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Please email your inquiries to gcoe@neiu.edu.
If you prefer visiting us in person, please come to Lech Walesa Hall (LWH) Room 4044.
Hours
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday
Dr. Philion completed his Ph.D. in English and Education and M.A. in English Language & Literature at The University of Michigan and his B.A. in English at Fordham University.
Book Sections
Philion, T. (Section Editor) (2004). Technology Partnerships in Teacher Education. In S. D. Lenski & D. Wisemann, (Eds.). Transforming Teacher Education Through Partnerships (pp. 233-327). Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press.
Book Chapters
Philion, T., Burney, N., Carter, A., and Meadows, E. (2005). Cultivating Democratic Learning Communities: Three Portraits of Roosevelt University’s Department of Teacher Education. In P. Jenlink & K. Jenlink (Eds.), Portraits of Teacher Preparation: Learning to Teach in a Changing America (pp. 113-131). Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Education.
Philion, T. (2002). Frontiers of the Contact Zone. In J. Wolff (Ed.), Professing In The Contact Zone: Bringing Theory and Practice Together (pp. 79-101). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.
Philion, T. (1998). The Resource and Professional Development Portfolio Projects. In L. Reid and J. Golub (Eds.), A Focus on Reflecting and Connecting (pp. 165-170). Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.
Refereed Articles
Philion, T. (2009). The Age of _______? Using Young Adult Literature to Make Sense of the Contemporary World. Young Adult Library Services: The Official Journal of the Young Adult Library Services Association, 7 (4), 46-49.
Philion, T. (2008). Fostering Global Awareness. Teacher Education and Practice, 21 (4), 240- 241.
Research Reports and Position Statements
C. Nelson, C. Main, and J. Kushto-Hoban, with Members of the Appraising Early Childhood Teacher Preparation in Illinois Work Group (2012). Breaking It Down and Building It Out: Enhancing Collective Capacity to Improve Early Childhood Teacher Preparation in Illinois. Chicago, IL: The Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust and The University of Illinois at Chicago.
CEE Policy Summit Social Justice Strand Participants (2009). Beliefs About Social Justice in English Education. Retrieved from http://www.ncte.org/cee/positions/socialjustice.
Philion, T. (2002). Invisible Interventions: The Oppositional Practices of Urban Literacy Educators. Urbana, IL: Research Foundation of the National Council of Teachers of English.
Book Reviews
Philion, T. (2008). Review of Open Ice, by Pat Hughes. SIGNAL Journal.
Philion, T. (2007). Reviews of Out of Focus, by Margaret Buffie, and One Handed Catch, by MJ Auch. SIGNAL Journal.
Philion, T. (2006). Review of Book Club for Middle School, by Taffy E. Raphael, Marcella Kehus, and Karen Damphousse. NCTE Selects.
Tom Philion is Dean of the Goodwin College of Education at Northeastern Illinois University. Prior to becoming dean in July 2022, Tom served as associate provost, dean, associate dean and chair of teacher preparation programs at Roosevelt University. Earlier in his career, he was an assistant professor of English and assistant director of the English Education Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Tom is a former middle school reading teacher; the author of more than 20 articles and reports on topics such as teacher research, portfolio pedagogy and collaborative learning; and is responsible for the acquisition of over $10 million in external grants and contracts over the last 10 years. Tom received his B.A. in English from Fordham University and his M.A. in English and Ph.D. in English and Education from The University of Michigan. He lives in Oak Park, Illinois.
Room LWH 4044A
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
The Ohio State University, 2016
Teaching and Learning: Early/Middle Childhood Education, Ph.D.
-López-Carrasquillo, A. and Beyda-Lorie, S. (In Press). Supporting urban educationals professionals from admission to completion. In R. W. Burns, E. Garin, and V. O’Neill (Eds.), Clinically Based Teacher Education in Action: Cases Demonstrating Excellence in Accreditation (pp. xx-xx). Information Age Publishing.
-Ali, S. and Lopez, A. (2022). A qualitative investigation: Black & brown men retention and recruitment in the Grow Your Own Program and partners colleges of education and universities. Journal of Research Initiatives. 7(1), Article 4.
-Flores-Marti, I. and Lopez-Carrasquillo, A. (2014). El sistema de evaluación en la educación física. EFDeportes.com, Revista Digital, 190. Buenos Aires, Argentina. http://www.efdeportes.com/ Flores-Marti, I and Lopez-Carrasquillo, A. (2014). The evaluation system in physical education. EFDeportes.com, Revista Digital, 190. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
-López-Carrasquillo, A. (2013). Deconstructing the American Melting Pot: Promoting Civic Education and Ideals in the Bilingual Social Studies. Literacy Information and Computer Education Journal 4(3).
-Hubbard, T., Lopez-Carrasquillo, A., Christenson, M., Dallme, D., & Dyer, J. (2012). Shifting Roles of the GAs. In M. Johnston-Parsons (Ed.), Dialogue and difference in a PDS: A 16-year sociocultural study of an experimental teacher education program. Charlotte: Information Age Publishers.
-López-Carrasquillo, A. (2009). The planning process of a first generation Mexicana teacher in a bilingual social studies classroom in the United States. Journal of the Worldwide Forum on Education and Culture, 1(1), 83-91.
-López-Carrasquillo, A. (1996). Prácticas de aceptación y rechazo de estudiantes Dominicanos y Puertorriqueños en una escuela elemental en Puerto Rico [Practices of acceptance and rejection among Dominican and Puerto Rican students at one elementary school in Puerto Rico]. Revista de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de Puerto Rico [The University of Puerto Rico Social Sciences Magazine], 6, 141-164.
Room LWH 4039
Northeastern Illinois University
5500 North St. Louis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60625
United States
Using Excel features and functions to represent data in various ways based on the audience. Interpreting, and understanding various accrediting body requests and processes.
Briar Cliff University
University of South Dakota
I have been a higher education professional since 2004 working primarily on the technological side of education administering learning management systems.
Starting on February 18 2019, I started as the Assessment Coordinator and Data Analyst for the Goodwin College of Education. Some of these responsibilities include coordinating our various assessment activities, remaining current on accreditation requirements, updating and maintaining the GCOE quality assurance and assessment system, interfacing with programs engaged in assessment work and supporting the Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) portfolio process.
