C. Cryss Brunner Associate professor Phone: 612-624-8527 E-mail: brunner@umn.edu Mailing address: Dept. of Educational Policy and Administration 330 Wulling Hall University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455-0221

After 27 years as a public school teacher and administrator, I was drawn into the academy by my desire to spend life as a focused learner. The professorship requires non-stop attention to knowledge acquisition and production and, therefore, meets this personal need. In other words, the role places me in an explicit and active learning community.

My interests center on ontologically-held conceptions of power, constructions of identity, and the dynamics they create during decision making. Through ethnographic and other qualitative methods, both traditional and non-traditional, I study superintendents and other administrators through a lens informed by various theoretical perspectives including ones advancing social justice.

Academic degrees

Ph.D. Educational Policy and Leadership, 1993
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

M.S. Educational Administration,
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

B.M.E. Vocal and Instrumental Music K-12
Emporia State University, Emporia, KS

Certificates and licensure

Public Schools Building Level and District Level Administrators Certificate and License, University of Kansas and the Kansas Department of Education, first granted 1979 and 1992

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