Kerry Burch, Ph.D.

Professor, Foundations of Education

Department

Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations (LEPF)

Research Interests

As a philosopher of education, I am interested in reclaiming the enlightenment tradition in Western intellectual thought in order to revitalize both contemporary educational conditions as well as the formation of teacher identity. I believe that a large part of this project also involves the reclamation of the American radical democratic heritage; these related interests mean that, as far as my teaching is concerned, I regularly use the Socratic dialogs alongside the texts of Paulo Freire and John Dewey as resources to bring to life these traditions and critical perspectives.

Education

• Ph.D. University of Hawaii, Political Science
• M.A. Columbia University Teachers College, Social Studies
• B.A. University of San Francisco, Sociology

Select Publications

• Burch, Kerry (2014) Reading NCLB as a Form of Structural Violence. The Journal of Educational Controversy.Vol. 8, No. 1 Fall/Winter.
• Burch, Kerry (2014) "Cornel West." The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Thought.
• Burch, Kerry (2012) Book: Democratic Transformations: Eight Conflicts in the Negotiation of American Identity. NY: Continuum. *Recipient of The Society of Professors of Education 2014 Book Award.