Joan Burstyn
Professor Emeritus
Cultural Foundations of Education , Higher Education
E-mail: jburstyn@syr.edu
Office:
Rm. 135 Huntington Hall
Phone: 443-7612
Education:
Ph.D. University of London, 1968
Professor Burstyn's scholarly interests range from gender, race, and class in the history of education to the influence of new information technologies, and to conflict resolution in educational settings. A noted educational historian and a past president of the History of Education Society, she is president of the American Educational Studies Association. She is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (Teaching Division). Burstyn has held administrative positions at Carnegie Mellon University, Rutgers University, and Syracuse University where she is the former dean of the School of Education.