Dr. Gary R. Galluzzo
PhD, Syracuse University
Professor Emeritus of Education
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Teaching and Teacher Education

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Phone: (703) 993-2567
Email: ggalluzz (@gmu.edu)

George Mason University
Fairfax Campus
West Building 2202
4400 University Dr.
MS 1D5
Fairfax, VA 22030

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Gary R. Galluzzo (Ph.D., Syracuse University) is Professor Emeritus in the College of Education and Human Development, as well as the Director of the Ph.D. in Education program.

Dr. Galluzzo served as Dean of Masons then-Graduate School of Education and as the Executive Vice-President of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. He has been at George Mason University since 1997.

Dr. Galluzzo came to Mason from the University of Northern Colorado, where he was Professor and Dean of the College of Education. He also served as the director of the Laboratory School at the University of Northern Colorado. He has been on the faculty at Western Kentucky University and Rowan University (NJ). He began his career as a high school History-Social Studies teacher in upstate New York.

He served as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards from 1994 through 2000, and on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) from 1995-1998. He also served as the Co-Chair of the Colorado Teachers and Special Services Professional Standards Board from 1992-1997.

His research interests include investigations into how students become teachers, curriculum reform in teacher education, program evaluation in teacher education, education reform, and preparing teachers to be the agents of school change. He was a member of the AACTE Research and Information Committee which conducted eight annual national studies of teacher education and published the monograph series, Teaching Teachers: Facts and Figures known as the Research About Teacher Education (RATE) Project. He is co-author of The Rise and Stall of Teacher Education Reform, and The Masters Degree in Education as Professional Development. He is published in professional journals and has chapters in the Handbook of Research on Teacher Education, the International Encyclopedia of Education, and the Advances in Teacher Education series, among others.

At the 2014 AACTE annual meeting, he was awarded the David G. Imig Award for Distinguished Achievement in Teacher Education.

Research Interests

  • Teacher Education
  • School Reform