Dan W. Butin

Dan W. Butin is the founding dean of the school of education at Merrimack College. Dr. Butin has a Ph.D. in social foundations of education from the University of Virginia, and is the author and editor of more than fifty books, book chapters, and articles. His most recent books include Teaching Social Foundations (2005), Service-Learning and Social Justice Education (2009), The Education Dissertation (2010), and Service-Learning in Theory and Practice: The Future of Community Engagement in Higher Education (2010).Dr. Butin’s research focuses on issues of educator preparation and policy, and community engagement. He has been the assistant dean of the school of education at Cambridge College and a faculty member at Gettysburg College. Prior to working in higher education, Dr. Butin taught middle school, in an adult GED program, and was the chief financial officer of Teacher For America. Click here for Dr. Butin's full CV.

Books

 
Service-Learning and Social Justice Education (2008)

100 Experiential Activities for Social Studies, Literature, and the Arts (2008)

Teaching Social Foundations of Education (2005)

• Reviewed in Teachers College Record, 2006, 105(8)
• Reviewed in the Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2007, 41(2)

Service-Learning in Higher Education (2005)

(read the introduction)

• featured book (summer 2007) of the  Canadian Association of Community Service-Learning
• featured book (September 2005) of the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse

 Guest Editorships

Equity & Excellence in Education (2007)

Theme: Service-Learning and Social Justice Education

Educational Studies (2005)

Theme: How Social Founations Matters to Teacher Preparation: A Policy Brief

International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (2006)

Theme: Future Directions for Service-Learning in Higher Education

New Scholarship

Service-Learning in Theory and Practice: the Future of Community Engagement in Higher Education. NY: Palgrave. 2010.

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“This book is intellectually honest, theoretically sophisticated, and deeply impassioned. Butin embodies the kind of ‘scholarly criticality’ that anyone interested in moving the field forward should cherish. This book will shake your assumptions about service learning in all the right ways.” ~ Joel Westheimer, University Research Chair and Professor, University of Ottawa

The Education Dissertation: A Guide for Practitioner-Scholars. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. 2010. 

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"The book is rich with ideas and strategies for thinking about every phase of the dissertation and for undertaking each phase once it has been carefully thought out." ~ Daniel L. Duke, Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Virginia

recent talks

Keynote speaker at the The International Partnership for Service-Learning and Leadership meeting in Portland, Oregon on February 17, 2009 on the topic of “Service-Learning, Leadership, and Democracy”.

Keynote speaker at Oakland University's Equity Within the College Classroom Conference, on April 6, 2009 on the topic of "Democracy and Education: The Limits and Possibilities of the Engaged Campus”.