Employed Since:

2007

Educational History:

B.A., Middlebury College (English); Ed.M. Harvard Graduate School of Education (International Education concentration); PhD, Vanderbilt University (Leadership & Policy Studies)

Fields of Expertise:

Policy and the social context of education with particular emphases on educational leadership preparation, adult learning, family-school-community relations, program and policy implementation, virtual exchange, comparative and international education, and qualitative research methods.

Personal Highlights:

U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer, Thailand (Taught English as a Foreign Language at a rural middle school)

Professional Highlights:

• Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED) institutional member (2019-present)
• Co-leader of international learning experiences for doctoral students in educational leadership including short-term study abroad and virtual exchange.
• Exemplary Paper, Adult Literacy and Adult Education Special Interest Group, American Educational Research Association Annual Conference (2023)
• Achilles-Hoyle Service Award, International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership (2019)
• Executive Board Member, International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership (2017-2020)

Recommended Link(s):

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=vxGwp6sAAAAJ

Research:

Selected Publications

• Shiffman, C.D. & Sijamhodžić-Nadarević, D. (Forthcoming). Crossing the ocean virtually: A pilot exchange between universities in the United States and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Journal of Educational Administration.
• Shiffman, C.D. (2024). International learning for EdD learners: Short study trips and virtual exchange. Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 9(4), 43-48. https://impactinged.pitt.edu/ojs/ImpactingEd/article/view/438
• Shiffman, C.D. (2023). Virtual exchange for graduate and adult learners: A literature review. Journal of Virtual Exchange, 6(SI-IVEC2022), 40-64. https://journal.unicollaboration.org/article/view/39850/38786
• Shiffman, C.D. (2019). Supporting immigrant families and rural schools: The boundary spanning possibilities of an adult ESL program. Educational Administration Quarterly, 55(4), 537-570.
• Shiffman, C.D. (2019). Learning to communicate across language and culture: Demographic change, schools, and parents in adult ESL classes. School Community Journal, 29(1), 9-38. https://www.adi.org/journal/2019ss/ShiffmanSS2019.pdf
• Shiffman, C.D. (2017). “It helps me to help them”: A case study of parents in GED classrooms and their children. Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 6(3), 5-18.
• Shiffman, C.D. (2013). The juggling act: Navigating parent involvement in the welfare reform era. Educational Policy, 27(1), 64-91.
• Shiffman, C.D., Riggan, M., Massell, D., Goldwasser, M., & Anderson, J. (2008). Channeling adaptation: The role of design in enactment patterns. In J.A. Supovitz and E.H. Weinbaum (Eds.), The implementation gap: Understanding reform in high schools (pp. 46-67). Teachers College Press.
• Murphy, J. & Shiffman, C.D. (2002). Understanding and assessing the charter school movement. Teachers College Press.