Joan Malczewski
Department of Humanities and the Social Sciences in the Professions
Department of Teaching and Learning
239 Greene Street, Room 608
The Steinhardt School, New York University
New York, New York 10003
212-998-9017, [email protected]
Education
Ph.D.
2002
Columbia University, History and Education
Dissertation: Northern Philanthropists, the State, and Rural Blacks:
Education Reform in North Carolina During the Progressive Era
M.A.
1995
Teachers College, Columbia University
History and Education
B.A.
1985
University of Michigan
Economics, concentration in accounting
Employment History: Academic
2009 -
Assistant Professor of History and Social Studies
The Steinhardt School of Education, New York University
Joint appointment: Department of Teaching and Learning, Department of
Humanities and Social Sciences in the Professions
2008 – 2010
Vice-Chair, Department of Teaching and Learning, The Steinhardt School of
Education
2006 – 2009
Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Social Studies
The Steinhardt School of Education, New York University
Books:
Joan Malczewski, The Struggle to Build a New Educational State: Foundations, Schools and the American
South, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, forthcoming.
Refereed Articles:
Joan Malczewski, “Philanthropy and Progressive Era State Building through Agricultural Extension
Work in the Jim Crow South.” History of Education Quarterly, 53, no. 4 (November, 2013).
Joan Malczewski, “‘The Schools Lost Their Isolation’: Institutions and Agency in Educational Policy
Development, 1909 – 1935.” Journal of Policy History, 23, no. 3 (June, 2011).
2/18/2015
Joan Malczewski, Debra Plafker-Gutt, and Robert Cohen, “Teaching about Starbucks and
Consumer Literacy.” Social Education (June, 2011).
Joan Malczewski,“Weak State, Stronger Schools: Northern Philanthropy and Organizational Change
in the Jim Crow South,” Journal of Southern History, 75, no. 4 (November, 2009).
Manuscripts Under Review
Joan Malczewski, “Two Cheers for Bureaucracy! Education Reform and State Building in the Jim
Crow South,” resubmitted with revisions to Studies in American Political Development
Book Chapters:
Joan Malczewski, with Ryan Mills and Ashley Merriman, “A creative and disciplinary approach to
teaching about slavery in the middle school and high school classroom,” In Teaching U.S.
History: Dialogues with Historians, ed., Robert Cohen, Diana Turk, Rachel Mattson and Terrie
Epstein (New York: Routledge, 2009).
Michael Stoll, Joan Malczewski, and David Montgomery, “Gender, Race and Reform in the
Progressive Era,” In Teaching U.S. History: Dialogues with Historians, ed., Robert Cohen, Diana
Turk, Rachel Mattson and Terrie Epstein (New York: Routledge, 2009).
Awards:
2011
Spencer Foundation, “Building a New Educational State: Institutions and Agency in the Jim
Crow South,” $40,000
2010
Steinhardt Challenge IDEA Award, “Building a New Educational State,” $5,000.
Book Reviews:
The Quest for Citizenship: African American and Native American Education in Kansas, 1880 – 1935, Kim
Cary Warren, Journal of Southern History, 78, no. 1 (February, 2012).
“Aint’ Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around,” a review of Higher Education and the Civil Rights
Movement: White Supremacy, Black Southerners and College Campuses, ed. Peter Wallenstein, in
Thought and Action, (v. 24, Fall 2008), 143 - 145.
Employment History: Administrative
2003 – 2006
2002 – 2003
1995 – 2001
1993 – 1995
1989 – 1993
1987 – 1989
Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs, The Steinhardt School of Education
Director of Faculty Affairs, The Steinhardt School of Education
Assistant Dean, Columbia University Teachers College
Executive Assistant to the Dean, Columbia University Teachers College
Special Assistant to the Dean for Academic Budgeting, Columbia University
Teachers College
Financial Analyst, J.P.K. Enterprises, New York
2/18/2015
1985 – 1987
Auditor, Arthur Anderson and Co., New York
Registered C.P.A. in New York State, 1987
Conference Presentations
2012
Two Cheers for Bureaucracy! History of Education Society Annual Conference, Seattle,
Washington
2012
Borrowing Capacity to Limit Reform: The Role of Public-Private Collaboration and the
Reorganization of Southern Education in the Progressive Era, American Historical
Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois.
2011
Two Cheers for Bureaucracy:!” Social Science History Annual Conference, Boston,
Massachusetts
2010
The fundamental need of country life is organization.’ History of Education Society Annual
Conference, Boston, Massachusetts
2009
Looking Anew at the ‘Rise and Fall’ of Jim Crow in Southern Education: The Role of Public
Private Partnerships. History of Education Society Annual Conference, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
2008
“Organize in Every Community”: Interest Groups and Institutions in Educational Policy
Development in the Jim Crow South. Policy History Conference, Clayton, Missouri.
2007
Weak State: Stronger Schools. History of Education Society Annual Conference,
Cleveland, Ohio
2007
Teaching History, Teaching Ethics, Teaching Democracy, Association for Moral Education,
New York, New York, discussant
Courses Taught:
Graduate
History of American Education
What are Schools For?
How Colleges Work
The Social Studies Curriculum: U.S. History
Masters Seminar in Social Studies Education
Undergraduate
Education and the American Dream: Historical Perspectives on Democracy and Education
United States History and Geography: 1865 – Present
Honors Seminar in Teaching and Learning
Professional and Community Service:
2010 -2009 –
Faculty Supervisor, Social Studies Education Student Teaching
Doctoral Committee, Department of Teaching and Learning
2/18/2015
2008 – 2010
2008
2007 – 2008
2007
2006 – 2009
2006 – 2009
2005 – 2006
2004 – 2006
2004 –
1995 – 2002
Vice-chair, Department of Teaching and Learning
University Professional Development Workshop: How Universities Work with
Professor Ann Marcus
Task Force on Governance, Department of Teaching and Learning
History of Education Society Annual Conference: Proposal Review Committee
Committee on History and Democracy, Steinhardt
Dewey Lectures: Inquiries into Teaching and Learning, Department of Teaching
and Learning, Steinhardt
Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Roles and Responsibilities, Steinhardt
Ad Hoc Committee on Student Rating Forms, Steinhardt
Manuscript Reviews, Journal of Negro Education, Journal of Southern History
Advisory Board, Rita Gold Early Childhood Center, Teachers College
Adjunct and Graduate Teaching:
2003 - 2006
Adjunct Assistant Professor, The Steinhardt School of Education
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Professions
Spring, 2001
Instructor, Columbia University Teachers College
Spring, 1994
Graduate Teaching Assistant, History of American Education
Professor Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, Columbia University Teachers College
Spring, 1993
Graduate Teaching Assistant, American Educational Policy
Professor Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, Columbia University Teachers College
2/18/2015