Assistant Professor
Educational Foundations and Inquiry
569 Education Building
Office: 419-372-7354
Email: colleba@bgsu.edu
Education
Ph.D. Cultural and Educational Policy Studies; Comparative and International Education
Loyola University Chicago, 2006.
M.Ed. Instructional Leadership
University of Illinois at Chicago, 1998.
BA Philosophy
University of Wisconsin – Madison, 1991
Courses taught
EDFI 408: Education in a Pluralistic Society
EDFI 603: Cultural Studies in Education
Research Interests
Forced migration and education; Immigrant education; Education and national identity; Religious minorities and secular schooling; Globalization and education, Critical multiculturalism / multicultural education; Community-based participatory research.
Recent Publications
Refereed Articles:
Collet, Bruce “Islam, National Identity, and Public Secondary Education: Perspectives from the Somali Diaspora in Toronto, Canada”Race, Ethnicity, and Education, July 2007.
Book and Encyclopedia Chapters:
Collet, Bruce and Epstein, Erwin “Education in the Context of Globalization”, The Encyclopaedia on Globalisation and Security, forthcoming 2008.
Commissioned Paper and Reports:
Collet, Bruce “Assessing Barriers to University Access among Internationally-Trained Professionals in Ontario; A Mapping and Critique of University Data Collection Methods”, Research Paper prepared for the Ontario Universities Access Initiative for Internationally Trained Professionals, Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto, Ontario. 2007.
Collet, Bruce “Community-Based Participatory Research: A Review of the Literature”, Research Paper prepared for the Wellesley Central Health Corporation, Toronto, Ontario, 2004.
Professional Services
BGSU:
University: Core Faculty Member, The Center for International Comparative Education
College of EDHD: Scholarship Committee
School of LPS: MACIE Steering Committee
School of LPS: MACIE Admissions Committee
Additional Professional Service:
Scholar, 2007-present Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto
Junior Editor, 2004-present
Refugee Journal, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto
Volunteer, 2004- 2006 The Somali-Canadian Working Group for New Generation, Toronto
Coordinator, 2002–2006
Comparative and International Education Course Archive Project,
Loyola University Chicago
V. President, 2002-2003 Comparative and International Education Graduate Student Association, Loyola University Chicago
Liaison, 2000-2001
Chicago Board of Education Academic Accountability Council
Member, 1998-2001
Chicago Panel on School Policy Task Force on Parent Involvement
Member, 1999
Kohl/McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Awards Advisory Board, Chicago
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