Website of Patrick W. Carlton, Ph.D.


Professor of  Educational Leadership 
326 Carlson Education Bldg 
Univ. of Nevada Las Vegas 
4505 Maryland Parkway 
Box 453002 
Las Vegas, NV 89154 
Phone: (702) 895-1896 
Fax:  (702) 895-3492

 


Course Syllabi

EDA 750-School Personnel Administration

EDA 701-Introduction to Educational Administration 

EDA 705-Field Experience-Required with EDA 701


 
 
 

Publications

The Practice of Leadership: The Life and Times of Joshua Chamberlain
Intuitive Virtue

 

RESUME


EXPERTISE: 
Historical Research and Instruction 
Educational management/administration 
Leadership Skills Development 
Personnel Administration 

EDUCATION: 
Postdoctoral Studies in Educational Administration, University of Oregon 
Ph.D., Educational Administration, University of North Carolina 
Advanced Certificate in Professional Education (Educational Administration) 
M.A., History, Shippensburg University, Pennsylvania 
M.Ed., Science Education, Univ. of North Carolina 
A.B., Botany, Univ. of North Carolina 
A.A., Liberal Arts, Louisburg College, N.C. 

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:
Dr. Patrick Carlton is an educational administration specialist  whose areas of expertise include  historical research and training; communications skills training; leadership skills development; policy development; and employee assessment.. He has worked for the past thirty-four years as both employee and consultant with state and federal governments, colleges, universities and public schools, primarily in the United States, in a variety of institution building projects. He has conducted numerous leadership, management and personnel symposia and workshops, assisting professionals employed in educational leadership positions in government, public schools, and higher education. 

EMPLOYMENT RECORD:

2000-present-- Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Nevada Las Vegas.
Teach, co-direct Executive Leadership Program, conduct research in the principalship; historical developments in educational administration; personnel administration; and leadership in the public schools. 

1999- 2000--Associate Professor of Educational Administration-- (Tenured), Virginia Tech. . 
Taught, advised doctoral students and conducted research in the principalship; historical developments in educational administration; personnel administration; and leadership applications in the public schools. 

1996-1999 --Director for International Education, University Office of International Programs, Virginia Tech.
Under the general supervision of the Director for International Programs and acting in her name, served as Secretary to the University Council on International Programs and the University Task Force on International Education. Assisted staff members in the development of plans for new programmatic initiatives in the international arena. Initiate and implement conferences, plus providing oversight for publication of Global Network, the periodic publication of UOIP. Oversaw UOIP Internet home page. Supervised recognition ceremonies for international scholars and teachers. Served as campus Fulbright Advisor for faculty member applicants and managed incoming Fulbright Scholar's program. Served as liaison with Alumni Association in building stronger international alumni relations.

1974-1996--Associate Professor of Educational Administration at Virginia Tech. (Tenured). 
Taught, advised doctoral students and did research in personnel administration, organizational behavior, school-community relations, leadership and the public school principalship. 

1971-1973--Director, Office of Sponsored Programs and Research and Director, Extended Education, at the University of the Pacific, in Stockton, California.
Served as principal assistant to Academic Vice President for grants stimulation and management, and was responsible for all off-campus course offerings and non-credit programs. In addition, initiated the newly formed University College (evening college) structure and the University Without Walls program. Taught, consulted and did research. 

1969-71--Director, Office of Educational Research Services, New York University's School of Education.
Served as principal grant and research projects administrator, taught, did research and consulted with local, state and national educational entities. 

1967-69--Educational Program Specialist (Administration) U.S. Office of Education, Bureau of Education Professions Development.
Served as assistant to Division Director, Division of College Programs and as Chief of the School Administrator Training Program. 

HONORS AND AFFILIATIONS

Honors
Recipient of Outstanding Teaching Award, Virginia Tech 
Recipient of Distinguished Alumnus Award, Louisburg College 
Member, Hall of Fame, Senior Army Reserve Commanders Association 
Recipient of President's Award, Senior Army Reserve Commanders Association 
Recipient of Fulbright Teaching Award, Eskisehir, Turkey 

Affiliations
Phi Beta Delta, International Honor Society 
National Council of Professors of Educational Administration 
American Association of School Administrators 
Phi Delta Kappa, Educational Honor Society 
Oral History Association of the U.S. 
Phi Theta Kappa, Scholastic Honor Society 
Rotary International 
Senior Army Reserve Commanders Association 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

 Carlton, P.W. (2006) “Preparing the Next Generation of Educational Administrators: An Application of  Philosophy, Theory and Pedagogy in ‘Real-World’ Settings,” in Preparing the Next Generation of Oral Historians: An Anthology of Oral History Education. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc

Carlton, P.W. and James Crawford (2006) “Using Oral History Interview in Graduate-Level Instruction: Student Perceptions.” School Leadership Review. 1(2), 2-10.

 

Carlton, P.W. (2005) “A Community of Professionals: Locally-Based Public School Principals Share    Their Craft Wisdom With the World,” in Reflections and Interpretations: Oral History Centre 25th Anniversary Publication. Singapore: National Archives of Singapore.

 

 Carlton, P.W. (2004) “Perceptions of Leadership: Retired principals as exemplars of best practice.” NCPEA Educational Leadership Review. 5(2), 18-23.

           

 Carlton, P.W.(2002) “Oral History and the Professor: an Academic Epiphany.” The

Oral  History Review. 29(2), 7-9.

 Carlton, P.W. (2001) The Practice of Leadership: The Life and Times of Joshua Chamberlain.  Rev.ed.) 94 pp. Available: http://faculty.unlv.edu/pcarlton/EDA750.html 

  Carlton, P.W. (2000) Leadership. The Torch Magazine. (74,1), pp. 25-30. 

 Carlton, P.W. (1998) Principals and the Practice of Leadership: What Does Experience Teach? The AASA Professor. 21(3/4), 27-34. 

Carlton, P.W. (1997) Meeting the Global Challenge: Transforming Education at Virginia Tech. International Education Forum. 17(2), 151-157. 

 Carlton, P.W. (1995.) Interest-based Collective Bargaining at Youngstown State University: A Fresh Organizational Approach. Journal of Collective Negotiations in the Public Sector. 23(4), 333-343. 

 Carlton, P.W. (1994.) Interest-based Collective Bargaining at Youngstown State University: An Oral History. Youngstown, Ohio: Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor. 

Carlton, P.W. (Summer, 1994.) Civil Affairs Operations in Kuwait: A Case of Disparate Command Priorities. Army History. No. 31, 14-22. 

 Carlton, P.W. (Winter, 1994). Leadership Styles of Veteran Public School Principals. Playback. 2-3. 

Carlton, P.W. (Spring, 1993). Joshua Chamberlain: A role model for today's administrators. The AASA Professor. 15(4), 1-4.   
 
 

 

 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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