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Michael S. Knapp Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies M201 Miller, Box 353600 College of Education, University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-3600 mknapp@u.washington.edu

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Dr. Knapp's teaching and research focus on educational leadership and policymaking, school and school system reform, the professional learning of teachers and administrators, and methods of inquiry and policy analysis. Over several decades, he has pursued a program of research that concentrates on the ways in which leadership and policymaking connect to - and exert influence on - classroom teaching and school improvement. In recent years, Dr. Knapp's work as both a scholar and teacher has been probing the meaning and forms of "learning-focused leadership" in schools, districts, and state systems of education.

While Dr. Knapp's work considers a wide range of settings and applications, he has a particular interest in the education of disenfranchised populations, mathematics and science education, and the professional development of educators.

Education

Ph.D., Stanford, 1981

Publications

Selected Journal Articles (* = Peer Reviewed)

Taylor, E. and Olswang, S.G.  (1999). Peril or promise: The effect of desegregation litigation on historically black colleges.  The Western Journal of Black Studies, 23(2), 73-82.

de Give, M. and Olswang, S.G.  (1999).  The making of a branch campus system: A statewide strategy of coalition building.  The Review of Higher Education, 22(3), 287-313.

Olswang, S.G.  (1998).  The ombuds’ place in the university.  The Journal 1998 of the California Caucus of College and University Ombuds, 1(1), 14-17.

Taylor, E. and Olswang, S.G.  (1997).  Crossing the color line: African Americans and predominantly White universities.  College Student Journal, 31(1), 11-18.

Olswang, S.G.  (1997).  Academic abstention stronger than ever, despite Vaksman.  Journal of Law & Education, 26(1), 91-96.

Burgstahler, S. and Olswang, S.G.  (1996).  Computing and networking services for students with disabilities: How do community colleges measure up?  Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 20(4), 363-376.

Finkel, S. and Olswang, S.G.  (1995).  Child rearing as a career impediment to women assistant professors.  Review of Higher Education, 19(2), 123-139.

Finkel, S. and Olswang, S.G.  (1995).  Maternity leave policies in research universities. 1995 AAUW Conference Proceedings.

Finkel, S., Olswang, S.G., and She, N. (1994).  Childbirth, tenure, and promotion for women faculty.  Review of Higher Education, 17 (3), 259-270.

Discala, J., Olswang, S.G., and Niccolls, C.S. (1992).  College and university responses to the emotionally or mentally impaired student.  Journal of College and University Law, 19, 17-33.

Fassett, W.E., and Olswang, S.G. (1991).  Affiliate faculty and student evaluation, discipline and dismissal.  American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 55, 211-218.

Hendrickson, R.M., Lee, B.A., Loomis, F.D., and Olswang, S.G. (1990).  The impact of the civil rights restoration act on higher education.  West’s Education Law Reporter, 60, 671-690.

Books

Copland, M. A., & Knapp, M. S. (2006). Leadership for learning: Reflection, planning, and action. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development.

Portin, B., Beck, L., Knapp, M. S. , & Murphy, J. (Eds.) (2003).  Taking stock and moving on:  Local lessons from a national school renewal initiative.  Westport, CT:  Greenwood Publishing Group..

Hightower, Knapp, M. S., Marsh, J., & McLaughlin, M. W. (Eds.) (2002).  School districts and instructional renewal. New York:  Teachers College Press.

Weiss, I., Knapp, M. S., Hollweg, K., & Burrill, G. (Eds.) (2002).  Investigating the influence of standards:  A framework for research in mathematics, science, and technology education.  Washington DC:  The National Research Council/National Academy Press.

 Knapp, M. S., & Associates (1998).  Paths to Partnership:  Universities and communities as learners in interprofessional education.  Lanham, MD:  Rowman & Littlefield.

Knapp, M. S., & Associates (1995).  Teaching for meaning in high-poverty classrooms.  New York:  Teachers College Press.

Means, B., Chelemer, C., & Knapp, M. S. (Eds.) (1991).  Teaching advanced skills to at-risk students.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.  

Knapp, M. S., & Shields, P. M. (Eds.) (1991).  Better schooling for the children of poverty:  Alternatives to conventional wisdom.  Berkeley, CA: McCutchan.

Kachama, B., Knapp, M. S., Gries, D., & Mzumara. P. (1971). Primary science,
         Standards 7-8.  Zomba, Malawi:  the Malawi Government Printer.

Woomer, Q., Kachama, B., Knapp, M. S., & Gries, D. (1969).  Primary science,
         Standards 5-6.  Zomba, Malawi:  The Malawi Government Printer.

Book chapters

Portin, B. S., Knapp, M. S., Plecki, M. L., & Copland, M. A.. (in press). Supporting and guiding learning-focused leadership in U. S. schools. In MacBeath, J., & Cheng, Y. C. (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education, 3rd Edition—Volume XX: Leadership for Learning: International Perspectives. Oxford, U.K.: Elsevier Press..

Copland, M. A., Knapp, M. S., & Swinnerton, J. A. (in press). Data-informed leadership and school improvement. In Kowalski, T. (Ed.), Handbook of Data-based Decisionmaking in Education . Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Knapp, M. S., Copland, M. A.,& Swinnerton, J. A.  (2007). Data-informed leadership: Insights from current research, theory, and practice. In Moss, P. (Ed.), Evidence and decisionmaking—the 106th Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Gallucci, C., Knapp, M. S., Markholt, A., & Ort. S. (2006). Standards-based reform and small schools of choice: Converging reform theories in three urban middle schools.  In Harris, A., & Chrispeels, J. H. (Ed.), Improving schools and educational systems (pp 186-216). London and New York: Routledge:

Knapp, M. S. & Meadows, J. L. (2005).  Policy-practice connections in state standards-based reform. In Datnow, A., Leithwood, K., and Bascia, N. (Eds.), International handbook of educational policy.  Dordrecht, The Netherlands:  Kluwer Press.

Knapp, M. S. (2001).  Policy, poverty, and capable teaching.  In Biddle, B. W. (Ed.). Social class, poverty, and education.  New York:  Garland Publishing.