Comparative and International Education Society

The Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Inc., was founded in 1956 to foster cross-cultural understanding, scholarship, academic achievement and societal development through the international study of educational ideas, systems, and practices. The Society's members include more than 2000 academics, practitioners, and students from around the world.

Their professional work is built on cross-disciplinary interests and expertise as historians, sociologists, economists, psychologists, anthropologists, and educators. The Society also includes approximately 1000 institutional members, primarily academic libraries and international organizations. The official website is sponsored by the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)

Over the last four decades, the activities of the Society's members have strengthened the theoretical basis of comparative studies and increasingly applied those understandings to policy and implementation issues in developing countries and cross-cultural settings. The membership has increased global understanding and public awareness of education issues, and has informed both domestic and international education policy debate. The Society works in collaboration with other international and comparative education organizations to advance the field and its objectives.

The principal Society vehicles for member activities are:

the Comparative Education Review—a professional, refereed journal published quarterly (February, May, August and November) by the University of Chicago Press
the CIES Newsletter—an information document produced three times a year (January, May and September) by the CIES Secretariat containing news updates, announcements, committee reports and editorials
the CIES Website—a virtual community containing conference rooms, private real time written and voice chats, discussion boards, online newsletter, Edupress, documents retrieval and other web services
the CIES Annual Conference—a gathering of Society members and interested public usually held in March of each year and which is devoted to scholarly and practical exchange, debate and networking. Also, the CIES Annual Regional Conferences usually held in November of each year.
Standing and Ad Hoc Committees—appointed and voluntary groups focused on promoting specific professional interests of the Society, strengthening its voice in policy and intellectual debate, liaising with counterpart organizations, and ensuring full and equal representation to its diverse membership.

As a registered non-profit [501(c)3] organization in the United States, the Comparative and International Education Society supports the activities of its members to:

promote understanding of the many roles that education plays in the shaping and perpetuation of cultures, the development of nations, and in influencing the lives of individuals
improve opportunities for the citizens of the world by fostering an understanding of how education policies and programs enhance social and economic development
increase cross-cultural and cross-national understanding through educational processes and by the study and critique of educational theories, policies and practices that affect individual and social well being.

THE CIES CONSTITUTION (see Historian's Corner)

Executive Committee
President Ratna Ghosh James McGill Professor and William C. Macdonald Professor of Education McGill University Faculty of Education 3600 McTavish Street Montreal, Quebec Canada H3A 1Y2	Tel: (514) 398-5398 Fax: (514) 398-4679 E-mail: ratna.ghosh@mcgill.ca Web: http://www.education.mcgill.ca/profs/ghosh/
President-elect David P. Baker Educational Theory & Policy Comparative & International Education 300 Rackley Building University Park, PA 16802-3203	Tel: (814) 863-0955 Fax: (814) 865-1480 E-mail: dpb4@psu.edu Web: http://www.ed.psu.edu/educ/eps/cied/home
Vice-President Gilbert Valverde Dept. of Educational Policy and Leadership Comparative and International Education Policy Program University at Albany, State University of New York	Tel: (518) 442-5089 E-mail: valverde@uamail.albany.edu
Past President María Teresa Tatto Associate Professor Principal Investigator and Project Director Teacher Education Study in Mathematics (IEA/TEDS-M) International Study Center at Michigan State University 116L Erickson Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1034	Tel: (517) 432-3043 Fax: (517) 432-2795 E-mail: mtatto@msu.edu Web: http://teds.educ.msu.edu/ and http://www.msu.edu/~mttatto/
Treasurer Alan Wagner Professor, Educational Administration & Policy Studies Institute for Global Education Policy Studies University at Albany Albany, NY 12222	Tel: (518) 442-5083 Fax: (518) 442-5084 E-mail: awagner@uamail.albany.edu
Secretary Jason E. Lane Assistant Professor, Educational Administration & Policy Studies Research Fellow, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government Institute for Global Education Policy Studies University at Albany Albany, NY, 12222	Tel: (518) 442-5165 Fax: (518) 442-5084 E-mail: jlane@albany.edu Secretariat's email: secretariat@cies.us
Comparative Education Review Editor David M. Post Penn State University 404E Rackely Building University Park, PA 16803	Tel: (814) 238-0992 E-mail: post@pop.psu.edu
CIES Historian Erwin H. Epstein Director of the Center for Comparative Education Professor of Cultural and Educational Policy Studies Loyola University Chicago	Tel: (312) 915-6273 Web: http://www.luc.edu/cce/ E-mail: eepstei@luc.edu
Board of Directors
President Ratna Ghosh James McGill Professor and William C. Macdonald Professor of Education McGill University Faculty of Education 3600 McTavish Street Montreal, Quebec Canada H3A 1Y2	Tel: (514) 398-5398 Fax: (514) 398-4679 E-mail: ratna.ghosh@mcgill.ca Web: http://www.education.mcgill.ca/profs/ghosh/
President-elect David P. Baker Educational Theory & Policy Comparative & International Education 300 Rackley Building University Park, PA 16802-3203	Tel: (814) 863-0955 Fax: (814) 865-1480 E-mail: dpb4@psu.edu Web: http://www.ed.psu.edu/educ/eps/cied/home
Vice-President Gilbert Valverde Dept. of Educational Policy and Leadership Comparative and International Education Policy Program University at Albany, State University of New York	Tel: (518) 442-5089 E-mail: valverde@uamail.albany.edu
Past President María Teresa Tatto Associate Professor Principal Investigator and Project Director Teacher Education Study in Mathematics (IEA/TEDS-M) International Study Center at Michigan State University 116L Erickson Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1034	Tel: (517) 432-3043 Fax: (517) 432-2795 E-mail: mtatto@msu.edu Web: http://teds.educ.msu.edu/ and http://www.msu.edu/~mttatto/
Treasurer Alan Wagner Professor, Educational Administration & Policy Studies Institute for Global Education Policy Studies University at Albany Albany, NY 12222	Tel: (518) 442-5083 Fax: (518) 442-5084 E-mail: awagner@uamail.albany.edu
Secretary Jason E. Lane Assistant Professor, Educational Administration & Policy Studies Research Fellow, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government Institute for Global Education Policy Studies University at Albany Albany, NY, 12222	Tel: (518) 442-5165 Fax: (518) 442-5084 E-mail: jlane@albany.edu Secretariat's email: secretariat@cies.us
Comparative Education Review Editor David M. Post Penn State University 404E Rackely Building University Park, PA 16803	Tel: (814) 238-0992 E-mail: post@pop.psu.edu
CIES Historian Erwin H. Epstein Director of the Center for Comparative Education Professor of Cultural and Educational Policy Studies Loyola University Chicago	Tel: (312) 915-6273 Web: http://www.luc.edu/cce/ E-mail: eepstei@luc.edu
Sangeeta Kamat (2013) Associate Professor University of Massachusetts at Amherst 254 Hills South UMASS Amherst MA 01003	Tel: (413) 545-4586 Email: skamat@educ.umass.edu
Lesley Bartlett (2013) Department of International and Transcultural Studies Teachers College Columbia University 525 W 120th Street Box 55 Office Location: 376 Grace Dodge Hall New York, NY 10027	Tel: (212) 678-3794 Fax: (212) 678-8237 Email: lb2035@columbia.edu
Francisco Ramirez (2013) Professor of Education and CDDRL Affiliated Faculty School of Education, Room 335 Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305	Tel: (650) 723-8421 Email: ramirez@stanford.edu
N'Dri Assie-Lumumba (2012) Cornell University Africana Studies and Research Center 310 Triphammer Road Ithaca, NY 14850	Tel: (607) 255-7839 E-mail: N.Assie-Lumumba@cornell.edu
Nancy Kendall (2012) Assistant Professor of Educational Policy Studies University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Educational Policy Studies 307 Rust Hall 115 North Orchard Street Madison, Wisconsin 53715	Tel: (608) 263-2939 E-mail: nkendall@education.wisc.edu
Helen Abadzi (2014) Education for All Fast Track Initiative Secretariat 1818 H Street NW, Washington DC, 20433	E-mail: habadzi@educationfasttrack.org
Thomas Luschei (2014) Associate Professor School of Educational Studies Claremont Graduate University 150 E. 10th Street Claremont, CA 91711	E-mail: thomas.luschei@cgu.edu
Reitumetse (Reitu) Obakeng Mabokela (2014) Department of Educational Administration Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824	E-mail: mabokela@msu.edu
Student Representative Greg William Misiaszek (2012) Ph.D from UCLA in Comparative/International Education	E-mail; gmisiaszek@yahoo.com

Treasurer:

Alan Wagner
Professor, Educational Administration & Policy Studies
Institute for Global Education Policy Studies
University at Albany
Albany, NY, 12222

Secretary:
Jason E. Lane
Assistant Professor, Educational Administration & Policy Studies
Research Fellow, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
Institute for Global Education Policy Studies
University at Albany
Albany, NY, 12222

Graduate Assistants:
Treisy Romero
Educational Administration & Policy Studies Department

University at Albany

Email: secretariat@cies.us
ED Building 342
Albany, NY 12222
Tel: (518) 442-5165

Fax: (518) 442-5084

Thomas Enderlein
Educational Administration & Policy Studies Department

University at Albany

Email: secretariat@cies.us
ED Building 342
Albany, NY 12222
Tel: (518) 442-5165

Fax: (518) 442-5084

Standing Committee	Chair(s)	Members
Nominations	Karen Biraimah	Amita Chudgar Joan deJaeghere Peggy Kong Sina Mossayeb Sarfaroz Niyozov Ben Piper
Investment	Noah Sobe	Martin Carnoy Peter Moock Alan Wagner Frances Vavrus
Publications	Carlos Ornelas	Ruth Hayhoe Steve Klees Monisha Bajaj Alex Wiseman David Post (ex officio) Erwin Epstein (ex officio)
Gender & Education	Vilma Seeberg Supriya Baily	Caroline (Carly) Manion Kristy Kelly Erin Murphy-Graham Kristen Molyneaux
New Scholars	Rhiannon Williams Mariusz Galczynski	Inese Berzina-Pitcher Heidi Eschenbacher Kara Janigan Greg Misiaszek Mongkol Teng Vilelmini Tsagkaraki Mary Vayaliparampil Andria Wisler
UREAG	Kelly McFaden Emefa Omoako	Lesley Graybeal
SIGs	W. James Jacob	Jorge Delgado (Higher Ed) Jayson Richardson (ICT4D) Iveta Silova (Eurasia)
Awards	Hilary Landorf	Aaron Benevot James Williams Fernanda Pineda
Gail P. Kelly Award	Christine Wotipka	Gustavo Fischman Erin Murphy-Graham (GEC) Soo-yong Byun Donna Tonini
George Bereday Award	Stephen Carney	Hyunjoon Park University of Pennsylvania Zsuzsanna Millei, U of Newcastle, Australia Marcella Milana, Aarhus University, Denmark Joseph Tobin, Arizona State University
Honorary Fellows Award	Robert Arnove	Joseph Farrell Elizabeth Sherman Swing Vandra Masemann Norma Tarrow
Jackie Kirk Award	Karen Monkman	Claudia Mitchell Cathryn Magno Marni Sommer
Joyce Cain Award	Kassie Freeman	Isabela Cabral Felix de Sousa Ethan Johnson Edith Omwami Clancie Wilson Donna Tonini
International Travel Award	Andrew Shiotani Zeena Zakharia	Suzanne Majhanovich Mary Ann Maslak

Journal Editors: *David M. Post, Editor* Penn State University 404E Rackely Building University Park, PA 16803		Tel: (814) 238-0992 Email: post@pop.psu.edu
Aaron Benavot, Co-Editor University at Albany 1400 Washington Ave Albany, New York 12222		E-mail: abenavot@albany.edu
*Mark Ginsburg, Co-Editor* FHI 360		E-mail:mginsburg49@yahoo.com
*Emily Hannum, Co-Editor* Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 3718 Locust Walk, 247 McNeil Building, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6299		E-mail: hannumem@soc.upenn.edu
Amy Stambach, Co-Editor Professor of Educational Policy Studies and Anthropology University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Educational Policy Studies c/o Global Studies 301 Ingraham Hall 1155 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706		Tel: (608) 262-1760 Email: aestambach@wisc.edu

Executive Committee

President

President-elect

Vice-President

Past President

Treasurer

Secretary

Comparative Education Review Editor

CIES Historian

Board of Directors