CHAROL SHAKESHAFT
Department of Administration and Policy Studies School of Education 124 Hofstra University Hempstead, New York 11549 (516) 463-5758; (516) 692-9805 (516) 692-9807 (FAX)
EDUCATION
M.S.: Texas A & M University, Department of Educational Administration (Organizational Behavior Specialization, 1978).
B.S.: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (English, 1972).
EMPLOYMENT
EXPERIENCE
1979-Present Department of Administration and Policy Studies Hofstra University Professor, 1989-Present Chairperson, 1987-1998 Associate Professor, 1984-1989 Director of Doctoral Program, 1981-1988 Assistant Professor, 1979-1984
1978 - 1979 Research Assistant
Department of Educational AdministrationTexas A & M University
1975 - 1978 Director, Marine Education/Electronic Media Specialist
Center for Marine Resources
Texas A & M University
1973 - 1975 Assistant Head of Middle School/Teacher of English
St. Ann
Brooklyn Heights, New York
1972 - 1973 Assistant Director and Producer of Film
Guidance Associates/Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich
New York, New York
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS
Sexual Abuse of Students in Schools Jossey-Bass, forthcoming (Fall 1999).
The Struggle to Create a More Gender Inclusive Profession. In Handbook of Research on Educational Administration. Jossey-Bass, forthcoming.
The Reform of the Profession: Essay on Progress. In Educational Administration: A Decade of Reform. Corwin Press, 1999.
West Virginia Story: Achievement gains from a statewide comprehensive instructional technology program. Milken Exchange on Education Technology, Milken Family Foundation, March 1999.
The Role of Search Consultants in the Career Paths of Women Superintendents
with Estelle Kamler, in Sacred Dreams: Women and the Superintendency, C. C. Brunner (Ed.), Albany: SUNY Press, 1999.
Affirmative Action and Women=s Leadership, Educational Researcher, January, 1999.
Essay review, Dancing on the Ceiling, British Educational Management and Administration Society, 1997.
They Call Me Cow. Educational Leadership, October 1997, 55(2).
Essay Review, Sexual Harassment on Campus, Journal of Just and Caring Education, October 1997, 3(4).
Uniforms in Schools. Newsday Op Ed. New York, March 1996.
Gendered leadership styles in educational organizations. Gender and Changing Educational Management. Second Yearbook of the Australian Council for Educational Administration. Hodder Education Press, 1995.
The language of power vs the language of empowerment: Gender differences in administrative communication: In Discourse and Power in Educational Organizations, D. Corson (Eds.). Canada: Hampton Press, 1995 (with A. Perry).
Sexual abuse of students in schools. Phi Delta Kappan, March 1995 (with A. Cohan).
A cup half full: The knowledge base in educational administration. In The Knowledge Base in Educational Administration: Multiple Perspectives. B. Donmoyer, M. Imber & J.J. Scheurich (Eds). Albany: SUNY Albany Press, 1995.
Reforming science to help girls. Theory into Practice, Spring 1995.
Forward. Women Leading in Education. D. M. Dunlap & P.A. Schmuck, (Eds.) SUNY Albany Press, 1995.
Peer harassment in schools. Journal for a Just and Caring Education, 1 (1), January 1995. (with E. Barber, M.A. Hergenrother, Y. Johnson, L. Mandel, J. Sawyer.)
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Responding to complaints of sexual abuse,@ The School Administrator, October, 1994.
Mental rotation: Restructuring schools to be math friendly to females. Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics Journal, 1994 (with K. Karp).
Women in urban education. Urban Education (Ed.) 28(4), January 1994.
Women in educational management in the U.S. In Women in Education Management, J. Ouston, (Ed.). London: Longman, 1993.
Meeting the educational needs of female students. In Handbook of Schooling in Urban America, S. Rothstein, (Ed.). Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1993.
Preparing Tomorrow
=s School Leaders: The Hofstra Experience, Preparing Tomorrow=s Schools Leaders: Alternative Designs, J. Murphy, (Ed.). UCEA Monograph, 1993.
Gender equity in education. The Social Context of Education: Administration in a Pluralistic Society. C. Capper, (Ed.). Albany: SUNY Albany Press, 1993.
Sexism and racism in research methods. Encyclopedia of Educational Research. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1992 (with K. Karp and P. Campbell).
Encyclopedia of Educational Research. Section Editor, 6th edition. New York: Macmillian Publishing Company, 1992.
Sexuality and the curriculum: Administrators as barriers to change. In Sexuality and the Curriculum. J. Sears, (Ed.). Teachers College Press, 1992.
Sexuality and sexism in schools: How should educators be prepared? In Sex Equity and Sexuality in Education, S. Klein, (Ed.). Albany: SUNY Press, 1992 (with M. Sadker and D. Sadker).
The "New" Revolution in Administrative Theory. The Journal of Educational Administration, (with R. Owens) 30(2), 1992.
Gender and supervision. Reprinted in Education Digest, February 1992 (with I. Nowell, A. Perry).
Gender and supervision. Theory into Practice, February 1991 (with I. Nowell and A. Perry).
Gender and supervision. Hofstra Horizons, Fall 1991.
Administrative preparation for equity. Leadership, Equity, and School Effectiveness. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1990.
The gender gap in research in educational administration. Educational Administration Quarterly, 25(3), 1989.
Women in educational administration. Second printing, New introduction, prologue, Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1989. (3rd printing, 1991).
Book review: A history of thought and practice in educational administration. Educational Administration Quarterly, 25(3), 1989.
A gender at risk. Kaleidoscope: Readings in Education, Ryan and Cooper (Eds.), New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1988.
The equitable distribution of education: Are we reproducing our own oppression? Ethics in Education, Spring 1988.
Women in Educational Administration: Implications for Training. Leaders for America
=s Schools, San Francisco: McCutchan Publishing, 1988.
Sex, sexism and the preparation of educators. Peabody Journal of Education. 64(4), 1987 (with M. and D. Sadker).
Women in Educational Administration. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, Inc., 1987.
The Relationship between Student Achievement and Educational Expenditures: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Education Finance, 1987 (with S. Childs).
Theory in a Changing Reality. Journal of Educational Equity and Leadership, 7(1), Spring 1987.
The Training of Women Administrators. Teacher Education Quarterly, Spring 1987.
Business as Usual. Metropolitan Education, Winter 1986, (with R. Trachtman).
A Female Organizational Culture. Education Digest, September 1986.
Methodological Issues in Researching Women in Educational Research: The Legacy of a Century. Educational Researcher, June/July 1986.
A Female Organizational Culture. Educational Horizons 64(3), Spring 1986.
Androcentric Bias in the Educational Administration Quarterly. Educational Administration Quarterly, 22(1), Winter 1986 (with M. Hanson).
A Gender at Risk. Phi Delta Kappan, March 1986 (also guest editor for this issue).
Guidelines for Eliminating Race and Sex Bias in Educational Research. Educational Researcher, July 1985 (Committee).
Strategies for Overcoming Barriers to Women Administrators. Handbook for Achieving Sex Equity Through Education. The John Hopkins University Press, 1985.
The New Scholarship on Women in Education. Handbook for Achieving Sex Equity Through Education. The John Hopkins University Press, 1985 (with S. Biklen).
A Telephone Survey is Timely, Cheap and Accurate. Journal of Educational Public Relations, Winter 1985 (with P. Gardner).
Research on Theories, Concepts, and Models of Organizational Behavior: The Influence of Gender. Issues in Education, Vol. II, No. 3, Winter 1984 (with I. Nowell).
The influence of Gender in the Selection of Secondary School Principals. Integrateducation, July 1984 (with C. Bonuso).
Preparing Women to be School Administrators. Phi Delta Kappan, September 1984 (with A. Gilligan, D. Pierce).
The Failure of Theory in Educational Administration: A Methodological Critique. Eastern Education Journal, Vol. XVI, No. 3, Spring 1984.
Declining to Close Schools: Alternatives to Standard Approaches of Coping with Enrollment Decline. Reprinted in Standard Educational Almanac, 16th Edition, 1983.
Declining to Close Schools: Alternatives to Standard Approaches of Coping with Enrollment Decline. Phi Delta Kappan, March 1983 (with D. Gardner).
Equity in a Cold Climate: New Challenges for Women and AERA. Educational Researcher, March 1983 (with AERA Women
=s Committee).
Book Review. Career Patterns in Education: Women, Men and Minorities in Public School Administration. Contemporary Sociology, March 1983.
Sampling: Issues and Problems in Sex Role and Social Change Research. Methodological Issues in Sex Role and Social Change Research. Praeger, 1983 (with D. Gardner).
Declining Enrollment: A Report and Manual on Declining Enrollment. Eric Document; Hofstra University Report, 1982.
Women in Public School Administration: A Descriptive Analysis of Dissertation Research and Paradigm for Future Research. Educational Policy and Management: Sex Differentials. P. A. Schmuck, W. W. Charters, Jr., and R. O. Carlson (eds.). New York: Academic Press, 1981.
Women
=s "True" Profession: Voices from the History of Teaching, A Teaching Manual. New York: McGraw-Hill/Feminist Press, 1981.
Women in Academic Administration: A Synthesis of Findings and Paradigm for Future Research. Evaluation in Education: An International Review Series, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1980 (with J. F. McNamara).
Toward a Divine Discontent: Perspectives on Achievement of Gifted Women. Gifted Child Quarterly, Winter 1978 (with P. Palmieri).
Life After Eighteen: Is Anyone Prepared? Independent School Bulletin, May 1976 (with P. Palmieri).
Up the Front Staircase: A Proposal for Women to Achieve Parity with Men in the Field of Educational Administration. Journal of the National Association of Women Deans, Administrators and Counselors, Winter 1976 (with P. Palmieri).
FILMS
Loneliness: The Empty Treehouse. Guidance Associates/Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1973.
Disappointment: The Day That Didn
=t Happen. Guidance Associates/Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1973.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
PEER REVIEWED PAPERS
Comparative Approaches to Educational Leadership Preparatrion in the Metropolitan Area. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Montreal: April 1999.
The Boundaries of Empirical Research in Advocacy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Montreal: April 1999.
Environmental Science Education and Issues of Social Justice: Encouraging Minority Girls in Science. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Montreal: April 1999.
Women and Leadership in the 21st Century: Do it Anyway, Gaining Access. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Montreal: April 1999.
Technology and Equity: Considering Possibilities and Educational Importance. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Montreal: April 1999.
Stopping Peer Harassment in Middle Schools. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. San Francisco: March 1999.
Guidelines for Assessing Technology: Implementation and Outcomes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. San Francisco, March 1999.
Guidelines for Assessing Technology: Professional Development, Implementation, Student Achievement, and Teacher Outcomes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of School Administrators, February 1999.
Stopping Peer Harassment in Schools: Steps for Creating Caring Communities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Superivision and Curriculum Development, March 1999.
Evaluating the Effects of Technology. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development. March 1999.
They Call Me Cow
. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego: April 1998.
Societal Ambivalence Toward Women Administrators: Historical Events and Their Impact on the Representation of Women in School Administration in the United States. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego: April 1998.
Transition into Middle School: The Harassing Nature of Adolescent Culture. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego: April 1998.
The Struggle to Create a More Gender Inclusive Profession. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego: April 1998.
The Role of Search Consultants in the Career Paths of Women Superintendents. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego: April 1998.
Peer Harassment and the Culture of Schooling: What Administrators Need to Know.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, March 1997.
Collecting and Analyzing Qualitative Data: Emerging Issues. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, March 1997.
Sexual Harassment Policies in Schools, Did We Use the Right Model? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, March 1997.
Peer Harassment Changing the Culture of Middle Schools. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Baltimore, March 1997.
Leadership in Program Development: Rethinking an Administrator Preparation Program.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Council of Teachers of Education, Phoenix, February 1997.
How to Reduce Your Liability: Stopping Sexual Harassment of Students
. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of School Administrators, Orlando, Florida, February 1997.
Peer Harassment and the Culture of Schooling: What Administrators Need to Know.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the University Council of Educational Administration, Louisville, Kentucky, October 1996.
How Far Have We Come?: Affirmative Action in the 1990s.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, April 1996.
Peer Harassment and the Culture of Caring. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, April 1995.
Children=s Attitudes Toward Families: An International Comparison. Fourth International Symposium. Tokyo, Japan, December 1994.
Conceptions of Community: Peer Harassment and the Culture of Caring in the Schools. University Council for Educational Administration Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 1994.
Equity in Personnel Evaluation. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. New Orleans, April 1994.
Faculty Evaluation and Equity. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. New Orleans, April 1994.
Tailhook in the Schools. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. New Orleans, April 1994.
Sexual Abuse in Schools. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and School Improvement. Melbourne, Australia, January 1994.
A Curriculum of the Home. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the NAEYC, November 1993.
Tailhook in the Schools. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the SIG:RWE. Toledo, November 1993.
Protecting Students from Sexual Abuse. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of UCEA. Houston, October 1993.
Sexual Abuse of Students by Educators. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the SIG:RWE of AERA. Penn State, November 1992.
Recasting the Preparation Agenda. Paper presented at the annual meeting of UCEA. Minneapolis, October 1992.
How Schools Shortchange Girls. Paper presented at the annual meeting of UCEA. Minneapolis, October 1992.
Sexual Abuse of Students by Educators. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender. Hofstra University, October 1992.
Deconstructing the Erected Hierarchy: Sex and Power in Organizations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Francisco, April 1992.
International Perspectives on Girls and Schooling. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Congress for School Effectiveness. Victoria, Canada, January 1992.
A Cup Half Full: The Knowledge Base in Educational Administration. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association. Chicago, April 1991.
Early Childhood Education and the Preparation of School Administrators. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Washington, DC, November 1990.
Field Experiences in the Preparation of School Administrators. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the University Council for Educational Administration. Pittsburgh, October 1990.
In Loco-Parentis: Sexual Abuse in Schools. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Boston, April 1990 (with A. Cohan).
You Never Told Me This Would Happen: Experiences of First Year Principals. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the University Council for Educational Administration. Phoenix, October 1989.
Sex, Sexism and the Preparation of Teachers and Administrators. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Francisco, March 1989.
Sex Abuse by Teachers and Administrators: What Happens to the Abuser? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the SIG, Research on Women, American Educational Research Association. Hofstra University, November 1988.
Research in Preparation Programs in Educational Administration, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the University Council of Educational Administration. Cincinnati, October 1988.
Styles of Leadership. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. New Orleans, April 1988.
The Woman in the Principal=s Office. Paper presented at the 30th anniversary conference of UCEA. Charlottesville, Virginia, October 1987.
Training Women to be School Administrators. Paper presented at the annual conference of NCPEA. Chadron, Nebraska, August 1987.
Organizational Theory and Women: Where are We? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Washington, D.C., April 1987.
Theoretical Implications of Gender for Organizational Theory. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the SIG:RWE, American Educational Research Association. Washington, D.C., November 1986.
Race and Sex Bias in Research Methodology. Paper presented at the SIG:RWE, American Educational Research Association. Washington, D.C., November 1986.
Teaching as a Radical Profession. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Women=s Studies Association. University of Illinois, June 1986.
Business as Usual: Exploring Private Sector Participation in American Public Schools. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Francisco, April 1986.
Reality in a Changing Theoretical Context. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. San Francisco, April 1986.