Gary R. Galluzzo (Ph.D., Syracuse University) is a professor in the Graduate School of Education (GSE). He is a former dean of GSE and also served as the Executive Vice-President of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. He has been at George Mason University since 1997.

Dr. Galluzzo was professor and dean of the College of Education at the University of Northern Colorado. He is a former high school social studies teacher in New York state. He has 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 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, and education reform. 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. He is widely 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, among others.

• Teacher Education
• School Reform

• The Rise and Stall of Teacher Education Reform (1997)  Fullan, M., Galluzzo, G., Morris, P., Watson, N.
• Where Should We Educate Teachers? in Cole, A., Elijah, R., and Knowles, G. (eds.), The Heart of the Matter. Caddo Gap Press, 1998.
• Will the Best and the Brightest Teach?, Education Week, May 5, 1999.
• Who's Leading Education Reform? Virginia Journal of Education. June, 2003.
• Moving to the Margins. Educational Horizons. (Summer, 2004)
• Performance Assessment and Renewing Teacher Education.  The Clearinghouse. March/April, 2005

• Graduate School of Education
• Center for Education Policy
• Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning
• Education Policy
• Teaching and Teacher Education
• Research Methodology

No courses taught this semester.

• Leadership Seminar (EDUC - 802)
• The Achievement Gap (EDUC - 874)
• Educational Change (EDUC - 615)
• Assessing Learning and Teaching in the Secondary School Classroom (EDUC - 674)
• Advanced Topics in Education (EDUC - 797)
• Ways of Knowing (EDUC - 800)
• Doctoral Seminar in Education (EDUC - 805)
• Seminar in Emerging Issues of Education (EDUC - 895)
• Evaluation Methods for Educational Programs and Curricula (EDRS - 820)
• The Study of Teaching (EDUC - 850)
• Research on Teacher Education (EDUC - 851)