Jacqueline A. Stefkovich

Professor of Education

207C Rackley
University Park, PA 16802
Home page: http://www.ed.psu.edu/edldr/stefkovich/index.htm
Email: jas71@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-3779
Fax: 814-865-0070

Introduction

Jacqueline Stefkovich is a Professor in the Department of Education Policy Studies at The Pennsylvania State University where she teaches courses related to school law including law and education, personnel, teachers and the law, and an advanced seminar in education law. Before coming to Penn State, she was a professor at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA where she taught courses in qualitative research, law, and ethics. She holds a doctoral degree in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, a certificate in school psychology from Temple University, and a masters degree in counseling from The University of Connecticut. She is licensed to practice law in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia.

Areas of Expertise

• Law and Education
• Personnel
• Ethics
• Students Fourth Amendment Rights

Publications

Full CV available here

Professional Experience & Activities

• State director for guidance at the New Jersey Department of Education.
• Associate Director for the Small Schools Network, housed at the New England School Development Council in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
• Consultant for several non-profit educational organizations including Research for Better Schools, the National Center for Improving Science Education, and three federally-funded regional educational research laboratories.
• Consulted and/or conducted research in large school systems in Philadelphia, Chicago, and Oakland, California.

Education

• J.D. The University of Pennsylvania Law School Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1990) Concentration in education law.
• Ed.D. Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1986)
  Administration, Planning, and Social Policy. Concentration in policy studies and evaluation.
• Certification Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Completed a 60-credit post-masters certification
  program in school psychology.
• M.A. The University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. Counseling and Pupil Personnel Work
• B.A. Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Psychology