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Nov 3, 2020 • Caitlin Burns
By Aaron Uscinowicz '22 Dr. Marc Brasof’s commitment to social justice is no secret. The Associate Professor of Education and Director of Secondary Social Studies and English Education is also the 2020-23 Rosemary and Walter Blankley Endowed Chair in Education, which is funding Arcadia’s...
Oct 1, 2020 • Caitlin Burns
Dr. Marc Brasof, associate professor of Education, was a panelist for The Pennsylvania Council for the Social Studies (PCSS) 67th Annual Conference on Oct. 1. The panel, “How shall we proceed? Teaching about and during a global pandemic,” consisted of authors previously published in PCSS’ Social...
Aug 26, 2020 • Caitlin Burns
By John Stuetz '20M The Social Action and Justice Education (SAJE) Fellowship will welcome nine aspiring educators of color to the Arcadia community this fall. The fellowship will provide preparatory programs and leadership training for SAJE fellows to teach in culturally and linguistically...
May 7, 2020 • Andrea Walls
Walter E. Blankley, a beloved member of the Arcadia University community and husband of Life Trustee Rosemary Deniken Blankley ’57, ’06H, passed away on April 27. Together for 67 years, Walter and Rosemary established an extraordinary legacy at Arcadia, defined by a lifetime commitment to higher...
Dec 18, 2019 • Caitlin Burns
An educator for more than 20 years, Dr. Marc Brasof, associate professor of Education and director of Secondary Social Studies and English Education, received the 2020-23 Rosemary and Walter Blankley Endowed Chair in Education. The award will support Arcadia’s Social Action and Justice Education...
Dec 2, 2019 • Caitlin Burns
Pennsylvania Department of Education Secretary Pedro Rivera announced on Nov. 20 a new pilot program, Aspiring to Educate (A2E), that aims to cultivate and diversify Philadelphia’s educator pool. The pilot, which is the first of its kind in the nation, is a partnership between the Pennsylvania...
Jun 21, 2019 • Jen Retter
Dr. Marc Brasof, assistant professor of Education, published “Meeting the discipline challenge: Capacity-building youth-adult leadership” in the Journal of Educational Change on June 14. The article addresses causes of in-school conflicts and explores how youth courts—diversion programs that offer...
Oct 30, 2018 • Jen Retter
On Oct. 19, Dr. Marc Brasof, assistant professor of Education, and Vicky Lynch ’18M, Madeline Robinson ’18, and Heather Hingston ’18M presented a new framework for teaching controversial issues in politically divisive times to educators, board members, and student-teachers at the 65th annual...
Jun 14, 2018 • Caitlin Burns
Assistant Professor of Education Dr. Marc Brasof and Special Education graduate Kate Peterson ‘16 published their research on student discipline in urban schools on May 9 in Psychology in the School. Titled “Creating procedural justice and legitimate authority within school discipline systems...
Apr 13, 2018 • Caitlin Burns
Dr. Marc Brasof, assistant professor of Education, hosted a panel on the environmental sustainability of schools on April 12. “Going Green: A Look at How Schools Are Becoming Green Spaces” examined the cost of our environmental footprint, what “green schools” are and how they operate, and what...
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Dr. Brasof's has taught for almost 20 years. Dr. Brasof was a founding faculty member and history/social studies teacher at Constitution High School, Pennsylvania's only history- and civic-themed public school. While earning a doctorate in educational leadership Temple University, he taught curriculum courses as a graduate student and then eventually at Arcadia University's School of Education in the doctoral educational leadership and teacher education programs.
Dr. Brasof has published scholarship examining secondary school improvement from the perspectives of student voice, distributed and democratic leadership, and civic and history education. Dr. Brasof authored the book Student Voice and School Governance: Distributing Leadership to Youth and Adults (2015) and is currently working on an upcoming co-edited volume on student voice research methods. Dr. Brasof was awarded Ellington Beavers Fund for Intellectual Inquiry in 2019 and Academic Affairs Innovative Implementation Grant for his work on starting the School of Education's Social Action and Justice Education Fellowship. Dr. Brasof is also the current Rosemary and Walter Blankley Endowed Chair.
Other Recent Publications
Lyons, L., Brasof, M. & Baron, C. (2020). “Measuring mechanisms of student voice: Development and validation of student leadership capacity building scales.” AERA Open.
Lyons, L. & Brasof, M. (2020) "Building the capacity for student leadership in high school: a review of organizational mechanisms from the field of student voice" Journal of Educational Administration.
Brasof, M. (2019). “Meeting the discipline challenge: Capacity-building youth-adult leadership.” Journal of Educational Change.
Brasof, M. & Mansfield, K. (Eds) (2018). Student voice and school leadership [Special issue]. Journal of Ethical Educational Leadership, March(1).
Brasof, M. (2018). “Teaching in the politically divisive climate.” Social Studies Journal 38(1), p. 30-46.
Brasof, M. & Peterson, K. (2018). “Creating Procedural Justice and Legitimate Authority within School Discipline Systems Through Youth Court.” Psychology in the Schools, 55(7), p. 1-18.
Brasof, M. & Mansfield, K. (Eds) (2018). Student voice and school leadership [Special issue]. Journal of Ethical Educational Leadership, March(1).
Brasof, M. (2018). “Using linkage theory to address the student voice organizational improvement paradox.” [Special issue] Journal of Ethical Educational Leadership, p. 44-65.
Brasof, M. & Spector, A. (2016) “Teach students about civics Through schoolwide governance.” Phi Delta Kappan 97 (7) p 63-8.
Boards, Fellowships, and Awards
Rosemary and Walter Blankley Endowed Chair 2019-22
Ellington Beavers Fund for Intellectual Inquiry Faculty Award (2019) Student Voice for School Improvement: Theory and Methods
National Constitution Center's Education Fellow (2010-16)
The Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement Education Fellow, (2014-16)
Pennsylvania Council for Social Studies Board of Directors (2010-2020)
Social Studies Journal's Editorial Board
2015 Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators Excellence in Research
2012 Pennsylvania Council for Social Studies Outstanding Program of Excellence Award
2012 Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators Honorary Dissertation Research Fellowship
2011 Pennsylvania Council for Social Studies Outstanding Social Studies Project Award
2011 New Democratic Ethical Educational Leadership Award for Outstanding Contribution
2010 Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Pennsylvania’s American History Teacher of the Year
2009 Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished High School Educators.
student voice, distributed leadership, civic education, organizational change
Temple University 2014
Ed.D, Major in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
University of Pennsylvania 2010
M. Ed, Major in Secondary Social Studies
University of Pittsburgh 2001
B.S.B.A., Major in Business/Marketing
Author • 2015
Book, Routledge
Author • 2011
Book, National Constituiton Center
Dr. Brasof’s teaching and research focuses on organizational leadership and teacher education. Dr. Brasof's praxis aims to foster more democracy in schools through an intersection of student voice, project-based learning, and school-community partnerships.