Section Links

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

Research Biography

Degrees

• Ed.D., School Administration, University of California at Berkeley, 1971
• M.A., Elementary School Administration, San Francisco State College, 1967
• B.A., Elementary Education, University of Omaha, 1961

Key Professional Appointments

• Professor, Educational Organization and Leadership Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2000--
• Department Head , Educational Organization and Leadership Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2000-2003
• Professor of Educational Leadership, School of Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999-2000
• Associate Director for Education, Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), United States Government, Arlington, Virginia, 1998-1998

Activities & Honors

• Editorial Board Member, College of Education, Journal of Education Finance, 2008-2010
• Committee Member, Division A-Affirmative Action Committee, American Educational Research Association, Division A, 2008
• Facilitator, Champaign Unit 4 School District, Champaign Unit 4 School District, 2007-2009
• Facillator of Unit 4 PIC meetings, Champaign Unit 4 School District, 2007-2009
• Served as reviewer of many publication during this period., Washington State University, National Association of Secondary School Principals, 2006-2009
• Editorial Board Member, University of Dayton, Education and Urban Society, 2006-2009
• Editorial Board Member, Association of School Business Officials Internation, Reston, Virginia, School Business Affairs, 2006-2009
• Scholarship, Scholarship, Southern History Association, 2006
• Organization-Member, American Educational Research Association, 2005-2008
• Member, Springfield, Illinois, Illinois Association of School Administrators, 2005-2008
• Member, Washington, DC, National Alliance of Black School Educators, 2005-2008
• Member, Conference Attendance, Education Law Association, 2005-2008
• Member, San Francisco, California, American Association of School Administrators, 2005-2007
• Member, Champaign, Illinois, Educational Administration Alumni Association, 2005-2006
• Publication Series Editor, Elsevier Science, 2005
• Member, Springfield, Illinois, Illinois Council of Professors of Educational Administration, 2005
• Member, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Urban Review, 2005
• Editor for Book Series, London, England, Elsevier Science, 2005
• Editorial Board Member, National Association of Secondary School Principals, 2005
• Member of the Board of Reviewers, Dayton, Ohio, Education and Urban Society, 2004-2005
• Member, Chicago, Illinois, El Valor Policy and Advocacy Committee, 2004
• Expert Witness in Litigation, Little Rock, Arkansas, Plaintiffs of the Little Rock Public School Desegregation Case, 2004
• Participant, Washington, DC, Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute, 2004
• Expert Witness, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, 2004
• Publication Series Editor, Publishing Company in United Kingdom, Elsevier Science, 2003-2007
• Member, Illinois Association of School Administrators, 2003-2005
• Institutional Representative, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, 2003
• Member, Illini Division of Illinois Association of School Administrators, 2003
• Advisory Board Member, Illinois Association of School Boards, 2003
• Editorial Board Member, The Urban Review, 2003-2002
• Institutional Representative, Washington, DC, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, 2002-2005
• Publication Series Editor, Elsevier Science, 2002
• member, Illinois Association of School Administrators, 2001-2007
• Member, Academic Leadership Program, Committee on Institutional Cooperation , 2001-2002
• Consultant, Plaintiffs of the School District of Benton Harbor, Michigan, Plaintiffs of the School District of Benton Harbor, Michigan, 2001
• Hearing Review Officer for Special Education Appeals, Raleigh, North Carolina, North Carolina State Department of Education, 2000

Selected Publications

• Donahoo, S., & Hunter, R. C. (2007). Advances in educational administration, teaching leaders to lead teachers: Educational administration in the era of constant crisis, Volume 10. Oxford, UK: Elsevier JAI.
• Donahoo, S., & Hunter, R. C. (2007). Introduction. Teaching leaders to lead teachers: Educational administration in the era of constant crisis. In S. Donahoo & R. Hunter (Eds.), Advances in educational administration, teaching leaders to lead teachers: Educational administration in the era of constant crisis, Volume 10 (pp. 1-4). Oxford, UK: Elsevier JAI.
• Hunter, R. C. (2007). Principals improving school through enhanced teacher leadership. In S. Donahoo & R. Hunter (Eds.), Advances in educational administration, teaching leaders to lead teachers: Educational administration in the era of constant crisis, Volume 10 (pp. 149-160). Oxford, UK: Elsevier JAI.
• Brown, F., & Hunter, R. C. (Vol. Eds.). (2006). Advances in educational administration: Vol. 9. No child left behind and other federal programs for urban school districts. Oxford, UK: Elsevier JAI.
• Tettegah, S. Y. & Hunter, R. C. (Vol. Eds.). (2006). Advances in educational administration, Technology and education: Vol. 8. Issues in administration, policy, and applications in k12 schools. Oxford, UK: Elsevier JAI.