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Research Professor

Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
326 Education Building
1310 S. 6th St. MC 708
Champaign, IL 61820USA
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Research Biography

My current research interests include population and community diversity, theories and practices of pedagogy and new technologies of representation and communication, including the 'semantic web'.

Degrees

  • Ph.D., History, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, 1987
  • B.A., History, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, 1979

Key Professional Appointments

  • Research Professor, Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2006--
  • Adjunct Professor, Globalism Institute, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, 2006--
  • Director, Common Ground Publishing, Victoria, Australia, 2001--
  • Research Associate, Globalism Institute, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, 2001-2005
  • First Assistant Secretary, Dept. of the Prime Minister & Cabinet, Government of Australia, 1995-1996
  • Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Government of Australia, 1995-1996
  • Director, Bureau of Immigration, Multiculral and Population Research, Dept of Immigration & Multicultural Affairs, Government of Australia, 1995-1996
  • Director, Centre for Workplace Communication and Culture, University of Technology Sydney & James Cook University of North Queensland, 1993-1995

Activities & Honors

  • Invited Lecture, University of British Columbia, 2011
  • Co-ordinator and speaker, American Educational Research Association, 2011
  • Chair, Journal Publications Committee, American Educational Research Association, 2010-2013
  • Plenary Session Chair, UCLA, Unknown, 2004
  • Plenary Session Chair, Havana, Cuba, Unknown, 2004
  • Keynote Speaker, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, Unknown, 2003
  • Session Chair, Institute of Education, University of London, Unknown, 2003

Selected Publications

  • Kalantzis, M. and Cope, B. (2012)  New Learning: A Charter for Change in Education, Critical Studies in Education. Vol.53, No.1, pp.1–12.
  • Kalantzis, M. and Cope, B.  The Work of Writing in the Age of Its Digital Reproducibility. In Sandra Schamroth Abrams and Jennifer Rowsell (Eds.), Rethinking Identity and Literacy Education in the 21st Century. National Society for the Study of Education Yearbook. Vol.110, No.1, New York: Teachers College Press. pp.40-88.
  • Kalantzis, M. and Cope, B. (2012). Literacies. Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Press. 455pp.
  • Cope, B., Kalantzis, M., McCarthey, S., Vojak, C. and Kline, S. Technology-Mediated Writing Assessments: Paradigms and Principles. Computers and Composition, Vol.28, No.2, pp.79-96
  • Cope, B. (2011). Method for the Creation, Location and Formatting of Digital Content. US Patent No.7,886,225 B2.

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