Mitra Fallahi

Mitra Fallahi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies
School of Education

Room: G-207
Bldg: WAC
Office: 773-298-3336
Fax: 773-341-3201

Email: fallahi@sxu.edu


Educational Background

  • Ph. D. in Educational Foundations/Psychology
    MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY, Milwaukee, WI, 1993

  • M. A. in English
    INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, Terre Haute, IN, 1980

  • B. A. in English
    PARS COLLEGE, Tehran, Iran, 1978


Specialty Areas and Professional Interests

  • Assessment in Education
  • Comparative Education
  • Multicultural Education


Service

  • Associate Dean of Graduate Studies*
  • Chair of the Graduate Studies Advisory Council
  • Chair of the School of Education Graduate Committee
  • Member of the Diversity Action Team
  • Member of the School of Education Curriculum Committee
  • Member of the School of Education Leadership Team
  • Member of the Unit Assessment Sub-Committee
  • Member of the Teacher Education Council
  • Member of the Middle Eastern Studies Committee
  • Chair or member of different search committees in the School of Education


Previous Services

  • Elected Senator to represent non-tenured/not on tenure track faculty at the SXU Senate
  • Interim Director of Field Experiences, Spring 2000.
  • Co-Chaired the School of Education Curriculum Committee
  • Served on a number of search committees for the School of Education
  • Served on the Student Affairs Committee
  • Served as a consultant in the Urban Initiative Program at Harper High School
  • Served on the Task Force for the Revision of Clinical Experiences
  • Served on the Task Force for the Revision of the Requirement for Graduation
  • Participated in an Annenburg Project as a mentor for improvement of reading in public schools in Chicago.


Responsibilities as the Associate Dean
of Graduate Studies

  • Oversee the Graduate Programs in the School of Education
  • Prepare the projections and the budget of the graduate programs for the SOE/Chicago Campus for the Dean of the School of Education
  • Collaborate with Graduate Admission in Communicating policies, procedures, recruitment activities, and other admission processes
  • Collaborate with the Office of the Records and Registrar in affairs related to the School of Education graduate students
  • Audit files of all graduate, except MATL, students for Graduation
  • Serve as Advisor to all the cohort students at the Chicago Campus
  • Collaborate with the Director of Off Campus Programs in developing cohort schedules and other cohort related affairs
  • Collaborate with the Director of Teacher Education in relation to certification requirements for graduate students
  • Collaborate with the Associate Dean and Coordinator of Accreditation in relation to the schedule of graduate programs
  • Oversee and correspond with graduate students in relation to the policies related to graduate programs
  • Oversee the development and maintenance of the data base related to graduate students of the School of Education
  • Review files of all graduate students applying to a graduate program in the School of Education
  • Review and when necessary revise the School of Education section of the catalog on an annual basis
  • Prepare and update the Graduate Studies Handbook
  • Oversee the School of Education web-site pages related to the graduate and undergraduate programs
  • Conduct the Open House for the graduate programs in the School of Education in fall


Honors/Awards

  • Excellence in Scholarship Award, 2004


Scholarly Activities

WORK IN PROGRESS

  • Fallahi, M. (2006).  Educating Children of Non-English Speaking Immigrants to Achieve Equitable Social Status in Canada and the United States.

  • Fallahi, M. Bardwell, R. (2006). Elementary Teachers Assessment Practice.

  • Fallahi, M. Gulley, B. (2004-2006). Impact of Graduate Program Delivery Model on Teacher Candidates’ Success and Perceptions.

  • Fallahi, M. Korenman, T. Zhao, L. (2006). Lessons Learned, Lessons to Share: Reflections of Three Professors of A Teacher Education Program in the United States Whose Countries of Origin has Undergone Major Political, Socio-economical, and Educational Changes in Recent Decades.


Scholarship

 


Presentations

  • Fallahi, M. and Gulley, B. (February 2004).  Impact of Graduate Program Delivery Model on Teacher Candidates’ Success and Perceptions. Roundtable Discussions, AACTE Conference, Chicago.

  • Fallahi, M. and Gulley, B. (July 15-18, 2003).  The Assessment Puzzle:  How It Affects Students, Teachers, Administrators, and The Role of Policy Makers.   Presented at the 10th Annual Learning Conference in London, England.

  • Fallahi, M. and Gulley, B. (July 15-18, 2003).  Cohort Models in Graduate Education:  A Longitudinal Study.  Presented at the10th Annual Learning Conference in London, England.

  • Fallahi, M. and Gulley, B.  (January 2003).  Cohort Models inGraduate Teacher Education.  Presented at the 55th American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  • Fallahi, M. (January 2004).  The Question of Accountability.  Accepted for presentation at Hawaii International Conference but due to limited resources I was unable to attend the conference.

  • Fallahi, M.  (February 23-26, 2002).  Teacher Accountability:Empowering Teachers for Authentic Practice of Assessment.  Presented at the 54th American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education Conference in New York.


Publications

  • Fallahi, M. (2003).   Teach America with care, reflection on two years working in an urban school as a consultant.   Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education.

  • Fallahi, M., and Gulley, B.  (2003).  Cohort programs in graduate education.   Illinois Schools Journal.

  • Fallahi, M.  (2003).  The assessment puzzle: how it affects students, teachers, administrators, and the role of policy makers.  Published in the International Journal of learning.

  • Fallahi, M.  and Gulley, B. (2003).  Cohort models in education: What works.  Published in the International Journal of Learning.


Book And Grant Review

  • Reviewed A Grant:
    Boechler, P. (2004), Grant title: “The influence of special abilities, literacy skills and visual cues on navigation and learning in hypermedia documents,” for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

  • Reviewed a text book:
    Smith, T. E. C., Polloway, E., Patton, J. and Dowdy, C. ((2001), Teaching Students with special Needs in Inclusive Settings, Allyn & Bacon, Boston.


Courses Taught

  • Assessment in the Service of Teaching and Learning (EDUG 512)
  • Advanced Educational Psychology (EDUG 507)
  • Educational Psychology (EDU 202)
  • Adolescence Development (EDUG 508)
  • Foundations of Education (EDUG 503, old core)
  • Educational Research Design and Development (EDUG 513)
  • Principles and Practices of the Middle and Secondary School (EDU 370)
  • Methods of Teaching English in the Middle and Secondary Schools (EDUG 465)
  • History and Philosophy of Education (EDU 314/EDUG 414)
  • Survey of Students with Exceptionalities for the Regular Classroom Teacher (EDUG 413)