Sarah Stitzlein

Sarah M Stitzlein , Ph.D. Philosophy of Education

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Professional Summary

Please view my personal website, which includes additional and more recent publications and information about current projects.

I am a Professor of Education and Affiliate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cincinnati.  As a philosopher of education, I use political philosophy to uncover problems in education, analyze educational policy, and envision better alternatives.  I am especially interested in issues of political agency, educating for democracy, and equity in schools.  I consider how to best educate citizens, with special attention to addressing current struggles in democracy related to matters of truth, political dissent, polarization, populism, and political hope.

I am Senior Editor of the journal, Democracy & Education.  I served as President of the Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society and the John Dewey Society.

I have received the the University of Cincinnati Jack Twyman Award for Service Learning, the Distinguished Teaching Award, and Golden Apple awards.  At my previous university, I earned the University of New Hampshire Outstanding Professor award.  I am also the recipient of the American Association of University Women Postdoctoral Research Fellowship and the National Endowment for the Humanities Teaching Development Fellowship. 

Education

Philosophy of Education, Ph.D.: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2005

Research and Practice Interests

The overarching goal of my scholarship is to make schools more just and equitable places for all students and teachers.  My work centers on two themes: educational equality and education for democracy.  These themes similarly stem from my commitment to diversity within democratic societies and are united by a central concern with political agency.  Political agency involves knowledge, skill, and activity, and is enacted to ensure that one’s well-being is justly considered in political and civic matters.  It is a product of good democratic education and is a tool employed in the struggle for educational and social equality.  My scholarship in the area of educational equality is aimed at understanding how inequality occurs and offering directions for alleviating it.  The most longstanding aim of education in America is the preparation of citizens who sustain and improve democracy.  My research strengthens this venerable tradition by investigating aspects of democratic life that are particularly important for teachers and students to cultivate in schools today.  My publications intervene in current discussions regarding the implications of changing curricula, transformative efforts of social justice education, and political underpinnings of educational policies. 
 

Positions and Work Experience

2005 -2007 VIsiting Assistant Professor, Departments of Educational Leadership and Women's Studies, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

2007 -2012 Assistant and Associate Professor, Departments of Education and Women's Studies, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire

2012 -2017 Associate Professor, Curriculum Theory, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

2017 - Professor of Education, Affiliate Faculty in Philosophy, University of Cincinnati,

Research Support

Investigators:Stitzlein, Sarah 06-01-2015 -08-31-2016 Spencer Foundation Revitalizing Public Schools with Citizen Responsibility Role:PI $35,176.00 Awarded Level:Private Non-Profit

Grant: #46501 Investigators:Stitzlein, Sarah 01-01-2016 -12-31-2016 John Templeton Foundation Non-Residential Fellowship Role:PI $46,352.00 Active Level:Private Non-Profit

Grant: #582K304 Investigators:Stitzlein, Sarah 01-01-2017 -10-31-2017 Spencer Foundation HOPE IN DEMOCRACY AND EDUCATION Role:PI $39,986.00 Awarded Level:Private Non-Profit

Publications

Published Books

Sarah M. Stitzlein (2017. ) American Public Education and the Responsibility of its Citizens: Supporting Democracy in an Age of Accountability .New York , Oxford University Press

Book website

Sarah M. Stitzlein (2012. ) Teaching for Dissent: Citizenship Education and Political Activism .New York , Routledge

Sarah M. Stitzlein (2008. ) Breaking Bad Habits of Race and Gender: Transforming Identity in Schools .Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Sarah M. Stitzlein (2020. ) Reviving Hope in Democracy: Teaching Hope and Overcoming Despair .New York , Oxford University Press

Free open access book

Book Chapter

Stitzlein, Sarah M. (2021 ) Defining and Implementing Civic Reasoning and Discourse: Philosophical and Moral Foundations for Research and Practice Educating for Civic Reasoning & Discourse, .National Academy of Education

Technical Reports

Stitzlein, Sarah M. (2020. ) Using Civic Participation and Civic Reasoning to Shape our Future and Education .United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Educational Futures. Part of the International Commission on the Futures of Education chaired by the President of Ethiopia,

Honors and Awards

2012 Joyce Gibbs Women's Studies Award

2011 University of New Hampshire Outstanding Professor

2011 -2012 American Association of University Women Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

2011 -2012 NSF Noyce Scholarship Program Grant

2011 Center for the Humanities Faculty Fellowship

2009 American Educational Studies Critics Choice Book Award

2006 Miami University Greek System Honored Professor

2003 American Educational Research Association Mentor Award

2010 National Endowment for the Humanities Teaching Development Fellowship

2018 Excellence in Teaching Award

2022 James and Helen Merritt Distinguished Service Award for Contributions in Philosophy of Education

2022 Society for Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award

2020 Sarah Grant Barber for Outstanding Faculty Advisor (university wide award)

2018 Carnegie Fellowship, National Finalist

2022 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend

Other Information

Sarah M. Stitzlein*
 
University of Cincinnati   •   615-S Teachers College
2612 University Circle   •   Cincinnati, OH 45221   •   513-556-2439   •   Sarah.Stitzlein@uc.edu
 
Education
            Ph.D.   Educational Policy Studies—Philosophy of Education
Minor: Gender & Women’s Studies, University of Illinois, 2005
 
            M.Ed.  Educational Leadership—Curriculum Theory and Teacher Leadership
Miami University, 2002
 
            B.A. Philosophy, magna cum laude, university honors, & honors in philosophy
            Minor: Mathematics, Miami University, 2001
 
Academic Positions
            Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati, 2012 through present
            Curriculum Theory and Philosophy of Education & Affiliate in the Philosophy Department
Co-Director, Center for Hope and Justice Education, 2014-current
 
Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire, 2007-2012
            Philosophy of Education & Core Faculty member in the Women’s Studies Program
 
Visiting Assistant Professor, Miami University, 2005-2007
Educational Leadership & Women’s Studies Programs
 
Books
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  Teaching for Dissent: Citizenship Education and Political Activism.  Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, 2012.

  • American Educational Studies Association Critics’ Choice Book Award Winner, 2012.
  • Review of book authored by David Oliver Kasdan and published in Education and Culture 30, no. 2 (2014): 107-110.
  • Review of book authored by Ian MacMullen and published in Political Science Quarterly, 129, no. 2 (2014): 358-360.
  • Review of book authored by Morgan Faison and published in Teachers College Record (2013).
  • Review of book authored by Kurt Stemhagen and published in Journal of Philosophy of Education (2013).
  • Review of book authored by Gregory Soden and published in the Journal of International Social Studies.
  • Review of book authored by H.M. Miller and published in Choice Reviews, 50, no. 9, (2013): 1684.
  • Review of book authored by Richard M. Battistoni and published in in Perspectives on Politics, 11, no. 4 (2013): 1135-1138.
  • Nominated for the AERA Outstanding Book Award (2013).
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. Breaking Bad Habits of Race and Gender: Transforming Identity in Schools.  Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Press, 2008.
  • American Educational Studies Association Critics’ Choice Book Award Winner, 2009.
  • Review of book authored by Sue Ellen Henry and published in Teachers College Record (2010).
  • Review of book authored by Barbara Applebaum and published in Journal of Philosophy of Education (2011).
  • Review of book authored by Stephanie Burrell and published in Vitae Scholasticae vol. 27, no. 2 (2010).
  • Review of book authored by Kurt Stemhagen in Journal of Philosophy of Education.
 
Book Chapters
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “The Role of Dissent in an age of Accountability and Standardization.”  In Reclaiming Dissent: A Civics’ Pedagogy for the 21st Century, edited by Mordechai Gordon. The Netherlands: Sense Publishers, 2009.
  • American Educational Studies Association Critics’ Choice Edited Collection Book Award Winner, 2009.
 
Greene, Jennifer, Walter Feinberg, Sarah M. Stitzlein, and Luis Miron. “Narrations on Democratic Accountability.”  In Knowledge Production: Research Work in Interesting Times, edited by Bridget Somekh.  London: Routledge, 2007, 126-141. 
 
Edited Journal Issue
Newman, Anne, and Sarah M. Stitzlein. “Rethinking Educational Rights: Implications for Philosophy and Policy.” A guest edited symposium collection and editorial introduction, Educational Theory 62, no. 1 (2012): 1-6.
 
Peer Reviewed Publications
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “Addressing Educational Accountability and Political Legitimacy
with Citizen Responsibility,” Educational Theory, (2015), conditionally accepted.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “Improving Public Schools through Parent Dissent: Opting out of Tests, Demanding Alternative Curricula, Invoking Parent Trigger Laws, and Withdrawing Entirely,” Educational Studies, 51, no. 1 (2015), in press.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “Habits of Democracy: A Deweyan Approach to Citizenship Education in America Today,” Education & Culture, 30, no. 2 (2014): 61-86.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. and Craig K. West. “New Forms of Teacher Education: Connections to Charter Schools and their Approaches,” Democracy & Education, 22, no. 2 (2014): 1-10.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “Conscience In the Curriculum, Not Opted Out of It,” Philosophical Studies in Education, 45 (2014): 74-82.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “Implications of Deweyan Non-Ideal Autonomy on Education Practice and Policy,” Philosophy of Education (2014).
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “Citizenship Education in For-Profit Charter Schools?” Journal of Curriculum Studies, 45, no. 2 (2013): 251-276.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “For-Profit Charter Schools and Threats to the Publicness of Public Schools,” Philosophical Studies in Education, 44, (2013): 88-99.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Curriculum and the Conscience of Parents,” Philosophy of Education, 2013.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “The Right to Dissent and its Implications for Schooling.” Educational Theory 62, no. 1 (2012): 41-58.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M., and Sarah Quinn.  “With Educational Policy Reform on the Horizon, What Can we Learn from Teacher Dissent Online?” The Educational Forum 76, no. 3 (2012): 190-200.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “Employing Emotion to Improve Thinking and Alleviate Inequality,” in Philosophy of Education 2011, edited by Rob Kunzmann.  Urbana, Ill: University of Illinois Press, 2011.
 
Nolan, Carrie, and Sarah M. Stitzlein.  “Meaningful Hope for Teachers in Times of High Anxiety and Low Morale.” Democracy and Education 19, no 1 (2011): 1-10. 
Followed by a response by Kathy Hytten, “Building and Sustaining Hope.”
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “Democratic Education in an Era of Town Hall Protests.” Theory and Research in Education 9, no. 1 (2011): 73-86.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Deliberative Democracy in Teacher Education.” Journal of Public Deliberation 6 (2010).
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Clarifying Education for Freedom.” Philosophy of Education 2010, edited by Gert Biesta. Urbana, Ill: University of Illinois Press, 2010.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Writing a Philosophy of Education for a New Curriculum: Turning a Dull Task into a Party.” Phi Delta Kappan 91, no. 6 (2010): 81-84.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Getting into the Habit: Using Historical Science to Understand Race in Contemporary Schools.” Race, Ethnicity, and Education 12, no. 3 (2009): 401-416.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Private Interests, Public Necessity: Responding to Sexism in Christian Schools.” Educational Studies 43, no. 1 (2008): 45-57.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M., Walter Feinberg, Jennifer Greene, and Luis Miron.  “The Illinois Project for Democratic Accountability,” Educational Studies 42, no. 2 (2007): 139-155. 
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Skill and Persistence in Gender Crossing and Non-Conformity.” Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education 4, no. 2 (2007): 13-31.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Replacing the ‘View from Nowhere’: A Pragmatist-Feminist Science Classroom.” Electronic Journal of Science Education 9, no. 2 (2007).
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “Offensive Speech: Changing Words without Censorship.” Teachers College Record 109, no. 4, (2007): 973-990.
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “Performing Life Stories: Getting by in Teaching for Social Justice.”  In Philosophy of Education 2006, edited by Daniel Vokey. Urbana, Ill: University of Illinois Press, (2006): 450-452.
 
Pretti-Frontczak, Kristie, Sarah M. McGough, Laura Vilardo, and Melody Tankersely.  “Examination of Eco-behavioral Assessments Designed for Understanding Complex Behaviors and Environments.” Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention 3, no. 1 (2006): 81-102.
 
McGough, Sarah M. “Pragmatism and Poststructuralism: Cultivating Political Agency in Schools.” Contemporary Pragmatism 2, no. 1 (2005): 185-201.
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “Political Agency and the Classroom: Reading John Dewey and Judith Butler Together.” In Philosophy of Education 2005, edited by Kenneth Howe Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2005.
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “The National Research Council Recommendations: Education as Intervention?” Philosophical Studies in Education 36 (2005): 135-145.
 
Schirmer, Barbara R., and Sarah M. McGough.  “Teaching Reading to Children who are Deaf: Do the Conclusions of the National Reading Panel Apply?”  Review of Educational Research 75, no. 1 (2005). 
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “Embodiment and Education: Philosophical Underpinnings, Practical Implications.” Proceedings of the Midwest Philosophy of Education Society (2005): 243-256.
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “Fifty Years of Equality?”  Philosophy of Education 2004, edited by Chris Higgins. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois, 2004.
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “Flexible Habits: Explosive Transactions Across Raced and Gendered Selves.” Philosophical Studies in Education 35 (2004): 111-119.
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “Sexism in Educational Settings: Harms of Immediacy and Potentiality.” Proceedings of the Midwest Philosophy of Education Society (2004).
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “Strengthening Sandra Harding’s ‘Strong Objectivity’ through Pragmatism.” Proceedings of the Ohio Philosophical Association (2002): 37-52.
 
Book Reviews or Review Articles
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “A Review of Kathleen Knight Abowitz’s Publics for Public Schools,” Educational Theory, 2015, in press.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. A review of Paulo Freire’s Philosophy of Education, Teachers College Record, 2013.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. A review of Dear Nel: Opening the Circles of Care (Letters to Nel Noddings), Journal of Philosophy of Education, 47, no. 4 (2013): 663-665.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Reviving Social Hope and Pragmatism in Troubling Times.” A review article for Journal of Philosophy of Education 43, no. 4 (2009): 657-663.
 
McGough, Sarah M. “Re-envisioning the Public Amidst Globalization and Privatization via World, Class, Women.” A review article for Teachers College Record 106, no. 12 (2004): 2290-2293.
 
 McGough, Sarah M.  “A review of Shannon Sullivan’s Living Across and Through Skins: Transactional Bodies, Pragmatism, and Feminism.” A book review for Thirdspace 3, no. 1 (2003).
 
McGough, Sarah M., Jacqueline Elcik, Kimberly A. Kappler, and Shirley Wade McLaughlin.  “A review of Rebecca Martusewicz’s Seeking Passage: Post-Structuralism, Pedagogy, Ethics.” A book review for Educational Studies 34, no. 3 (2003).
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “A review of Meira Levinson’s The Demands of Liberal Education.” A book review for Education Review (2003).
 
Invited or Guest Papers
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “From Claiming Information to Deliberating About It.” University Dialogue on Decision Making in the Age of Information Overload, 2010, 28-29.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Deliberative Democracy in Teacher Education.” The Democracy Imperative catalyst paper, 2008.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Stop No Evil: How doe we Uncover and Combat the Loss of Educational Opportunity for the American Poor?”  University Dialogue on Poverty and Opportunity 2008, 40-42.
 
National and International Conference Paper Presentations
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Grounding Teacher Activism Today in Dewey’s Enduring Ideas of Publicness and Communication,” John Dewey Society Past President’s Lecture, April 2015.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. and Amy Rector-Aranda. “Teacher Dissent through ‘Small Publics’: Making Spaces for Solidarity and Affirming the Public Nature of Schools,” American Educational Studies Association Conference, Toronto, November 2014.
 
Kreaps, Megan, Sarah M. Stitzlein, et al.  “Attending to student voice, learning, and democratic participation through university center and academic unit partnerships that support statewide student and community organizing and social justice education,” National Network for Educational Renewal Conference, October 2014.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “Potential Impacts of Charter School Strategies on Teacher Education,” American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, April 2014.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “Implications of Deweyan Non-Ideal Autonomy on Education Practice and Policy,” Philosophy of Education Society Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, March, 2014.
 
Stemhagen, Kurt, Tami Sober, Kathy Hytten, and Sarah M. Stitzlein. “Democratic Spaces, Dissent, and Risk: Teacher Agency and the Case of Richmond Teachers for Social Justice,” American Educational Studies Association conference, Baltimore, October, 2013.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Curriculum and the Conscience of Parents,” Philosophy of Education Society, Portland, Oregon, March 2013, paper presented in my absence.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “The Jeopardized Public Goal of Educating for Citizenship in Education Management Organization Charter Schools,” American Educational Studies Association conference, Seattle, November 2012.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “The Right to Learn to Politically Dissent,” American Educational Studies Association Annual Conference, St. Louis, November 2011.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “Employing Emotion to Improve Thinking and Alleviate Inequality,” Philosophy of Education Society Annual Conference, St. Louis, March 2011.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M., Eric Bredo, Lynn Fendler, and Michael Gunzenhauser.  “Improving the Teaching of Philosophy of Education Courses,” Philosophy of Education Society Annual Conference, St. Louis, March 2011.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Consensus in the Classroom, Dissent in the Street: Democratic Education in the Era of Tea Parties and Protests,” American Educational Studies Association conference, Denver, October 2010.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Dissent within Consensus-Driven Deliberative Dialogues,” American Educational Studies Association conference, Denver, October 2010.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M., Peter Nelsen, and Barbara Stengel.  “Hope as a Radical Venture of the Will: Pragmatist Hope in the Obama Era,” Philosophy of Education Society annual conference, San Francisco, April 2010.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Clarifying Education for Freedom,” Philosophy of Education Society annual conference, San Francisco, April 2010.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M., and Sarah Quinn.  “Teacher Dissent Against Educational Policy in Virtual Spaces,” American Educational Research Association annual conference, Denver, April 2010.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Teaching Deliberative Democracy in the Foundations of Education,” American Educational Studies Association annual conference, Pittsburgh, November, 2009.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Teaching Teachers: Deliberative Democracy in Education Programs,” The national “No Better Time Conference” sponsored by The Democracy Imperative, Durham, New Hampshire, July 2009.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Authors’ Talk on Reclaiming Dissent: Civics Education for the 21st Century,” Philosophy of Education Society Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, March 2009.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Dissent: Pulling Teachers Off of the Sidelines and Back into the Democratic Game,” American Educational Studies Association Annual Conference, Savannah, Georgia, October 2008.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Dissent, Criticism, and Democracy in Schools,” Philosophy of Education Society Annual Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 2008.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “From Darwin to Dewey: How Science Re/Shapes Race in Schools Today,” American Educational Studies Association, Cleveland, Ohio, October 2007.
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “Teaching for Social Justice,” Philosophy of Education Society annual conference, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, April 2006.
 
McGough, Sarah M., and Walter Feinberg.  “Findings: Coping with the Limitations of High Stakes Tests,” American Educational Studies Association, Charlottesville, Virginia, November 2005. 
 
Greene, Jennifer (presented on behalf of Sarah M. McGough, Walter Feinberg, and Luis Miron).  “On Democratic Accountability,” ICARE Conference: The Social Practice of an Educational Research Community, Education and Social Research Institute, Manchester, England, September 2005.
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “Gender Transgression: A Comprehensive Review of Relevant Skills and Their Educational Implications,” American Educational Research Association, Montréal, Canada, April, 2005.
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “Political Agency and the Classroom: Reading John Dewey and Judith Butler Together,” Philosophy of Education Society, San Francisco, California, March, 2005.
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “Regulating Sexism in U.S. Christian Schools,” American Educational Research Association, San Diego, California, April 2004.
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “Fifty Years of Equality?”  Philosophy of Education Society, Toronto, Canada, March 2004.
 
Burbules, Nicolas C., and Sarah M. McGough.  “Was Socrates a Bad Teacher?”  California Association for Philosophy of Education, Stanford, California, May 2003 (paper presented by Burbules).  University of Illinois Philosophy of Education Discussion Group, June 2003 (paper presented by McGough).   University of Sheffield, England, July 2004 (paper presented by Burbules).
 
Schirmer, Barbara A., and Sarah M. McGough.  “Teaching Deaf Students to Read: Do the Findings of the National Reading Panel Apply?”  American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 2003.
 
Regional and Local Conferences or Presentations
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “Conscience In the Curriculum, Not Opted Out of It,” Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society, Dayton, September, 2013.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “The Demise of Publicness in EMO Charter Schools,” Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society conference, Dayton, September 2012.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. and Craig K. West, “Teachers March on Washington to Save our Schools.” New England Educational Research Organization Conference, May 2012.
 
Quinn, Sarah, and Sarah M. Stitzlein, “Are Teacher Blogs Viable Sites for Expressing Professional Resistance to Educational Policy?” New England Educational Research Organization Annual Conference, April, 2010.
 
Sharkey, Judy, Michael Middleton, and Sarah M. Stitzlein.  “How do we Make Issues Related to English Language Learning Relevant and Meaningful to Teachers in Low-Incident Settings?” Education Department Brown Bag Scholarship, December 7, 2009.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Preparing Teachers for Deliberative Democracy,” New England Educational Research Organization Annual Conference, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, May 6, 2009.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Expressing Dissent: Teachers and Democracy,” New England Philosophy of Education Society annual conference, Massachusetts, October 4, 2008.
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “Embodiment and Education: Philosophical Underpinnings, Practical Implications,” Midwest Philosophy of Education Society, Chicago, Illinois, November 13, 2004.
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “Needs of the State, Constitutional Provisions, and the Well-Being of Children: Responding to Sexism in Christian Schools,” Mid-Western Educational Research Association, Columbus, Ohio, October 16, 2004.
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “Scientific Research in Education: Narrowing Education, Narrowing Science,” Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society, Dayton, Ohio, October 2, 2004.
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “Sexism in Educational Settings: Harms of Immediacy and Potentiality,” Midwest Philosophy of Education Society, Chicago, Illinois, November 14, 2003.
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “Flexible Habits, Exlosive Transactions Across Raced and Gendered Selves,” Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society, Dayton, Ohio, September 19-20, 2003.
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “Habits of Race and Gender,” University of Illinois Philosophy of Education Discussion Group, September 2003.
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “Strengthening Sandra Harding’s ‘Strong Objectivity’ through Pragmatism,” Ohio Philosophical Association, Wooster, Ohio, April 2002.
 
McGough, Sarah M.  “Putting Feminism and Pragmatism to Work in the K-12 Science Classroom,” Second Annual Ohio Graduate Student and Faculty Conference on Transformative Education, Oxford, Ohio, Spring 2002.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “The Republic: an Employment of the Socratic Method as Described in The Apology,” Ohio Philosophical Association, Spring 2000.  Paper presented in absentia.
 
Invited or Guest Presentations        
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Do Students Have a Right to Political Dissent?”  Philosophy Department Colloquium, University of Cincinnati, November 21, 2014.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “Protests and Walkouts and Tea Parties, Oh My!  Students and the Right to Dissent,” Colby College, Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement, Waterville, Maine, October 2, 2014.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. and Carlee Escue Simon, “Make the Change,” Ohio University Leadership and Advocacy Summit, Athens, Ohio, September 2014.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “Teacher Dissent: Engaging Power and Preserving the Public within Public Schools.” The John Dewey Society President’s Invited Lecture, April 2014.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “Dissent in Education and Democratic Society.” Miami University Doctoral Seminar guest lecture, April 2013.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “Science and its Effects on Race and Gender in Classrooms.” Bucknell University Graduate Student guest lecture, February, 2013.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “Teachers in a Democratic Society” Guest Lecture for the master’s level course of Emilie Camp, University of Cincinnati, February 2013.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “Education Policies, Reform, and Controversies.”  New Hampshire City Year, two lectures, December and January 2012.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “Tea Parties for Students!  Students and the Right to Dissent.” Center for the Humanities Faculty Fellow Lecture, October, 2011.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Understanding Race and Its Role in Student Life.”  University of New Hampshire Residence Life invited lecture, October, 2010.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “From ‘You Run Like a Girl’ to ‘That’s so Gay’: The Power of Language in Harming Others.” Cocheco Arts and Technology Academy invited lecture, May 12, 2010.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Pedagogy of Discomfort: Confronting Whiteness.” UNH Colleagues Luncheon invited speaker, March, 2010.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Preparing Students for Feisty Tea Parties and Spirited Town Hall Meetings?  Children and the Right to Political Dissent.” Columbia University, Teachers College invited Colloquium Speaker in Philosophy and Education, February, 2010.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “The Power of Language: Race, Gender, Religious, and Sexuality Slurs in the Classroom.” Noble High School invited lecture, October 28, 2009.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Structural Racism and American Schools.” New Hampshire City Year invited lecture, March 14, 2009.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Combating Poverty and Social Class Inequality in New England Schools.” Pinkerton Academy invited lecture, January 23, 2009.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Longstanding Testing, Longstanding Inequality.” University of New Hampshire Sidore Lecture response to William Reese, October 20, 2008.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Socrates: Teacher Extraordinaire or Extraordinarily Bad Teacher?” University of New Hampshire Departments of Philosophy and Education Departments Colloquium, Durham, New Hampshire, February 8, 2008.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Teaching Race at University of New Hampshire.” Roundtable and lecture on addressing racial inequalities in higher education, organizer, panelist, and respondent to guest lecturer.  Sponsored by the UNH Center for the Humanities and The Minors in African American Studies, American Studies, and Race, Culture, and Power, spring 2008.
 

Funded Grants and Research Experience
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  Editorial Assistant Grant, The Graduate School and Office of Research, University of Cincinnati.  $3,000, 2015-2016.
  • Supports a graduate student assistant for editing Democracy & Education.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  Editorial Assistant Grant, The Graduate School and Office of Research, University of Cincinnati. $3,000, 2014-2015.
  • Supports a graduate student assistant for editing Philosophical Studies in Education.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. American Association of University Women American Postdoctoral Fellowship. “Educating for Democratic Dissent.” $30,000, 2011-2012, funded.
  • Highly competitive grant awarded to about 1% of applicants.  Funds used to support the publication of a book on democratic education.
 
McCrone, Sharon, Tim Fukawa-Connelly, Sarah M. Stitzlein, Neil Portnoy, Dawn Meredith (Co-PIs).  National Science Foundation Noyce Teaching Scholarship, award number 1035443 approximately $1,197,811, 2010-2015.
  • Grant to attract and support teachers in the STEM disciplines and provide professional development activities.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  Education Department Summer Faculty Fellowship, $3,000, 2011.
  • Support for Spencer Foundation Civic Learning and Civic Action grant preparation.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Educating for Dissent: A Civics Curriculum,” UNH Education Department Small Project Research Grant, $1,000.
  • Funds support a graduate student to aid in the construction of a civics curriculum that can sufficiently prepare students to be strong political dissenters.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.   “Educating for Democratic Dissent,” UNH Center for the Humanities Faculty Fellowship, spring 2011.
  • One semester of teaching leave to conduct research on pedagogies of political dissent.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Revitalizing Humanities Knowledge and Skills in a Teacher Education Course,” National Endowment for the Humanities Teaching Development Fellowship, $16,800, 2010.
  • Grant to improve the rigor and depth of humanities knowledge contained in a philosophy of education course.  This grant led to the development of a new version of EDUC 705, complete with more classic works of philosophy, new assignments, and new course activities.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Educational Reform Symposium,” UNH Class of 1954 Academic Enrichment Fund grant of $2,000, 2010. 
  • This grant provided funding to host a forum on educational change between students in EDUC 700/800 (Education Structure & Change) and US. Senators, U.S. Representatives, and New Hampshire Representatives.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M. “The Obama Era and Pragmatist Hope in Education,” UNH Education Department Small Project Research Grant, $1,000, 2010.
  • This grant supported a graduate student as a co-author on two articles addressing the role of hope in education.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “Teacher Voices in the Reshaping of NCLB,” Small Project Research Grant, $1,000, 2009. 
  • This grant supported a graduate student as co-author on one article and two presentations on teachers’ influence on the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind in online settings.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  Center for International Education International Travel Grant, $500, 2009.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  The Democracy Imperative Catalyst mini-grant, $1,000, 2008. 
  • A research project on the development of deliberative democracy in teacher education programs.
 
Sharkey, Judy, Michael Middleton, Sarah M. Stitzlein, and Heidi Early-Hersey.  Education Alliance Fellow at Brown University.  BRITE (Brown's Response to Improving Teacher Education).
  • A five year grant funded by the US Department of Education to study and enhance the integration of English Language Learner coursework into teacher education programs.
 
Stitzlein, Sarah M.  “A Democratic Virtue in Jeopardy: Reinvigorating Dissent in the Era of Educational Standardization and Accountability.” University of New Hampshire Graduate School Summer Faculty Fellowship Grant, 2008.
  • Funded research for an article on teacher dissent against educational accountability policies.
 
Feinberg, Walter, Jennifer Greene, Luis Miron, and Sarah M. McGough.  Illinois Project for Democratic Accountability, 2004-2005.
  • A research project funded by the University of Illinois Research Board to study teachers’ experiences with high stakes testing and accountability.
 
McGough, Sarah M.  Spencer Foundation grant supported Stanford University/University of Illinois Institute in Philosophy of Education, 2004.
  • A summer institute which brought together top doctoral students and faculty in philosophy of education from around the world.
 
McGough, Sarah M.  Graduate Research Assistant for Nicholas C. Burbules, University of Illinois, 2002-2003
  • Engaged in a research project on Socratic dialogue and teaching.
 
McGough, Sarah M.  Graduate Research Assistant for Dean Barbara R. Schirmer, Miami University, 2001-2002
  • Conducted a synthetic review of deaf education and reading instruction in response to the finding of the National Reading Panel.
 
Professional Service Activities
Editorial, Journal, and Manuscript Review Experience
  • Philosophical Studies in Education, Contributing Editor and Reviewer, 2013-2015
  • Democracy & Education, Co-Editor, 2013-2014
  • American Educational Research Journal-Social and Institutional Analysis Editorial Board, 2011-2014
  • Routledge, book manuscript reviewer for New Directions in Philosophy of Education series, 2014
  • Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2013, manuscript reviewer
  • Educational Theory, Assistant Editor, 2003-2005, Review Board 2006-2010
  • Philosophy of Education Society Yearbook, Managing Editor, 2004-2005, Contributing Editor, 2010
  • Democracy & Education, Review Board and Manuscript Reviewer, 2008-2013
  • Studies in Philosophy and Education, Special Manuscript Reviewer, 2010, 2011
  • SUNY Press, Book Manuscript Reviewer, 2007
  • Educational Theory Student Editorial Group, Organizer, 2002-2005
  • American Journal of Education, guest manuscript reviewer, 2005
  • Teachers College Record, guest manuscript reviewer, 2003-2004
           
Outside Organization Participation
  • Board Member, Parents for Public Schools of Greater Cincinnati, 2013-current
  • Reds Urban Youth Academy, University of Cincinnati education liaison, 2014-current
  • Information Coordinator, Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action, a grassroots teacher movement for school reform in Washington D.C., 2011-2013
  • New Hampton School advisor for a week-long project on fighting stereotypes in the school, 2010.
  • Collaborative Alliance Network at Brown University (CAN).  Invited participant in the seasonal conversation series entitled “Increasing Diversity within the Education Profession.” 2008-2009
 
Professional Affiliations
  • Philosophy of Education Society, 2002-current
    • Committee on the Status of Race and Ethnicity, 2008-2012
    • Program Committee, Contributing Editor, 2010 and 2014, including extensive review of conference full-length paper submissions
    • Elections Committee, 2014
  • John Dewey Society, 2006-current
    • John Dewey Society Board of Directors, 2014-current (3 year term)
    • Commission on Social Issues, 2010-2012
  • American Educational Research Association, 2003-current
    • Conference proposal reviewer 2003-2006
  • American Educational Studies Association, 2002-current
    • Program Committee, 2006 and 2011
  • Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society, 2002-current
    • Executive Committee, 2012-2013
    • Program Chair, 2014
  • Council for the Social Foundations of Education, 2012-current
    • Delegate from the Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society, 2012-2014
 
Community Service Activities
Math tutor and volunteer teacher, Sands Montessori, Cincinnati Public Schools, 2013-2014
Amnesty International, Chapter Vice President, 1998-2004, 2008-2013
Girls on the Run, volunteer, 2011
Anti-War, Anti-Racism Effort of Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, 2004-2005
Feminist Majority, 2003-2005
America Reads, Youth Mentor, 2000-2001
Make-a-Difference Day, Community Clean-Up Volunteer, 1999-2001
Adopt-A-School, Math Tutor, 1997-1999
           
Fellowships, Awards and Honors
Co-Director, Center for Hope and Justice Education, 2014-current
University of Cincinnati CECH Golden Apple Award for Excellent Teaching and Student-Faculty Relations, 2014
Joyce Gibbs Award (as part of the Women’s Studies faculty), 2012
University of New Hampshire Outstanding Professor, 2011
American Association of University Women Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2011-2012
Center for the Humanities Fellowship, 2011
National Endowment for the Humanities Teaching Development Fellowship, 2010
Carsey Center Faculty Fellow (large scale research center on issues of education, poverty & civic life), 2010-2011
American Educational Studies Critics Choice Book Award Author, 2009 and 2012
University of New Hampshire Graduate School Summer Faculty Fellowship, 2008
Miami University Greek System honored professor of the year, 2006
Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society Fellowship, 2005
American Educational Research Association Mentor Award, 2003
Letitia Walsh Fellow, outstanding doctoral student, University of Illinois, 2002-2004 
William Chandler Bagley Graduate Fellowship, University of Illinois, 2003-2004 
Harry Brody Award for Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois, 2003
Benjamin Harrison Scholar, full tuition scholarship, Miami University, 1997-2001 
Linda Singer Memorial Scholarship in Feminist Philosophy, 2001
J. Belden Dennison Research Scholar, Miami University, 2000-2001
Koehler Prize for excellence in mathematics, 1999
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Contact Information

610-F Teachers College
2612 University Circle
CIncinnati  Ohio, 45221
Phone: 513-556-2439
Sarah.Stitzlein@uc.edu