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Faculty Profile

EDUCATION

1986 - Ph.D., Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, Educational Leadership

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

School organization, leadership, and change. Urban school improvement. Teacher leadership, learning, and professional development.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS  (more)

2006 - Smylie, M. A., & Evans, A. E. (2006). Social capital and the problem of implementation. In M. I. Honig (Ed.), New directions in education policy implementation: Confronting complexity (pp. 187-208). Albany: State University of New York Press.

2005 - Smylie, M. A., & Bennett, A., with P. Konkol & C. R. Fendt (2005). What do we know about developing school leaders? A look at existing research and next steps for new study. In W. A. Firestone & C. Reihl (Eds.), A new agenda: Directions for research on educational leadership (pp. . New York: Teachers College Press.

2004 - Smylie, M. A., & Miretzky, D. (Eds.) (2004). Developing the teacher workforce (103rd yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education). Chicago: National Study for the Study of Education.

2003 - Smylie, M. A., Wenzel, S. A., & Fendt, C. R. (2003). The Chicago Annenberg Challenge: Lessons on leadership for school development. In J. Murphy & A. Datnow (Eds.), Leadership for school reform: Lessons from comprehensive school reform designs (pp. 135-158). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.

2002 - Smylie, M. A., Conley, S., & Marks, H. M. (2002). Exploring new approaches to teacher leadership for school improvement. In J. Murphy (Ed.), The educational leadership challenge: Redefining leadership for the 21st century (102nd Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part II, pp. 162-188). Chicago: National Society for the Study of Education.

1999 - Shipps, D., Kahne, J., & Smylie, M. A. (1999). The politics of urban school reform: Legitimacy, city growth, and school improvement in Chicago. Educational Policy, 13, 518-545.

HONORS AND AWARDS

1996 - American Education Research Associate Review Review Award

1995 - William J. Davis Award, University Council for Educational Administration for Outstanding Articfle in Educational Administration Quarterly

1992 - National Academy of Education Spencer Fellow

1991 - Special Merit Award, Awards for Action Research in Schools, Institute for Educational Research

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES  (more)

Researcher-Advisor, Fiftieth Anniversary Project of the "Status of the American Public School Teacher Survey," National Education Association

Member, Executive Committee, Division A (Educational Administration), American Educational Research Association

Chair, Expert Panel on Schoool System Quality, National Education Association

Member, Task Force on Developing Reserach Agenda in Educational Leadership, Division A (Educational Administration), American Educational Research Association

Secretary-Treasurer, National Society for the Study of Education

Secretary, Division A (Educational Administration), American Educational Research Association