Mark A. Gooden, Ph.D.
(The Ohio State University, 2001)
Biography
Dr. Mark A. Gooden is an associate professor in the departments of educational leadership and urban educational leadership (UEL). He is also Director of the UEL program. His research interests include educational technology and its use by administrators, legal issues related to the connection between the Internet, students' rights and school violence, and issues in urban educational leadership. He received his Ph.D. in educational administration and higher education from The Ohio State University, a B.A. in mathematics from Albany State College (now University) and his M.Ed. in mathematics education and M.A. in educational administration, both from The Ohio State University. Prior to returning to graduate school full-time, he taught mathematics and served as the Departmental Chairperson at the high school and middle school levels in the Columbus Public Schools district. His most recent publications appear in Education and Urban Society, School Business Affairs, Education Law Association Case Citations 2002: Violence and Safety, The Journal of Negro Education and Educational Administration Quarterly. Dr. Gooden, who served as one of the editors for the Education Law Association's Principal Legal Handbook, also completed a chapter for that volume on legal issues associated with students' use of technology and the Internet.