"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
Associate Director of Publications, University Council for Educational Administration

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

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education

National Society for the Study of Education

American Constitution Society

History of Education Society

European Consortium for Political Research, Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy

Educational Policy Research Unit

The Center for Media Studies

Research interests:

• Politics of Education
• Queer Issues in US
• Social & Political History

Recent publications:

Articles

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

Shoho, A.R., Merchant, B., Lugg, C.A. (2005) Social justice: Seeking a common language, in Handbook on Educational Leadership, F. English (ed.). Sage.

Lugg, C.A., Bulkley, K., Firestone, W.A., Garner, C.W. (2002). The contextual terrain facing educational leaders, in The educational leadership challenge: Redefining leadership for the 21^st century, J. Murphy, (ed.), NSSE Yearbook. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Lugg, C.A. (2002). Public schools and their communities, in School reform proposals: The research evidence, A. Molnar, (ed). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.