Dennis W. Spuck Dean, School of Education University of Houston-Clear Lake

Suite: 1237-03 Phone: (281) 283-3501 Fax: (281) 283-3509 E-mail: spuck@uhcl.edu	UH-Clear Lake Box 517 2700 Bay Area Blvd. Houston, Texas 77058
Educational Background	B. A. - California State University at Los Angeles M. A. - California State University at Los Angeles Ph. D. - Claremont Graduate School (California)
Areas of Expertise	Educational Research Educational Leadership
Summary of Professional Experience	1990 - present: Dean, School of Education Professor of Educational Leadership and Foundations University of Houston-Clear Lake 1987 - 1990: Associate Dean, School of Education Professor of Educational Leadership and Foundations University of Houston-Clear Lake 1977 - 1987: Chair, Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Studies Professor of Educational Leadership University of Houston 1970 - 1977: Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership University of Wisconsin - Madison
Teaching Areas	Educational Research Methods
Publications and Presentations	Assessing the Impact of Computer Based Learning Since 1987. Monograph and Special Issue of the Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1996, 28,(4), (edited with W. Michael Reed and William C. Bozeman). Also Introduction, pp.415-417 (with W. Michael Reed and William C. Bozeman) and Summary, pp. 554-556 (with W. Michael Reed and William C. Bozeman), as articles in this Monograph. Using Electronic Meeting System Support in the Design of the Graduate Core Curriculum, Educational Technology: Research and Development 1995, 43,(2), 71-78 (with Doris L. Prater and David B. Palumbo). Computer Support for Administrative Leadership, in Gregg Kearsley and William Lynch (Eds.), Educational Technology Leadership Perspectives, 1994. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications (with William C. Bozeman). Lowering Standards for Teacher Preparation. EducationNews.Org. November 12, 2003. Technological Facilitation for Decision Making in Education, in A.C.W. Fung, A.J. Visscher, B.Z. Barta, and D.C.B. Teather (Eds.), INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT FOR THE SCHOOLS OF THE FUTURE, 1997. London: Chapman and Hall (with Angus MacNeil, Doris L. Prater, and David B. Palumbo).
Service Activities	Editor, Journal of Research on Computing in Education, International Society for Technology in Education, 1977 – 1997 President/President Elect/Past President, Texas Association for Colleges of Teacher Education, 2003-2006 Member of Advisory Committee for Texas Commissioner of Education, 1994 to 1997. Texas Representative to the State Council of the Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, 2004 to 2006. Member of Texas Elementary and Middle School Committee of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and Member of the SACS Elementary and Middle School Commission Committee on Standards, 1996 – 2001.
Special Recognition and Honors	Leadership Award, presented by the Texas Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, 2005 Distinguished Educator Achievement Award, presented by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, 2001. Invited Participant by Governors Bill Clinton and Roy Romer, National Educational Goals Panel, Little Rock, Arkansas, May 1991. Invited Participant by Lauro Cavazos, Secretary of Education, Strategy Meeting on Educational Choice, New York City, October, 1989. Outstanding Educator in Higher Education, International Association for Computing in Education, 1989.