Ed.D. Program for Educational Leaders

Raymond A. Horn, Jr., Associate Professor
Director, Ed.D. Program

Prior to coming to Saint Joseph's in 2004, he was a 30 year public school teacher, and then served as an assistant professor of education at Stephen F. Austin State University and most recently at Penn State Harrisburg. Dr. Horn's research interests include educational leadership, educational change, teacher preparation, and critical pedagogy. He has authored four books relating to educational change, most recently, The Standards Primer.

Jeanne F. Brady,
Chair, Professor

Jeanne F. Brady, Ph.D., chairs the Education Department at Saint Joseph's. She teaches courses in Social Foundations, Curriculum Theory, and Ethics and Educational Leadership and is widely known for her scholarly work on feminist theory in education. Dr. Brady's professional publications include Schooling Young Children: A Feminist Pedagogy for Liberatory Learning and multiple journal articles and book chapters. Her present research focuses on alternative practices and theories of leadership.

Frank Bernt , Associate Professor

Dr. Frank M. Bernt, Associate Professor of Health Services, is currently serving as Director of the University's Faith-Justice Institute. He received a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award and is a Visiting Professor at the Catholic University in Montevideo, Uruguay. Areas of expertise include test construction, statistical analysis, and research design; he is a regular contributor to Test Critiques and to the Buros Mental Measurements Yearbook, and is Executive Co-Editor of the Journal of Genetic Psychology, and Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs.

Terrance Furin, Assistant Professor

Prior to joining the Saint Joseph's faculty in 2001, Dr. Terrance Furin, served as a school superintendent in both Ohio and Pennsylvania for twenty-two years and taught for twelve years. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in social studies, methodology and secondary level student teaching. In addition, he specializes in teaching Strategic Planning, Communications, and Facilities Planning within the IDEPEL Program.

Owen W. Gilman, Jr., Professor of English

Owen W. Gilman, Jr., Ph. D., English Department Chair, directs the M.A. in Writing Studies Program. He teaches courses in American literature and culture, and in the field of rhetoric. He has received the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. He is the editor of "Vietnam Rediscovered: Critical Essays on the Literature and Film of the Vietnam War" and author of more than 25 journal articles and book chapters, including "Vietnam and the Southern Imagination".

Virginia Goulding Johnson, Assistant Professor

Virginia Goulding Johnson, Ph.D., teaches courses in Educational Psychology, Social Studies Pedagogy, Reading Education, Gender Studies, Special Education and Educational Policy. Her research and scholarship interests are in teacher thinking, teacher development, classroom climate/management, inclusion, non-violent conflict resolution and school policies involving site-based management and community involvement.

John McCall,
Professor

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John McCall, Ph.D., holds a joint appointment in the Departments of Philosophy (College of Arts and Sciences) and Management (Haub School of Business) at Saint Joseph's. In addition to his work on employee rights (his primary area), he has published on welfare reform, corporate responsibility, products liability, and executive compensation. In the IDEPEL Program he teaches "Ethics in Educational Leadership."

Thomas E. McDuffie, Jr.,
Professor

Thomas E. McDuffie, Jr., Ed.D., teaches science and mathematics methods courses to pre-and in-service teachers, as well as inquiry based physical and earth science courses. In addition, Dr. McDuffie's quantitative research background is reflected in graduate courses in process assessment for Hands-On Elementary Science. He serves as the Higher Education Consultant to the Science component of the Pennsylvania Assessment Through Themes (PATT) Project. Dr. McDuffie's publications have appeared in leading science education journals.

P. Thomas Padden,
Visiting Professor

Tom Padden, an SJU adjunct professor for 15 years, is a retired business administrator of the Norristown Area School District. In his more than 35 years or public and parochial experience, he has served as a business administrator, assistant superintendent, auditor general in the Bureau of School Audits, and an educational consultant for the Pennsylvania Department of Education. He received his MBA in finance from the University of Scranton and in 2001 received their Instructional Excellence Award.

Robert Palestini,
Associate Professor

Robert H. Palestini, Ed.D., Dean of Graduate and Continuing Studies and Associate Professor in the Education Department, was in basic education for more than 30 years, first as a science teacher, then as principal and superintendent of schools. He came to Saint Joseph's, his alma mater, in 1990. His specialty is educational administration and leadership. He has authored six books on the topic, most recently The Human Touch in Education.

Encarna Rodriguez,
Assistant Professor

Encarna Rodriguez, Ph.D., teaches educational psychology courses in the undergraduate and graduate programs and Contemporary Curriculum in the IDEPEL Program. Originally from Spain, Dr. Rodriguez worked as a school psychologist for the Ministry of Education there for eight years. During that time, she participated in the comprehensive Education Reform Law, which she later documented in her doctoral work at The Pennsylvania State University. Her book, Neolibealismo, Educacion y Genero was published in 2001.

Robert M. Offenberg,
Adjunct Professor

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Dr. Offenberg led research groups for the School District of Philadelphia for 35 years, most recently as its Senior Policy Researcher. In addition he has served as an independent consultant, taught experimental design and statistics, and served as a member of dissertation committees. His expertise is in applied, quantitative studies. He is especially interested in investigations using the computer-managed records maintained by most school districts.

Aubrey Wang,
Assistant Professor

Aubrey H. Wang, Ph.D. teaches qualitative and quantitative research methods courses at the master and doctoral programs, including Teacher as Researcher, Principles of Quantitative Research, and Measurement and Evaluation of Instructional Outcomes. Prior to joining the St. Joseph’s University in 2007, Dr. Wang worked as an evaluation and policy specialist at the School District of Philadelphia, an associate research scientist at the Educational Testing Service, and a research assistant at the University of Pennsylvania’s Consortium for Policy Research in Education. Dr. Wang conducts research in the areas of the Black-White achievement gap and school and teacher effectiveness.