Jadallah appointed interim dean for SCOE

Provost Robert Sheehan announced the appointment of Edward Jadallah, associate professor and chair of the Department of Leadership, Middle Level & MAT – Secondary Education, as interim dean of the Spadoni College of Education.

Jadallah has agreed to serve as interim dean through the NCATE Accreditation process. Jadallah is a seasoned administrator, having served as chair of the teacher education faculty (TEF) at the University of Maine before joining CCU in Fall 2010.

Jadallah earned bachelors’ degrees in history and psychology from Malone College in 1974, a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from Bowling Green State University in 1981 and a Ph.D. in teacher education and social studies education from Ohio State University in 1984.

He has been published in such journals as Teacher Education Quarterly and the Journal of Research in Rural Education. Jadallah has spoken at numerous conferences internationally, such as the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, the annual meeting of the Association of Teacher Education and the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.