In early 2021, Gloria Ladson-Billings called on us to resist a post-pandemic “return to normal” and instead mobilize toward a hard re-set. Where are we nearly two years later? How are we, and our programs of education, refusing the pull of the past, unsettling the normative, and reenvisioning the democratic possibilities of education. At this critical juncture, how are we activating our research and practice to inform the agentic future of education, while also working in solidarity with movements for justice? Whether drawing on historical, contemporary, global and/or national perspectives, we invite presentations that contemplate, confront, and/or reimagine our role in and responsibilities toward education’s role in fostering a just democracy. We welcome all presentations that speak to this sociopolitical moment, educational climate, and the urgent issues facing today and tomorrow’s educators.

The Society of Professors of Education (SPE) invites proposals for presentations at its annual meeting to be held during the 2023 AERA Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois on Saturday, April 15th. We are especially interested in presentations that are focused on the theme of “Refusing the Return: Mobilizing Toward Just Educational Futures” Proposals not related to the theme but focused on the goals of the Society (below) are also welcome. Abstracts accepted for presentation will appear in SPE’s conference proceedings; select papers may be published in Professing Education, SPE’s journal.

Founded in 1902, the Society of Professors of Education is a professional and academic association open to all persons engaged in teacher preparation, curriculum studies, educational foundations, and related activities. The Society’s primary goal is to provide a forum for consideration of major issues, tasks, problems, and challenges confronting professional educators. SPE is an interdisciplinary organization. Its members include both scholars and practitioners in education.

All presenters must be members of the Society of Professors of Education. To be included in the conference program, join the Society at your earliest convenience. See the Society of Professors of Education web page for the membership form: http://societyofprofessorsofeducation.com

Proposals must be submitted via this online form no later than 11:59pm on January 15, 2023.

Length: Proposals should be between 350-500 words. The proposal should describe the background/contexts, methods, potential findings, and significance. The proposal should not identify the presenters.

Call for Reviewers: In addition to submitting your work, you can participate in the Society as a volunteer proposal reviewer. The review process will take place soon after the deadline for proposal submissions. Please contact Program Committee Co-Chairs Meghan Phadke and Kelli Rushek at SPEConference2023@gmail.com if you are interested in reviewing proposals.

Looking forward to seeing you in Chicago!

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2023 Calls for Nominations for Awards

The DeGarmo Award and Lecture

Established in 1975, The DeGarmo Lecture is an annual statement on a problem or issue of special current concern to the education professoriate, offered by a prominent and distinguished figure in American Education. The DeGarmo Lecture is published by the Society and distributed to its members. The lecture series is named for Charles DeGarmo, a Professor of the Science and Art of Education, and the first president of the National Society of College Teachers of Education in 1902.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Bettina Love, Teachers College, Columbia University is the recipient of the 2023 DeGarmo Award and will be give the DeGarmo Lecture on Saturday, April 15, 2023 at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Professors of Education.

Committee Chair: Brian D. Schultz, Miami University | brian.schultz@miamioh.edu

The William H. Watkins Award

This award honors Dr. William H. Watkins and his commitment to freedom and self-determination through over 40 years of educational activism and scholarship focused on the lived experiences of the African diaspora in the United States. More specifically, Dr. Watkins’ illustrious career was a commitment to curriculum study, community/solidarity, socio-political and class issues, and culture in his activism/scholarship/mentorship. The recipient of this award exemplifies these qualities. Nominees can be academics, community activists, community educators, or K-12 educators. Individuals may be nominated or self-nominated, simply by naming the individual to committee chair Jason Lukasik (lukasik@augsburg.edu) no later than February 1, 2023.

Committee Chair: Jason Lukasik, Augsburg College | lukasik@augsburg.edu

The Martha Allexsaht-Snider Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Multilingual and Transnational Education

Martha Allexsaht-Snider, in whose tribute the award is named, is an Emerita Professor of Elementary Education at the University of Georgia. She has led efforts to support international and multilingual emerging scholars throughout her lengthy career. As a longstanding member of the Society of Professors of Education, she has received The Wisniewski Award for Teacher Education along with her colleagues at the University of Georgia in 2016. Dr. Allexsaht-Snider is an internationally recognized scholar, who spearheaded several scholarly and community projects to study and support emergent bilingual K-12 students and international graduate students through family and community engagement. She has contributed to educational research in Colombia, Mexico, Turkey, and the US as well as through collaborations with the European Research Network About Parents in Education.

Application Requirements:
This award is given to doctoral students for outstanding achievements in promoting multilingual and transnational education. Applications should be organized with the following components: CV, a 1-page cover letter addressing the qualifications of the applicant, and a letter of support from a doctoral committee member.

Submit your application materials as a single PDF no later than February 1, 2023.
Chair: Tricia Kress, Molloy College | tkress@molloy.edu

The Wisniewski Teacher Education Award

The Wisniewski Teacher Education Award of The Society of Professors of Education (SPE) is presented annually to recognize and honor an outstanding teacher education program at a college or university. The purpose of the Award, as created by the SPE Board, is to select and honor, each year, an institution which has made a significant contributions to the theory and practice of teacher education. The criteria used by the Wisniewski Committee focus specifically on the integration of theory and practice, strength of foundational study, and effective innovation in the field of teacher education. The annual recipient is selected by the SPE’s Wisniewski Teacher Education Award Committee, based on nominations from the teacher education community and/or self-nominations. The Award is named for Richard Wisniewski, a past president and treasurer of SPE, the former Dean of the College of Education at University of Tennessee, and Past President of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education.

Application Requirements:
A description of the program that identifies its core principles, key ideas that were used as foundations for developing the program, and examples of how these principles are manifested in courses and field experiences (no more than 2-4 pages, suggested).

Please send nominations no later than February 1, 2023.

Committee Chair: Brad Conrad, Capital University | bconrad2@capital.edu

The Mary Anne Raywid Award

The Mary Anne Raywid Award is named for Mary Anne Raywid, Hofstra University Professor Emerita and Past president of the Society of Professors of Education (1978-1979). The award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the study of education.

Individuals may be nominated or self-nominated, simply by naming the individual to committee chair Nicholas Hartlep (hartlepn@berea.edu) no later than February 1, 2023.

The Society of Professors of Education Book Award

Note: Nominations for 2023 have already closed, but nominations for 2024 can begin now. Reviewers consider how well each text, among other attributes, assists readers in understanding the relationship between education and the social complexities in which schools are contextualized and in fostering inquiry into the history, current status, and future alternatives of teaching, learning, and education. You do not have to be a member of the SPE to nominate a text, and self-nominations/publisher nominations are welcome. The review process is competitive. SPE hopes that winners who are not yet members will choose to support the organization through membership. Texts must have been published in 2022, 2023, or 2024 to be considered. Nominations will be until through October 1, 2023, as our reviewers need time to read, contemplate, and review.

Please contact committee chair pamela.konkol@cuchicago.edu with the book title, author email, and publisher contact; Pamela is happy to answer questions about review criteria and what makes for an “outstanding” book as defined by the SPE. Too, SPE has a great panel of reviewers, but there is always room for more! Please consider volunteering to review a text or two.

April 3, 2015April 24, 2018

SPE 2015 Annual Meeting Program

Society of Professors of Education 2015 Annual Meeting at AERA

Chicago, Illinois

Saturday April 18^th8:00-5:00

Fairmont Hotel

Gold Room, Second Level

7:50-8:05

Welcome and Opening Remarks, Bernardo Gallegos, Program Chair, and President, Society of Professors of Education.

8:05-9:25

Paper Session One,

Chair: Bernardo Gallegos, National University

21^st Century Educational Experiences: Communicating Democracy and Education as Democratic Activism

Gregg Jorgensen, Western Illinois University

Reasserting what is educational in education: Hope, optimism, and neoliberal structures of feeling in education under late capitalism

Lisa Taylor, Bishop’s University

Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline or Increasing Student Engagement and Achievement: A Literature Review Regarding A Holistic Approach for Educator Practice and Research

Kendra Lowery, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Corporate Network Proliferation in the Public School Sector and Rapid Erosion of Capital

Carol A. Mullen, Virginia Tech

9:30-10:50

Paper Session Two

Chair: Cliff Tyler, National University

Considering the tasks, issues, successes and challenges for the education professoriate in the 21^st Century when collaborating in university/school partnerships

Dr. Barbara Cozza, St. Johns University

Middle Level Teacher Candidates’ Perceptions of Social Injustices: A Photo and Content Analysis

Nicole Thompson, University of Memphis

Casey Gilewski, University of Memphis

Faculty Perceptions of Teaching and Advising as it Relates to University Expectations

Patricia Dickenson, National University

Penelope Keough, National University

Wayne Padover, National University

A Modest Proposal Re-imagined: Disrupting and Rethinking Educational Decision-Making

Clifton S. Tanabe, University of Hawaiʻi – Mānoa

Jeanne Marie Iorio, Victoria University, Australia

11:00-12:00

Charles DeGarmo Lecture

Introduction: William H. Schubert, Awards Committee Chair

Speaker: Kevin Kumashiro, Dean, College of Education, University of San Francisco

12:05-1:20

Mary Anne Raywid Award:

Introduction: William H. Schubert, Awards Committee Chair, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago

Recipient: Janet L. Miller, Professor and Program Coordinator of English Education, Teachers College, Columbia University

SPE Outstanding Book Awards:

Presented by Pam Konkol, Chair of the Book Awards Committee, Concordia University Chicago

Richard Wisniewski Award:

Presentation: Mina Kim, San Francisco State University and Donna Adair Breault, Missouri State University, Co-Chairs of the Awards Committee

Recipient: The Elementary Certification Master’s Program, Indiana University

William H. Watkins Inaugural Award Ceremony

Host, William H. Schubert, Awards Committee Chair

William H. Watkins Interview Presented by M. Fran Huckaby, Texas Christian University

Presentation of Inaugural William H. Watkins Award by William H. Schubert

Recipient: Carol D. Lee, Edwina S. Tarry Professor in the School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University

Panel Discussion on the Contributions of William H. Watkins, University of Illinois at Chicago:

Bill Schubert, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago, Carol Lee, Northwestern University,

and Fran Huckaby, Texas Christian University

1:25-2:45

Paper Session Three

Chair: Deron Boyles, Georgia State University

Teacher Education and Social Justice: Breaking down Barriers

Tonya Callaghan, University of Calgary

Laurie Hill, University of Calgary

Principal Preparation: Compliance Monitors or Leaders?

A Critique of New York’s School Building Leader Assessment

Katie Zahedi, State University of New York at New Paltz

Arnold Dodge, Long Island University

Ruth Powers Silverberg, College of Staten Island, City University of New York

Preparing literacy specialists for culturally diverse settings: How does teaching in a high-needs district alter teachers’ perceptions, self-efficacy, and knowledge?

Kathleen M. Lord, State University of New York at New Paltz

Who Owns the Colleges of Education?

Nicholas J. Eastman, Georgia State University

2:50-4:10

Paper Session Four

Chair: Pamela Konkol, Concordia University at Chicago

Finding the balance in teacher preparation: relevancy and edTPA

Monica Noraian, Illinois State University

Working with(in) Common Core Logic in Higher Education:

Student Emails/Letters Confirm Relevance.

Adam Attwood, Washington State University

A.G. Rud, Washington State University

Relevancy in the Age of edtpa?: Commercialism, Accountability, and the Continuing Assault on Public Education

Deron Boyles, Georgia State University

Dennis Attick, Clayton State University

The Death of Critical Thinking: Education Under the Common Core Standards

Morgan Anderson, Georgia State University

4:15 – 5:00: Business Meeting

November 10, 2014

Call for Proposals for 2015 Meeting at AERA in Chicago

SPE Call for Proposals for 2015 Meeting at AERA in Chicago

Dear Members and Friends of the Society of Professors of Education,

The Society of Professors of Education invites proposals for Paper Presentations at the SPE meeting held during the 2015 AERA Annual Conference in Chicago, April 16^th to 20^th.

We are especially interested in papers that are focused on theme of “Relevancy of the Education Professoriate in the 21^st Century.” Proposals not related to the theme but focused on the goals of the Society are also welcome. The Society’s primary goal is to provide a forum for consideration of major issues, tasks, problems, and challenges confronting professional educators.

Presenters must be members of the SPE by the time of the conference, although we encourage you to join the Society at your earliest convenience. You will find a membership form on the Society of Professors of Education Facebook Group page (please join us) at the following URL address:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Society.of.Professors.of.Education/

or at the Society webpage at:

http://societyofprofessorsofeducation.com

Proposals must be submitted electronically to the Program Coordinator Bernardo Gallegos, no later than Friday, December 12, 2014. The proposal must be sent as a Word document attachment in an e-mail addressed to bernardo1@earthlink.net The subject line of the e-mail message should read: “SPE 2015 Proposal.”

Length: Proposals should be between 350-500 words. A proposal should restate the title of the paper, describe its contents, and discuss its significance. The proposal should NOT identify the presenters.

Cover Sheet: Each proposal should have a separate cover sheet that lists: 1) title or topic of the paper; 2) names, affiliations and relevant backgrounds of all participants; 3) address, telephone number, and e-mail address of the person submitting the proposal and addresses, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses of all participants. The cover sheet will not be sent to proposal reviewers. After the cover sheet, the proposal must not contain any information that identifies participant(s).

The deadline for proposals is December 12, 2014. Proposals should be sent via email to: Bernardo Gallegos at bernardo1@earthlink.net

The Society of Professors of Education:

Founded in 1902, the Society of Professors of Education (SPE) is a professional and academic association open to all persons engaged in teacher preparation, curriculum studies, educational foundations, and related activities. The Society’s primary goal is to provide a forum for consideration of major issues, tasks, problems, and challenges confronting professional educators. SPE is an interdisciplinary organization. Its members include both scholars and practitioners in education.

Call for Reviewers:

In addition to submitting your work, another way that you can participate in the Society is to volunteer as a proposal reviewer. The review process will take place soon after the deadline.

Spread the Word – Please send this email to your colleagues and students.

Please join our Facebook page at

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Society.of.Professors.of.Education/

…and visit our website at:

http://societyofprofessorsofeducation.com

Looking forward to seeing you in Chicago,

Bernardo Gallegos, Coordinator

2015 SPE Program

September 3, 2013November 26, 2013

Call for Papers – 2013/2014

**With the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday the deadline for submissions has been extended to December 7, 2013**

Dear Members and Friends of the Society of Professors of Education,

The Society of Professors of Education scholarly papers to be presented at the SPE meeting during the AERA Annual Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Thursday, April 3 – Monday, April 7, 2014.

Founded in 1902, the Society of Professors of Education (SPE) is a professional and academic association open to all persons engaged in teacher preparation, curriculum studies, educational foundations, and related activities. The Society’s primary goal is to provide a forum for consideration of major issues, tasks, problems, and challenges confronting professional educators. SPE is an interdisciplinary organization. Its members include both scholars and practitioners in education.

We welcome paper proposals related to the education of children, teachers, administrators, professors, adults, policy makers, and the public at large.

Proposals should identify the rationale and summarize the substance of the paper being offered for review. Proposals should not exceed 1500 words.

You do not need to be a member of the Society of Professors of Education to submit a proposal (although you will be required to join should your paper be accepted).

The deadline for proposals is: 7 December 2013. Proposals should be sent via email to: Jim Garrison at wesley@vt.edu.

Submitters will be notified whether or not their paper was selected no later than 21 January 2014.

**With the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday the deadline for submissions has been extended to December 7, 2013**

Reviewers

In addition to submitting your work, another way that you can help the Society is to volunteer as a proposal reviewer. The review process will take place soon after the deadline.

Spread the Word – Please send this email to your colleagues and students.

Please visit our website at: https://societyofprofessorsofeducation.wordpress.com/

Sincerely yours,

Jim Garrison, Coordinator
2013 Program Meeting

August 15, 2013January 8, 2023

Society of Professors of Education Book Award

BOOK AWARDS

Chair: Pamela Konkol pamela.konkol@cuchicago.edu

Nominations for 2023 have already closed, but nominations for 2024 can begin now. Reviewers consider how well each text, among other attributes, assists readers in understanding the relationship between education and the social complexities in which schools are contextualized and in fostering inquiry into the history, current status, and future alternatives of teaching, learning, and education. You do not have to be a member of the SPE to nominate a text, and self-nominations/publisher nominations are welcome. The review process is competitive. SPE hopes that winners who are not yet members will choose to support the organization through membership. Texts must have been published in 2022, 2023, or 2024 to be considered. Nominations will be until through October 1, 2023, as our reviewers need time to read, contemplate, and review.

2022 Outstanding Books

Blakely, E. and Hemphill, D. (2021). Opening Third Spaces for Research in Education. Challenging the Limits of Technocratic Methods. Myers Education Press. Continue reading “Society of Professors of Education Book Award”

July 30, 2013September 12, 2013

NSCTE Presidents

Charles DeGarmo, Cornell University, 1902
John Dewey, University of Chicago, 1903-1904
James E. Russell, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1905-1907
Charles DeGarmo, Cornell University, 1908
W.S. Sutton, Teachers University of Texas, 1909
Paul H. Hanus, Harvard University, 1910
Charles H. Judd, University of Chicago, 1911
M. Vincent O’Shea, University of Wisconsin, 1912
George James, University of Minnesota, 1913
George M. Forbes, Rochester University, 1914
Wallace W. Charters, University of Missouri, 1915
Charles H. Judd, University of Chicago, 1916
William Grant Chambers, University of Pittsburgh, 1917
Lotus D. Coffman, University of Minnesota, 1918
William C. Bagley, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1919
Frank P. Graves, University of Pennsylvania, 1920
Frederick J. Kelly, University of Kansas, 1921
Alexander Inglis, University of Kansas, 1922
John H. Withers, New York University, 1923
A.S. Whitney, University of Michigan, 1924
Edward F Buchner, Johns Hopkins University, 1925
V.A.C. Henmon, University of Wisconsin, 1926
Walter S. Monroe, University of Illinois, 1927
W.W. Kemp, University of California, 1928
F. C. Ensign, State University of Iowa, 1929
Edward H. Reisner, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1930
Henry W. Holmes, Harvard University, 1931
Lester R. Rogers, University of Southern California, 1932
Paul C. Packer, State University of Iowa, 1933
Stuart G. Noble, Tulane University, 1934
E.S. Evenden, Teachers College, Columbia, 1935
Edgar W. Knight, University of North Carolina, 1936
William S. Gray, University of Chicago, 1937
Harl R. Douglass, University of Minnesota, 1938
Marion. R. Trabue, Pennsylvania State College
Frank N. Freeman, University of California, 1940
A. R. Mead, University of Florida, 1941
Grayson N. Kefauver, Stanford University, 1942
Elections cancelled due to war. Officers served 1943-1945
W.E. Peik, University of Minnesota, 1946
Carter V. Good, University of Cincinnati, 1947
B. Othanel Smith, University of Illinois, 1948
A.S. Barr, University of Wisconsin, 1949
J.G. Umstadded, University of Texas, 1950
George C. Kyte, University of California, Berkeley, 1951
Harold Hand, University of Illinois, 1953
Donald P. Cotrell, Ohio State University, 1955
A. Max Carmichael, San Diego State College, 1956-7
William A. Stanley, University of Illinois, 1959
William Clark Trow, University of Michigan, 1960
Lawrence A. Cremin, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1961
John I. Goodlad, UCLA, 1962
John Brubacher, University of Michigan, 1963
Warren R. Baller, University of Nebraska, 1964
Elmer J. Clark, Southern Illinois University, 1965
R. Stewart Jones, University of Illinois, 1966
William Van Til, New York University, 1967
Ernest E. Bayles, University of Kansas, 1968
Erwin Goldstein, University of Nebraska, 1969

[Name changed to Society of Professors of Education in 1969]

July 30, 2013January 3, 2023

Executive Board Members

2022-2024

Nicholas D. Hartlep, Berea College

Seungho Moon, Loyola University Chicago

Therese Quinn, University of Illinois at Chicago

2021-2023

Keffrelyn Brown, University of Texas-Austin

Mary Kay Delaney, Meredith College

Paula Groves Price, Washington State University

2019-2021
Liz Chase , St. John’s University
Jeans-Marie Iorio, Virginia Tech
Aaron Zimmerman, Texas Tech University

2018-2020
Noah De Lissovoy, Univeristy of Texas
Kevin Kumashiro, University of San Francisco
Jason Lukasik, Augsburg University

2017-2019
Arnold Dodge, Long Island University Post
Tricia Kress, University of Massachusetts Boston
Carol A. Mullen, Virginia Tech

At-Large Board Member (2017-2018)
Pamela J Konkol, Concordia University Chicago

2016-2018
Kate Shively, Ball State University
James Jupp, Georgia Southern University
David Gorlewski, Virginia Commonwealth University

2015-2017
Wade Tillett, University of Wisconsin at Whitewater
Sonia Janis, University of Georgia
Peter Hilton, Saint Xavier University

2014-2016
A.G. Rud, Washington State University
Sabrina Ross, Georgia Southern University
Brian Schultz, Northeastern Illinois University

2013-2015
Mina Kim, San Francisco State University
Pamela J Konkol, Concordia University
Kristin Dillman-Jones, University of Illinois Chicago

At-Large Board Member (2013-2015)
Elinor Scheirer, University of North Florida

2012-2014
Wade Tillett, University of Wisconsin at Whitewater
Sonia Janis, University of Georgia
Peter Hilton, Saint Xavier University

2007-2009
Jennifer Endicott, University of Central Oklahoma
Jim Garrison, Virginia Tech

2006-2008
Peter Hlebowitsh, University of Iowa
Robert Bullough, Brigham Young University
Erwin Johanningmeier, University of South Florida
Theresa Richardson, Ball State University

2005-2007
Jan Armstrong, University of New Mexico
Craig Kridel, University of South Carolina
J. Wesley Null, Baylor University

2004-2006
Donna Adair Breault, Georgia State University
Edmund C. Short, University of Central Florida
Tom Thomas, Roosevelt University

2003-2005
Rick Breault, Illinois State University
Ann Lynn Lopez, Independent scholar
William G. Wraga, University of Georgia

2002-2004
Peter Carbone, Duke University
Robert Nash, University of Vermont
Ken Zeichner, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2001-2003
Gary Clabaugh, La Salle University
Jeanne Connell, University of Illinois @ Champaign
Dawn Riley, Southern Illinois University

2000-2002
Richard Brosio, Ball State University
Alan Jones, Caddo Gap Publishing Company
Sonia Nieto, University of Massachusetts

1998 – 2001
Landon Beyer, Indiana University
Jan Gamradt, University of New Mexico
James Kaminsky, Auburn University

1997-2000
Mary Anne Pitman, University of Cincinnati
Joseph Watras, University of Dayton

1996-1999
William H. Schubert, University of Illinois-Chicago
James M. Wallace, Lewis and Clark College

1995 – 1998
Jan Gamradt, University of New Mexico
Harvey G. Neufeldt, Tennessee Technological University

Past Secretaries/Treasurers

Current Officers and Executive Board Members

July 30, 2013February 8, 2021

Secretaries/Treasurers

Robert C. Morris, State University of West Georgia (1997-present)

Rusty A. Curtis, Southeast Missouri State University (dates)

Richard Wisniewski, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (dates)

George V. Guy, Portland State University (1953-19_)

Claude A. Eggersten, University of Michigan (1949-1952)

S.A. Curtis, University of Michigan (1926-1932)

Arthur J. Jones, University of Pennsylvania(1923-1925)

Florence E. Bamberger, Johns Hopkins (1922-1921)

G.M. Wilson, Iowa State University (1915-1920)

George Alexander, Peabody (1914)

Carter Alexander, Missouri (1913)

Ernest Holland, Indiana (1911-1912)

F.E. Bolton, Iowa University (1907-1910)

M. Vincent O’Shea, Wisconsin (1902 – 1906)

Past Executive Board Members

Current Officers and Executive Board Members