Grogan, Erin
Erin Grogan received her bachelor's degree in Psychology and Political Science from Union College in upstate New York. She also received a master's degree in Public Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, concentrating on nonprofit and public school management. She has experience working as an elementary school teacher in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (as a member of Teach for America) and as an administrator at a charter school in Philadelphia. She has also been a grant writer for several nonprofits working on issues impacting children in low-income areas. She also volunteers with the Beekman Therapeutic Horseback Riding Program in Lansing.
Supported by a University Distinguished Fellowship, Erin is interested in social justice issues and their intersection with school choice policies and teacher preparation and certification. She intends to focus on urban settings. Erin is interested in many aspects of charter school policy, including: differences between Educational Management Organizations and nonprofits that run charter schools; impacts of school leader characteristics on teachers and students; teacher recruitment policies; the possibility for charter schools to serve as centers of social justice education; and reasons why teachers and administrators would leave traditional public school settings to work in charter schools. Additionally, she is interested in teacher preparation, including alternative certification.
Presentations:
Nowlin, T., Marshall, C. & Grogan, E. (2005). Unpacking the toolbox: The use of new criteria to better assess social justice within educational leadership and administration. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the University Council for Educational Administration, Nashville, TN.
