Paul Wagner, Ph.D.

Biography

Curriculum Vitae

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Areas of Expertise

• Professional Ethics
• Program Evaluation and Administrative Leadership
• Epistemology
• Critical Thinking, Rationality and Decision-Theory
• Purpose of Education

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Publications

Journal Articles

• Decision-Theory in Sex Education, Journal of Sex Education;
• Decision-Theory in Educational Administration, Journal of Values and Ethics in Educational Administration;
• The Ethics of Inclusion and The Great Conversation of Humankind, Multicultural Perspectives;
• Isolationists and the Curriculum, Interchange;
• The Autistic Society and The Curriculum, Educational Forum;
• Religious Tolerance, Interchange. "Game Theory as Psychological Excavation in H. Hanappi ed. Game Theory Relaunched.

Books

• Wagner, P. A. et al. (2018). Thinking Ahead. New York, NY: Rowman & Littlefield.
• Wagner, P. A. (2018). Beyond Love Trauma. Houston, TX: Third Coast Pub.
• Wagner, P. A. (2017). Love Trauma. Houston, TX: Third Coast Pub.
• Wagner, P. A. et al. (2016). Thinking Beyond the Test. New York, NY: Rowman & Littlefield.
• Wagner, P. A. et al. (2017). Focus on Thinking. New York, NY: Rowman & Littlefield.
• Wagner, P. A., & Douglas, S. (2009). Ethical Decision Making in Educational Administration: Leadership as Moral Architecture. San Francisco, CA: Sage.
• Wagner, P. A., & Kierstead, F. (2001). Wagner-Kierstead Moral Self-Assessment Protocol. New York, NY: McGraw Hill.
• Wagner, P. A. (1996). Understanding Professional Ethics. Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta Kappa Fastback.
• Wagner, P. A., & Kierstead, F. (1993). The Ethical, Legal and Multicultural Foundations of Teaching. Madison, WI: William C. Brown/Benchmark Publishers.

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Research Projects

• The Image of Philosophers in Education
• Professional Ethics
• Book on Formal Decision-Theory in Administration and the Curriculum
• NSSE Yearbook Chapter on Decision-Theory and Morality

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Awards and Accomplishments

• President's Distinguished Research Professor, 2009
• 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

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