Dr. Paul Wagner Professor, Director - Project in Professional Ethics University of Houston-Clear Lake

Suite: 1119-08 Phone: (281) 283-3571 Fax: (281) 283-3599 E-mail: wagner@.cl.uh.edu	UH-Clear Lake Box 338 2700 Bay Area Blvd. Houston, Texas 77058
Educational Background	B. S. - Economics and Political Science, Truman State University M. Ed. - Higher Education Administration, University of Missouri, Columbia M. A. - Philosophy, University of Missouri, Columbia Ph. D. - Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education, University of Missouri, Columbia
Areas of Expertise	Professional ethics Program Evaluation Quality Theory Critical Thinking Purpose of Education
Current Research Projects and Grants	The image of philosophers in education Professional ethics Total Quality Management Textbook in preparation on Ethics and Educational Administration
Teaching Areas	Responsible for coursework in ethics and social responsibility at the doctoral level. In particular, instructor for the doctoral level course “Ethics and Social Responsibility in Educational Administration” Professional ethics courses Critical thinking Philosophy Management Theory
Publications and Presentations	Most recent publications (past three years)include articles as follows: 1. on the aim of education; 2. Education in the Autistic Society; 3. Strategies for teaching gifted students methodology in a closed end science such as physics, population genetics and molecular biology; 4. The role of the Fizeau experiment in Einstein’s 1905 development of the special theory of relativity; 5. Bayesian statistical analysis and interdisciplinary education; 6. Two America’s and the shared responsibility of democracy 6. Whispering Truth and the sciences. Older publications in ethics: Understanding Professional Ethics, Phi Delta Kappan Fastback, Fall, 1996 The Ethical Legal and Multicultural Foundations of Teaching, Brown and Benchmark, 1992. “The Idea of the Moral Person”, Journal of Thought, vol.21,, 1986 Wagner – Kierstead Moral Self-assessment Protocol, McGraw Hill, 3^rd edition 2006.
Service Activities	Formerly, Executive Secretary, Philosophy of Education Society Formerly, President, Texas Educational Foundation Society Formerly, Vice President Association of Philosophers in Education: Division of the American Philosophical Society; President, Central Division of same. Formerly President of the UHCL Faculty Senate Founding President of the UHCL Council of Full Professors American Philosophical Association Committee on Pre-College Philosophy Consultant to Houston I.S.D. Sharpstown Leadership Academy Editorial Board, Science and Education Former Board of Directors member of the following organizations: Leadership Houston; Houston Marathon; Volunteer Houston; Capital Campaign Committee, SPCA; Public Relations Committee, The American Cancer Society.
Special Recognition and Honors	Chancellor's Distinguished Service Professor, 1984 Atrium Circle Distinguished Professor, 1982 Who's Who in America Who's Who in American Education Who's Who in the World Who's Who in the South and Southwest Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers Top 100 Educators for 2006; The International Bibliographical Society, Cambridge, England
Personal Interests	Opera, camping, stock market, running, working out, singing in church choir, Linda Lorelle Scholarship Fund Committee, playing with my dogs.
Favorite Quote	“Management Theory is Moral Architecture”.Paul Wagner (also tentative title of my book on administrative ethics I am currently working on) “Everythin changes a little as it should, good ain’t forever and bad ain’t for good.” Country and Western singer, Roger Miller.