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
