Robert Stake
Professor Emeritus, Educational Psychology
Contact
190 Children's Research Center
51 E. Gerty
Champaign, IL 61820
Robert Stake
Key Professional Appointments
Professor Emeritus of Education, Educational Psychology, University of Illinois, 1998 - present
Professor, Education, University of Illinois, 1965 - 1998
Director of CIRCE, Bureau of Educational Research, University of Illinois, 1975 - 1997
Associate Professor, Education, University of Illinois, 1963 - 1965
Assistant and Associate Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska, 1958 - 1963
Education
Ph.D., Psychology, Princeton University, 1958
M.A., Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska, 1954
B.A., Mathematics, University of Nebraska, 1950
Awards, Honors, Associations
Lazarsfeld Award, American Evaluation Association, 1988 - 2013
Honorary Doctorate, honoris causa, Uppsala University, 1994 - 1994
Fellowship, Fulbright Scholar Program, Fulbright Program
Research & Service
My past efforts have focused on program evaluation theory and practice, and qualitative research methods including case study.
I am currently involved in performance assessment in New York City schools and the evaluation of training in the U.S. Veterans Administration.
Since 1975 I have been director of the Center for Instructional Research and Curriculum Evaluation (CIRCE). Once a specialist in psychometrics and instructional research, my present orientation is naturalistic or ethnographic field study, particularly of the classroom. In 1998 I retired from the University of Illinois but continue to teach and head CIRCE.
Publications
Stake, R. (2000). A modest commitment to the promotion of democracy. New Directions in Evaluations, 85 95-107.
Stake, R. (1995). The Art of Case Study Research Thousand Oaks: Sage.
Stake, R., Bresler, L., & Mabry, L. (1991). Customs and cherishing: The arts in elementary schools Urbana, IL: National Arts Education Research Center.
Stake, R. (1986). Quieting reform: Social science and social action in an urban youth program Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
Stake, R. (1974). Program evaluation: Particularly responsive evaluation. New Trends in Evaluation, Report #35, pp 1-20 Gothenburg, Sweden: Institute of Education, University of Gothenburg.
Grants
Principal Investigator, Evaluation of the APPEALS Training, U.S. Department Veterans Administration (Leads Corporation), 1998 - 2002
Principal Investigator, Evaluation of the Milwaukee Teacher Education Center, Milwaukee Teacher Education Center, 1999 - 2000
Services
Vice President, Division D, Measurement and Research Methodology, American Educational Research Association, 1970 - 1970
Vice President, Principal Officer of Division B, Curriculum Studies, American Educational Research Association, 1968 - 1968