Jeffrey S. Brooks
Curtin University
Jeffrey S. Brooks is Professor of Educational Leadership in the Faculty of Education at Monash University. He is a J. William Fulbright Senior Scholar alumnus who has conducted studies in the United States and the Philippines. His research focuses broadly on educational leadership, and he examines the way leaders influence (and are influenced by) dynamics such as racism, globalization, distributed leadership, social justice and school reform.
Dr. Brooks is author of two full-length books based on his research: The Dark Side of School Reform: Teaching in the Space between Reality and Utopia (Rowman & Littlefield Education) and Black School, White School: Racism and Educational (Mis)leadership (Teachers College Press). He is also co-editor of the volumes What Every Principal Needs to Know to Create Equitable and Excellent Schools (with George Theoharis), Confronting Racism in Higher Education: Problems and Possibilities for Fighting Ignorance, Bigotry and Isolation and Anti-Racist School Leadership: Toward Equity in Education for America’s Students (both with Noelle Witherspoon Arnold). Dr. Brooks has written articles in leading educational research journals, including Teachers College Record, Educational Administration Quarterly, Educational Policy, Journal of Educational Administration, Science Education, Journal of Research on Leadership in Education, and the Journal of Values and Ethics in Educational Administration. He has also contributed many chapters to scholarly edited volumes and written several entries for reference works. Dr. Brooks is Series Editor for the Educational Leadership for Social Justice book series. He has served in several leadership positions in universities and educational research organizations, including AERA Division A (Administration, Organizations and Leadership) and the AERA Leadership for Social Justice Special Interest Group.
BOOKS:

Globalization and Education
Teaching, Learning and Leading in the World Schoolhouse
2022Jeffrey S. Brooks, Curtin University; Anthony H. Normore, California State University Dominguez Hills; Melanie C. Brooks, Edith Cowan University; Nicola Sum, Monash University

The School Leadership Survival Guide
What to Do When Things Go Wrong, How to Learn from Mistakes, and Why You Should Prepare for the Worst
2021Jeffrey S. Brooks, Curtin University; Amanda Heffernan, Monash University

Educational Leadership and Music
Lessons for Tomorrow’s School Leaders
2017Terri N. Watson, The City College of New York; Jeffrey S. Brooks, Curtin University; Floyd D. Beachum, Lehigh University

Urban Educational Leadership for Social Justice
International Perspectives
2015Jeffrey S. Brooks, Curtin University; Melanie C. Brooks, Edith Cowan University

Educational Leadership for Ethics and Social Justice
Views from the Social Sciences
2014Anthony H. Normore, California State University Dominguez Hills; Jeffrey S. Brooks, University of Idaho

Confronting Racism in Higher Education
Problems and Possibilities for Fighting Ignorance, Bigotry and Isolation
2013Jeffrey S. Brooks, University of Idaho; Noelle Witherspoon-Arnold, University of Missouri-Columbia

Antiracist School Leadership
Toward Equity in Education for America’s Students Introduction
2013Jeffrey S. Brooks, University of Idaho; Noelle Witherspoon-Arnold, University of Missouri-Columbia

Juggling Flaming Chain Saws
Academics in Educational Leadership Try to Balance Work and Family
2012Joanne M. Marshall, Iowa State University; Jeffrey S. Brooks, University of Idaho; Kathleen M. Brown, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Leslie Hazle Bussey, Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement; Bonnie Fusarelli, North Carolina State University; Mark A. Gooden, The University of Texas-Austin; Catherine A. Lugg, Rutgers University; Latish C. Reed, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee; George Theoharis, Syracuse University
- Administration
- Black Studies
- Cultural Psychology
- Curriculum
- Distance Learning
- Early Childhood Education
- Education
- Education in Mathematics
- Education Reform
- Education Research
- Educational Leadership
- Educational Psychology
- Evaluation
- Gender & Diversity
- Higher Education
- History of Education
- International & Comparative Education
- Language & Literacy
- Leadership
- Learning & Instruction
- Management
- Mathematics
- Multicultural Education
- Organizational Behavior
- Policy & Politics of Education
- Psychology
- Social Context of Education
- Social Education
- Social Justice
- Teacher Education
- Technology
- Urban Education