Comparative and International Education Society

The Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Inc., was founded in 1956 to foster cross-cultural understanding, scholarship, academic achievement and societal development through the international study of educational ideas, systems, and practices. The Society's members include more than 2000 academics, practitioners, and students from around the world.

Their professional work is built on cross-disciplinary interests and expertise as historians, sociologists, economists, psychologists, anthropologists, and educators. The Society also includes approximately 1000 institutional members, primarily academic libraries and international organizations. The official website is sponsored by the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)

Over the last four decades, the activities of the Society's members have strengthened the theoretical basis of comparative studies and increasingly applied those understandings to policy and implementation issues in developing countries and cross-cultural settings. The membership has increased global understanding and public awareness of education issues, and has informed both domestic and international education policy debate. The Society works in collaboration with other international and comparative education organizations to advance the field and its objectives.

The principal Society vehicles for member activities are:

the Comparative Education Review—a professional, refereed journal published quarterly (February, May, August and November) by the University of Chicago Press
the CIES Newsletter—an information document produced three times a year (January, May and September) by the CIES Secretariat containing news updates, announcements, committee reports and editorials
the CIES Website—a virtual community containing conference rooms, private real time written and voice chats, discussion boards, online newsletter, Edupress, documents retrieval and other web services
the CIES Annual Conference—a gathering of Society members and interested public usually held in March of each year and which is devoted to scholarly and practical exchange, debate and networking. Also, the CIES Annual Regional Conferences usually held in November of each year.
Standing and Ad Hoc Committees—appointed and voluntary groups focused on promoting specific professional interests of the Society, strengthening its voice in policy and intellectual debate, liaising with counterpart organizations, and ensuring full and equal representation to its diverse membership.

As a registered non-profit [501(c)3] organization in the United States, the Comparative and International Education Society supports the activities of its members to:

promote understanding of the many roles that education plays in the shaping and perpetuation of cultures, the development of nations, and in influencing the lives of individuals
improve opportunities for the citizens of the world by fostering an understanding of how education policies and programs enhance social and economic development
increase cross-cultural and cross-national understanding through educational processes and by the study and critique of educational theories, policies and practices that affect individual and social well being.

THE CIES CONSTITUTION (see Historian's Corner)

Executive Committee

President: María Teresa Tatto Associate Professor Principal Investigator and Project Director Teacher Education Study in Mathematics (IEA/TEDS-M) International Study Center at Michigan State University 116L Erickson Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1034	Tel: (517) 432-3043 Fax: (517) 432-2795 E-mail: mtatto@msu.edu Web: http://teds.educ.msu.edu/ and http://www.msu.edu/~mttatto/
President-elect: Ratna Ghosh James McGill Professor and William C. Macdonald Professor of Education McGill University Faculty of Education 3600 McTavish Street Montreal, Quebec Canada H3A 1Y2	Tel: (514) 398-5398 Fax: (514) 398-4679 Email: ratna.ghosh@mcgill.ca Website: http://www.education.mcgill.ca/profs/ghosh/
Vice-President: David P. Baker Educational Theory & Policy Comparative & International Education 300 Rackley Building University Park, PA 16802-3203	Tel: (814) 863-0955 Fax: (814) 865-1480 Email: dpb4@psu.edu Website: http://www.ed.psu.edu/educ/eps/cied/home
Past President: Gita-Steiner Khamsi Teachers College, Columbia University Professor of Education International and Transcultural Studies 357 Grace Dodge Hall 525 West 120th Street, Box 211 New York, New York 10027	Tel: (212) 678-3179 Fax: (212) 678-8237 E-mail: gs174@columbia.edu Web: www.tc.edu/faculty/steiner-khamsi
Treasurer: Hilary Landorf Associate Professor Director, Office of Global Learning Initiatives Florida International University, GL 460 Miami, Fl 33199	Tel: (305) 348-2410 (Office) Tel: (305) 348-3488 (Secretariat) Fax: (305) 348-1515 and 2086 E-mail: hilary.landorf@fiu.edu Secretariat's e-mail: secretariat@cies.us
Secretary: Benjamin Baez Associate Professor, Higher Education Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies College of Education Florida International University 357B ZEB Building Miami, FL 33199	Tel: (305) 348-3214 E-mail: baezb@fiu.edu
Comparative Education Review (CER) Editor: David M. Post Penn State University 404E Rackely Building University Park, PA 16803	Tel: (814) 238-0992 E-mail: post@pop.psu.edu
CIES Historian: Erwin H. Epstein Director of the Center for Comparative Education Professor of Cultural and Educational Policy Studies Loyola University Chicago	Tel: (312) 915-6273 Web: http://www.luc.edu/cce/ E-mail: eepstei@luc.edu

Board of Directors

President: María Teresa Tatto Associate Professor Principal Investigator and Project Director Teacher Education Study in Mathematics (IEA/TEDS-M) International Study Center at Michigan State University 116L Erickson Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1034	Tel: (517) 432-3043 Fax: (517) 432-2795 E-mail: mtatto@msu.edu Web: http://teds.educ.msu.edu/ and http://www.msu.edu/~mttatto/
President-elect: Ratna Ghosh James McGill Professor and William C. Macdonald Professor of Education McGill University Faculty of Education 3600 McTavish Street Montreal, Quebec Canada H3A 1Y2	Tel: (514) 398-5398 Fax: (514) 398-4679 Email: ratna.ghosh@mcgill.ca Website: http://www.education.mcgill.ca/profs/ghosh/
Vice-President: David P. Baker Educational Theory & Policy Comparative & International Education 300 Rackley Building University Park, PA 16802-3203	Tel: (814) 863-0955 Fax: (814) 865-1480 Email: dpb4@psu.edu Website: http://www.ed.psu.edu/educ/eps/cied/home
Past President: Gita-Steiner Khamsi Teachers College, Columbia University Professor of Education International and Transcultural Studies 357 Grace Dodge Hall 525 West 120th Street, Box 211 New York, New York 10027	Tel: (212) 678-3179 Fax: (212) 678-8237 E-mail: gs174@columbia.edu Web: www.tc.edu/faculty/steiner-khamsi
Treasurer: Hilary Landorf Associate Professor Director, Office of Global Learning Initiatives Florida International University, GL 460 Miami, Fl 33199	Tel: (305) 348-2410 (Office) Tel: (305) 348-3488 (Secretariat) Fax: (305) 348-1515 and 2086 E-mail: hilary.landorf@fiu.edu Secretariat's e-mail: secretariat@cies.us
Secretary: Benjamin Baez Associate Professor, Higher Education Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies College of Education Florida International University 357B ZEB Building Miami, FL 33199	Tel: (305) 348-3214 E-mail: baezb@fiu.edu
Comparative Education Review (CER) Editor: David M. Post Penn State University 404E Rackely Building University Park, PA 16803	Tel: (814) 238-0992 E-mail: post@pop.psu.edu
CIES Historian: Erwin H. Epstein Director of the Center for Comparative Education Professor of Cultural and Educational Policy Studies Loyola University Chicago	Tel: (312) 915-6273 Web: http://www.luc.edu/cce/ E-mail: eepstei@luc.edu
Sangeeta Kamat (2013) Associate Professor University of Massachusetts at Amherst 254 Hills South UMASS Amherst MA 01003	Tel: (413) 545-4586 Email: skamat@educ.umass.edu
Leslie Bartlett (2013) Department of International and Transcultural Studies Teachers College Columbia University 525 W 120th Street Box 55 Office Location: 376 Grace Dodge Hall New York, NY 10027	Tel: (212) 678-3794 Fax: (212) 678-8237 Email: lb2035@columbia.edu
Francisco Ramirez (2013) Professor of Education and CDDRL Affiliated Faculty School of Education, Room 335 Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305	Tel: (650) 723-8421 Email: ramirez@stanford.edu
N'Dri Assie-Lumumba (2012) Cornell University Africana Studies and Research Center 310 Triphammer Road Ithaca, NY 14850	Tel: (607) 255-7839 E-mail: N.Assie-Lumumba@cornell.edu
Nancy Kendall (2012) Assistant Professor of Educational Policy Studies University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Educational Policy Studies 307 Rust Hall 115 North Orchard Street Madison, Wisconsin 53715	Tel: (608) 263-2939 E-mail: nkendall@education.wisc.edu
Sina McCants Mossayeb (2012) Teachers College, Columbia University New York, NY 10027	E-mail: smm2155@columbia.edu,
Emily Hannum (2011) Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 3718 Locust Walk, 247 McNeil Building, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6299	E-mail: hannumem@soc.upenn.edu
Ladislaus M. Semali (2011) Associate Professor Penn State University College of Education 257 Chambers Building University Park, PA 16802	E-mail: lms11@psu.edu
Gilbert Valverde (2011) Dept. of Educational Policy and Leadership Comparative and International Education Policy Program University at Albany, State University of New York	Tel: (518) 442-5089 E-mail: valverde@uamail.albany.edu

Treasurer:

Hilary Landorf

Associate Professor
Director, Office of Global Learning Initiatives

E-mail: Hilary.Landorf@fiu.edu
Florida International University
Miami, FL 33199
Tel: (305) 348-2410

Secretary:
Benjamin Baez
Associate Professor, Higher Education
Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
College of Education
Florida International University
357B ZEB Building
Miami, FL 33199

Newsletter Editor:
Roger Geertz González
Assistant Professor, Higher Education
Department of Higher Education and Policy Studies
College of Education
Florida International University
364B ZEB Building
Miami, FL 33199

Graduate Assistant:
Fernanda Pineda
International/Intercultural Education

Curriculum and Instruction

Florida International University

Email: secretariat@cies.us
345B ZEB Building
Miami, FL 33199
Tel: (305) 348-3488

Fax: (305) 348-1515

Secretariat's Office Hours:

Monday through Thursday, from 12 pm to 5 pm.

Tel: (305) 348-3488

Email: secretariat@cies.us

2010-2011

Awards Committees 2010-2011

TBA

Gail P. Kelly Award for Outstanding Dissertation in 2010

TBA

George Bereday Award for the best article in CER in 2010

TBA

Honorary Fellows Award
[click here to view a full list of Honorary Fellows]

TBA

Joyce Cain Award for outstanding article addressing issues related to peoples of African Descent in 2010

TBA

Nominations Committee 2010-2011

TBA

Gender Committee 2010-2011
http://cies.us/Committees/Gender/index.htm

Chairs:
Vilma Seeberg, Kent State University (vseeberg@kent.edu)
Regina Cortina, Teachers College (cortina@tc.columbia.edu)
Contact: Vilma Seeberg

Underrepresented Racial, Ethnic and Ability Groups (UREAG)
[http://cies.us/UREAG%2006/index%20UREAG.htm]

Chair: Kelly McFaden, University of Georgia (kmcfaden@gmail.com)
Vice Chair: Emefa Amoako, Oxford University (emefa.amoako@education.ox.ac.uk)
Secretary: Lesley Graybeal, University of Georgia (lesley8p@uga.edu)

Debby Curry
dcurry72@earthlink.net

New Scholars Committee
[http://newscholarscies.weebly.com/]

Sina M. Mossayeb, Teachers College, Columbia University, Co-chair
Rhiannon Williams, University of Minnesota, Co-chair
Tavis Jules, Co-chair

Investment Committee 2010-2011

TBA

CIES Ad-Hoc Committees 2009-2010

Committee on the Advancement of Comparative and International Education
Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Teachers College, Columbia University (Chair)
Maria T. Tatto, Michigan State University
Ratna Ghosh, McGill University
Erwin Epstein, Loyola University Chicago
Nancy Kendall, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Gilbert Valverde, State University of New York Albany
Andrew Shiotani, Teachers College, Columbia University
Noah Sobe, Loyola University Chicago
Alexander Wiseman, Lehigh University

International Travel Award for Distinguished Service in Educational Reform
Aleesha Taylor, Open Society Institute, Co-chair
Portia Williams, Teachers College, Columbia University, Co-chair
Mark Ginsburg, Academy for Educational Development
Lynn Murphy, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Jackie Kirk Memorial Committee
Ratna Ghosh, McGill University (Chair)
Claudia Mitchell, McGill University
Karen Monkman, DePaul University
Karen Mundy, O.I.S.E., University of Toronto

Journal Editors: *David M. Post, Editor* Penn State University 404E Rackely Building University Park, PA 16803		Tel: (814) 238-0992 Email: post@pop.psu.edu
Aaron Benavot, Co-Editor University at Albany		E-mail: ABenavot@uamail.albany.edu
*Mark Ginsburg, Co-Editor* Academy for Educational Development Washington, DC		Tel: (202) 884-8849 E-mail:mginsburg49@yahoo.com
*Emily Hannum, Co-Editor* Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 3718 Locust Walk, 247 McNeil Building, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6299		E-mail: hannumem@soc.upenn.edu
*Heidi Ross, Co-Editor* Professor, Indiana University W.W. Wright Education Building, Room 4238 201 North Rose Avenue Bloomington, IN 47405-1006		Tel: (812) 856-8389 Fax: (812) 856-8394 E-mail: haross@indiana.edu
Amy Stambach, Co-Editor Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Anthropology University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Educational Policy Studies c/o Global Studies 301 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706		Tel: (608) 262-1760 Email: aestambach@wisc.edu

Website by Sina Mossayeb