Books
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Schutz, A. (in press). Social class, social action, and education: The failures of progressive democracy. New York: Palgrave, Macmillan. [Introduction.]
Schutz, A. & Sandy, M. (contract signed, in process). Collective action for social change: An introduction to community organizing. [Proposal here.]
Schutz, A. (planned, in process). Core dilemmas of community organizing.
Schutz, A. (planned). Contingencies of power, practice, and history: Faith-based community organizing in Milwaukee.
Publications (Refereed)
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Schutz, A., Williams, A., Fehrman, D. (in review). Should we require courses in social action? An untidy journey from service learning toward organizing.
Schutz, A. (2008). Social class and social action: The middle-class bias of democratic theory in education. Teachers College Record, 110(2).
Schutz, A. (2007). Education scholars have much to learn about social action: An essay review. Education Review, 10(3).
Schutz, A. (2006). Home is a prison in the global city: The tragic failure of school-based community engagement strategies. Review of Educational Research, 76(4), 691-743.
Schutz, A. (2004). Rethinking domination and resistance: Challenging postmodernism. Educational Researcher, 33(1), 15-23.
Schutz, A. and Moss, P. A. (2004). Reasonable decisions in portfolio assessment: Evaluating complex evidence of teaching. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 12(33).
Schutz, A. (2002). Is political education an oxymoron? Hannah Arendt's resistance to public spaces in schools. Philosophy of Education 2001. Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society.
Schutz, A. (2001a). John Dewey and “a paradox of size": Democratic faith at the limits of experience. American Journal of Education, 109(3), 287-319.
Schutz, A. (2001b). John Dewey’s conundrum: Can democratic schools empower? Teachers College Record, 103(2), 267-302.
Schutz, A. (2001c). Theory as performative pedagogy: Three masks of Hannah Arendt. Educational Theory, 51(2), 127-150.
Schutz, A., and Harris, I. M. (2001). The fragility of community and function: A snapshot of an alternative school in crisis. Encounter: Education for Meaning and Social Justice, 14(1), 39-53.
Moss, P. A., and Schutz, A. (2001). Educational standards, assessment, and the search for consensus. American Educational Research Journal, 38(1), 37-71. (Authors listed in alphabetical order.)
Schutz, A. (2000). Teaching freedom? Postmodern perspectives. Review of Educational Research
Schutz, A., and Moss. P.A.. (2000). Habermas, Arendt, and the tension between authority and democracy in educational standards: The case of teaching reform. Philosophy of Education 1999 (pp. 266-275). Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society.
Schutz, A. (1999). Creating local "public spaces" in schools: Insights from Maxine Greene and Hannah Arendt. Curriculum Inquiry, 29(1), 77-98.
Schutz, A. (1998a). Caring in schools is not enough: Community, narrative, and the limits of alterity. Educational Theory, 48(3), 373-393.
Schutz, A. (1998b). Deploying the metaphor of "space" in educational theory: Henry Giroux through the eyes of Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault. Philosophy of Education 1997 (pp. 352-360).Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society.
Schutz, A., and Gere, A. R.. (1998). Service learning and English studies: Rethinking "public' service." College English, 60(2),129-149.
--Reprinted in: Hock, Z. M. (Ed.). (1999). Trends and Issues in Postsecondary English
Studies. Urbana: National Council of Teachers of English.
--Published on the Internet as the basis for an official NCTE Discussion Forum on service
learning at http://www.ncte.org/forums/sles/svc-works.html.
Other Publications
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Schutz, A. (2005). Theory illuminates (and conceals): A response to the critique by Samantha Caughlan. Educational Researcher, 34(2), 17-19.
Schutz, A. (2003). Privileged citizens and critical students [a response]. Philosophical Studies in Education.
Schutz, A. (2003). Stories vs. practices [a response]. Philosophy of Education 2003. Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society.
Schutz, A. (2001d). Contesting utopianism: Hannah Arendt and the tensions of democratic education. In M. Gordon (Ed.), Preserving our Common World: Essays on Hannah Arendt and Education. Boulder: Westview Press. (Book received AESA Critics Choice Award for 2002).
Moss, P. A., and Schutz, A. (1999). Risking frankness in educational assessment. Phi Delta Kappan, 80(9), 680-687.
Schutz, A., and Gere, A. R.. (1999). Aaron Schutz and Anne Ruggles Gere respond [to Gary R. Hafer and Donald Lazere]. College English, 61(3), 356-359.
Moss, P. A., Schutz, A., and Collins, K. M. (1998). An integrative approach to portfolio evaluation for teacher licensure. Journal for Personnel Evaluation in Education, 12 (2), 139-161.
Experience
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Department Chair (2006-present)
Associate Professor (2002-present)
Graduate Program Chair (2000-2006)
Assistant Professor (1998-2002)
Department of Educational Policy and Community StudiesSchool of Education, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Department is one of the most diverse in the Wisconsin System in terms of both faculty and
students, with one of the highest graduation rates of underrepresented students of color. Most
classes are in the evening, online, or on weekends. We offer a BS degree in Community
Education that is almost unique in the nation, as well as MS and Ph.D. degrees in Social
Foundations of Education.
Accomplishments:
Led reorganization of undergraduate and graduate curriculum. Helped create new areas
of study, including: Youth Work, Policy and Leadership in Community Based Organizations,
Alternative Schools/At-Risk Students, Race Relations, Community Organizing: Collective Action for
Social Change.
Founded and direct new undergraduate Certificate in Community Organizing.
Helped develop transcript designated sub-major in Child Care through a contentious approval
process, facilitating degree completion for low-income workers.
Developed new relationships with local educational institutions to support the reentry of non-traditional adult students.
Developed and led marketing campaign, including writing marketing materials and finding creative
ways to fund staff support for this effort.
Created credit equivalency process for established non-credit training programs to facilitate
degree entry and completion for adult students.
Led effort that put entire undergraduate major and MS program online.
Led development of new Ph.D. concentration in Social Foundations in the Urban Education Doctoral
Program.
Drafted numerous new policies and procedures, including faculty workload determination and
post-tenure review processes.
Currently guiding Department through School of Education budget crisis.
Program changes led to 30+% increase in enrollment in Spring 2009, 89% increase in enrollment
Summer 2009, 30+% increase in enrollment Fall 2009.
Courses taught include: Research Methods in Cultural Foundations, Modern Philosophies of
Education, Research Seminar in Urban Education, Foundations of Urban Education, Introduction to Community Education, Introduction to Community Organizing, Community Education and Action.
Volunteer Leader (1999-present)
MICAH (Milwaukee Inner-City Congregations Allied for Hope)
[A congregational community organizing/social action group in the Saul Alinsky tradition.]
Accomplishments:
Helped lead campaign that defeated district effort to eliminate busing rights for inner-city children.
Gave testimony before legislative committees and negotiated with government officials.
Developed model for and helped secure funding from the state of Wisconsin for $4 million dollars to
fund 24 new school nurses to cover all Milwaukee Public Schools lacking any nursing services.
Negotiated with key stakeholders (e.g., the Wisconsin Dental Association, local agencies, the
state’s dental school, and the State Medicare Director) to develop a politically viable and easily
replicable model for comprehensive school-based dental services. Our statewide coalition of
congregational organizing groups planned to use this model as the basis for a statewide campaign
to provide dental services for impoverished children, one of our most critical unmet health
challenges. Recent economic downturn prevented acquisition of funding for pilot effort to establish
effectiveness.
Other Organizing Experience
2007: Organized city-wide conference on community organizing in 2007
2008: Helped plan multi-state community organizing training conference with the Midwest Social
Forum.
2009-present: Convened and currently staff coalition of almost every community organizing groups
in Milwaukee to seek funding and support for cross-organization goals and collaborative efforts.
Draft and Unpublished Essays
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Schutz, A. (2007). John Dewey vs. the Liberationists: Rethinking Experience and Education. Presented at the 2007 American Educational Research Association Conference, Chicago, IL. [Draft chapter of progressive democracy book]
Schutz, A. (2004). Misunderstanding Mississippi, 1964: The Freedom Schools and the transformation of Deweyan democracy. Presented at the 2004 American Educational Research Association Conference, San Diego, CA. [Draft chapter of progressive democracy book.]
Short Stories
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Schutz, A. (in press). Doctor Death vs. the Vampire. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Schutz, A. (2006). Cotton country. Fantasy Magazine #2
--Honorable Mention, The Year's Best Science Fiction: 24th Annual Collection.
Schutz, A. (2005). In Red Arrow Park, again. Milwaukee Magazine.
Schutz, A. (2005, June). Moments of grace. Realms of Fantasy.
--Honorable Mention, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 19th Annual Collection
Schutz, A. (2004, December). Being with Jimmy. Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, 29(12).
--On 2004 “Recommended Reading List,”Locus Magazine
--"Honorable Mention," and First Runner Up for inclusion in: Dozois, G. (Ed.). (2005). Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year. New York: Bluejay.
Schutz, A. (1989, December). Small. Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, 13(12).
--"Honorable Mention," in: Dozois, G. (Ed.). (1989). Best Science Fiction Stories of the
Year. New York: Bluejay
Schutz, A. (1988). Beyond the seventh sphere. In L. Aronica and S. McCarthy (Eds.), Full Spectrum. New York: Bantam Books.
--Noted as “outstanding” story in Nebula Award Winners yearly review essay.
--Full Spectrum received Locus Award for "Best Anthology of the Year."
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