Faculty Vita

Jesse Goodman, Ph.D.

Academic Degrees

Professional Experience

Faculty load

Faculty Teaching

Selected Publications

Goodman, J. & Skulnick, R. (2003). The Civic Leadership of Harry Potter: Agency, Ritual, and Schooling. In E. E. Heilman (Ed.). "Harry Potter's World: Multidisciplinary Critical Perspectives," pp. 261-271. RoutledgeFalmer, New York.

Goodman, J. & Fish, D. (1997). Against-the-grain teacher education: A study of coursework, field experiences, and perspectives. Journal of Teacher Education, 48 (2), 96-107.

Goodman, J. & Kuzmic, J. (1997). Bringing progressive education into conventional schools: Theoretical and practical implications. Theory Into Practice, 36 (2), 79-86.

Goodman, J. (1998). Ideology and critical ethnography. In G. Shacklock & J. Smyth's (Eds.), Being reflexive in critical educational and social research, pp. 50-66. London: Routledge.

Goodman, J. & Teel, J. (1998). The passion of the possible: Maxine Greene, democratic community, and education. In W. Pinar (Ed.), The passionate mind of Maxine Greene: AI am . . . not yet@, pp. 60-75. New York: Falmer Press.

Kornfeld, J. & Goodman, J. (1998). Melting the glaze: Exploring student responses to liberatory social studies. Theory Into Practice, 37 (4), 306-313.

Goodman, J., Baron, D. & Myers, C. (1999). The local politics of educational reform: Issues of school autonomy. Research for Educational Reform, 4 (2), 22-49.

Albers, P. & Goodman, J. (1999). Unsilencing the lambs: Promoting meaningful discourse through early field experiences. Teaching Education Journal, 10 (2), 103-118.

Lysaker, J. & Goodman, J. (2000). Conceptualizing reconceptualist theory and practice in literacy teacher education. Curriculum Inquiry, 30 (2), 249-260.

Goodman, J. & Cisar, S. (2000). Teacher identity in an era of globalization. International Journal of Educational Leadership, 3 (4) 420-428.

Goodman, J., Baron, D., & Myers, C. (2001). Bringing democracy to the occupational life of educators: Constructing a foundation for school-based reform. International Journal of Educational Leadership, 4 (1), 57-86.

Goodman, J., Baron, D., & Myers, C. (2001). Talking back to the neo-liberal agenda from the ground floor: School-based reform discourses in difficult times. International Journal of Educology, 12-15 (1), 1-38.

Ansaldo, J. & Goodman, J. (2002). Doctoral curriculum studies in an age of shifting boundaries: One student's perspective. Journal of School Leadership., 12 (1), 78-96.

Skulnick, R. & Goodman, J. (in press). The civic leadership of Harry Potter: Agency, ritual, and schooling. In E. Heilman (Ed.), Deconstructing Harry: Critical Inquiries into Children's Popular Culture (working title). New York: Routledge Press.

Funded Projects

1983 Washburn University Research Grant ($3,500) - a curricular study of cross cultural education.

1985 Spencer Foundation Research Grant ($10,000) - an ethnographic study of the occupational socialization of beginning teachers.

1987 Proffitt Foundation Research Grant ($10,000) - an ethnographic study of elementary education.

1990 Indianapolis Public Schools/U.S. Department of Education Magnet School Grant ($14,054) - Cold Springs Academy Project to assist in the development of innovative elementary curriculum.

1993 Proffitt Foundation Research Grant ($10,000) - an interpretive study of a teacher education coursework and students' professional perspectives.

1997 Bay Foundation Research Grant ($15,000) - an interpretive study of external change agents who work with teachers and building administrators to transform the culture of high poverty elementary schools.

2001 Proffitt Froundation Research Grant ($12,000) - an interpretive study of the El Puente Project in the Indianapolis School District.

Conference Presentations

Goodman, J. & Holloway, L. (1999). Understanding societal power and what it means for leftist educators: Towards a contingent grand theory.@ Oral presentation at the annual Curriculum Studies (Bergamo) conference.

Goodman, J., Baron, D., & Myers, C. (2000). Bringing democracy to the occupational life of educators: Constructing a foundation for school-based reform.@ Paper presentation at the annual American Educational Research Association meeting.

Goodman, J. (2000). Responsibilities of value-ladened teaching.@ Oral presentation at the annual American Educational Research Association meeting.

Goodman, J. & Holloway, L. (2000). Pluralistic nationalism in the global arena: A proposition for leftist educators.@ An oral presentation at the Internationalization of Curriculum Studies conference.

Goodman, J. & Holloway, L. (2000). Two roads for leftist educational theorists: Classical Marxism vs. Deweyan pragmatism.@ An oral presentation at the Curriculum and Pedagogy conference.

Goodman, J. (2000). A phenomenology of educational scholarship as discourse: Implications for tenure and the role of the intellectual in a democratic society.@ Oral presentation at the annual Curriculum Studies (Bergamo) conference.

Goodman, J. (2001). Creating substantive pedagogies: The struggle of school-based reforms in an era of high stakes testing. Paper presentation at the annual American Educational Research Association meeting.

Goodman, J. & Hollway, L. (2001). Reform or revolution? Which way for leftist socio-educational scholarship in a post-Marxist era? Oral presentation at the annual Curriculum and Pedagogy conference.

Goodman, J. & Skulnick, R. (2001). Harry Potter as civil hero. Paper presentation at the annual Curriculum Studies (Bergamo) conference.

Goodman, J. (2002). Placing progressive school reform in historical context. Paper presentation at the annual American Educational Research Association meeting.

Service/Outreach Projects

Elected Member - John Dewey Society Board (1997-2000)

Member - Issues Committee, ASCD (1997-2000)

Member - Curriculum Studies (Bergamo) Conference Program Committee (1997)

Member - Committee on Women's Issues, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (1998-2000)

Member - Nominating Committee, Division B, American Educational Research Association (1999-2000)

Editorial Board Member - Journal of Teacher Education (1985-1987)

Education and Culture (1998-present)

Research for Educational Reform (1998 - present)

JCT: Journal of Curriculum Theorizing (1999 - 2000)

Honors/Awards

1989 Award Recipient - Distinguished Research - National Council of Teachers of English

1989 Award Recipient - Outstanding Scholarship, Association of Colleges and Schools of Education in State Universities and Land Grant Colleges

1989 Award Recipient - Distinguished Research, Association of Teacher Educators

1988 Award Recipient - Teacher Educator of the Year, Indiana Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

1988 Award Recipient - Gorman Creative and Innovative Teaching, School of Education, Indiana University

1990 Award Recipient - Distinguished Teaching, Faculty Colloquia on Excellence in Teaching Selection Committee, Indiana University

1993 Award Recipient - Excellence for Action Research, Institute for Educational Research

1997 Award Recipient - Teaching Excellence, Indiana University