NAME Honors Dr. Kritsonis as Professork, Scholar, and Pioneer Publisher for Distinguished Services to Multicultural Research PublishingCeremony held on the campus of Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
William Allan Kritsonis, PhD Honored as Professor, Scholar & Pioneer Publisher The Region 6 Texas National Association for Multicultural Education honors Dr. William Allan Kritsonis as a Professor, Scholar, and Pioneer Publisher for Distinguished Service to Multicultural Research Publishing. The ceremony was held on the campus of Texas AS&M University, College Station on April 28 th 2012. Dr. Kritsonis is Professor of Educational Leadership at Prairie View A&M University – Member of the Texas A&M University System. He teaches in the PhD Program in Educational Leadership and the Master’s Program in Administration with emphasis in Principal certification. Dr. Kritsonis taught the Inaugural class session in the doctoral program at the start of the fall 2004 academic year. In October 2006, Dr. Kritsonis chaired the first
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William Allan Kritsonis, PhD
Honored as Professor, Scholar & Pioneer Publisher
The Region 6 Texas National Association for Multicultural Education honors Dr. William Allan Kritsonis as a Professor, Scholar, and Pioneer Publisher for Distinguished Service to Multicultural Research Publishing. The ceremony was held on the campus of Texas AS&M University, College Station on April 28th 2012.
Dr. Kritsonis is Professor of Educational Leadership at Prairie View A&M University – Member of the Texas A&M University System. He teaches in the PhD Program in Educational Leadership and the Master’s Program in Administration with emphasis in Principal certification. Dr. Kritsonis taught the Inaugural class session in the doctoral program at the start of the fall 2004 academic year. In October 2006, Dr. Kritsonis chaired the first doctoral student to earn a PhD in Educational Leadership at PVAMU. Dr. Kritsonis has chaired 23 dissertations wherein students have graduated and earned the PhD at PVAMU. He lives in Houston, Texas.
William H. Parker Leadership Academy Hall of Honor
In 2008, Dr. Kritsonis was inducted into the William H. Parker Leadership Academy Hall of Honor, Graduate School, Prairie View A&M University – The Texas A&M University System. He was nominated by doctoral and master’s degree students.
Lectures at the University of Oxford, Oxford, England
In 2005, Dr. Kritsonis was an Invited Visiting Lecturer at the Oxford Round Table at Oriel College in the University of Oxford, Oxford, England. His lecture was entitled the Ways of Knowing through the Realms of Meaning.
Recognized as Distinguished Alumnus at Central Washington University
In 2004, Dr. William Allan Kritsonis was recognized as the Central Washington University Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus for the College of Education and Professional Studies. Dr. Kritsonis was nominated by alumni, former students, friends, faculty, and staff. Final selection was made by the Alumni Association Board of Directors. Recipients are CWU graduates of 20 years or more and are recognized for achievement in their professional field and have made a positive contribution to society. For the second consecutive year, U.S. News and World Report placed Central Washington University among the top elite public institutions in the west. CWU was 12th
on the list in the 2006 On-Line Education of “America’s Best Colleges.”
Educational Background
Dr. William Allan Kritsonis earned his Associate of Arts Degree from Everett Junior College in 1966 where he was named to the All-Conference Baseball Team and recently inducted into the Trojan Baseball Hall of Fame. He earned his BA in 1969 from Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington. In 1971, he earned his MEd from Seattle Pacific University. In 1976, he earned his PhD from the University of Iowa. In 1981, he was a Visiting Scholar at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, and in 1987 was a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California. In June 2008, Dr. Kritsonis received the Doctor of Humane Letters, School of Graduate Studies from Southern Christian University. The ceremony was held at the Hilton Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Professional Experience
Dr. Kritsonis began his career as a teacher. He has served education as a principal, superintendent of schools, director of student teaching and field experiences, invited guest professor, author, consultant, editor-in-chief, and publisher. Dr. Kritsonis has earned tenure as a professor at the highest academic rank at two universities, including successful post-tenure reviews.
Books – Articles – Lectures - Workshops
Dr. Kritsonis lectures and conducts seminars and workshops on a variety of topics. He is author of more than 500 articles in professional journals and several books. His popular book SCHOOL DISCIPLINE: The Art of Survival is scheduled for its fourth edition. He is the author of the textbook William Kritsonis, PhD on Schooling that is used by many professors at colleges and universities throughout the nation and abroad.
In 2007, Dr. Kritsonis’ version of the book of Ways of Knowing through the Realms of Meaning (858 pages) was published in the United States of America in cooperation with partial financial support of Visiting Lecturers, Oxford Round Table (2005). The book is the product of a collaborative twenty-four year effort beginning in 1978 with the late Dr. Philip H. Phenix. Dr. Kritsonis was in continuous communication with Dr. Phenix until his death in 2002.
In 2011, Dr. Kritsonis was the lead author of the textbook Practical Applications of Educational Research and Basic Statistics. The text provides practical content knowledge in research for students at the doctoral and master’s levels. In 2012, Dr. Kritsonis’ book Non-Renewal of Public School Personnel Contracts: Selected Supreme and District Court Decisions in Accordance with the Due Process of Law is scheduled for publication by The Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, New York. Dr. Kritsonis’ seminar and workshop on Writing for Professional Publication has been very popular with both professors and practitioners. Persons in attendance generate an article to be published in a refereed journal at the national or international levels.
Travels
Dr. Kritsonis has traveled and lectured throughout the United States and world-wide. Some recent international tours include Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Turkey, Italy, Greece, Monte Carlo, England, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Poland, Germany, and many more.
Founder of National FORUM Journals – Over 5,200 Professors Published
Dr. Kritsonis is founder of NATIONAL FORUM JOURNALS (since 1982). These publications represent a group of highly respected scholarly academic periodicals. Over 5,000 writers have been published in these refereed, peer-reviewed periodicals. In 1983, he published the National FORUM of Educational Administration and Supervision. In 1987, Dr. Kritsonis founded the National FORUM of Applied Educational Research Journal whose aim is to conjoin the efforts of applied educational researchers world-wide with those of practitioners in education. He founded the National FORUM of Special Education Journal (1989), National FORUM of Teacher Education Journal (1990), International Journal of Scholarly Academic Intellectual Diversity (1996), National FORUM of Multicultural Issues Journal (2003), International Journal of Management, Business, and Administration (2004), Focus: On Colleges, Universities, and Schools (2006), and Schooling (2010). Besides working with university professors and authors in the public/private sector, Dr. Kritsonis is committed to working with doctoral students on manuscripts while they are enrolled in course work in their doctoral programs. In 1997, he established the Online Journal Division of National FORUM Journals that publish national and international refereed articles daily on the website: www.nationalforum.com. Over 800 professors and practitioners have published online.
Dr. Kritsonis has served in professorial roles at Central Washington University, Washington; Salisbury State University, Maryland; Northwestern State University, Louisiana; Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; and McNeese State University, Louisiana in the Department of Administrative and Foundational Service.
Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration In 2006, Dr. Kritsonis published two articles in the Two-Volume Set of the Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration published by SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks, California. He is a National Reviewer for the Journal of Research on Leadership, University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA).
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William Allan Kritsonis, PhDProfessor
Dissertation Chair for 23 PhD Graduates at Prairie View A&M UniversityThe Texas A&M University System
Teresa Ann Hughes ~ December 2006Roselia Alaniz Salinas ~ October 2007
Yolanda E. Smith ~ February 2008Clarence Johnson ~ September 2008
Frances Craig Worthey ~ October 2008Nasrin Nazemzadeh ~ November 2008
Grace Thomas Nickerson ~ December 2008Rhodena Townsell ~ January 2009
Robert Marcel Branch ~ March 2009Jennifer T. Butcher ~ March 2009
Michelle Annette Cloud ~ March 2009Janetta Carolyn Gilliam ~ March 2009Eunetra Ellison Simpson ~ March 2009Desiree Adair Skinner ~ March 2010
Rebecca Hoa Duong ~ May 2009Donald Ray Brown, Jr. ~ July 2009Debra Denise Watkins ~ July 2009
Monica Georgette Williams ~ July 2009Steven Norfleet ~ April 2010
Alex Elias Torrez ~ April 2011Mary Ann Springs ~ July 2011
Sheri L. Miller-Williams ~ September 2011Simone Alicia Gardiner ~ March 2012
