Richard L. Schwab

Richard L. Schwab is a Neag Endowed Professor of Educational Leadership. Dr. Schwab’s commitment to education reaches the national, regional, and international levels. He is a member of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE) and has taught in AACTE’s New Deans Institute. He serves on the National Commission on Teaching America’s Future and has been elected to its board of directors. He is past president of the Council of Academic Deans from Research Education Institutions and has held leadership positions in numerous state and regional education organizations. He has served as president and held several other offices of the Northeastern Educational Research Association. Internationally, he has served on the Quality Assurance Team for Teacher Education in the state of Qatar and worked with universities in the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Ireland, South Africa, and Saudi Arabia on educational reform issues.

Dr. Schwab has researched, presented and published on issues related to teacher preparation, teacher and administrator education reform, educational technology, and occupational stress and health in educational organizations. He collaborated with Neag faculty on the book, Portrait of a Profession: Teaching and Teachers in the 21st Century, for which he served as co-editor.  In recognition of his outstanding research on teacher education, he was presented with the AACTE Margaret Lindsey Award for Distinguished Research in Teacher Education. In 2006, he was honored by his undergraduate alma mater, Boston University, with the Ida M. Johnston Award for Outstanding Achievement and Service. His awards from research associations include the Leo Doherty Award from The Northeastern Educational Research Association for Outstanding Leadership in Educational Research and the Outstanding Scholar Award in Occupational Stress and Health from the American Research Association.