Center for Social
Organization of Schools
3003 N. Charles St. Suite 200 Baltimore MD 21218-3888

JESPAR is part of the Center for Social Organization of Schools, located in the Homewood Apartments at Johns Hopkins University. It is affiliated with the Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk (CRESPAR). CRESPAR is organized as a partnership of Johns Hopkins University and Howard University.

Sam Stringfield, PhD (Editor) Sam Stringfield is a Principal Research Scientist at the Johns Hopkins University Center for the Social Organization of Schools (CSOS). He serves as co-director of the Systemic Supports for School Improvement section of the Center for Research on Education of Students Placed At Risk (CRESPAR). Stringfield is also co-director of the Program on Integrated Reform at the University of California at Santa Cruz' Center for Research on Education, Diversity and Excellence (CREDE). He is a founding co-editor of the Journal of Education for Students Placed At Risk (JESPAR), and a member of the City of Baltimore's New Board of School Commissioners. More about Sam Stringfield.

Wendy G. Winters, PhD (Associate Editor) Wendy Winters is Emerita Professor of Urban Sociology at Howard University, a member of the Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk, and associate editor of the Journal of Education for Students Placed At Risk. More about Wendy Winters.

Gina M. Hewes, PhD (Associate Editor) Gina Hewes is an Associate Research Scientist at the Center for Social Organization of Schools at Johns Hopkins University, working with the Systemic Supports for School Reform research group. She received her B.A. from Yale University in Psychology, and recently finished her Ph.D. in Sociology at Harvard University. More about Gina Hewes.

Martha Abele Mac Iver, PhD (Associate Editor) Martha Mac Iver is an Associate Research Scientist at the Center for Social Organization of Schools at Johns Hopkins University. Her current research includes evaluations of whole school reform programs, school-to-work programs in high schools, and systemic change in urban school districts. More about Martha Mac Iver.

Kirsten Ewart Sundell, PhD (Managing Editor) Kirsten Sundell is managing editor of JESPAR and a qualitative research assistant for Program 4 (Systemic Supports for School Reform) at the CSOS at Johns Hopkins University. She holds an MA and a PhD in English (Irish Studies) from the University of Notre Dame. More about Kirsten Sundell.

The Editorial Board JESPAR is proud to be associated with a large and diverse editorial board representing major universities, research organizations, corporations, and educational and government institutions from across the United States and the world.

Lorin Anderson
University of South Carolina

James Banks
University of Washington

Shelley Billig

RMC Research Corp., Denver

Wade Boykin

Howard University

Tony Bryk
University of Chicago

Connie Clayton
Medical College of Pennsylvania

Amanda Datnow
University of Southern California

Alan Davis
University of Colorado, Denver

Richard Durán
University of California, Santa Barbara

Carolyn Evertson
Vanderbilt University

Gerry House

Institute of Student Achievement,
Lake Success, NY

Faustine C. Jones-Wilson
Emerita, Howard University

Glynn Ligon
Evaluation Software Publishing, Inc.

Grayson Noley
University of Oklahoma

Ellen Pechman
Policy Studies Associates

David Reynolds
University of Exeter, England

Steven M. Ross
University of Memphis

Robert E. Slavin
Johns Hopkins University

Robert J. Stevens
Pennsylvania State University

Charles Teddlie
Louisiana State University

Karen Underwood
Region #14, Comprehensive Center, Tampa

Mary E. Yakimowski-Srebnick
Baltimore City Public Schools


Journal of Education for Students Placed At Risk
Center for Social Organization of Schools
Johns Hopkins University
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