Department of Educational Policy and Leadership
Office: 113J Schroeder Complex
Phone: (414) 288-1421
william.pink@marquette.edu
William T. Pink, Ph.D.
Professor
Degrees Held
- Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1972
Research Interests
- How teachers/administrators think about learning, curriculum and pedagogy
- Positioning teachers as critical change agents for their own practice, the thinking of their students, and the reform of the school as a social organization.
- A focus on understanding professional development, school change models and the development of effective instruction in urban schools
Courses Taught
- Foundations of Curriculum
- Instructional Theory and Research
- Interpretive and Critical Research in Education
- Multiple Paradigms in Educational Research
- Sociological Foundations of Education
- Canons and Conversations
Professional Activities
- Editor, The Urban Review (1978 to date)
- Editor, Educational Foundations (1992 to date)
- Editor, book series entitled Understanding Education and Policy, Hampton Press (1992 to date)
Professional Affiliations
- American Educational Research Association
- American Educational Studies Association
Key Publications
2008
International Handbook of Urban Education (Springer International Handbooks of Education). William T. Pink and George W. Noblit (Eds.) New York: Springer, 2008.
2004
Cultural Matters: Lessons Learned from Field Studies of Several Leading School Reform Strategies. William T. Pink and George W. Noblit (Eds.) Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press (2004).
1999
"Critical Dialogue and the Transformation of Schools and Schooling: Urban and Suburban Sister Schools" in Fred Yeo and Barry Kanpol (Eds.) From Nihilism to Possibility: Democratic Transformations for Inner City Education, Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1999, pp. 99-112.
1995
Continuity and Contradiction: The Futures of the Sociology of Education. William T. Pink and George W. Noblit (Eds.). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1995.
1994
"Community Involvement and Staff Development in School Improvement." In Kathryn Borman (Ed). Changing Schools: Recaptruing the Past or Inventing the Future. New York: SUNY Press, (1994) pp. 195-219.
1992
Effective Staff Development for School Change. William T. Pink and Arthur Hyde (Eds.). Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishers (1992).
"The Politics of Reforming Schools," Education and Urban Society, Vol. 25, No. 1 (1992) pp. 96-113.
1990
"Implementing Curriculum Reform: Theoretical and Practical Implications." In J.S. Sears and J.D. Marshall (Eds.). Teaching and Thinking about Curriculum. New York: Teachers College Press, 1990, pp. 138-153.
