Bio
- Associate Professor (tenured), Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. Department of Educational Leadership, Policy and Human Development (formerlyLeadership, Policy and Adult and Higher Education; and Educational Leadership and Policy Studies), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 2011-present.
- Program Coordinator, Educational Research and Policy Analysis: Elementary and Secondary Education, 2011-2014.
- Assistant Professor (tenure track), Educational Research and Policy Analysis, Department of Leadership, Policy and Adult and Higher Education (formerly Educational Leadership and Policy Studies), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 2005 -2011.
- ELP 735- Policy Research in Education (course designed for students in K-12, higher education, and adult and community college education specializations within Educational Research and Policy Analysis)
- ED 710- Quantitative Research Methods in Education (introductory level applied statistics)
- ELP 344-School and Society
- ELP 780- Introduction to Program Evaluation
Research Description
1. Educational Policy ~ Implementation of Educational Policies and Programs~ Politics of Education
Chair/President, Politics of Education Association (April 2014-2016)
The Politics of Education Association strives to foster and support the conduct, dissemination, discussion and application of research on the political functions and outcomes of education at all levels, with the final view of contributing to the betterment of society.
2. Educational EvaluationImplementation/Process EvaluationEducation
Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Administration and Policy from The University of Michigan
Master of Education in Educational Administration and Policy from The University of Michigan
Master of Arts in Teaching in Elementary Education (NK-8) from The University of Virginia
Bachelor of Science in Economics from The University of Virginia
Scholarly Publications
- Young, T., DiMartino, C. & Boggs, B. (2014/2015). Interest groups revisited. In Cooper, B. S., Cibulka, J. G., & Fusarelli, L. D. (Eds.). Handbook of Education Politics and Policy (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge.
- Jacobsen, R. & Young, T. (2013). The new politics of accountability: Research in retrospect and prospect. (link is external)Educational Policy, 27(2), 155-169. (See authors note on p. 169 that indicates authors contributed equally to this article.)
- Lewis & Young, T. (2013). The Politics of Teacher Accountability. (link is external) Educational Policy, 27(2), 190-216. (See authors note on p. 216 that indicates authors contributed equally to this article.
- Young, T. (2011). Teachers Unions in turbulent times: Maintaining Their Niche. (link is external)Peabody Journal of Education. 86(3), 338-351
- Opfer, V.D., Young, T. & Fusarelli, L.D. (2008). Politics of interest groups and advocacy coalitions in American education. (link is external) In B. Cooper, J. Cibulka & L. Fusarelli (Eds.), Handbook of education politics and policy (pp. 195-216). New York: Routledge.
- Young, T., & Wang, Y., Lewis, W.D. (accepted). Explaining how political actors gain strategic positions: Correlates of centrality in state reading policy issue networks. Educational Policy.
- Young, T., Lewis, W.D., & Sanders, M.S. (2010). Structural location and reputed Influence in state reading policy issue networks. (link is external) American Journal of Education, 117:25-49. doi: 10.1086/656345
- Young, T., Shepley, T.V. & Song, M. (2010). Agenda setting in state educational policy: An application of Kingdon’s multiple streams model. (link is external)Educational Policy Analysis Archives, 18(15).
- Song, M. & Young, T. (2008). Reading: policy, politics, and processes. (link is external) Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
- Young, T. & Miskel, C.G. (2006). Coalitions in state reading policy issue networks. In W. Hoy & C. Miskel (Eds.) Research and theory in educational administration (pp. 1-25). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
- Young, T.V. (2002). California reading policy: Problems, processes, and participants (CIERA Report). Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement.
- Carraway J. & Young, T. (2015). Implementation of a District-Wide Policy to Improve Principals’ Instructional Leadership: Principals’ Sensemaking of the Skillful Observation and Coaching Laboratory (SOCL). Educational Policy.
- Young, T. & Lewis, W.D. (2015).Implementing Educational Policy Revisited. Educational Policy.
- Young, T. (2014). New Directions in Evaluation Based on Trends in Education. (link is external) AEA 365 Blog.