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Leadership Policy and Organizations
Office Location
210E Payne
Direct Phone
615-322-5521
Email Address
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Xiu Cravens
Assistant Dean of International Affairs, Research Asst. Professor
Ph.D., Vanderbilt 2008
Joined faculty in 2008
Research Area
Xiu Cravens' research interests focus on the analysis of educational reform policies that are particularly related to the organizational and cultural contexts of schools in the United States and other countries in the world. Her academic work has been devoted mainly to two areas: understanding the role of school leaders (principals and superintendents) in a changing policy environment, and addressing the conceptual and methodological challenges of cross-cultural comparison and generalization in international education policy research.
Cravens is a graduate of Peabody's ExPERT program, a nationally funded pre-doctoral training program which gives students the opportunity to engage in rigorous, field-based, experimental research, as well as interdisciplinary discussion and study of important educational problems. Recently, she conducted research studies on charter school effects with the National Center on School Choice, the development and validation of the Vanderbilt Assessment of Leadership in Education® (the VAL-ED), and the cross-cultural validity and reliability of the VAL-ED in Chinese urban schools.
Short Biography
Xiu Cravens is a research assistant professor of education policy at the Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations, and holds an administrative appointment as Peabody College's assistant dean for international affairs. She teaches courses in international education policy analysis and conducts research in the areas of school leadership and school choice.
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Projects
CV | Media Mentions
Media Mentions
Peabody becomes first university sponsor of Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Program
Peabody College has launched two new international Fulbright fellowship programs to bring international educators to the U.S. for a year of study.
Dean Benbow Visits Chinese Education Universities
Dean Benbow and Peabody faculty visited Chinese universities of education and teaching in November, 2008
Areas of Expertise
Communities
Leadership, Policy & Organizations