Challenges in (Re)designing EdD Programs

Dr. Jill Alexa Perry is the Executive Director of the Carnegie Project on the Educational Doctorate (CPED) and an Associate Professor of Practice in the Educational Foundations, Organizations and Policy at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research focuses on professional doctorate preparation in education, organizational change in higher education, and faculty leadership roles. Currently she is researching the ways EdD programs teach practitioners to utilize research evidence. She teaches and coaches how to teach Improvement Science in EdD programs. Her books include The Improvement Science Dissertation in Practice, The EdD and the Scholarly Practitioner, and In Their Own Words: A Journey to the Stewardship ofthe Practice in Education.Dr. Perry is a graduate of the University of Maryland, where she received her PhD in International Education Policy. She holds an MA in Higher Education Administration and a BA in Spanish and International Studies from Boston College. She has over 25 years of experience in leadership and program development in education and teaching experience at the elementary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate levels in the US and abroad. She is a Fulbright Scholar (Germany) and a returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Paraguay).

• AcknowledgmentsChapter 1Why Cases? by Jill Alexa PerryChapter 2Preparing Culturally Responsive Leaders at Metro City University by Andrew LelandChapter 3Applied Researcher PhD-lite at Western State University by William FirestoneChapter 4Faculty Resistance to Higher Education Program Change: A Case of Difference by Gary M. CrowChapter 5Institutionalizing the Professional Practice Doctorate at Central State University by Jill Alexa PerryChapter 6Social Dynamics and Group Dissertations at Tech University by Andrew LelandChapter 7Reflections on Cases for Program (Re)design by Gary M. CrowAuthorBiographiesIndexNOTE: Table of contents subject to change up until publication date.