Duncan Waite, Ph.D. Professor (above: International Journal of Leadership in Education: Theory & Practice)

Program: Educational Administration E-mail: dw26@txstate.edu Phone: (512) 245-2304 FAX: (512) 245-8872 Mail: 601 University Drive San Marcos, TX 78666

(view full vita) Education:
B.A., University of Michigan
M.A., University of Oregon
Ph.D., University of Orgeon

Courses Taught:
EDA 6342
EDA 6352
EDA 6358
EDA 6348
ED 7331 Foundations of School Improvement (doctoral)
ED 7354 Intermediate Qualitative Design and Analysis (doctoral)

Research Interests:
Educational Leadership
Instructional Supervision
Qualitative Research
Action Research
Anthropology and Education
The Postmodern

Consultations:
Qualitative Program Evaluation
Supervision of Instruction
Teacher Research
Organizational Analysis

Papers Presented at Conferences:
"Canons to the Left of Us, Canons to the Right of Us: On the Over-Determination of Method in Qualitative Research." Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California, April 15, 2004.

Recent Publications*:
Waite, D. & Nelson, S. W. (in press). "Educational Leadership Reconsidered." Revista Española de Pedagogía.

Waite, D., Moos, L. & Lew, C. (in press). "Globalization, Higher Education, Educational Leadership and Policy Change." In J. Zadja (ed.) The International Handbook on Globalization, Education, and Policy Research. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer.

Waite, D., Waite, S. F. & Fillion, S. (in press). "Duplicity, Democracy and Domesticity: Educational Leadership for Critical Democratic Action." In R. E. White & K. Cooper (eds.), The Practical Critical Educator. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer.

Waite, D. & Allen, D. (in press). "Corruption and Democracy in Educational Leadership." In P. Jenlink (ed.), Democracy and Education Reconsidered: Critical Perspectives on Educational Leadership for the New Millennium. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Education.

2003. Waite, D., & Allen, D. “Corruption and Abuse of Power in Educational Administration.”The Urban Review, 35(4), 281-296.

2002. "Is the Role of the Principal in Creating School Improvement Over-Rated?" Journal of Educational Change, 3(2), 161-165.

2002. “ The Culture(s) of Educational Leadership: Troubling Times and Spaces.” Scholar-Practitioner Quarterly, 1(2), 25-39.

2002. “Critical New Directions in Educational Leadership.” Education and Society, 20(1), 29-42.

2002. “ The Paradigm Wars’ in Educational Administration: An Attempt at Transcendence.” International Studies in Educational Administration, 30 (1), 66-78.

Waite, D., Boone, M., & McGhee, M. 2001. " A Critical Sociocultural View of Accountability " Journal of School Leadership, 11, 182-203.

2000. "Identity, Authority, and the Heart of Supervision." International Journal of Educational Reform, 9(4), 282-291.

2000. "The World(s) of Educational Leadership." World Studies in Education, 1(1), 79-98.

Waite, D. & Ramires Fernandes, M. 2000. "Complicity in Supervision: Another Postmodern Moment." In J. Glanz and L. S. Behar-Horenstein (eds.), Paradigm Debates in Curriculum and Supervision: Modern and Postmodern Perspectives (pp. 190-211). Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey.

Waite, D. & Fishman, L. 1999. "Obrazovanie Pered Vyzovami Epohi Postmodernizma" ("Education and the Challenges of the Postmodern Epoch"). In Informacionnye Tehnologii v Obrazovatel'nom Processe (Information Technology in the Educational Process) (pp. 32-40). Samara, Russia: Samara State Pedagogical University Press.

1998. "Anthropology, Sociology, and Supervision." In G. R. Firth and E. Pajak (eds.), Handbook of Research in School Supervision (pp. 287-309). New York: MacMillan.

Recent Papers and Keynotes*:
2001, December. "Corrupción y el Abuso de Poder en la Administación Educativa." Keynote address given to the VI Jornadas Andaluzas de Organización de Instituciones Educativas, Granada Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, University of Granada, Spain.

2001, December. "Corrupción y el Abuso de Poder en la Administación Educativa." Lecture given to the College of Education, University of Córdoba, Spain.

2001, May. "Critical, New Directions in Educational Leadership in the US." Lecture given to The Scottish Association for Educational Management and Administration, The University of Glasgow, and the Glasgow City Council, Glasgow, Scotland (UK).

2002, April. "Journal Editors‚ Perspectives on Writing for Publication." Roundtable presented to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.

2002, April. Mentor and discussant for D. Y. Bruner and B. J. Greenlee, "Comprehensive School Reform Design and Effects." Mentoring roundtable presented to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

2001, November. "Corruption and Abuse of Power in Educational Administration." Paper presented to the annual meeting of the University Council for Educational Administration, Cincinnati, Ohio.

2001, April. "Discourse Theory as a Research Model that Bridges The Paradigm Wars." Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, Washington.

2000, April. "Culture and Educational Leadership: Their Troubled and Troubling Times and Spaces." Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Links of Interest:

The International Center for Educational Leadership and Social Change


*Hard copies of these publications are available upon request. Contact Dr. Waite for more information.