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Doctor of Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1997. Major area: Educational Leadership.

Master of Arts: Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1981. Major area: Special Education.

Bachelor of Science: Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 1976. Major area: Special Education.

Professor and Chair:
Department of Counseling, Educational Leadership, Educational and School Psychology, College of Education, 麻豆传媒映画出品.

• Department Chair 2009-2015
• Full Professor 2012
• Associate Professor 2004-2012
• Assistant Professor 1999-2004

Post-doctoral Research Fellow (1997-1999):
Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center Smart Start Evaluation Team, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Graduate Research Assistant (1992-1997)
Departments of Educational Leadership and Social Foundations of Education, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Educational Program Supervisor (1981-1992): O鈥橞erry Center, Goldsboro, NC
Mental Health Administrator (1979-1981): New Castle State Hospital, New Castle, IN
Special Education Teacher (1977-1979): New Castle Public Schools, New Castle, IN

• Leadership
• Organizational Theory
• Education Policy and Politics
• Qualitative Inquiry
• Diversity and Equity in Education

The Impact of Student Involvement on Leadership and Academic Achievement of First-Generation Undergraduate Students. NACA庐 Foundation Advancing Research in Campus Activities Grant $1250 awarded in March 2020. PI Dr. Victoria Sherif, Co-PIs Dr. Jean Patterson and Dr. Chelsea Redger-Marquardt.

Reclaiming the Past: An Oral History of Frederick Douglass School, Parsons, Kansas, 1908- 1958. The Kansas Historical Society awarded $3320 in April 2006 to complete the oral history of the all-Black Douglass School that was closed in 1958 and razed in 1962. The grant was a partnership between the Department of Educational Leadership, Parsons Historical Society, and Parsons USD 503.

Book

Patterson, J. A. (with Protheroe, N.). (2001). Essentials for principals: The school leader鈥檚 guide to special education. Alexandria, VA: Educational Research Service.

Edited Book

Patterson, J. A., & Adkins, A. (eds.) (2012). Taming reform: 鈥淩einventing government鈥� yields to 鈥渂usiness as usual鈥� for young children. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Book Chapters

Patterson, J. A., Berry, B., Forker, J., Jaso, S., Montford, J., Stubblefield, D., & Umeri, M. (2020). 鈥淚t CAN happen here:鈥� Addressing school safety and security after a mass shooting in a small Kansas town (pp. 1-22). In S. Huffman, S. Loyless, S. Allbritton, & C. Green (Eds.), Leveraging technology to improve school safety and student wellbeing. IGI Global.

NOTE: This chapter has been selected to be reprinted in Information Resources Management Association (Ed.), 2021, Research anthology on school shootings, peer victimization, and solutions for building safer educational institutions (pp. 451-467). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5360-2.ch021

Patterson, J. A. (2015). Segregation and desegregation in Parsons, Kansas: Memories of Douglass School 1908-1958 鈥� Narrative of Marietta Smith. In G. W. Noblit (Ed.), School desegregation: Oral histories towards understanding the effects of white domination (pp. 51-61). Sense. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-965-4_4

Patterson, J. A. (2015). The final days of Douglass School: The narrative of Andrew 鈥淐hip鈥� Johnson (pp. 79-88). In G. W. Noblit (Ed.). School desegregation: Oral histories towards understanding the effects of white domination. Sense.

Patterson, J. A. (2015). 21st century learning initiatives as a manifestation of neoliberalism. In K. M. Sturges (Ed.), Neoliberalizing educational reform: America鈥檚 quest for profitable, market-colonies and the undoing of the public good (pp. 213-237). Sense. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-977-7_9

Patterson, J. A., & Adkins, A. (2012). Introduction: Taming reform. In J. A. Patterson, & A. Adkins (eds.), Taming reform: 鈥淩einventing government鈥� yields to 鈥渂usiness as usual鈥� for young children (pp. 1-7). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Patterson, J. A. (2012). Taming public-private partnership. In J. A. Patterson, & A. Adkins (eds.), Taming reform: 鈥淩einventing government鈥� yields to 鈥渂usiness as usual鈥� for young children (pp. 79-95). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Patterson, J. A., & Rayle, J. M. (2004). De-centering whiteness: Personal narratives of race. In G. W. Noblit, S. Y. Flores and E. G. Murillo, Jr. (Eds.). Postcritical ethnography: Resinscribing critique (pp. 247-261). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Noblit, G. W., & Patterson, J. A. (2001) The School Development Program and education reform. In G.W. Noblit, C.E. Malloy, & W.W. Malloy (Eds.), The kids got smarter: Case studies of successful Comer schools (pp. 131-148). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Noblit, G. W., Groves, P. R., Jennings, M. E., Patterson, J. A. (2001). Studying successful Comer schools. In G.W. Noblit, C.E. Malloy, & W.W. Malloy (Eds.), The kids got smarter: Case studies of successful Comer schools (pp. 1-16). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Malloy, C. E., & Patterson, J. A. (2001). West High School. In G.W. Noblit, C. E. Malloy, & W. W. Malloy (Eds.), The kids got smarter: Case studies of successful Comer schools (pp. 83-108). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Awsumb, C., & Patterson, J. A. (1999). Building communities: UPLIFT, Inc. In A. Adkins, C. Awsumb, G. Noblit, & P. Richards (Eds.) Working together? Grounded perspectives in interagency collaboration (pp. 203-208). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Desimone, L., Jerman-Garrison, D., Patterson, J. A., Philipsen, M., Randell, S., & Hendricks, W. (1999). Interagency collaboration: Alternative forms and their problems. In A. Adkins, C. Awsumb, G. Noblit, & P. Richards (Eds.) Working together? Grounded perspectives in interagency collaboration (pp. 79-101). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Book Reviews

Patterson, J. A. (2013, June 14) [Review of the book, You can鈥檛 do it alone: A communications and engagement manual for school leaders committed to reform]. Teachers College Record. Available: http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentId=17152

Patterson, J. A. (2007, March 5). [Review of the book, New foundations for knowledge in educational administration, policy, and politics: Science and sensationalism]. Teachers College Record. Available: http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentId=13744

Patterson, J. A. (2004). [Review of the book, An insider鈥檚 guide to making school systems work]. Teachers College Record, 105, 876-879.

Patterson, J. A. (2003). [Review of the book, Learning from research: Getting more from your data]. Journal of Educational Administration, 42 (5).

Patterson, J. A. (2003). [Review of the book, Jossey-Bass reader on gender in education.] Teachers College Record, 105 (7), 1228-1247.

Patterson, J. A. (2000). [Review of the book, Human services and the full-service school: The need for collaboration.] Journal of Negro Education, 69 (3), 244-256.

Articles (Refereed journals)

Patterson, J. A., AlSabatin, H., Anderson, A., Klepacka, M., Lawrence, J., & Miner, B. (2020). A distributed leadership perspective on implementing instructional reform: A case study of an urban middle school. Journal of School Leadership. https://doi.org/10.1177/1052684620904942

Carter, T. L., & Patterson, J. A. (2019). A community college HSI: The effect of an HSI designation on organizational identity. Community College Review, 47(4), 360-381. doi:10.1177/0091552119864412

Carlson, C., & Patterson, J.A. (2015). Making sense of organizational change in entrenched schools: A case study of leading instructional innovations in a highperforming high school. Journal of School Leadership.

Gordon, J., & Patterson, J.A. (2013). Response to Tracy鈥檚 Under the 鈥淏ig Tent鈥�: Establishing universal criteria for evaluating qualitative research. Qualitative Inquiry, 19, 689-695.

Patterson, J. A., Campbell, J. K., Johnson, D., Marx, G., & Whitener, M. (2013). Using policy attributes theory to examine comprehensive school reform implementation in two Title I middle schools. Planning and Changing, 44 (1/2), 36-55.

Patterson, J. A., Mickelson, K. A., Hester, Michael L., & Wyrick, J. J. (2011). Remembering teachers in a segregated school: Narratives of Womanist pedagogy. Urban Education, 46 (3), 267-291. DOI: 10.1177/0042085910377511

Patterson, J.A., Eubank, H., Rathbun, S., & Noble, S. (2010). Making sense of an urban district鈥檚 adolescent literacy reform. NASSP Bulletin, 94 (3), 227-246. DOI: 10.1177/0192636510387826

Patterson, J. A. (2009). Organizational learning and leadership: On metaphor, meaning making, liminality, and intercultural communication. International Journal of Learning and Change, 3 (4), 382-393.

Patterson, J. A., & Cozart, S. C. (2008). Disrupting assumptions about race, colorblindness, and caring in educational reform and qualitative research: Introduction to a special issue. Journal of Educational Foundations, 22 (3/4), 3-12.

Patterson, J. A., Gordon, J., & Price, P. G. (2008). The color of caring: Race and the implementation of educational reform. Journal of Educational Foundations, 22(3/4), 97-116.

Patterson, J. A., Mickelson, K., Petersen, J., & Gross, D. (2008). Educating for success: The legacy of an all-Black school in southeast Kansas. Journal of Negro Education, 77 (4), 306-322.

Calabrese, R., Patterson, J., Liu, F., Goodvin, S., Hummel, C., & Nance, E. (2008). An appreciative inquiry into the Circle of Friends Program: The benefits of social inclusion of students with disabilities. International Journal of Whole Schooling, 4 (2). Available from http://www.coe.wayne.edu/wholeschooling/Journal_of_Whole_Schooling/IJWSInde x.html

Patterson, J. A., Niles, R., Carlson, C., & Kelley, W. L. (2008). The consequences of school desegregation in a Kansas town 50 years after Brown. The Urban Review, 40(1), 76-95.

Gordon, J., & Patterson, J. A. (2008). "It's what we've always been doing:" Exploring tensions between school culture and change. Journal of Educational Change, 9(1), 17-35. DOI: 10.1007/s10833-007-9032-z

Patterson, J. A., Hale, D. G., & Stessman, M. (2007/08). Cultural contradictions and school leaving: A case study of an urban high school. High School Journal, 91(2), 1-15.

Patterson, J. A., Gibson, I., Koenigs, A., Maurer, M., Ritterhouse, G., Stockton, C., & Taylor, M. J. (2007). Resisting bureaucracy: A case study of home schooling. Journal of Thought, 42 (3/4), 71-86.

Gordon, J., & Patterson, J. A. (2006). School leadership in context: Narratives of practice and possibility. International Journal of Leadership in Education, 9(3), 205-228.

Patterson, J. A., Koenigs, A., Mohn, G., & Rasmussen, C. (2006). Working against ourselves: Decision making in a small, rural district. Journal of Educational Administration, 44 (2), 142-158.

Patterson, J. A. (2006). Learning communities in 6-8 middle schools: Natural complements or another bandwagon in the parade? Middle School Journal, 37(5), 21-30.

Patterson, J. A. (2004). What鈥檚 the bottom line? Corporate involvement in an early childhood initiative. The Urban Review, 36 (2), 147-168.

*Cozart, S., Gordon, J., Gunzenhauser, M., McKinney, M., & Patterson, J. A. (2003). Disrupting dialogue: Envisioning performance ethnography for research and evaluation. Educational Foundations, 17 (2), 53-69.

Calabrese, R. L., Patterson, J., Johnson, R., Koenigs, A., Neill, S., Rasmussen, C., & Taylor, M.J. (2003). Fighting for survival: A rural midwestern community and its schools. Planning and Changing, 34, (1&2), 1-12.

Patterson, J. A. (2002). Exploring reform as symbolism and expression of belief. Educational Foundations, 16(2), 55-75.

Marshall, C., & Patterson, J. A. (2002). Confounded policies: Implementing site-based management and special education policy reforms. Educational Policy, 16 (3), 351-386.

Patterson, J. A., & Marshall, C. (2001). Making sense of policy paradoxes: A case study of teacher leadership. Journal of School Leadership, 11, 372-398.

Marshall, C., Patterson, J. A., Rogers, D., & Steele, J. R. (1996). Caring as career: An alternative perspective for educational administration. Educational Administration Quarterly, 32(2), 271-294.

^{*Authors鈥� names are listed in alphabetical order to indicate equal contribution to the work}

Articles (non-refereed)

Patterson, J. A., Breeding, K., Puetz, M., Thimmesch, M., Torres, B., Vogel, R., Welty, M., & Woodward, K. (2002, October). Faculty meetings: From dull to dynamic. Principal Leadership, 3 (2), 36-40.

Patterson, J. A., Marshall, C., & Bowling, D. (2000). Are principals prepared to manage special education dilemmas? NASSP Bulletin, 84(613), 9-20.

Conference Proceedings

Patterson, J. A., Gunzenhauser, M., Gordon, J., Groves, P., & Adkins, A. (1998). Culture and context of school reform: Case studies of arts integration. In L. A. Fregeau & R. D. Leier (Eds.), Education reform past and present: SEAES conference proceedings 1995-1997 (pp. 142-152). Mobile, AL: University of South Alabama.

Paper Presentations

International/National (Refereed)

Patterson, J. A., Akella, N., Rangel, M., Stegman, M., & Stubblefield, D. (2021). Telling their stories: First-generation college students鈥� academic and social integration at a midwestern university [Paper accepted for presentation]. American Educational Research Association, Virtual.

Patterson, J. A., Kuhn, K., Bonner, M., Jacobs, C., Miller, T., Obat, F., Reed, N., & Skelton, C. (2017, May). Out of balance: The dilemma of instructional leadership in an urban district [Poster session]. American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.

Patterson, J. A., Finkeldei, J., Reed, N., Rierson, C., & Obeidat, B. (2016, March 23). Bridging and buffering: A study of the teacher hiring process in an urban district. [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC.

Carter, T. L., & Patterson, J. A. (2016, March). A community college Hispanic-serving institution: The effect of an HSI designation on organizational identity [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association.

Patterson, J. A. (2015, November). Reclaiming desegregation history: Voices from Douglass School, Parsons, KS [Paper presentation]. In G.W. Noblit (chair), Against White Supremacist Histories [Symposium], American Educational Studies Association, San Antonio, TX.

Thompson, A., & Patterson, J. A. (2015, November). The jewels of the community: African American grandmothers raising their school-aged grandchildren [Paper presentation]. American Educational Studies Association, San Antonio, TX.

Patterson, J. A., AlSabatin, H., Anderson, A., Klepacka, M., Miner, B., & Lawrence, J. (2015, April). Distributed leadership and instructional reform at an urban middle school [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Whitener, M., & Patterson, J. A. (2014, November). Speaking out: Students with disabilities talk about their school experiences. [Paper presentation]. In Lucy Bailey (chair), Critical Disabilities Theory: Critical Voices from Advocates in a Marginalized Field [Symposium], American Educational Studies Association, Toronto, Canada.

Patterson, J.A., Abaya, J.O., Argabright, M., Carter, T., Higgins, C., Powelson, R., Clark, R., Farrell, S., Gaeddert, T., & Williams, A. (2014, April). The influence of policy churn on a school improvement program in an urban district. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA

Patterson, J. A. (2012, November). High school 21st century learning initiatives as a manifestation of neoliberalism. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Seattle, WA.

Gordon, J., & Patterson, J. A. (2012, April). Under the 鈥渂ig tent:鈥� Criteria and ethics in qualitative research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Patterson, J. A., & Rayle, J. M. (2011, November). Still decentering whiteness, recentering ourselves. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, St. Louis, MO.

Patterson, J. A., Campbell, J. K., Johnson, D. M., Marx, G, Whitener, M., Herl, D., & Terry, P. (2011, April). Using policy attributes theory to understand comprehensive school reform implementation in two Title I urban middle schools. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Patterson, J. A., Campbell, J. K., Johnson, D. M., Marx, G, & Whitener, M. (2010, October). Reform for sale: A critical analysis of comprehensive school reform. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Denver, CO.

Patterson, J. A., Eubank, H., Rathbun, S. & Noble, S. (2010, May). Making sense of the complexities of urban district reform in a changing world. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.

Calabrese, R. L., Patterson, J. A., Goodvin, S., Hummel, C, Liu, F., & Nance, E. (2009, April). A school/university appreciative inquiry partnership to examine the benefits of social inclusion of students with disabilities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.

Patterson, J. A. (2008, October). [En]countering White middle-class assumptions: Memories of community and parent involvement in a segregated Black school. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Savannah, GA.

Patterson, J. A., Mickelson, K., Hester, M., & Wyrick, J. (2008, March). Reflections on the paradox of studying a Black school to examine Whiteness: Implications for research and practice. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York.

Patterson, J. A., Mickelson, K., Hester, M., & Wyrick, J. (2007, October). Remembering teachers in a segregated school: Narratives of Black feminist pedagogy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Cleveland, OH.

Patterson, J. A., Petersen, J., Mickelson, K. A., & Gross, D. (2007, April). Oral history as counter-storytelling: Reconstructing the past to inform current policies and practices about race and racism in education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Patterson, J. A., Mickelson, K. A., Petersen, J., & Gross, D. (2006, November). Frederick Douglass School, Parsons, Kansas, 1908-1958. In J. A. Patterson (chair), Reclaiming the past: The historical significance of Black communities and educational institutions in the United States. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Spokane, WA.

Patterson, J. A., Niles, R., Carlson, C., & Kelley, W. (2006, April). The legacy of Brown v. Topeka Board of Education in a Kansas town. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco.

Patterson, J. A., Hale, D., & Stessman, M. (2005, April). Encountering racism, cultural contradictions, and an indifferent bureaucracy in an urban high school. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Gordon, J., & Patterson, J. A. (2005, April). Paradoxes and possibilities: Understanding goodness in current qualitative research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Patterson, J. A., Hale, D., & Stessman, M. (2004, November). Speaking truth to the power structure: Revealing racism in an urban high school. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Kansas City, MO.

Patterson, J. A., Koenigs, A., Mohn, G., & Rasmussen, C. (2004, April). Working against ourselves: A case study of decision-making in a small, rural district. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Price, P. G., & Patterson, J. A. (2004, April). 鈥淚nsider/outsider鈥� identities in educational research. In J. A. Patterson (chair), Disrupting assumptions about race, colorblindness, and caring in educational reform and qualitative research. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Patterson, J. A., & Cozart, S. C. (2004, April). What was said and unsaid: Unpacking assumptions about race, research, and reform within a southern context. In J. A. Patterson (chair), Disrupting assumptions about race, colorblindness, and caring in educational reform and qualitative research. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Price, P. G., & Patterson, J. A. (2004, January). Race talk, colorblindness, and caring: Understanding the interplay of 鈥渋nsider/outsider鈥� identities in educational research. Paper presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI.

Patterson, J. A. (2003, November). Exposing the ideology of colorblindness in an administrator preparation program. In J. Gordon (chair), The hidden transcript of colorblindness under the discourse of care in teacher education and administrator preparation programs. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Mexico City.

*Cozart, S., Gordon, J., Gunzenhauser, M., McKinney, M., & Patterson, J. A. (2003, April). From monologue to dialogue: Negotiating the ethical tensions of performance ethnography. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Calabrese, R., Patterson, J. A., Johnson, R., Koenigs, A., Neill, S., Rasmussen, C., & Taylor, M. J. (April, 2003). The role of the rural school district in community revitalization. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Patterson, J. A., Gordon, J., & Price, P.G. (2003, April). The color of caring: Portraits of race and reform in North Carolina. Panel discussion at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Gordon, J., & Patterson, J. A. (2002, November). 鈥淚t鈥檚 what we鈥檝e always been doing:鈥� Exploring tensions between school culture and change. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Pittsburgh, PA.

*Cozart, S., Gordon, J., Gunzenhauser, M., McKinney, M., & Patterson, J. A. (2002, January). Disrupting drama: Ethical issues in performance ethnography. Paper presented at the 15th Annual Conference on Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Patterson, J. A.; & Groves, P. R. (2001, April). Educational resilience in arts based reform: Networking to build local capacity. In B. Wilson (chair), Reforming teaching and learning through the arts: Effects of the A+ Schools Program. Poster session conducted at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.

Gordon, J., & Patterson, J. A. (2000, November). The political is personal: Stories from North Carolina鈥檚 early childhood initiative. Alternative format session presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Patterson, J. A. (2000, November). Social construction of behavior disorders: The hegemony of clinical practice and the discourse of disability. In S. Rice (chair), The social construction of 鈥渄isability.鈥� Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Gordon, J., & Patterson, J. A. (2000, April). 鈥淎nd you鈥檙e out!鈥� Playing musical chairs with school leadership: Case studies of resilience and reform. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Gordon, J., & Patterson, J. A. (2000, April). Them鈥檚 fightin鈥� words? Reconciling conflicting discourses of educational reform. In E.G. Murillo, Jr. (chair), Arts and accountability: The shifting context of school reform. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Patterson, J. A. (1999, October). What鈥檚 the bottom line? Corporate investment in early childhood education. In J. A. Patterson (chair), Public resources for private ends: Corporate takeover and the redirection of schooling. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Detroit, MI.

Gordon, J., & Patterson, J. A. (1998, November). Problems of translation: The competing vocabularies of two reforms. In P. R. Groves (chair), The shifting context of school reform: Three conversations about language and identity. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Patterson, J. A., & Rayle, J. M. (1998, November). De-centering whiteness: Personal narratives of race. In S. Y. Flores (chair), The politics of representation: Teachers, students, and self. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Philadelphia, PA.

*Cozart, S., Gordon, J., Gunzenhauser, M, McKinney, M., & Patterson, J.A. (1998, April). Performing reform: Presenting the polyphony. Alternative format presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Patterson, J. A., & Neufeld, P. (1998, April). The nucleus has a beard: Fostering collaborative research teams. In A. Adkins (chair), Pedagogical and methodological issues in collaborative ethnography. Interactive symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Patterson, J. A. (1998, March). Accepting the sacrament: From symbol to substance in reform implementation. In J. A. Patterson (chair), Chicken, Broadway, and accepting the sacrament: Case studies of arts integration. Symposium presented at the 19th Annual Ethnography in Education Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Patterson, J. A. (1997, October). Lessons from a Comer High School. In R. Jeffries (chair), Understanding Comer schools: Case studies of success. Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, San Antonio, TX.

Patterson, J. A. (1996, April). Perceptions of the human service system: Managers, professionals, and clients. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Patterson, J. A. (1994, October). Lost children, lost voices: A critical examination of community interagency services. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the University Council for Educational Administration, Philadelphia, PA.

^{*Authors鈥� names are listed in alphabetical order to indicate equal contribution to the work.}

Regional/State/Local (Refereed)

Carlson, C., & Patterson, J. A. (2009, October). School leadership that makes sense: Making sense of organizational change through a one-to-one laptop pilot. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Educational Research Association, St. Louis, MO.

Adkins, A., Gordon, J., Groves, P, Gunzenhauser, G., & Patterson, J. A. (1997, March). Culture and context of school reform: Case studies of arts integration. Panel presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Association of Educational Studies, Fairhope, AL.

Patterson, J. A. (1994, March). Shattering the glass ceiling: Women in school administration. Paper presented at the Women鈥檚 Studies Graduate Symposium, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.

Invited Presentations

Patterson, J. A. (2015, April). Research, preparation, and frameworks for strengthening school leaders understandings of the intersections of identity, culture, language, heritage and justice conceptualization [Panel discussion]. American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Patterson, J. A. (2013, November). Politics & the academy: Negotiating risky space in teaching, research & service. Panelist at the annual meeting of the American Educational Studies Association, Baltimore, MD.

Patterson, J. A. (2008, May). Making sense of intercultural communication competence: Possibilities for leadership. Closing remarks given at the 5th Annual Intercultural Communication Conference, 麻豆传媒映画出品, KS.

Patterson, J. A. (2007, November). Segregated education in southeast Kansas: Remembering Douglass School, 1908-1958. School of Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Patterson, J. A. (2006, October). The past speaks to the present: An oral history of Douglass School, Parsons, Kansas 1908-1958. C & I Research Colloquium, 麻豆传媒映画出品 State University.

Patterson, J. A. (2006, September). Tales of possibility: Using stories to facilitate culturally proficient schools. Lunch keynote presented at 麻豆传媒映画出品 USD 259鈥檚 Culturally Responsive Education Symposium.

Patterson, J. A., Perbeck, D., Niles, R., Carlson, C., & Kelley, W. (2006, February). Connecting the past, present, and future: Parsons USD 503 responds to the needs of racial minority students. Presentation at the annual conference of the Kansas Staff Development Council, 麻豆传媒映画出品, KS. 

Calabrese, R., Goodvin, S., Hummel, C., Liu, F., Nance, E., & Patterson, J. (2007, December). An appreciative inquiry into the Circle of Friends Program: A case study of student mentors, sponsors, and parents. (Report to Senator Donald Betts and the Circle of Friends Program). 麻豆传媒映画出品, 麻豆传媒映画出品, KS.

Groves, P. R., Gerstl-Pepin, C. I., Patterson, J. A., Cozart, S. C., & McKinney, M.B. (2001). Educational resilience in the A+ Schools Program: Building capacity through networking and professional development. Winston-Salem, NC: Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts.

Patterson, J. A., Noblit, G. W., & Bryant, D. (2000). Smart Start: Building communityowned public private partnerships. (Report to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.) Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina.

Noblit, G. W., Malloy, C. E., Malloy, W., Villenas, S. A., Groves, P. R., Jennings, M. E., Patterson, J. A., & Rayle, J. M. (1998). Creating successful urban schools: The School Development Program and school improvement. (Report to the Rockefeller Foundation.) Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina.

Patterson, J. A., & Philipsen, M. (1993). Case studies of current practice: Holderness County. In Working together? The report on interagency collaboration for children and their families in North Carolina. (Report to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction). Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina.

Awsumb, C., & Patterson, J. A. (1993). Current collaborative initiatives: UPLIFT, Inc. In Working together? The report on interagency collaboration for children and their families in North Carolina. (Report to the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction). Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina.

Graduate Courses Taught at 麻豆传媒映画出品:

Master鈥檚 in Educational Leadership:

• EAS 813 Introduction to Educational Administration and School Finance Seminar (1999-2001)
• EAS 823 Clinical Supervision and Interpersonal Relations (2000-2003)
• EL 833 School Law and Personnel Management Seminar (2002 鈥� 2006)
• EAS 831 Human Development and Managing the Learning Environment (2000-2002)
• EL 831 Diversity and Social Justice (2003-2011)

District Leadership Licensure Program:

EL 963 Power and Politics of Education (2004 鈥� 2008)

Doctorate in Educational Leadership:

• EL 968 Technology Orientation (2013-2015)
• EL 969 Introduction to Educational Research and Academic Writing (2003-2006; 2016-present)
• EL 970 Advanced Administrative Theories (1999 鈥�2006)
• EL 970 Theoretical Research Perspectives and Applications in Educational Leadership (2008-2016; 2019-present)
• EL 971 Decision-making and Problem Solving Seminar (2000 鈥� 2005; 2008)
• EL 972 Advanced Leadership Theories (2016-2018)
• EL 981 Applied Inquiry I (1999 鈥� 2006)
• EL 981 Introduction to Field-based Research 1 (2008-present)
• EL 987 Field-based Research II (2009-present)
• EL 989 Advanced Methods in Educational Research (2006-2007)
• EL 989 Research Design (2008-present)
• EL 983 Applied Inquiry III (2007-2011)
• EL 983 Research Proposal Development (2012-present)
• EL 999 Dissertation Reserach (2002-present)

• Harrison, Kevin S. (2020, May). A name for the pain: Examining the consequences of racial microaggressions in K-12 schooling from the perspectives of adult African American males.

• Obat, Florence J. (2020, May). The influence of culture on the education of students with disabilities in Kenya.

• Proctor, Benjamin (2020, May). The launch of the Kansans Can school redesign project: One school鈥檚 quest to learn to change the system.

• Rodrick, Heidi (2020, May). Helping them changes us: Experiences of Supplemental Instruction leaders with transformative learning.

• Hayes, Michele (2019, December). Navigating the education bureaucracy: How principals make sense of distributed leadership in practice.

• Redger-Marquardt, Chelsea. (2019, May). Exploring privilege and oppression through participation in an Alternative Break program and connected course.

• Kuhn, K. (2018, December). Inclusive practices: A study of high school general education teacher and paraeducator collaborative partnerships.

• Rierson, C.  (2018, July). A study of elementary student voice in a school-based after school program.

• Arends, K.  (2018, May). Necessary 鈥渙thers鈥� in American public schools: Stories of students with juvenile records.

• Skelton, C. (2017, December). Beyond legalities: An inquiry into the ethical dimension of principals鈥� decision-making for special education.

• Heddin, C. (2017, May). School administrators鈥� discipline decision-making for students with emotional behavioral disorders.

• Higgins, C. (2017, May). A study of the effect of a new teacher evaluation policy on the work of the high school principal.

• Reed, N. (2017, May). Superintendents and legislators: Actors in the educational policy process on the state鈥檚 stage.

• Klepacka, M. (2016, August). Post-secondary education and the choice to attend a proprietary school.

• Finkeldei, J. (2016, May). The influence of high stakes testing on elementary classroom instruction.

• Friesen, S. A. (2016, May). A qualitative study of teacher retention in a rural secondary school.

• Guthrie, N. L. (2016, May). Teachers鈥� sensemaking of a response-to-intervention educational reform model.

• AlSabatin, H. Y. (2015, May). Experiences of Saudi students attending a U.S. university: A qualitative study.

• Anderson, A. (2015, May). Undocumented Latino students鈥� experiences with higher education in the United States: A narrative inquiry.

• Carter, T. (2015, May). A community college Hispanic-serving institution: The effect of an HSI designation on organizational identity.

• Thompson, A. (2015, May). The jewels of the community: African American grandmothers raising their grandchildren, building hope, nurturing dreams, and sustaining their legacy.

• Anderson, W. (2014, December). A qualitative study of novice teacher retention in two rural Midwest schools.

• Irving, T. (2014, December).  Access to academic excellence: School personnel鈥檚 perceptions and practices of student participation in Advanced Placement programs in a predominately minority high school.

• Gaeddert, T. (2014, December). A case study of the integration of faith and learning at a Christian college.

• Argabright, M. (2014, May). State funding for early childhood education in rural Kansas:  Perceptions of policymakers, early childhood advocates, and superintendents.

• Johnson, D. M. (2014, May). The intersection of gender and social capital: A narrative inquiry on the underrepresentation of women superintendents in a Midwest state. Recipient of 2015 Dissertation of the Year Award from the Women in the Superintendency Special Interest Group, American Educational Research Association.

• Johnson, Y. C. (2014, May). A study of the lived experiences of academically achieving Black male high school students in an urban district.

• Whitener, M. A. (2014, May). Qualitative study of the educational experiences of racial minority students with disabilities in a rural Kansas district.

• Hargrove, P. (2014, May). Teacher perceptions of change: A qualitative study of a student-led, project-based instruction initiative.

• Mustafa, M. B. (2012, December). Web-assisted instruction and its effect on students鈥� achievements and attitudes in Nizwa College of Technology in Oman.
• Callis, L.D. (2012, May). Counter-stories of African American males who attained a doctoral degree at a predominantly white institution.
• Eubank, H. (2012, May). A case study of the effects of school culture on a positive discipline program.
• Campbell, J.K. (2011, May). Bridge leadership in school resource management: School business administrator perspectives.
• Kelley, W.L. (2011, May). An appreciative inquiry of leadership in a high performing high school.
• Rathbun, S.E. (2011, May). A qualitative case study of student perceptions of a random drug testing policy.
• Diepenbrock, R.G. (2010, December). Safety and security concerns: Perceptions of preparedness of a rural school district.
• Noble, S.P. (2010, December). School consolidation: A qualitative case study of its effects on a sending community.
• Patterson, A.K. (2010, December). Why teach: Stories of success from alternative high school graduates.
• Surland, R. (2010, May). Student voices: Self-efficacy and graduating high school.
• Nickelson, D. K. (2010, May). A qualitative case study of co-teaching at a rural high school.
• Wyrick, J. J. (2010, May). A narrative inquiry of rural, low-income, single mothers鈥� aspirations for their children.
• Hale, D. G. (2009, December). A case study of immigrant Latino parents who use a newcomer placement center in an urban district.
• Hester, M. (2009, December). An appreciative inquiry case study of technology-oriented pedagogical practices with a high performing Kansas high school.
• Mickelson, K. (2008, December). A case study of co-teaching between a regular education teacher and a special education teacher in an elementary school.
• Gross, D. (2008, May). The influence of educational accountability policy: An examination of the perceptions of educators and students about teaching and learning in an urban high school identified for improvement.
• Petersen, J. L. (2008, May). A narrative inquiry: Eight urban high school students share about their lives and experiences in school.
• Ritterhouse, G. (2007, December). Perceptions of beginning teachers鈥� preparation for culturally responsive teaching: Voices from the field.
• Carlson, C. (2007, July). A case study of a pilot one-to-one laptop initiative in a high performing Catholic high school.
• Stessman, M. (2006, May). Closing the economic achievement gap: A case study of a successful Kansas secondary school.
• Sherwood, K. G. (2004, December). School improvement one student at a time: Voices of students who struggle at school.
• Koenigs, A. (2004, May). The affects of Whole Faculty Study Groups on individuals and organizations.
• Taylor, M. J. (2003, December). A cultural analysis of a rural community and its school

University Service

• University research Council (2018-present): Member
• Advanced Programs Committee (2015-present): Member; Chair since 2018
• College of Education Leadership Team (2009-2015)
• Graduate Coordinator of EdD in Educational Leadership (2004-present)
• Doctoral Sub-council (2004-2006, 2009-2017): Member
• Educational Leadership Program Committee (2004- present): Member
• Special Education Program Advisory Council (2004-2014): Member
• niversity Faculty Grievance Committee (2004-present): Member
• College of Education Curriculum Committee (2002-2005): Member
• College of Education Advanced Programs Committee (2004-2006): Member
• College of Education Faculty Personnel Committee (2005-present): Member, Chair 2009- 2011.
• University Tenure and Promotion Committee: Member (2007, 2009-2011; 2015-2017; Chair 2016-2017)
• NCATE Accreditation Review (2001-2002): EAS Program Coordinator
• NCATE Steering Committee (2008-present): Member

Professional Service

• Editorial Board:
  • Educational Foundations (2005-2012)
  • The Urban Review (2008-2011)
• Manuscript Reviewer for Refereed Journals:

  • Journal of Educational Administration (2020)

  • Journal of School Leadership (2011-present)
  • International Journal of Leadership in Education (2010-present)
  • Teaching and Teacher Education (2009-present)
  • Urban Education (2003, 2006-07, 2010-present)
  • Educational Foundations (2005-present) The Urban Review (1997-2002, 2004-present)
  • Teachers College Record (2003; 2007)
  • Journal of Latinos in Education (2006)
  • Equity and Excellence in Education (2006)
  • Critical Inquiry into Curriculum and Instruction (1999-2000; 2003 鈥� no longer published)
  • The High School Journal (1995-2000)
  • Educational Administration Quarterly (2016)
• Program Committee (1999; 2005, 2011) American Educational Studies Association
• Proposal Reviewer (1995, 2001-03, 2005-2009, 2011) American Educational Research Association
• Reviewer (2000) American Educational Studies Association Conference Proceedings
• Reviewer of book prospectus, Journey to a Place Called Community: Strategies for Solving Cultural Conflict for Eye on Education Publishing, Larchmont, NY
• Fulbright Specialist Program: Peer reviewer for June 2011-May 2012 review cycle.

Professional Memberships

American Educational Research Association since 2000

American Educational Studies Association since 1997

Community Service

• Outside Visiting Team Member for 麻豆传媒映画出品 Public Schools KESA Accreditation (September, 2017-19).

• Visiting Team Member for AdvanceEd Accreditation Metro-Boulevard Alternative High School, 麻豆传媒映画出品, KS (February, 2014)

• 麻豆传媒映画出品 USD 259-WSU Collaboration to develop urban principal preparation program (May, 2007)
• Black History of Parsons, KS: The Legacy of Douglass School, 1908-1958, presentation at the Parsons Senior Center, February 28, 2006 for Black History Month
• 麻豆传媒映画出品 USD 259 Diversity Redesign Team (2006): Member 麻豆传媒映画出品
• USD 259 Year Round Schools Committee (2003-04): Member
• Visiting Team Member for QPA/NCA Teams
  • Metro-Midtown Alternative High School, 麻豆传媒映画出品, KS (2000, 2004)
  • Carter-Greiffenstein Special Day School 麻豆传媒映画出品, KS (2000-01)
  • Prairie View Special Purpose School, Newton, KS (2002)
• Member of Institutional Review Board (1990-1992): Wayne Memorial Hospital, Goldsboro, NC
• Member of Board of Directors (1989-1991): Sunrise Kiwanis, Goldsboro, NC

• Recipient of the President鈥檚 Distinguished Service Award (2017): 麻豆传媒映画出品, 麻豆传媒映画出品, KS.

• Recipient of Office of Multicultural Affairs Faculty Phenomenal Woman of the Year Award (2013): 麻豆传媒映画出品, 麻豆传媒映画出品, KS.
• Nominee for African American Faculty and Staff Association鈥檚 Shining Star Award for Outstanding Faculty (2012): 麻豆传媒映画出品, 麻豆传媒映画出品, KS.
• Nominee for Center for Research and Teaching Effectiveness Teaching Award (2004, 2009): 麻豆传媒映画出品, 麻豆传媒映画出品, KS.
• College of Education Teaching Award (2000): EdD in Educational Administration Team, 麻豆传媒映画出品, 麻豆传媒映画出品, KS.