Gary Galluzzo

PhD, Syracuse University
Professor
Coordinator, Teaching and Teacher Education

Contact Information

Send email to ggalluzz@gmu.edu

Phone: (703) 993-2567
Fax: (703) 993-2013

George Mason University, Fairfax Campus
Robinson Hall A 339A
4400 University Dr.
MS 4B3
Fairfax, VA 22030

Profile

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.

Research Interests

  • Teacher Education
  • School Reform

Recent Publications

  • 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