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.                      

B.A. Philosophy
University of Wisconsin – Madison, 1991

COURSES TAUGHT

EDFI 4080: Education in a Pluralistic Society

EDFI 6000: Philosophy of Education

EDFI 6030: Social and Cultural Foundations of 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, B. (2010) Refugee policy in Jordan and Iraqi refugee access to Jordanian schools. World Studies in Education, 11 (1)

Collet, B.A. (2010). Sites of refuge: Refugees, religiosity, and public schools in the United States. Educational Policy, 24(1), 189-215.

Collet, B. A. (2008) Confronting the insider-outsider polemic in conducting research with diasporic communities: Towards a community-based approach, Refuge, 25 (1), 77-83.

Collet, B. A. (2007) Islam, National Identity, and Public Secondary Education: Perspectives from the Somali Diaspora in Toronto, Canada, Race, Ethnicity, and Education, 10 (2), 131-153.  

Book and Encyclopedia Chapters:

Kubow, K. and Collet, B. Tracing the pedagogy of Comparative and International Education. Forthcoming in Comparative and International Education History, Theory and Methodology.

Collet. B. Religion in Public School curricula in the Middle East. Forthcoming in Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education.

Collet, B., & Epstein, E.  (2009). Education. In The encyclopaedia on globalisation and security, Vol. II: Social and Cultural Aspects, Praeger Press: USA.  

Collet, Bruce (2008) Review of Merry, M. (2007). Culture, Identity, and Islamic Schooling: A Philosophical Approach. Palgrave Macmillan. Education Review: A Journal of Book Reviews. 

Book Reviews

Collet, B. (2011). [Review of book Citizenship, identity, and education in Muslim communities: Essays on attachment and obligation, Edited by M. Merry and J. Milligan]. International Journal of Multicultural Education 13, (1).  

Collet, B. (2008). [Review of the book Culture, identity, and Islamic schooling: A philosophical approach, by M. Merry]. Education Review: A Journal of Book Reviews.

Commissioned Paper and Reports:

Kubow, P., Darabie, M., Collet, B., & Frey, C.  (2009). Jordan focus group report. The Center for International Comparative Education, Bowling Green State University.

Collet, Bruce (2008). Islam, national identity, and educational policy: Lessons learned from the Somali diaspora in Toronto. Politics of Education Association Bulletin, 32(2), 1, 10-13.

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, B. (2004). Community-based participatory research: A review of the literature. Research Paper prepared for the Wellesley Central Health Corporation, Toronto, Ontario.

FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

Collet, B. (PI). (2010).  Here, There, and Elsewhere: Refugee Families in Milwaukee. Ethnic Cultural Arts Program Grant (funded $900)

Kubow, P. (PI), Darabie, M., Collet, B., & Simon, M. (Co-PIs) (2010). Multiculturalism and Arab Identities—Citizenship, Identity, and the Politics of Belonging: The Case of Jordan Office of Postsecondary Education.  Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad, U.S. Department of Education Grant, (funded: $83,679).

Booth, M. Z. (PI), Gerard, J., Frey, C., & Collet, B. (2009). Improving Academic Achievement and Social Opportunity for Adolescents from Low SES, Multi-Cultural Rural Communities.  Research Development Council Grant (funded, $12,500).

Collet, B. (PI) (2006). Identifying Urban Health Issues among Somali Youth, Wellesley Central Health Corporation, Toronto (funded, $12,000).  

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES            

BGSU

University: International Studies Advisory Committee

University: The Center for International Comparative Education

College of EDHD: Scholarship Committee

School of LPS: Curriculum Committee (Chair)

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

Member, 2007 – Present Comparative and International Education Society, Globalization and Education SIG

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           

Vice-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