Department of Educational Policy & Leadership
Office: 113A Schroeder ComplexPhone: 414-288-1561
ellen.eckman@marquette.edu
Ellen Eckman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Degrees Held
- Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 2000
- M.A., Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1969
- B.A., Tufts University, Medford, MA, 1968
Research Interests
- Women in the High School Principalship
- The Role of the Principal
- Leadership in Educational Organizations
- Professional Development Schools
- The Co-Principalship
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Schooling in a Diverse Society
- Advance Methods in Secondary Level Social Studies
- Supervision of Student Teaching
- Theory and Practice of Educational Leadership
- The Prinicipalship/ The Superintendency
- Supervision of Instruction
- American Law and the Educational Organization
- Practicum in Educational Leadership
- Current Issues in Educational Policy and Leadership
Recent Publications/Presentations
2011
Eckman, E.; Mertz, N.; and Strayhorn, T. (2011). Entering Student Affairs: A Comparative Study of Graduate School Choice. The College Student Affairs Journal, 30 (1).
2009
Eckman, E. & Kelber, S. (2009). Female traditional principals and co-principals: Experiences of role conflict and job satisfaction. Journal of Educational Change
Eckman, E. & Kelber, S. (2009). The co-principalship: An alternative to the traditional principalship. Planning and Changing
2008
Eckman, E. & Kelber, S. The co-principalship as a leadership opportunity for women. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association (AERA), March 2008.
2007
Eckman, E. (2007). The co-principalship: It’s not lonely at the top. Journal of School Leadership, 17(3), 313–339.
Eckman, E. (2007). A dynamic duo. American School Board Journal, 194 (4), 47-49.
2006
Eckman, E.W. (2006). Co-principals: Characteristics of dual leadership teams. Leadership and Policy in Schools, 5(2), 1-20.
2005
Whipp, J., Eckman, E.W., and van den Kieboom, L. (in press). Using sociocultural theory to guide teacher use and integration of instructional technology in two professional development schools. Journal of Computing in Teacher Education.
Eckman, E.W. Does Gender make a difference? Voices of male and female high school principals. Planning and Changing 35(3&4), pp 192-208.
2004
Eckman, E.W. (2004). Similarities and differences in role conflict, role commitment, and job satisfaction for female and male high school principals. Educational Administration Quarterly, 40 (3), 366-387.
2003
Eckmkan, E.W. (2003). Voices of women high school principals. Journal of Women in Educational Leadership, 1(2), 181-202.
2002
Eckman, E.W. (2002) Women high school principals: Perspectives on role conflict, role commitment and job satisfaction. Journal of School Leadership, 12(1), 57-78.
