Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Leadership Studies

505 Education Building
Phone 419.372.2550
paukenp@bgsu.edu

Education

Doctor of Philosophy
Ohio State University, 1997

Juris Doctor
Ohio State University, 1994

Bachelor of Arts
Ohio State University, 1990

Courses taught

EDAS 623: Law, Ethics, and Negotiation in School Administration

EDAS 680: The Law and Special Education

EDAS 731: Seminar in School Law

EDAS 783: Orientation in Leadership Studies

EDLS 711: Moral and Ethical Leadership

(click here for detailed syllabi)

Research Interests

School Law

• Students' rights
• Religion in public school curriculum
• Cyberspace/technology and public schools
• Intellectual property
• Special education law
• The intersection of law and ethics

Higher Education Law

• Academic freedom
• Intellectual property
• The intersection of law and ethics

Moral and Ethical Leadership

• Professional codes of ethics and accountability
• Leadership through the ethic of critique, ethic of justice, and ethic of care

Recent Publications

Pauken, P. D., & Daniel, P. T. K. (2007). Law, ethics, and policy in an era of accountability and responsibility: An analysis of codes of ethics and conduct. West's Education Law Reporter.

Pauken, P. D. (2007). Academic freedom in universities in Australia and the United States: The twenty-first century balance between individual and institutional rights. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Law and Education, 12(1), 7-27.

Pauken, P. D. (2006). Religion in public school curricula in the United States and Ireland: The legal balance between educational authority and individual Rights. Forum on Public Policy, 2, 230-262.

Pauken, P. D. (2006).  Student rights. In C. J. Russo (Ed.), Key Legal Issues for Schools: The Ultimate Resource for School Business Officials (pp. 135-172). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education.

Pauken, P. D. (2005).  Faculty speech.  In J. Beckham, and D. Dagley (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Higher Education Law (pp. 151-182). Dayton, OH: Education Law Association.

Pauken, P. D. (2005).  Student speech.  In J. Beckham, and D. Dagley (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Higher Education Law (pp. 235-255). Dayton, OH: Education Law Association.

Daniel, P. T. K. & Pauken, P. D. (2005).  Intellectual property.  In J. Beckham, and D. Dagley (Eds.), Contemporary Issues in Higher Education Law (pp. 347-393). Dayton, OH: Education Law Association.

Professional Services           

Graduate Program Coordinator, Leadership Studies.

Member, NCATE Steering Committee. Co-leader for Standard Six: Governance.

Member, NCATE Graduate Assessment Committee.

Chair, Faculty Senate, Bowling Green State University.

Member, BGSU University Work Group to help draft BGSU's Master Plan.

Member, University Committee on Amendments and Bylaws. (A Faculty Senate Standing Committee)

Member, University Committee on Professional Affairs. (A Faculty Senate Standing Committee)

Member, Board of Directors, Education Law Association, 2005-2008.

Member, Board of Trustees, D. J. Willower Center for the Study of Ethics and Leadership of UCEA, 2006-present.

Unique characteristics  

Licensed attorney, member of the Ohio bar

Parliamentarian for the Bowling Green State University Faculty Senate

2001 Nominee for Excellence in Teaching, College of Education and Human Development

Appeared on Jeopardy! with Alex Trebek in 1998

Favorite Links

"The American child is a highly intelligent human being-characteristically sensitive, humorous, open-minded, eager to learn, and has a strong sense of excitement, energy and healthy curiosity about the world in which he lives, Lucky indeed is the grown-up who manages to carry these same characteristics over into his adult life. It usually makes for a happy and successful individual." -- Walt Disney