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 School of Leadership and Policy Studies
Bruce Collet, Ph.D.
 

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