Many years ago, the political scientist Harold Lasswell stated that politics is the process of determining "who gets what, when and how." In light of Laswell's observation, I study how politics shapes public education; that is "who gets what sort of education, when and how." I am particularly interested in how political ideology influences educational provision within the US.

Title(s): Associate Professor

Education: Ph.D., Educational Theory & Policy, The Pennsylvania State University
M.M.E., Music Education, Drake University
M.M., Flute Performance, Drake University
B.M., Music Education, Mansfield University

Affiliations:

American Education Research Association
University Council for Educational Administration
Politics of Education Association
The Journal of LGBT Youth
History of Education Society

Research interests:

• Politics of Education
• Queer Issues in North America
• Social & Political History

Recent publications:

Articles

Lugg, C.A., Tooms, A.K. (under review). Trouble in Toms River. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership.

Lugg, C.A., Tooms, A.K. (in-press) A shadow of ourselves: Identity erasure and the politics of queer leadership. For School Leadership and Management.

Tooms, A., Lugg, C.A., Bogtoch, I. (in-press) Rethinking the politics of fit and educational leadership. Educational Administration Quarterly.

Lugg, C.A. (2008, March [2009, Sept]). “Why’s a nice dyke like you embracing this post-modern crap?” Journal of School Leadership. 18, (2), 164-199.

Lugg, C.A., Robinson, M. (2009, January). Religion, advocacy coalitions and the politics of US public schooling. Education Policy, 23, (1-2), 242-266..

Tooms, A.K., Lugg, C.A (2008, December). “Oh We’ve got Trouble! Right here in Ravenna City. It starts with ‘G’, and has a ‘S’, and ends in ‘A.’” Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 11, (1), 111-127

Lugg, C.A. (2007, September). Introduction, special feature on Educational politics and policies. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education, 4, (3), 11-12.

Lugg, C.A. (2007, Summer). Separating theory from practice: We’re all circus seals now. Journal of Curriculum and Practice, 4, (1), 50-54.

Lugg, C.A. (2006, September). Turbulence, turmoil and trauma: When we can’t get along. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 9, (3), 54-63.

Lugg, C.A., Shoho, A.R. (2006, June). Dare public school administrators build a new social order? Social justice and the possibly perilous politics of educational leadership. Journal of Educational Administration, 44, (3), 196-208.

Karpinski, C.F., Lugg, C.A. (2006, June). Social justice and educational administration: No longer mutually exclusive? Journal of Educational Administration, 44, (3), 278-292.
 
Lugg, C.A. (2006, May). Why a Journal of Research on Leadership Education? Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 1, (1). http://www.ucea.org/JRLE/pdf/vol1/issue1/lugg.pdf.

Slobodzian, J.T., Lugg, C.A. (2006, May). “He’s a nice man, but it doesn’t help.” Principal leadership, school culture and the status of Deaf children.  Journal of School Leadership.16, (3), 292-318.

Capper, C.A., Alston, J., Gause, C.P., Koschoreck, J., Lopez, G., Lugg, C.A., McKenzie, K. B., (2006, March). Integrating Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender topics and their intersections with other areas of difference into the leadership preparation curriculum: Practical ideas and strategies. Journal of School Leadership, 16, (2). 142-157.

Rorrer, A.K., Lugg, C.A. (2006, January & March). Introduction: Power, education and the politics of social justice. Educational Policy, 20, (1-2), 5-7.

Lugg, C.A. (2006, January & March) Thinking about sodomy: Public schools, legal panopticons and queers. Educational Policy, 20, (1-2), 35-58.

Lugg, C.A. (2004, January & March). One nation under God? Religion and the politics of education in a post 9/11 America. Educational Policy 18, (1), 169-187

Lugg, C.A. (2003, February). Sissies, faggots, lezzies and dykes: Gender, sexual orientation and the new politics of education. Educational Administration Quarterly,39, (1), 95-134.

Lugg, C.A., Koschoreck, J.W. (2003, January). Introduction—The final closet: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered educational leaders. Journal of School Leadership,13 (1), 4-6.

Lugg, C.A. (2003, January). Our straight-laced administrators: LGBT school administrators, the law, and the assimilationist imperative. Journal of School Leadership,13 (1), 51-85.

Book Chapters

Johnson, D. & Lugg, C. A. (In-press). “Queer theories in education.” In A. Henry, S. Tozer, & B. Gallegos (Eds.), Handbook of Social Foundations in Education. New York: Routledge.

Lugg, C.A., Tabbaa-Rida, Z. (in-press) Social justice, religion and public school leaders, in C. Marshall & M. Oliva (Eds). Leadership for social justice: Making revolutions happen, 2nd edition. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Lugg, C.A., Rorrer, A.K. (in-press). The Politics of (Im)Prudent State-level Home-Schooling Policies, AERA Handbook on educational policy. David N. Plank, Editor.

Lugg, C.A. (in-press). Letting the bullies win? The politics of educational choice and the politics of stigma at the intersection of queer youth, in T. C. Pedroni, (ed.). Educational markets and the dispossessed: Agency, identity, and subalternity in unsettling educational times. Albany: SUNY Press.

Lugg, C.A. (2007) Sissies, faggots, lezzies and dykes: Gender, sexual orientation and the new politics of education, in D. Carlson, CP Gause, (eds). Keeping the promise. Essays on leadership, democracy and education (pp. 117-158). New York: Peter Lang. Reprint of 2003 EAQ article.

Lugg, C.A., Karpinski, C.F. (2007). The political paradoxes of scientific research in education. Fenwick English, (ed.).Scientific research in education. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield

Lugg, C.A. (2006). On politics and theory: Using an explicitly activist theory to frame educational research. V. Anfara & N. Mertz, (eds.). Theoretical frameworks in qualitative research. (pp. 175-188). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Lugg, C.A., Tabbaa-Rida, Z. (2006). Social justice, religion and public school leaders, in C. Marshall & M. Oliva (Eds.). Leadership for social justice: Making revolutions happen, (pp. 130-144). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.