Faculty Profile
Shelby Cosner, Assistant Professor
Educational Policy Studies
Mailing Address: 1040 W. Harrison M/C 147 Chicago IL 60607
Email: sacosner@uic.edu
Office Phone: 312-413-8249
EDUCATION
2005 - Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Educational Leadership and Policy AnalysisRESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Dr. Cosner's research focuses on the development of organizational capacity within schools. She is particularly interested in the ways that administrative and teacher leadership supports the development of social capital; one important dimension of school capacity. From such a perspective, she is currently examining the development of trust and professional community--two important forms of within-school social capital.
Dr. Cosner is a former school and district-level leader. As a principal, she was hired to develop and open a new 1000 student middle school. As a district-level leader she worked with principals and their school-based leadership teams to strengthen schools' leadership capacity and develop evidence-based systems and approaches for improving student learning.
Dr. Cosner teaches in the Urban Education Leadership Ed.D. and Policy Studies in Urban Education Ph.D. programs. She also is the Assistant Director of Leadership Research and Development for UIC's Partnership READ .
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Under Review - Cosner, S. Creating and strengthening conditions for teacher learning from within-school professional communities.
Under Review - Cosner, S. Understanding knowledge-based trust and its implications for school leadership.
2009 - Cosner, S. (2009). Building organizational capacity through trust. Educational Administration Quarterly, 45(2), 248-291.
2008 - Peterson, K. & Cosner, S. (2008). Teaching your principal: Top tips for the professional development of the schools chief. In V. von Frank (Ed.), Professional Learning for School Leaders. Oxford, OH: National Staff Development Council.
2006 - Cosner, S. School improvement models. In F. English (Ed.), SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration. (pp. 904-906). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
2005 - Cosner, S. Towards a human capital development strategy: Uncovering the approaches used by a high school principal to support teacher learning. In W. Hoy and C. Miskel (Eds.) pp. 233-264, Theory and Research in Educational Administration: Educational Leadership and Reform. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2009 - Teaching Recognition Program Award by the UIC Council for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
American Educational Research Association