NAME,  DEPARTMENT:

Cathryn S. Magno, Ph.D., Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

BOOKS PUBLISHED:

Magno, C. (2002). The new pythian voices: Women building political capital in NGOs in the Middle East. New York, NY: Routledge.

CHAPTERS/SECTIONS PUBLISHED IN BOOKS:

Magno, C. (forthcoming, 2006). Res publica revisited: Gendered empowerment in NGOs. In M.A. Maslak (Ed.), The Agency and Structure of Women’s Education. New York: SUNY Press.

PAPERS PUBLISHED IN PROCEEDINGS:

Magno, C. (forthcoming, 2006). Recreating community from chaos: Refugee women

from Africa and the Middle East develop political capital in NGOs. Proceedings from the XIIth World Congress of Comparative Education Societies in Havana, Cuba. Paris, France: UNESCO.

JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED:

Magno, C. & Silova, I. (submitted Fall 2005, under review). Teaching in transition: Examining school-based gender inequities in the post-Socialist region. International Journal of Educational Development.

Silova, I. & Magno, C. (2004). Gender equity unmasked: Revisiting democracy, gender, and education in post-socialist Central/Southeastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Comparative Education Review 48(4), 417-442.

Magno, C. (2002). Minding the political gap: The educational imperative of NGOs. Current Issues in Comparative Education [Online], 5(1). Available at: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/cice/vol5nr1/cm151.html [January 2003].

Gerson, J., Gubuan, D., Magno, C., Nakano, M., Newton, S. & Susa, F. 1997, Winter. Codes for interpersonal and intergroup relations in a world of conflict and change. Holistic Education Review, 10(4).

OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

Magno, C., Silova, I. & Wright, S. with E. Demeny. (2003). Open Minds: Opportunities for Gender Equity in Education in Central and South Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Budapest, Hungary: Open Society Institute.

Magno, C. & Christ, H. (2001). Blueprint for refugee integration. International Rescue Committee [Online]. Available at: http://www.theIRC.org/rwy [September 2001].

Magno, C. (2001). Needs Assessment report: Integration of refugee women and youth from Africa and the Middle East in Dallas, TX. International Rescue Committee [Online]. Available at: http://www.theIRC.org/rwy [September 2001].

Magno, C. (2001). Needs Assessment report: Integration of refugee women and youth from Africa and the Middle East in Phoenix, AZ. International Rescue Committee [Online]. Available at: http://www.theIRC.org/rwy [September 2001].

Magno, C. (2001). Needs Assessment report: Integration of refugee women and youth from Africa and the Middle East in Minneapolis, MN. International Rescue Committee [Online]. Available at: http://www.theIRC.org/rwy [September 2001].

Magno, C. & Mullins, J. (2000). Evaluation report of Step-by-Step preschool program in Latvia. Budapest, Hungary: Open Society Institute.

Doeble, R. & Magno, C. (2000). Evaluation report of Step-by-Step preschool program in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Budapest, Hungary: Open Society Institute.

Magno, C. (1998). Evaluation report of Transformation of Education Program in Latvia. New York, NY: Open Society Institute.

Magno, C. (1997). Democracy and radio education in Africa. Washington, DC: USAID/G-WID.

BOOK REVIEWS: 

Magno, C. (2004). Review of the book Diversity and citizenship education: Global perspectives, by James Banks (ed.). Intercultural Education 15(3), 331-333.

Magno, C. (2002). Review of the book Raise the standard: A practical guide to raising ethnic minority and bilingual pupils’ achievement, by Phil Green for DIECEC. Intercultural Education 13(2), 231.

CONFERENCE PAPERS ORALLY DELIVERED:

International Association of Intercultural Education, 2005, Verona, Italy. Paper presentation, “Youth voices for cultural capital and social justice.”

Comparative and International Education Society, 2005, Palo Alto, CA. Paper presentation, “Refugeehood generating political capital in transition.” Discussant for panel presentations on “Outcomes-Based Education in Inner Asia.”

XIIth International Congress of Comparative Education, 2004, Havana, Cuba. Paper presentation, “Refugeehood as a catalyst for social justice” as part of an organized panel entitled Crisis and Movement: Education in the Context of Global Transformations. Paper presentation, “We Can Hear You: Documenting youth voices for social justice.”

Comparative Education Society of Europe, 2004, Copenhagen, Denmark. Paper presentation, “Unmasking Post-Socialist Inequities: Gender and Education.”

American Evaluation Association, 2004, Atlanta, GA. Paper presentation, “Innovative Teaching of Evaluation Across Continents.”

New England Sociological Association, 2004, New Haven, CT. Paper presentation, “Persecution to Policymaking: Measuring Political Capital in Refugee Women’s NGOs.”

Comparative and International Education Society, 2004, Salt Lake City, UT. Paper presentation, “Gender Equity in Education = Post-Soviet Reality or Myth?

International Conference on Educational Law, Policy and Practice, 2003, New Haven, CT. Paper presentation, “Gender Equity in Education Policy in the former Soviet Union.”

Comparative and International Education Society, 2003, New Orleans, LA. Paper presentation, “Political capital among refugee women in the United States.”

Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2002, New York, NY. Symposium paper presentation, “Minding the political gap: The educational imperative of NGOs.”

Libraries for the Future, 2002, New York, NY. Workshop presentation on “Demographics and the inclusion of refugee clients in public library services.”

US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement, 2002, Washington, DC. Brown bag presentation of the implementation, successes, and lessons learned of national resettlement program, “Community Collaboratives for Refugee Women and Youth,” to government officials.

Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, 2002, Washington, DC. Refugee Policy Forum presentation, “Refugee Women and Youth Resettling to America.”

Comparative and International Education Society, 2001, Washington DC. Paper presentation, “Linking Education and Politics through Political Capital” and Panel Chair, “Educational borrowing: Encounters between the global and the local.”

Creative Associates, Inc., 2000, Washington, DC. Brown bag presentation, “NGOs generate political capital for women in the Middle East,” to representatives of international non-profit development organizations.

Comparative and International Education Society, 2000, San Antonio, TX. Paper presentation, “The Role of NGOs in Generating Political Capital” and Panel participation on behalf of Current Issues in Comparative Education, “Journals in the field.”

International Sociological Association, 1999, Tel Aviv, Israel. Brown bag presentation of preliminary research findings, “NGOs as Sites of Political Capital Growth,” to leaders of local women’s NGOs.

World Congress on Comparative and International Education, 1998, Capetown, South Africa. Attendance and promotion of new journal, Current Issues in Comparative Education (CICE).

Comparative and International Education Society, 1998, Buffalo, NY. Paper presentation, “Gender and Conflict in Situations of Emergency.”

Harvard University School of Education Graduate Research Conference, 1998, Cambridge, MA. Paper presentation, “Gender and Culture in Methods of Conflict Resolution.”

WORKSHOP LEADERSHIP:

Lingnan Foundation, Yale University, 2003, New Haven, CT

Conducted a weekend evaluation workshop for 14 representatives of non-profit and university China exchange programs.

New Haven Board of Education, 2003, New Haven, CT

Conducted one-week workshop titled the New Haven Teacher Leadership Project.

Ethiopian Community Development Council, 2001, Washington, DC. Workshop, “Evaluation of refugee resettlement programs.”

International Rescue Committee, 2001-2003, New York, NY. Conducted numerous workshops in New York and around the country as part of technical assistance in educational program planning, implementation and evaluation to community-based organizations serving refugees.

Mongolian Foundation for an Open Society, 2000, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Designed and conducted a 5-day workshop for 72 Head Teachers from all regions of Mongolia on Leadership, Supervision, Teacher Evaluation and Conflict Management.

Teachers College, Columbia University, 1999-2001, New York, NY. Led six editorial workshops for new editors of Current Issues in Comparative Education, an on-line scholarly journal I co-founded and co-edited.

RECENT GRANTS RECEIVED:

Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT 2004

Faculty Research Grant: “Gender equity in education in Azerbaijan.”

Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT 2003

Faculty Development Grant: Support for speaker for 2^nd Annual International Conference on Educational Practices, Policy and Law “Education and Wealth in Turbulent Times.”

RESEARCH INTERESTS IN GENERAL:

Comparative and international education; gender equity in education; demographics/immigration and education; qualitative research methods

CURRENT/FUTURE SPECIFIC RESEARCH PROJECTS:

“Political capital and social justice for marginalized youth in NYC” with Laura Fernandez, MSW.

“Teacher mentoring and the role of leadership in Azeri schools.”

“Integration of Muslim children and families in education: a cross-country case study analysis of Italy and the United States.”

DISSERTATION ADVISEMENT:

Sponsoring two dissertations:

THE EFFECT OF A PILOTED MIDDLE SCHOOL PRE-ENGINEERING PROGRAM ON GIRLS’ INTEREST AND ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS

TECHNOLOGY-RELATED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

EFFECTIVE PRACTICES IN A SUBURBAN CONNECTICUT

PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL

DISSERTATION TITLE:

Gender and Democracy: Exploring the Emergence of Political Capital in Women's NGOs in Israel.

Advisors: Professor Gita Steiner-Khamsi and Professor Robert Crain.

INSTITUTION GRANTING Ph.D.:

Columbia University