2014 WILLIAM L. BOYD
NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL POLITICS
WORKSHOP
Sponsored by the Politics of Education Association and
the University Council for Educational Administration
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The Politics of Education Association and the University Council for Educational
Administration invite graduate students and recent doctoral graduates to a special
2 1/2-hour workshop. The William L. Boyd National Educational Politics
Workshop, scheduled on the first afternoon of the AERA annual meeting, will
give emerging scholars (students and new academics/researchers) the opportunity
to learn about current and promising research in the politics of education field and
interact with leading politics of education scholars.
Sponsors: The Politics of Education Association was established in 1969 to foster
and support research on political processes, policy, and outcomes relevant to
education, to collect and disseminate data, research, and findings on politics of
education to policy makers, practitioners, and scholars in the field of education
and elsewhere, and to unite scholars, practitioners, policy makers, researchers, and
others interested in the pursuit of research and development on educational
politics, policy, and related issues. The University Council for Educational
Administration is a consortium of major research universities with doctoral
programs in educational leadership and policy. The mission of UCEA includes:
promoting, sponsoring, and disseminating research on the essential problems of
schooling and leadership practice; improving the preparation and professional
development of educational leaders and professors; and, positively influencing
local, state, and national educational policy.
Registration—Emerging Scholars:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHlVTmtJWDdkTkpMaDRzWXdQM1l0Z3c6M
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When/Where: The workshop will take place on April 3rd, 2014 from 2:30-5:00 pm at a location
convenient to the AERA conference hotels.
Eligibility: Students with an interest in educational politics and currently enrolled in graduate schools in
the U.S. or abroad are welcome to attend as are educational researchers who earned their doctoral degrees
after March 1, 2013. There is no fee to attend, but space is limited. Applicants whose research interests are
not clearly tied to education politics will not be accepted. The opportunity to submit an application will end
January 17, 2014 at 5:00 pm or when we reach maximum capacity.
Call for Mentors
The Politics of Education Association and the University Council for Educational Administration invite its
members to serve as mentors to current doctoral students and/or recent doctoral graduates. The Boyd
Workshop aims to connect doctoral students and recent graduates with mentors in order to share their
expertise and experiences in the discipline. Please note that volunteering will require attendance at a 2
1/2 hour workshop held on the first afternoon of AERA's annual meeting in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. If you are interested in serving as a mentor, please complete the electronic form found at the
link below—even if you have served as a mentor at previous Boyd Workshops.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDBERUJDSWozcmtmLXNjZ0owaUNBNWc6
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If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Kyle Ingle at wingle@bgsu.edu or Dr. Tamara Young at
tamara_young@ncsu.edu.
Origins of the Workshop:
The National Educational Politics Workshop is named in honor of William L. Boyd.
Boyd was a renowned researcher and educator in the field of educational leadership, with
a specialty in education policy and politics as well as educational administration.
Boyd served on the faculty at Penn State for 28 years. He was editor of the American
Journal of Education, published more than 140 articles, and co-edited 17 books. He
served as president of the Politics of Education Association, as an officer of the American
Educational Research Association, and as a Fulbright scholar in Australia and England.
In 2002, Boyd received the Roald F. Campbell Lifetime Achievement Award from the
University Council of Educational Administration for his longtime distinguished service
as a teacher and researcher in the field of educational administration, his superior
contributions to the field’s body of knowledge, and his recognized leadership efforts. In
2003, he received the Career Achievement Award from Penn State’s College of
Education. In 2007, he received the Student Mentorship Award from the Penn State
Department of Education Policy Studies.
As a practitioner Boyd served as an elementary and high school teacher, as assistant to
the principal of the University of Chicago High School (part of the famous Laboratory
School founded by John Dewey), as assistant to the dean of the graduate school of
education and liaison to the Chicago Public Schools at the University of Chicago, as
professor-in-charge of the Educational Leadership Program at Penn State, and in a variety
of leadership roles for almost 50 summers in the educational programs at the Interlochen
Center for the Arts in Michigan. Boyd passed away on September 21, 2008. His lifelong
commitment to improving the quality and equity of education in this country and around
the world is carried forward by his friends, colleagues, students, and family.
In April 2008, the Politics of Education Association hosted the National Educational
Politics Workshop in New York City. The workshop, held in conjunction with AERA,
provided an opportunity for emerging scholars to interact with leading politics of
education scholars. The workshop would eventually become an annual event—renamed
in honor of Dr. William Lowe Boyd of Pennsylvania State University, a luminary in the
field of educational policy, politics and administration. The annual event is co-sponsored
by UCEA, which views it as a means of promoting, sponsoring, and disseminating
research; improving the preparation and professional development of educational leaders
and professors; and, positively influencing educational policy.