Section Links

• Research Biography
• Degrees
• Key Professional Appointments
• Activities & Honors
• Grants
• Selected Publications
• Selected Links

Research Biography

Degrees

• Post-Doctoral Fellow, Education Policy, National Academy of Education, 2005
• Post-Doctoral Fellow, Education Policy, Advanced Studies Program, Brown University, 2002
• Ph.D., Education Policy and Social Analysis, Michigan State University, 1999
• M.A., History, Michigan State University, 1992
• B.S., History, Northern Michigan University (Summa Cum Laude), 1989

Key Professional Appointments

• Associate Professor, Educational Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois, 2007--
• Assistant Professor, Educational Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois, 2004--
• Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, Iowa State University, 1999--

Activities & Honors

• Associate Editor, American Educational Research Journal, 2011-2014
• Member, Editorial Board, Educational Administration Quarterly, 2011-2014
• Fellow, National Education Policy Center, 2010- present
• Fulbright US Senior Scholar, New Zealand, Fulbright Program, 2010-2011
• Member, Editorial Board, Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2009- present
• Member, Editorial Board, Educational Researcher, 2009-2012
• Faculty Affiliate, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, 2008- present
• Member, Spencer Foundation, Small Research Grants Advisory Committee, 2008-2011
• Fellow, Forum on the Future of Public Education, 2007- present
• Distinguished Scholar, College of Education, 2007-2008
• Member, Policy Task Force, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, 2006- present
• Editorial Board Member, Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2006- present
• Member, Policy Task Force, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability, 2006- present
• EPRU/EPIC Fellow, Education and the Public Interest Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2006- present
• Review Panel Member, Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering, National Science Foundation, 2006
• List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, (rated “outstanding,” Spring, 2005; Spring 2007), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004- present

Grants

• Principal Investigator, Hardie Faculty Fellow: The Social Geography of Universal Choice: Competition, Charter Schools and Access in Post-Katrina New Orleans, Bureau of Educational Research, 2008
• Co-Principal Investigator, School Choice and Educational Reform in New Orleans, Campus Research Board, 2007
• Principal Investigator, The Social Geography of School Choice in Segregated Urban Areas, The Spencer Foundation (National Academy of Education), 2005
• Co-Principal Investigator, School Choice Policies and Outcomes Around the Globe: Philosophical and Empirical Perspectives on Limits to Choice in Liberal Democracies, The Spencer Foundation, 2005
• Principal Investigator, Adversaries or Allies: Do voucher programs increase competitive or cooperative strategies between public, private, and charter schools?, Bureau of Educational Research, 2005
• Co-Principal Investigator, A New Look at School Type, Mathematics Achievement and Equity, U.S. Department of Education, 2005
• Co-Principal Investigator, School Choice Policies and Outcomes Around the Globe: Philosophical and Empirical Perspectives on Limits to Choice in Liberal Democracies, International Program Studies (William and Flora Hewlett Foundation), 2005
• Principal Investigator, Substantive and Symbolic Innovation in Competition-Based School Reform, Campus Research Board, 2005
• Principal Investigator, Marketing Schools: Structuring incentives for innovation in educational production and promotion, The Spencer Foundation (Brown University), 2003

Selected Publications

• Lubienski, C., Scott, J., & DeBray, E. (2011). The Rise of Intermediary Organizations in Knowledge Production, Advocacy, and Educational Policy. Teachers College Record, Date Published: July 22, 2011 http://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 16487. More about this publication...
• Lubienski, C., & Weitzel, P. (Eds.). (2010). The charter school experiment: Expectations, evidence, and implications. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press. More about this publication...
• Lubienski, C., Gulosino, C., & Weitzel, P. (2009). School choice and competitive incentives: Mapping the distribution of educational opportunities across local education markets. American Journal of Education, 115(4), 601-647. More about this publication...
• Lubienski, C. (2009). Do quasi-markets foster innovation in education? A comparative perspective (Education Working Paper No. 25). Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. More about this publication...
• Lubienski, C., Weitzel, P., & Lubienski, S.T.  (2009). Is there a “consensus” on school choice and achievement? Advocacy research and the emerging political economy of knowledge production. Educational Policy, 23(1), 161-193. More about this publication...

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