Research interests
Leadership and organizations, school as community, moral leadership and ethics. Professor Furman’s current projects include a co-edited book (with Fenwick English) on Scientific Research in Educational Leadership: Problems, Paradoxes, and Possibilities.
Teaching/professional interests
Professor Furman teaches Values and Ethics in Educational Leadership, Leadership Development seminar, Community and Communications, Qualitative Research Methods, and Doctoral Dissertation Preparation. In the past she taught Special Education for K-12.
Recent accomplishments
- Book:
English, F., & Furman, G. (Eds.) (2007). Research and educational leadership: Navigating the new National Research Council guidelines. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
- Chapter:
Furman, G. C. (2006). “Scientific” research and moral leadership in schools. In D. E. Mitchell (Ed.), New Foundations for Knowledge in Educational Administration, Policy, and Politics: Science and Sensationalism (pp. 129-154). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
- Keynote Panel:
Furman, G. C. (2006, October). The moral agency of the educational leader. Invited panel presenter for the Annual Ethics Conference of the Willower Center for the Study of Leadership and Ethics, Victoria, B.C.
Educational background
- Ph.D. Educational Administration, Washington State University, 1989
- M.S. Special Education, Radford University, 1981
- B.A. Biology, George Mason University, 1970
