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Thomas Shields |
Director, UR Center for Leadership in Education
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Department of Education
28 Westhampton Way |
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Richmond |
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(804) 289-8524 |
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Dr. Tom Shields is director of the Center for Leadership in Education at the University of Richmond. He is also an instructor at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at UR and at the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia. As director of the Center for Leadership in Education, Dr. Shields is responsible for the implementation of programs and research in leadership studies for students, teachers, and administrators in the K-12 market. The Center offers various programs in leadership studies, such as the Emerging Leaders Institute for the Virginia Association of Independent Schools and the Next Generation Leadership Academy for public school divisions in the greater-Richmond area.
At the Jepson School he has taught classes on the Political Context of Leadership, Foundations of Leadership, Histories and Theories of Leadership, and Leadership and Analyzing Public Policy. He has published articles in Academic Exchange Quarterly (Civic and Political Leadership Education in HTML), the Journal of Black Studies (The "Tip of the Iceberg"... in PDF) and in Politics and Policy (The Fight for Political Representation... in PDF) and has presented his research at numerous academic conferences. In the classroom, Dr. Shields focuses on creating learning environments where students apply theoretical knowledge to practical learning experiences. An example would be the following exercise in which students in his "Leadership in Political Context" class organized a Candidate's Forum for the First Councilmanic District in the City of Richmond: http://www.richmond.com/printer.cfm?article=4461023.
He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History with minors in English and Political Science from the University of Scranton. He holds a Master of Arts in Teaching and doctorate in Public Policy and Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University. |
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