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Faculty Profile

EDUCATION

1987 - Ed.D, Columbia University, Curriculum & Instruction
1987 - M.Ed, Teachers College, Columbia University, Early Childhood Education
1984 - M.Ed, Bank Street College, Early Childhood Education
1968 - B.A., University of Michigan, American Studies

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

Bill Ayers's interests include teaching for social justice, urban educational reform, narrative and interpretive research, children in trouble with the law, and related issues. See www.billayers.org.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS  (more)

2006 - Ayers, W.C., Bernadine Dohrn, Jeff Jones (2006), eds. "Sing A Battle Song: The Revolutionary Poetry, Statements, and Communiques of the Weather Underground 1970-74. New York: Seven Stories Press.

2004 - Ayers, W.C., "Teaching the Personal and the Political: Essays on Hope and Justice." New York: Teachers College Press.

2003 - Ayers, W.C., "On the Side of the Child: Summerhill Revisited." New York: Teachers College Press.

2001 - Ayers, W.C., "Fugitive Days: A Memoir." Beacon Press.

2001 - Ayers, W.C., "To Teach." New York: Teachers College Press.

2001 - Ayers, W.C., Rick Ayers, Bernadine Dohrn, eds. "Zero Tolerance: Resisting the Drive for Punishment: A Handbook for Parents, Students, Educators, Citizens." New York: The New Press.

HONORS AND AWARDS  (more)

2005-2006 - Randolph Distinguished Visiting Professor, Vassar College

2005 - Distinguished Scholar, McKissick Museum of Education, University of South Carolina

2003 - Visiting Scholar, Lesley University

1999 - Distinguished Professor of Education

1997 - Senior University Scholar

1996 - Doctor of Humane Letters (Honorary), Nazareth College