Assistant Professor School of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Policy 569 Education 419-372-7354 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.
B.A. Philosophy University of Wisconsin – Madison, 1991
COURSES TAUGHT
EDFI 4080: Education in a Pluralistic Society
EDFI 6000: Philosophy of Education
EDFI 6030: 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 (forthcoming, 2009) Sites of Refuge: Refugees, Religiosity, and Public Schools in the U.S., Educational Policy.
Collet, Bruce (2008) Confronting the insider-outsider polemic in conducting research with diasporic communities: Towards a
community-based approach, Refuge, 25.1, 77-83.
Collet, Bruce (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:
Collet, Bruce and Epstein, Erwin (forthcoming 2009) Education in the Context of Globalization, The Encyclopaedia on Globalisation and Security, Praeger.
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.
Commissioned Paper and Reports:
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, Spring, 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, 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: 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
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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