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UCEA
Executive Committee
Gail
Furman Gail Furman is the president for year 2001-2002. She has been involved in UCEA for over 10 years. She has been a Plenum representative since 1996 and served as Program Co-chair for the 1998 UCEA convention in St. Louis. She is Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of Educational Leadership at Washington State University, where she earned her Ph.D. in Educational Administration in 1989. Her K-12 background is in special education. Gail's research and teaching interests focus on leadership for community in schools, ethics, and policy studies. She won the Davis Award for her 1998 article in Educational Administration Quarterly, "Postmodernism and Community in Schools: Unraveling the Paradox." Other recent work includes quest editing a special issue of EAQ on "School as Community" (February, 1999) and a 1997 book, Community and Schools: Promise and Paradox (with Carol Merz). She is editing a forthcoming book from SUNY, School as Community: From Promise to Practice. Gail's work as been recognized with the Faculty Excellence Award in Research from Washington State University.
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