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Faculty Profile

EDUCATION

1982 - Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Philosophy of Education
1978 - M.Ed, Loyola of Chicago, Elementary/Early Childhood Ed
1972 - B.A., Dartmouth College, German

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Steve Tozer is a Professor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Coordinator of the Ed.D. Program in Urban Education Leadership (http://education.uic.edu/program.cfm?cat=uel-edd). He is past president of the American Educational Studies Association and the Council for Social Foundations of Education. He was Head of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and Chair of Policy Studies at UIC. In journals such as Educational Foundations, Educational Studies, Teachers College Record, and Educational Theory, Tozer has explored the origins of the field of social foundations of education in teacher and administrator development. He has served on the editorial boards of Educational Studies, Educational Foundations, and Teachers College Record, and is currently Associate Editor of Educational Theory. His co-authored textbook for teachers, School and Society, Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, is now entering its sixth edition. Tozerﾒs collaborations in the professional development of teachers and school leaders have been funded by the MacArthur Foundation, Eli Broad Foundation, Chicago Public Education Fund, and others. He received the Stevenson Award from the Association for Teacher Educators for leadership and dedication to the education profession. He currently chairs the Illinois Board of Higher Education Legislative Task Force on School Leadership Preparation.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

Associate Editor, Educational Theory

President, American Educational Studies Association

Editorial Board, Teachers College Record