Curriculum Vitae
James M. Giarelli

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Education:
B.A.: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.  Psychology. 1972.
M. Ed.: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Social Foundations of Education (Philosophy). 1973.

Ph. D.: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Philosophy of  Education. 1977.
Professional Experience:
Professor, Department of Educational Theory, Policy, and Administration, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, 1995. Department Chair, 2002-present.
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Theory, Policy, and Administration, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, 1985-1995.
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Educational Theory, Policy, and Administration, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, 1987-1993.
Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Philosophical Foundations, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, 1980-1985.
Assistant Professor, Department of Humanistic and Behavioral Studies, School of Education, Boston University, 1978-1980.
Other Professional Experience:
Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Adult and Continuing Education, Department of Philosophy and Social Science, and Department of Arts and Humanities Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, Summer 1987; 1988; 1993; Spring 1995, Spring 2001.
International Experience:
Visiting Professor, Fukui University, Fukui, Japan, 1996. Visiting Professor, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 2000. Professor, Graduate School of Education Study Tour in collaboration with the University of Cape Town, South Africa, 2002.

Scholarship: Publications
Edited Books:
Peter McLaren and James M. Giarelli (Eds.) Critical Theory and Educational Research (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1995).  332 + xxii pages.
Philosophy of Education 1988 (Normal, Illinois: Philosophy of Education Society, 1989).  457 +vii pages.
Edited Book: Contributing Editor
Susan Laird (Ed.) Philosophy of Education 1997 (Champaign/Urbana, IL: Philosophy of Education Society, 1998). 490+xvii pages.
Lynda Stone (Ed.) Philosophy of Education 2000 (Champaign/Urbana. IL: Philosophy of Education Society, 2001). 407+xix pages.
Chapters in Books and Monographs
“Maxine Greene: The Literary Imagination and the Sources of a Public Education,” in William Pinar (Ed.) The Passionate Mind of Maxine Greene: ‘I am . . . Not Yet’, London: Falmer Press, 1998), 174-178.
“Educating for Public and Private Life: Beyond the False Dilemma,” in Joan N. Burstyn (Ed.), Educating Tomorrow’s Valuable Citizen, (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1996), 9-37. With Ellen Giarelli.
“Introduction: Critical Theory and Educational Research,” in Peter McLaren and James M.  Giarelli (Eds.), Critical Theory and Educational Research, (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1995), 1-22.  With Peter McLaren.
“Educating for Public Life,” in Wendy Kohli (Ed.), Critical Conversations in Philosophy of Education, (New York: Routledge, Chapman and Hall, 1995), 201-216.
“The Social Frontier, 1934-1943: Retrospect and Prospect,” in Michael James (Ed.) Social Reconstruction Through Education (Norwood, NJ: Ablex Press, 1995), 27-42.
“Qualitative Inquiry in Philosophy and Education: Notes on the Pragmatic Tradition,” in Robert R. Sherman and Rodman B. Webb (Eds.) Qualitative Research in Education: Variety and Unity (Sussex, England: Falmer Press, 1988): 22-27.  Originally published in The Journal of Thought (1984).
“Philosophy of Education as Qualitative Inquiry,” in Robert R. Sherman and Rodman B. Webb (Eds.) Qualitative Research in Education: Variety and Unity (Sussex, England: Falmer Press, 1988): 30-43.   Originally published in The Journal of Thought (1984).
“Education for Democratic Citizenship: Toward a New Public Philosophy of Education,” in Susan Douglas Fransoza (Ed.), Civic Education: Its Limits and Conditions (Prakken Publications, 1988): 50-67.
“The Public, The State, and the Civic Education of Teachers,” in Ayers Bagley (Ed.), Civic Learning in Teacher Education (Society for Professors of Education: University of Minnesota Press, 1983): 33-36.
“The Education of the Gifted: A Problem of Distributive Justice,” in Creighton Peden and Donald Chipman (Eds.), Philosophical Reflections on Education and Society (Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1978): 1-17.
Scholarship: Articles in Journals and Conference Proceeding
“On Wittgenstein, the Practice of Ethics, and Moral Education.” Scott Fletcher (Ed.) Philosophy of Education 2002 (Champaign, Illinois: Philosophy of Education Society, 2003):258-261.
“Eros, Ideals, and Collateral Learning,” Suzanne Rice (Ed.) Philosophy of Education 2001 (Champaign, Illinois: Philosophy of Education Society, 2002): 285-287.
“The Influence of John Dewey’s Philosophy in the United States and Nonviolence,” World Peace in the 21st Century and the Idea of Nonviolence (Seoul, Korea: World Headquarters of Nonviolent Resistance, 2002): 189-209. Korean and English.

“ On the Metaphysics of Presence,” Lynda Stone (Ed.), Philosophy of Education 2000 (Champaign, Illinois: Philosophy of Education Society, 2001): 11-15.

“Re-reading Paulo Freire,” Randall Curren (Ed.), Philosophy of Education 1999 (Champaign, Illinois: Philosophy of Education Society, 2000): 108-110.

“On Reading African-American Philosophy: Theory, Politics, and Pedagogy,” Steven Tozer (Ed.), Philosophy of Education 1998 (Champaign, Illinois: Philosophy of Education Society, 1999): 47-50.

“On Reading the New Scholarship on John Dewey,” Susan Laird (Ed.), Philosophy of Education 1997 (Champaign, Illinois: Philosophy of Education Society, 1998): 471-473.
“Education and Philosophical Hermeneutics,” in Audrey Thompson (Ed.) Philosophy of Education 1993 (Champaign, Illinois: Philosophy of Education Society, 1994): 222-224.
“Power, Rights, and Education: A Tale of Two Traditions,” in Henry Alexander (Ed.) Philosophy of Education 1992 (Champaign, Illinois: Philosophy of Education Society, 1993): 212-215.
“Critical Theory and Educational Research: An Introduction,” Qualitative Studies in Education, 15 (1992): 3-5.
“John Dewey and the Feminist Successor Pragmatism Project,” Free Inquiry 13 (Winter 1992/93): 30-31.
“A Remembrance: Kenneth D. Benne, 1908-1992,” Educational Theory   43 (Spring 1993): 245-248.  With J. J. Chambliss.
“The Foundations of Professionalism: Fifty Years of the Philosophy of Education Society in Retrospect,” Educational Theory (Spring 1992): 265-274.  With J. J. Chambliss. 
“Philosophy, Education, and Public Practice,” in David Ericson (Ed.), Philosophy of Education 1990 (Normal, Illinois: Philosophy of Education Society, 1991): 34-44.
“Public Philosophies and Education,” Educational Foundations, 4 (Winter 1990): 7-18.
“John Dewey on Moral Development and Education: Context, Conception, and Legacy,” Discourse: The Australian Journal of Educational Studies, 9 (April 1989): 82-103.  With J. J. Chambliss.
“Introduction: Ethics and Education,” Journal of Thought, 22 (Fall 1987): 3-5.
“Qualitative Inquiry in Philosophy and Education: Notes on the Pragmatic Tradition,” Journal of Thought, 21 (Fall 1986): 7-12.
“Education, Excellence, and the Formation of a Public,” American Journal of Education, 94 (November 1985): 33-38.
“The Learning Community,” in Emily Robertson (Ed.), Philosophy of Education 1984 (Normal, Illinois: Philosophy of Education Society, 1985): 53-56.
“A Public Philosophical Perspective on Teacher Education Reform,” Journal of Thought, 19 (Winter 1984): 3-13.
“Philosophy of Education as Qualitative Inquiry,” Journal of Thought, 19 (Summer 1984): 34-46.
“The Public, the State, and the Civic Education of Teachers,” Journal of Teacher Education, 34 (November-December 1983): 57.
“Moral Relativism and the Self-Image of Philosophy,” in Donna H. Kerr (Ed.), Philosophy of Education 1982 (Normal, Illinois: Philosophy of Education Society, 1983): 89-92.
“The Cognitive-Developmental Theory of Moralization: Toward a Radical Reconstruction,” Journal of Education, 164 (Fall 1982): 305-319.
“R. M. Hare’s Universal Prescriptivism and Moral Education: A Critique,” in Daniel R. DeNicola (Ed.), Philosophy of Education 1981 (Normal, Illinois: Philosophy of Education Society, 1982): 367-371.
“Primers in Ethics: Reflections on a Changing Field,” Teachers College Record,” 83 (Spring 1982): 323-339.
“Philosophical Problems in Public Moral Education: Beyond the Liberal Problematic,” in Philosophy of Education 1980 (Normal, Illinois: Philosophy of Education Society, 1981): 114-119.
“Higher Education, Meritocracy, and Distributive Justice,” Educational Studies, 11 (Fall 1980): 221-238.  With Rodman B. Webb.
“What is Research in Philosophy of Education,” Review Journal of Philosophy and Social Science, 5 (1980): 52-64.
“Lawrence Kohlberg and G. E. Moore on the Naturalistic Fallacy,” Educational Theory, 26 (Fall 1976): 348-354.
Essay Reviews
The Ethics of School Administration. By Kenneth A. Strike, Emil J. Haller, and Jonas F. Soltis.  Educational Administration Quarterly, 25 (August 1989): 312-315.
Understanding Education: Toward a Reconstruction of Educational Inquiry.  By Walter Feinberg.  Educational Studies, 15 (Winter 1984/85): 432-438.
The Hastings Center Report on the Teaching of Ethics in American Higher Education (Nine Volumes) Ethics, 92 (April 1982): 549-552.
Progressive Education: A Marxist Interpretation.  By Gilbert Gonzalez.  Educational Studies, 13 (Fall/Winter 1982): 464-471.
Book Reviews

 Dying to Teach by David Blacker.  Journal of Curriculum Studies, 31(1999): 120-123.

The Professors of Teaching by R. Wiesniewski and E. Ducharme.  Journal of Teacher Education, 41 (September/October 1990): 71-75.
Philosophy, Science, and Social Inquiry: Contemporary Methodological Controversies in Social Science and Related Applied Fields of Research by D. C. Phillips.  Qualitative Studies in Education, 2 (1990): 77-80.
Education Under Siege by Stanley Aronowitz and Henry A. Giroux.  Harvard Educational Review, 56 (August 1986): 318-323.
Sources of Progressive Thought in American Education by Philip. L. Smith.  Educational Studies, 13 (Spring 1982): 78-80.  With J. J. Chambliss.
Scholars, Dollars, and Bureaucrats by Chester Finn.  The Annals, 451 (September 1980): 184-185.
Psychology of Development and History by Klaus F. Riegel.  Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 15 (July 1979): 290-291.
Piaget: With Feeling by Philip A. Cowan.  Journal of Education, 161 (Fall 1979): 92-95.
Social Justice and Preferential Treatment by William T. Blackstone and Robert Heslep (Eds.) Educational Studies, 10 (Spring 1979): 133-136.
A Guide to Political Party Platforms by Edward W. Chester.  The Annals, 436 (March 1978): 173.
The Natural Superiority of Southern Politicians by David Leon Chandler.  Journal of Thought, 13 (April 1978): 161-163.
Understanding History of Education by Robert R. Sherman and Joseph Kirschner.  Educational Studies, 8 (Summer 1977): 185-188.
Simple Justice by Richard Kluger.  School Review, 85 (February 1977): 331-334.
Reason and Rhetoric: The Intellectual Foundations of Twentieth Century Liberal Educational Policy by Walter Feinberg.  School Review, 84 (August 1976): 643-647.
Book Notes
Can We Teach Ethics? by H. B. Radest.  Ethics, 101 (January 1991): 445-46.
Moral Development: Advances in Research and Theory by J. R. Rest.  Ethics, 101 (January 1991): 406.
The Optimum Utilization of Knowledge by Kenneth E. Boulding and Lawrence Senesh.  Ethics, 96 (October 1985): 221.
Rights and Advocacy for Retarded People by Stanley S. Herr.  Ethics, 94 (July 1984): 742.
Inside a Juvenile Court: The Tarnished Ideal of Individualized Justice by M. Bortner.  Ethics, 94 (July 1984): 742.
Children’s Rights by C. A. Wringe.  Ethics, 93 (April 1983):647.
Cultural and Economic Reproduction in Education by Michael Apple.  Ethics, 93 (April 1983): 637.
Scholarship: Presentations:
“Historia Pro Patria?” With Benjamin Justice. Philosophy of Education Society, Miami, March 2003.
“Civic Education: Problems and Possibilities,” Rutgers Invitational Symposium on Education, New Brunswick, NJ, October 2002.
“The Foundations of Professionalism Reconsidered,” Middle Atlantic States Philosophy of Education Society, New Brunswick, NJ, October 2002.
“Wittgenstein and Moral Practice,” Philosophy of Education Society, Vancouver, April 2002.
“Pragmatism and Peace,” International Symposium on World Peace in the 21st Century and the Idea of Nonviolence. Seoul, Korea, February 27, 2002.
“On Situated Knowing.” Middle Atlantic States Philosophy of Education Society, New Brunswick, NJ, December 1, 2001.
“Eros, Ideals, and Collateral Learning,” Philosophy of Education Society, Chicago, April 1, 2001.
“Willam James’ Center of Vision,” Middle Atlantic States Philosophy of Education Society,” New Brunswick, NJ, December, 2000.
“On the Need for a Recovery of Educational Theory,” American Educational Studies Association, Vancouver, November, 2000.
“Preparing Educational Leaders: Models for Collaboration,” University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, October, 2000.
“Issues in Civic Education,” University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, October, 2000.
“The Metaphysics of Presence,” Philosophy of Education Society, Toronto, March, 2000.

“Educational Thought in These Times,” Middle Atlantic States Philosophy of Education Society, New Brunswick, NJ, November, 1999.

“Re-reading Paulo Freire,” Philosophy of Education Society, New Orleans, March, 1999.

“Public and Professional Philosophy of Education,” Teachers College, Columbia University, March, 1999.

“Political Philosophy and Education,” Middle Atlantic States Philosophy of Education Society, New York, April, 1999.

“On Reading African-American Philosophy: Theory, Politics, and Pedagogy, Philosophy of Education Society, Boston, March 1998.

“Threats to Public Education,” American Association of College Teachers of Education, New Orleans, February, 1998.

“On Reading the New Scholarship on John Dewey,” Philosophy of Education Society, Vancouver, April 1997.
“Three Models of Teacher Education,” Fukui University, Fukui, Japan, October 1996.
“The American University in Transition,” Fukui University, Fukui, Japan, October 1996.
“Philosophy of Education: The Contemporary American Scene,” Fukui University, Fukui, Japan, October 1996.
“The Discourses of Mothering and Educational Theory,” Philosophy of Education Society, Houston, March 1996.
“Dewey on Inquiry: Reflection Without Mirrors,” Southern Society for Psychology and Philosophy, Virginia Beach, VA, April 1995.
“Neo-Liberalism, Neo-Pragmatism, and Education,” Middle Atlantic States Philosophy of Education Society, West Chester, PA, October 1994.
“Freedom and Inexorability: In Honor of Maxine Greene,” Middle Atlantic States Philosophy of Education Society, New Brunswick, NJ, April 1994.
“Multiculturalism and the Opposition: A Philosophical Perspective,” Critical Culture Lecture Series, Rutgers University-Newark, April 1994
“Education and Public Life,” George Barton Memorial Lecture, Louisiana Philosophy of Education Society, Lafayette, LA, November 1993.
“Discourses of In-Difference” Response to Weisburd,” Middle Atlantic States Philosophy of Education Society, Widener University, Chester PA, October 1993.
“Education and Philosophical Hermeneutics,” Philosophy of Education Society, New Orleans, March 1993.
“The Metaphysics of Luck: Westbrook and Rorty on ‘The Deweyan View,’” Middle Atlantic States Philosophy of Education Society, West Chester University, October, 1992.
“Power, Rights, and Education: A Tale of Two Traditions,” Philosophy of Education Society, Denver, March, 1992.
“Representativeness,” Philosophy of Education Society, Denver, March, 1992.
“Pragmatism and Feminism,” American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, April, 1992.
“The Foundations of Professionalism: Fifty Years of the Philosophy of Education Society In Retrospect,” Philosophy of Education Society, Washington, D.C., March, 1991.  With J.J. Chambliss.
“Educational Reform in the U.S.S. R.,” Middle Atlantic States Philosophy of Education Society, Chester, PA, November, 1990.
“Philosophy, Education, and Public Practice,” Philosophy of Education Society, Miami, March, 1990.
“Education for the Development of Character and Values,” New Jersey Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,” Patterson, New Jersey, June, 1989.
“Public Philosophies and Education,” American Educational Studies Association, Toronto, November, 1988.
“The Paradoxes of Cultural Literacy,” Middle Atlantic States Philosophy of Education Society, New Brunswick, New Jersey, May, 1988.
“Philosophy of Education at Present: An Assessment,” American Educational Studies Association, Chicago, November, 1987.
“Allan Bloom: The Closing of the American Mind,” Middle Atlantic States Philosophy of Education Society, New Brunswick, New Jersey, October, 1987.
“Philosophy, Education, and Public Practice,” (Presidential Address), Middle Atlantic States Philosophy of Education Society, New Brunswick, New Jersey, May, 1987.

“Education and Democratic Citizenship: Toward a Democratic Public Philosophy,” Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, December, 1986.

“Philosophy As Education,” Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, December, 1986.
“Philosophy of Education in the Mid-1980s,” Joint Meeting of the Ohio Valley and Middle Atlantic States Philosophy of Education Societies, Pittsburgh, October, 1986.
“Toward a Post-Foundationalist Philosophy of Education,” American Educational Research Association, Washington, D.C.: April, 1986.
“Notes on John Dewey and the Idea of Service,” John Dewey Society, Chicago, February, 1986.
“Qualitative Inquiry in Philosophy and Education: Notes on the Pragmatic Tradition,” American Educational Studies Association, Atlanta, November, 1985.
“Marxist and Liberal Views of Equality,” Middle Atlantic States Philosophy of Education Society, Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania, May, 1985.  (With J.J. Chambliss).
“Education, Excellence, and the Formation of a Public,” College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, April, 1985.
“Education, Excellence, and the Formation of a Public: Response to Green,” John Dewey Society, Denver, February, 1985.
“Democracy and the Public Schools: Current Trends in Educational Policy,” Southeast Philosophy of Education Society, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, February, 1985.
“Multiple Excellences in Education,” New Jersey Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,” New Brunswick, New Jersey, December, 1984.
“The Learning Community,” Philosophy of Education Society, Marina Del Ray, California, April, 1984.
“1984: Reflections on Hope in Hard Times,” John Dewey Society, San Antonio, February, 1984.
“A Nation at Risk: The National Report in Perspective,” New Jersey Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, October, 1983.
“Preparing Teachers to be Public Educators,” Dean’s Conference, Northern Kentucky University, April, 1983.
“Reorganization in Teacher Education: A Public Philosophical Perspective,” Southeast Philosophy of Education Society, Gainesville, Florida, February, 1983.
“Education and Democratic Citizenship” Notes on a New Public Philosophy,” National Council for Social Studies, Boston, November, 1983.
“Efficacy and Education: Etymology and Experience,” American Educational Research Association,” New York, March, 1982.
“Moral Relativism and the Self-Image of Philosophy,” Philosophy of Education Society, Baltimore, March, 1982.
“Education and Public Philosophy,” Southeast Philosophy of Education Society, New Orleans, February, 1982.
“Freedom and Public Service,” American Educational Studies Association, Boston, November, 1981.
“R. M. Hare’s Universal Prescriptivism and Moral Education: A Critique,” Philosophy of Education Society, Houston, April, 1981.
“Radical Critiques of the Cognitive-Developmental Theory of Moralization,” Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, February, 1981.
“Teachers and Social Reconstruction in The Social Frontier,” Southeast Philosophy of Education Society, Auburn, Alabama, February, 1981.
“The Social Frontier, 1934-1943: Retrospect and Prospect,” American Educational Studies Association, Colorado Springs, November, 1980.
“The Cognitive-Developmental Theory of Moralization: Toward a Political Critique,” Midwest Political Science Association,” Chicago, April, 1980.
“Philosophical Problems in Public Moral Education: Beyond the Liberal Problematic,” Philosophy of Education Society, San Francisco, April, 1980.
“Higher Education, Meritocracy, and Distributive Justice,” (With Rodman B. Webb), American Educational Studies Association, Cincinnati, October, 1979.
“Critical Notes on the Meritocratic Aim in Higher Education,” Curriculum Theory Conference, Airlie, Virginia, October, 1979.
“Collective Bargaining and Rationality,” (With Robert R. Sherman), Southeast Philosophy of Education Society, Birmingham, Alabama, February, 1979.
“Higher Education and Justice,” (With Rodman B. Webb), Florida Academic Affairs Conference, Jacksonville, May, 1978.
“Ethics Instruction: Cases, Conflicts, and Cooperation,” (With Samuel D. Andrews), Southeast Philosophy of Education Society, Birmingham, Alabama, February, 1978.
“Teacher Attitudes and Educational Democracy,” American Educational Studies Association, Philadelphia, November, 1977.
“Social Hymns and Commentary on Educational Reform,” (Group Presentation), Southern History of Education Society, Atlanta, October, 1977.
“Primers in Ethics: Reflections on a Changing Field,” Southeast Philosophy of Education Society, Atlanta, February, 1977.
“Justifications for Education of the Gifted: A Problem of Distributive Justice,” Southeast Philosophy of Education Society, New Orleans, February, 1976.
“Lawrence Kohlberg and G. E. Moore on the Naturalistic Fallacy,” Southeast Philosophy of Education Society, Mobile, Alabama, February, 1975.
“Philosophy and the Social Sciences: Toward Rapproachment,” Southeast Philosophy of Education Society, Mobile, Alabama, February, 1975.
“Thoughts on the Nature of Self-Reflection and Its Implications for Education,”  National Conference on Humanistic Education, University of West Georgia, August, 1974.  With John Novak.

Scholarship: Other Publications
“Social Reconstructionism” (2500 words) ;”Ethics and morality” (3000 words), In  J. J. Chambliss (Ed.) Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia (New York: Garland Publishing, 1996), 539-541; 199-203.
‘”Foreword” to Cultural Politics and Education by Michael Apple, (New York: Teachers College Press, 1996), vii-viii.
“Foreword” to Educating for Intelligent Belief and Unbelief by Nel Noddings, (New York: Teachers College Press, 1993): ix-x. 
Guest Editor, Ethics and Education, Journal of Thought, 22(Fall 1987).
Guest Co-Editor, Critical Theory and Educational Research, Qualitative Studies in Education, 5 (January-March 1992).  With Peter McLaren.
Grants
Graduate School of Education Scholars Program Research Grant, 1995.
Public Philosophy and Education
Center for Dewey Studies, 1985-1986
The Idea of Service
Research Council Grant, Rutgers University, 1981-1982.
Education and Social Change
Seed Incentive Grant, Boston University Graduate School, 1980-1981.
Education and Social Change
John Dewey Foundation Research Grant, 1980-1982.
Education and The Social Frontier
Honors and Awards
Graduate School of Education Alumni Association Faculty Achievement Award for Teaching, 2002.
Graduate School of Education Alumni Association Faculty Achievement Award for Research, 1993.
John Dewey Senior Fellowship, 1985-1986.
Kimball J. Wiles Award, Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, College of Education, University of Florida, 1978.
Graduate Council Fellowship, University of Florida, 1973.
Patten Fund Scholarship, Northwestern University, 1968-1972.
Professional Activities: Memberships and Offices Held
Philosophy of Education Society, Associate (1974-1979); Fellow (1980-present).
Committee on Professional Affairs, 1984-1989.
Representative to Editorial Board, Educational Theory, 1984-1986.
Chair, Program Committee, 1988.
Member, Program Committee, 1997.
Member, Program Committee, 2000.

Middle Atlantic States Philosophy of Education Society, (1980-present)
Program Co-Chairperson, 1982; 1983,1998.
Executive Board, 1983-1985.
President, 1985-1987.

John Dewey Society
Executive Board, 1982-1984.
Chair, Publications Committee, 1984-1985.
Co-Chair, John Dewey Lecture Commission, 1989-1993.
American Educational Studies Association
 State Network Representative, Committee on Academic   Standards and Accreditation, 1981-1986.
 Publications Committee, 1984-1985.
 Nominations Committee, 1985-1986.

Council of Learned Societies in Education
Executive Board (John Dewey Society Representative), 1983-84.
Society for Professors of Education
Executive Board, 1990-93.
American Association of University Professors, (1978-present).
Executive Board, Boston University Chapter, 1979-1980.
Committee A (Academic Freedom) Rutgers University Chapter, 1991- present.
American Educational Research Association
Reviewer, Division K (Teaching and Teacher Education),  1992.
Professional Activities: Editorial and Consultation
Developmental Reviewer. “Philosophy of Science,” Complementary Methods for Research in Education, American Educational Research Association, 2003.
Consulting Editor, “Epistemology and Educational Research: The Influence of Recent Approaches to Knowledge,” Review of Research in Education, 1994.
Editorial Board, Educational Foundations, 1990-1993.
Editorial Board, American Educational Research Journal, Social and Institutional Analysis Section, 1990-1993.
Associate Editor, Educational Theory, 1992-present.
Review Board, Current Issues in Education, 1998-present.
Review Board, Educational Theory, 1986-1990.
Board of Review Editor, Journal of Thought, 1985-present.
Editorial Advisory Board, Educational Studies, 1982-1984.
Editorial Board, Studies in Philosophy of Education, 1988-present.
Consultant, Law-Related Education, Newark Board of Education, 1982.
Consultant, Ethics and Education, Middlesex County College, 1988-89.
Consultant, Ethics and Education, Union County College, 1997.
Consultant, North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Western Carolina University, 1989.
Consulting Editor, Academic American Encyclopedia, 1980-1982.
Editorial Advisory Board, Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia, 1992-  1996.

Professional Activities: University Service
Rutgers University, 1980-present.
Chair, Department of Educational Theory, Policy, and Administration, 2002-present
Member, ex officio, Policy and Resources Committee, 2002-present.
Member, Ph. D. Faculty in Education/Graduate School-New Brunswick, 2001.
Faculty Exchange, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 2000.
Chair, Committee on Social Studies Education, Graduate School of Education, 1998-99.
Chair, Social Studies/Civic Education Search Committee, Graduate School of Education, 1999-2000, 2000-01,2001-2002.
Member, Academic Standing and Scholarship Committee, Graduate School of Education, 2000-02.
Chair, Appointments and Promotion Committee, Graduate School of Education, 1997-98; 1999-2000.
Chair, Humanities Content Advisory Committee, Rutgers Academic Challenge, 1998.
Faculty Representative, Rutgers University-Fukui University, Japan Academic Exchange, October 1996.
Member, International Education Committee, Graduate School of Education, 1995-96.
Chair, Department of Educational Theory, Policy, and Administration, 1987-1993.
Internal Allocations Committee, Graduate School of Education (ex  officio), 1987-1993; elected 1993-94.

Dean’s Administrative Council, Graduate School of Education (ex  officio), 1987-1993.
Eagleton Institute of Politics Advisory Board, 1987-1989.
Dean’s Search Committee, Graduate School of Education, 1985.
Long-Range Planning Committee, Graduate School of Education, 1984.
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Teaching: Course Assignments
Teacher Education Masters Program
Ethics, Society, and Education
Graduate:
Philosophy of Education
Social Philosophy and Education
Pragmatism and American Education
Seminar in Philosophy and Education
Special Topics: Ethics and Educational Practice
Special Topics: Moral Development and Education
Special Topics: Education and the Literary Imagination
Contemporary Issues in Education

Dissertation:
A Comparative Analysis of the Conceptions of Development in Dewy, Piaget, and Kohlberg and Their Implications for Educational Theory and Practice.  Ph. D., University of Florida, 1977.  Robert R. Sherman, Chair.
Scholarly and Professional Interests:
Philosophical and social foundations of education; educational policy and politics; moral philosophy; teaching philosophy; metaphilosophy
References: Available on request

For more information, please contact:
James M. Giarelli
Graduate School of Education
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
(732)  932-7496 ext. 8209
E-mail: Giarelli@rci.rutgers.edu