Dr. Dónal Mulcahy
Dónal Mulcahy
Associate Professor, Foundations of Education
Dr. Dónal Mulcahy’s research focus includes education policy and its impact on both school and society, particularly in the urban context; international and comparative education; and the social, economic and political forces influencing school goals and outcomes.
- Associate Professor, Foundations of Education
- Ph.D., Urban Education, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 2009
- M.Phil., in Urban Education, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 2007
- M.S., in Childhood Education, Brooklyn College, 2004
- M.Mus., in Performance, The Hartt School of Music, 1999
- B.Mus., University of Connecticut, 1997
- Director, Elementary Education Program
- EDU 101: Issues and Trends in Education
- EDU 201/717: Educational Policy and Practice
- EDU 373: International & Comparative Education
- EDU 304: Social Justice Issues in Education
- Mulcahy, D. E. (2019). “The role of the school principal in educational reform.” In International Journal of Educational Reform (IJER), Rowman and Littlefield,, Vol. 28(2) 151-161.
- Mulcahy, D. E. (2018). “Rhetoric over reason: The rhetorical assault on education in the absence of argument and evidence in education discourse.” In Educational Studies, 54(4).
- Mulcahy, D. E. (2018). “The Ravitch enigma: Of politics and pedagogy.” In Philosophy, Theory and Foundations of Education, 2018(1) 50-59.
- Mulcahy, D. E. (2018). “Teacher autonomy vs accountability and control.” In New England Reading Association Journal, 53(1) 8-12.
- Mulcahy C.M., D.E. Mulcahy & D.G. Mulcahy (2015). Discourses on Pedagogy, Praxis and Purpose in Education. Routledge, New York. 250 pages. Hardcover and paperback.
- Mulcahy, D.E., D.G Mulcahy & R. Saul (2014). Education in North America. Bloomsbury/Continuum Publishing, London.
- “The Hostile Constituency and its Influence on Education Policy” Annual Conference of the Eastern Education Research Association (EERA), Myrtle Beach SC, 2/20-23/2019.
- “From the Zones of Non-Being: The Lives of Nancy Gardener Prince and Mary Seacole—Critical Pedagogical Connections,” co-presenter. Border Crossings: Translation, Migration, & Gender in the Americas, the Transatlantic, & the Transpacific, co-presenter. Society for the Study of American Women Writers (ssaww) Bi-annual Meeting. Universite Bordeaux Montainge, France. 7/5-8/2017.
- “Ignoring Practice: The shaping of United States Education Policy Despite the Education Community.” Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) 37th Annual Conference. University College Cork, Ireland. 4/20-22/2017.
- “Undoing Democratic Systems with the ‘Free Market’ of School Reform,” 61st Annual Meeting of the South Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society. Appalachian State University, 2/16 -17/ 2017.
- “The Fordham Institute and the Future of the Teaching Profession.” Public Scholarship to education Diverse Democracies. 2016 Annual meeting, American Educational Research Association (AERA). Washington D.C. 4/8-12/16.