Verne Law Review • Vanderbilt Law Review • West’s Education Law Reporter • Whittier Journal of Child and Family Advocacy • Willamette Sports Law Journal


Presentations Weiler, S., Kopanke, J. & Kiracofe, C. (2018, April). State Allocation for Public Education Over Time: A 70-Year Comparison Controlling for Inflation. National Education Finance Academy Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Kiracofe, C. & Sutton, L. (2018, April). State of the States: Illinois. National Education Finance Academy Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Thro, W., Wood, R.C. & Kiracofe, C. (2018, April). Lawyers, Schools, and Money: Recent Trends and Developments in School Finance Litigation, Education Law Association, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Thro, W., Wood, R.C. & Kiracofe, C. (2017, November). The Present and Future of School Finance Litigation. Education Law Association, San Diego, California.

Thro, W., Wood, R.C. & Kiracofe, C. (2017, February). State Constitutions and Money: The Present and Future of Finance Litigation. National Education Finance Academy Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Kiracofe, C. (2017, February). State of the States: Illinois. National Education Finance Academy Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio. Armagost, A. & Kiracofe, C. (2017, February). Political Question Doctrine in the Keystone State: A Legal and Statistical Analysis of Pennsylvania

School Funding in Light of William Penn School District v. Pennsylvania Department of Education. National Education Finance Academy Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Driscoll, L., Kiracofe, C., Simon, C., Weiler, S. & Westbrook, P. (2017,

February). Workshop: Teaching K-12 School Finance. National Education Finance Academy Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Thro, W., Wood, R.C. & Kiracofe, C. (2016, November). Judges versus

Legislators: Recent Developments in School Finance Litigation. Education Law Association Conference, Orlando, Florida.

Kiracofe, C. (2016, April). De Facto and De Jure Segregation in American Public Schools. Northern Illinois University College of Law. Inaugural Speaker for the Embracing Diversity Lecture Series. Thro, W., Wood, R.C., Kiracofe, C. & Bauries, S. (2016, February). Recent


Developments in School Finance Litigation. National Education Finance Academy Conference, Jacksonville, Florida. Kiracofe, C. (2016, February). State of the States: Illinois. National Education Finance Academy Conference, Jacksonville, Florida. Kiracofe, C. (2015, November). Legal Aspects of Mandatory Vaccination

Requirements in Public Schools. Education Law Association Conference, Cleveland, Ohio. Thro, W., Wood, R.C. & Kiracofe, C. (2015, November). School Finance

Litigation Update. Education Law Association Conference, Cleveland, Ohio.

Kiracofe, C. (2015, February). State of the States: Hawaii. National Education

Finance Academy Conference, St. Louis, Missouri. Thro, W., Wood, R.C. & Kiracofe, C. (2015, February). The Third Wave Rolls

On: Recent Developments in School Finance Litigation. National Education Finance Academy Conference, St. Louis, Missouri.

Bauries, S., Kiracofe, C., Rolle, A. & Thro, W. (2014, April). The Third Wave at

25. National Education Finance Conference, Louisville, Kentucky. Summers, K.H., Kiracofe, C. & Crawford, J.G. (2014, April). Illinois School

Funding and Civil Rights: A Data-Based Examination of Per Pupil Expenditures and Academic Achievement. National Education Finance Academy Conference, Louisville, Kentucky.

Weiler, S., Kiracofe, C. & Simon, C.E. (2014, February). Transitioning from

Student to Scholar. Education Law Association Webinar, Broadcasted Live Online.

Weiler, S., Kiracofe, C. & Escue-Simon, C. (2013, November). Transitioning

from Student to Scholar: Lessons Learned Related to Doctoral Studies, Completing a Dissertation, Searching for a Position in Academia, and Excelling as an Assistant Professor. Education Law Association, Westminster, Colorado.

Kiracofe, C. (2013, November). Earning Extra Income or Establishment Clause Violation? Can Public Schools Rent Space to Religiously-Affiliated Organizations for Worship Services? Education Law Association,

Westminster, Colorado. Escue, C., Weiler, S., Kiracofe, C. & Knoppel, R. (2013, May). Transitioning

From Graduate Student to Faculty Member. National Education Finance


Academy Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana. Kiracofe, C. (2013, May). The Legal Parameters of Renting Public School Space to Religious Organizations for the Purpose of Holding Worship Services. National Education Finance Academy Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana. Thro, W., Wood, R.C., Kiracofe, C. & Alexander, D. (2012, November). It’s All About the Money: Perspectives on the State of School Finance. Education Law Association, Charleston, South Carolina. Kiracofe, C. (2012, May). Another Avenue for Funding Plaintiffs? Challenging The Illinois School Finance System Under the State Civil Rights Act. National Education Finance Academy Conference, San Antonio, Texas. Kiracofe, C. (2011, December). Education Finance Litigation. Education Law Association Podcast. Wood, R.C., Thro, W., Kiracofe, C. & Alexander, M.D. (2011, November). It’s All About the Money: Perspectives on the State of School Finance. Education Law Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois. Kiracofe, C. (2011, April). Education Law Overview. TEACH House, Northern Illinois University. Kiracofe, C. (2009, November). Isn’t School Supposed to be Free? Education Clauses of State Constitutions and School Fees. Education Law Association Conference, Louisville, Kentucky. Howell, C.L. & Kiracofe, C. (2009, April). Graduate Students’ Perceptions of Faculty Members’ Academic Integrity – And Their Own. American Education Research Association Conference, San Diego, California. Kiracofe, C. (2009, April). Exploring the Constitutionality (or Lack Thereof) of The Illinois Moment of Silence and School Prayer Act. Virginia Commonwealth Education Law Conference, Norfolk, Virginia. Kiracofe, C. (2007, November). Government and Education. TEACH House, Northern Illinois University. Kiracofe, C. (2007, August). High School Graduation Exams and the Constitution: Have these High-Stakes Tests Gone Too Far? National Council of Professors of Educational Administration, Chicago, Illinois. Kiracofe, C. (2007, April). Legal Aspects of K-12 High Stakes Testing. Virginia Commonwealth Education Law Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia.


Kiracofe, C. (2006, June). One Room Schoolhouses and the Law: Legislation, Litigation and Consolidation. Country School Conference, DeKalb, Illinois. Kiracofe, C. (2006, April). The Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses of the Constitution in the K-12 Setting. TEACH House, Northern Illinois University. Kiracofe, C. (2006, February). Education Finance, Rockford Future Leaders, Rockford, Illinois. Kiracofe, C. (2006, January). Education Finance. Rockford Future Leaders, Rockford, Illinois. Dayton, J., Dupre, A. & Kiracofe, C. (2005, November) What Did You Say My Child Saw on the Internet? Can We Protect Both Children and Free Speech? Education Law Association Conference, Memphis, Tennessee. Kiracofe, C. (2005, November). Grutter v. Bollinger: What Can a Higher Education Affirmative Action Case Do for K-12 Education? Education Law Association Conference, Memphis, Tennessee. Kiracofe, C. (2005, August). Education Law for Teachers. Project REAL Retreat, Rockford, Illinois. Kiracofe, C. (2005, April). The Resegregation of American Public Schools: Can Finance Litigation Provide a Remedy? Virginia Commonwealth Education Law Conference, Norfolk, Virginia.

Kiracofe, C. (2005, March). School Finance Litigation: Does the Economy Affect the Outcome? American Educational Finance Association

Conference, Louisville, Kentucky. Kiracofe, C. (2005, March). Religion and Education. TEACH House, Northern

Illinois University. Shah, J. & Kiracofe, C. (2004, July). Title I Update: Supplemental Educational

Services. Georgia Department of Education Title I Annual Meeting, Macon, Georgia.

Dayton, J., Dupre, A., & Kiracofe, C. (2003, November). Education Finance

Litigation in the Twenty-first Century: An Analysis of Recent State Supreme Court Decisions and Their Likely Impact on Future Litigation. Education Law Association Conference, Savannah, Georgia.


Kiracofe, C. (2003, April). The Relationship Between Desegretation and School Funding Litigation in U.S. Public Schools: Ensuring that All Children

Have Access to Adequate and Equitable Educational Opportunities. Georgia Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference, Athens, Georgia.

Dayton, J. & Kiracofe, C. (2003, March). Funding Litigation: An Analysis of Significant Past, Present and Potential Future Issues and Trends.

American Educational Finance Association Conference, Orlando, Florida. Jenkins, K., Kiracofe, C. & Stone, L. (2003, February). Weapons, Zero

Tolerance, and Due Process in the Public Schools. Eastern Educational Research Association Conference, Hilton Head, South Carolina. Grants Kiracofe, C. (2018). From the Courthouse to the Classroom: Legal Mediation Strategies as Tools for Educational Administrators and Teachers. Northern Illinois University College of Education Innovation in Instruction Grant Funded Amount: $2,500.00 Kiracofe, C. (2016). Primary Source Research at the Supreme Court of the United States and the Library of Congress.

Northern Illinois University College of Education Innovation in Instruction Grant Funded Amount: $2,500.00 Kiracofe, C. (2013). Legal Mediation and Conflict Negotiation Training.

Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations Chair’s Grant Funded Amount: $3,000.00

Kiracofe, C. (2006). Litigation Patterns in Public School Districts Throughout the State of Illinois.

Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations

Chair’s Grant Funded Amount: $3,000.00


SERVICE

Departmental Service, Northern Illinois University

• Member, Personnel Committee. (2015 - 2017). • Member, Grade Appeal Committee. (2013 - 2017). • Member, Doctoral Comprehensive Exam Committee. (2010 - 2018). • Member, Elections Committee. (2010 - 2017). • Member, Admissions Committee. (2004 - 2018). • Ad Hoc Member, Personnel Committee (2014 – 2015). • Co-Chair, Faculty Search Committee. (2015 – 2016). • Chair, Search Committee. (2012 - 2013). • Chair, Personnel Committee (2011 - 2013). • Member, Faculty Search Committee. (2010 - 2011). • Member, Grade Appeal Committee. (2006 - 2011). • Member, Celebration Committee. (2006 - 2009). • Chair, Awards Committee. (2004 - 2008). • Member, Academic Misconduct Committee. (2005 - 2007). • Member, Faculty Search Committee. (2004 - 2005).

College Service, Northern Illinois University

• Member, Academic Reinstatement Committee. (2014 – 2018). University Service, Northern Illinois University

• Member, University Committee on Advanced Non-Teaching Educator Licensure Programs. (2017 – 2018).

• Member, University Scholarships Committee. (2015 – 2018). • Member, Intellectual Property Committee. (2013 - 2016). • Member, University Judicial Advisory Board. (2010 - 2013). • Member, University Class II Judicial Board. (2005 - 2011). • Member, Presidential Commission on the Status of Minorities. (2008 - 2010). • Author, NCATE Accreditation Report for the Type 75 Masters Program in

Educational Administration (2008). • Chair, Faculty Comparison Committee. (2004 - 2005).

Professional Service

• Co-Editor, Education Law Into Practice (2018 – Present) • Director, Dissertation of the Year Committee, National Education Finance

Academy (2016 – 2017).


• Co-Director, Dissertation of the Year Committee, Education Law Association (2016 – Present).

• Member, Management Committee, National Education Finance Academy (2015 – Present).

• State Membership Co-Director for the State of Illinois, Education Law Association (2015 – 2017).

• Committee Member, Working Committee, National Education Finance Academy (2014 – 2016).

• Co-Author, Supreme Court Monthly Update, Education Law Association, School Law Reporter (2014 – Present).

• Board Member, Journal of Educational Considerations (2014 – 2016). • Member, Journal of Education Finance Outstanding Article Award Committee

(2014 – 2015). • Board Member, Journal of Education Finance (2013 – Present). • Reviewer, Journal of School Leadership (2013). • Board Member, Journal of Education Law and Policy Review (2012 –

Present). • Board Member, National Education Finance Conference (2011 – 2015). • Committee Member, West’s Education Law Reporter. (2005 – Present). • Conference Paper Reviewer, American Education Research Association

(2012). • Professional Mentor, Education Law Association (2011 – 2012).

Public Service

• Court Appointed Special Advocate for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Lake County, Illinois (2014 – 2018).

• Consultant, North Park University, Chicago Illinois (2011 – 2018). • Weekly Volunteer Art Teacher, Immanuel Lutheran School, Palatine, Illinois

(2013 – 2018).

RECOGNITION

Honors and Awards

• Fellow, National Education Finance Academy. (May 2013). • Will Myers Memorial Scholarship Recipient, American Educational Finance

Association. (2003). • Member, Phi Beta Kappa. (1997). • Heyl Scholarship Recipient, Kalamazoo College. (1993 – 1997).

Media Contributions


• Aurora Beacon-News, Social Media Blamed for Spike in West Aurora Expulsions. April 23, 2018.

• Northwest Herald, School Spending Per Student in McHenry County Ranges from $4,765 to $9,494. February 5, 2018.

• Chicago Tribune, Research Assistance for Reporter David Jackson (2018). • Christian Science Monitor, Illinois Funding Law Levels the Playing Field for

Students. September 6, 2017. • WNIJ, Northern Public Radio, NIU Professor Calls the New Education

Funding Overhaul Bill a ‘Win’ for Illinois Children. August 29, 2017. • Daily Herald, Naperville Man Pitches Tighter Requirements for School

Finance Officials. August 21, 2017. • Northwest Herald, Former Board Member Creates District Job, Applies. May

13, 2010.

education degrees and certificates ... - education.purdue… · 7.08.2018 · dr. christine...

Documents