College of Education and Human Development

Christopher J. Frey, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and MACIE Program Coordinator
School of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Policy
554 Education
419-372-9549
cjfrey@bgsu.edu


EDUCATION

Ph.D., History, Philosophy and Policy Studies
Indiana University-Bloomington, 2007
Dissertation Title: Ainu Schools and Education Policy in Nineteenth-Century Hokkaido, Japan

M.A., East Asian Studies
Indiana University-Bloomington, 2006

M.S., Comparative Education
Indiana University-Bloomington, 2003

B.A., History, Political Science
Indiana University-Bloomington, 1994

COURSES TAUGHT

  • EDFI 4080: Education in a Pluralistic Society
  • EDFI 6020: History of Education
  • EDFI 6890: Internship in Cross-Cultural Education
  • EDFI 7540: Qualitative Research Methods
  • EDFI 7600: International Education Policy

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Comparative Histories of Indigenous Schooling
  • Minority, Immigrant and Colonial Education
  • Cross-Cultural Teaching
  • Geography of Education

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Articles

Frey, C. J. (2010). The Politics of Education Policy Borrowing and Lending: A Study of the “Jordan Model” of Knowledge Economy Reforms. World Studies in Education 11, no. 1: 37-54.

Frey, C. J. and D. M. Whitehead. (2009). International Education Policies and the Boundaries of Global Citizenship in the United States. Journal of Curriculum Studies 41, issue 2: 269-290.

Winstead, T., A. Lawrence, E. J. Brantmeier and C. J. Frey. (2008). Language, Sovereignty, and the Cultural Contestation for Navajo Schools in the Era of No Child Left Behind. Journal of American Indian Education 47, no. 1: 46-64.

Ortloff, J. D. and C. J. Frey. (2007). Blood Relatives? Citizenship, Immigration, and Language Education Policies in Germany and Japan. Comparative Education Review 51, no. 4 (November).

Stachowski, L. L. and C. J. Frey. (2005) Student Teachers' Reflections on Service and Learning in Navajo Reservation Communities: Contextualizing the Classroom Experience, School Community Journal 15, no. 2.             

Book Chapters

Frey, C. J. (2011). "Yoshitsune Legends in Ezo-Hokkaido: Myth and the Teaching and Learning of Colonialism in Japan's North". Writing Postcolonial Histories of Intercultural Education. Peter Lang Verlag.

Frey, C. J. (2010). "Robert Lewis Meriam" in Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent. Sage.

Frey, C. J. (2010). "American Indian Education" in Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent. Sage.

Frey, C. J. (2008). “Asian-American Education” in Encyclopedia in Social and Cultural Foundations of Education. Sage.

Book Reviews

Frey, C. J. Review of Vučković, Voices from Haskell: Indian Students Between Two Worlds, 1884-1928. H-Education (July 2010).

Frey, C. J. Review of Peavy & Smith, Full Court Quest: The Girls from Fort Shaw Indian School, Basketball Champions of the World. History of Education Quarterly 50, no. 2 (May 2010): 240-242.

SELECTED AWARDS

Japan Ministry of Education (Monbukagakusho) Graduate Research Fellowship. 18 month research grant: JP¥3,940,000 (US$32,800). Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 2005-2007

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES           

  • Chair, Japan Special Interest Group, Comparative and International Education Society, 2008-2010.
  • Reviewer, Comparative Education Review, Journal of Curriculum Studies, Intercultural Education, American Educational Research Association (Division F), Comparative and International Education Society.
  • Board Member, Educational Policy Analysis Archives, Jan. 2005-present.
  • List Editor, H-Education, History of Education Discussion List, Part of H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences Online, Oct. 2005 – present.

Committee Service at BGSU:

  • University Faculty Senate
  • Provost's Inclusion Network
  • Master of Arts in Cross-Cultural and International Education (MACIE) Core Faculty
  • Multicultural Initiatives Committee, EDHD (Co-Chair)
  • Asian Studies Advisory Committee
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