Comparative and International Education Society

Purpose

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 some 1,200 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 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.

Within the CIES, the New Scholars Committee was formed to promote the participation and collegiality among new scholars in the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) through various creative programs and activities. The main objectives are:

To improve the participation of new scholars in the Society.
To inform people about the Society's activities and objectives.
To provide access to information about the CIES, its members, and professional research, internship, and employment opportunities for new scholars in the field.
To encourage contributions of new scholars to the Society.
To facilitate network opportunities among new scholars and practitioners in the field.

Vision

The vision of current initiatives strives to accomplish the following:

To provide information for prospective students.
To encourage and help organize new scholar events at conferences as part of outreach.
To establish a lively exchange among new scholars via a new website.
To encourage members to also become involved in the work of the other CIES committees.

Members

New Scholars Committee

Linda Furuto, Overall Chair and New Scholars Workshop Chair, University of Hawai’i - West O’ahu, lindafuruto@post.harvard.edu

Zahra Bhanji, New Scholars Outreach Subcommittee Chair, OISE, zbhanji@oise.utoronto.ca

Rhiannon Williams, New Scholars Workshop Subcommittee Chair, University of Minnesota, will1395@umn.edu

Judith Walker, New Scholars Website/Technology Subcommittee Chair, University of British Columbia, judekiwi@interchange.ubc.ca

Henry Levin, Columbia University, President-Elect, levin@exchange.tc.columbia.edu

Jim Williams, George Washington University, jhw@gwu.edu

Ruth Hayhoe, OISE, hayhoe@bellsouth.net, ruth-hayhoe@sympatico.ca

Steve Klees, University of Maryland, Ex-Officio, sklees@wam.umd.edu

New Scholars Outreach Committee

Zahra Bhanji, Chair, OISE, zbhanji@oise.utoronto.ca

Rich Holdgreve-Resendez, Michigan State University, holdgrev@msu.edu

Pete Cronin, Columbia University, croninpm@gmail.com

Amadou Niang, University of Utah, niang_a@ed.utah.edu

Gabriela Silvestre, University of Pittsburgh, gabytasilvestre@gmail.com

New Scholars Workshop Committee

Linda Furuto, Chair, University of Hawai’i – West O’ahu, lindafuruto@post.harvard.edu

Rhiannon Williams, Co-chair, University of Minnesota, will1395@umn.edu

Jennifer Chung, Oxford University, Jennifer.chung@seh.ox.ac.uk

Daniel Kirk, University of Georgia, dankirk@uga.edu

Sonja Lopez, Claremont University, sonja.lopez@cgu.edu
Peter Tamas, peter@tamas.com

New Scholars Website/Technology Committee

Judith Walker, University of British Columbia, judekiwi@interchange.ubc.ca

Sina Mossayeb, Columbia University, smm2155@columbia.edu

Past Co-Chairs

Ernesto Treviño, Harvard University (2003-2005)

Katherine Schuster, Northeastern Illinois University (2002-2003)

Christine Parker, Ohio State University (2002-2003)

Mehmet Ozturk, University of Southern California (2000-2002)

Fatima Rodrigues, University of Virginia (1997-2000)

Margaret Holland, Columbia University (1997-2000)

For list of CIES Board of Directors click here.