Dr. Dunklee completed his Ph.D in Education Administration and Foundations at Kansas State University in 1985. In that same year he completed 25 years of public school service including 17 years as an administrator at the elementary, junior high/middle, senior high, and central office levels. Dr. Dunklee joined the faculty in the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University in 1986.

While Dr. Dunklee has taught a number of different courses in the Education Leadership Program, his primary teaching emphasis is in the areas of school law, school business management, and school administration. Dr. Dunklee advises both masters and doctoral students.

Dr. Dunklee is a nationally recognized expert in the area of school law and risk management and has published five books, 13 monographs, and 28 articles in professional journals. He maintains an ongoing in-service program for schools and school districts and an active publication and in-service collaboration with other professionals in the field. Dr. Dunklee regularly serves as a consultant and/or expert witness in school-related litigation.

Dr. Dunklee maintains active membership in many professional organizations and has served, or is currently serving, as: Chair, Education Leadership Department; Member, University Senate; Member, GSE Management Council; Chair, University Facilities and Support Services Committee; Chair, GSE Program Development and Evaluation Team; Chair, Faculty Rights and Responsibilities Committee; Chair, Northern Virginia Superintendent's Advisory Council.

Dr. Dunklee was the Graduate School of Education's 1999 nominee for the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia's Outstanding Faculty Award.

• Leadership theory and practice
• Education law

• (Lead Author, with Robert J. Shoop). The Principal's Quick Reference Guide to School law: Reducing Liability, Litigation, and Other Potential Legal Tangles. (2002). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press/Sage Publications Inc.
• (With Rober J. Shoop). "The Hazardous Waters of Staff Selection," Principal Leadership (National Association of Secondary School Principals. April, 2001, (1) 8: 9-13.
• Anatomy of an Education-based Lawsuit: An Educator's Guide. (Working title). Projected publication date: July 2002.
• If You Want to Lead, Not Just Manage: A Primer for Principals. (2000). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press/Sage Publications Inc.
• You Sound Taller on the Telephone: A Practitioner's View of the Principalship. (1999). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press/Sage Publications Inc.
• "How Leaders Lead: A New Look at Leadership Behavior With Implications for Identification and Development," The AASA Professor (American Association of School Administrators). Winter/Spring 1998, 21 (3/4): 4-14.
• (Lead author, with Robert J. Shoop). A Primer for School Risk Management: Creating and Maintaining District and Site-Based Liability Prevention Programs. (1992). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
• (With Robert J. Shoop). School Law for the Principal: A Handbook for Practitioners. (1991). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
• (With Robert J. Shoop). A Comprehensive Instructor's Manual and Syllabus for School Law for the Principal: A Handbook for Practitioners. (1991). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

• Graduate School of Education
• Education Leadership

No courses taught this semester.

• Leading Schools and Communities (EDLE - 610)
• Education Law (EDLE - 612)