Faculty Directory
A. Lin Goodwin
Program Director, Curriculum and Instruction, Ph.D.
Thomas More Brennan Professor
A. Lin Goodwin
Ed.D.
Contact
Campion 111
Email: lin.goodwin@bc.edu
ORCID
Education
- Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University
- Ed.M., Teachers College, Columbia University
- M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University
- B.S. (cum laude), Central Connecticut State University
Courses
Research on Teaching
Teaching, Curriculum, and Learning Environments: Global Perspectives
Research Interests
Teacher Beliefs and Identity; Asian American Teachers, Education, and Socialization; Education of Immigrant and Minoritized Youth; Teacher Educator Development and Practices
Expertise
- Curriculum & Instruction
- Equity and Social Justice
- Teaching & Teacher Education
Department
Biography
A. Lin Goodwin (¸ðÎÄÁÖ) is the Thomas More Brennan Chair of Education at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development. Prior to joining Boston College, she was Dean of the Faculty(School) of Education at the University of Hong Kong (2017-2022) and Vice Dean at Teachers College, Columbia University (TCCU) in New York (2011-2017), where she also held the Evenden Foundation Chair in Education. Professor Goodwin served as Vice President of the American Educational Research Association (AERA)¡ªDivision K: Teaching and Teacher Education (2013-2016), and is a Senior Research Fellow of the Learning Policy Institute. She received the 2022 Spencer Foundation Mentor Award honoring her work with emerging academics and doctoral students. She is the recipient of several multi-million-dollar U.S. federal grants to support TR@TC, an innovative teaching residency program at TCCU that she designed and launched in 2009, a program that has prepared 13 cohorts¡ªand counting¡ªof exceptional teachers for NYC schools.
Fellowships & Grants Awarded
- 2020 ¨C 2022: $1.6M (HKD)¡ªSeed Funding for Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Scheme, University of Hong Kong. ¡°Environmentally Responsive Pedagogies to develop ¡°ECO (Environmentally COnscious) Advocates¡± for Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area.¡± (Principal Investigator with Co-Investigators Bridges, Chan, Chen, Chian, Fryer, Hew, Hoang, Kwok, Leung, Not, Russel, Williams, Wong, Yip)?
- 2020 ¨C 2022: $335,654 (SGD)¡ª National Institute of Education, Office of Educational Research, Singapore: ¡°Building an Evidence-Base for Teacher Education: A Longitudinal and Cross-sectional Study of the PGDE Programmes.¡± Co-Investigator; (PI: Low, E.L. with Co-I: Huan, S.L. V.)?
- 2019 ¨C 2024: $5,985,870¡ªU.S. Office of Innovation and Improvement: Teacher Quality Partnership Grants: ¡°Teaching Residents at Teachers College3¡± (Co-Investigator). 2019 ¨C 2020: $149,859 (SGD)¡ª National Institute of Education, Office of Educational Research, Singapore: ¡°Building an Evidence-Base to Support Teacher Growth: A Career-Long Perspective (Phase I).¡± Co-Investigator; (PI: Low, E.L. with Co-Is: Ng, P.T., & Goh, S.E.)?
- 2018 ¨C 2019: $20,000¡ªTC Provost¡¯s Investment Fund: ¡°Continuing a program of research into the education of teacher educators: Content specific and general knowledge and skills as teacher educators¡± (with K. Parkes, M. Hafeli, F. Mensah (Co-PIs), and D. Roosevelt, & M. Souto-Manning).?
- 2016 ¨C 2021: $650,000¡ª NYS Dept of Education: ¡°Teacher Opportunity Corps¡± (w Julia Yu)?
- 2017 ¨C 2019: $249,693 (SGD)¡ªNational Institute of Education, Office of Educational Research: ¡°An exploratory study of beginning teacher mentoring practices in Singapore.¡± (Low, E. L.¡ªPI; Co-Is¡ªGoodwin, A. L., Ng, P. T., Liu, W.C., & Goh, S.E.)?
- 2016 ¨C 2017: $20,000¡ªTC Provost¡¯s Investment Fund: ¡°Initiating a program of research into the education of teacher educators¡± (with D. Roosevelt (P.I.), M. Hafeli, F. Mensah, K. Parkes, C. Oyler, & M. Souto-Manning).?
- 2014 ¨C 2019: $7,471,811¡ªU.S. Office of Innovation and Impro
Awards
- Spencer Foundation Mentor Award, 2022.?
- Honorary Professor of Education, The University of Hong Kong, 2022 - 2023?
- Senior Research Fellow¡ªLearning Policy Institute, 2020?
- Nominated for President¡ªAmerican Educational Research Association, 2019.?
- Robert J. Stevenson Memorial Lecture¡ªAssociation of Teacher Educators, 2019. Distinguished Speaker¡ªNational Institute of Education, Singapore, 2019.?
- Endowed Chair¡ªEdward Evenden Professor of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2014 ¨C 2021; Emerita 2021?
- Vice President¡ªAERA, Division K: Teaching and Teacher Education, 2013 ¨C 2016.?
- Dr. Ruth Wong Professor of Teacher Education (inaugural)¡ªNational Institute of Education, Singapore, 2015.?
- Distinguished Scholar Award¡ªAERA, SIG¡ªResearch on the Education of Asians and Pacific Americans, 2015. Urban Education Editor¡¯s Choice Collection 2012¡ªhttp://uex.sagepub.com/cgi/collection: Goodwin, A. L. (1997). Multicultural stories: Preservice teachers¡¯ conceptions of and responses to issues of diversity. Urban Education, 32(1), 117-145.
- Outstanding Teacher Award¡ªTeachers College, Columbia University, 2005.?
- Scholars of Color Mid-Career Contribution Award¡ªAERA, Committee on Scholars of Color in Education, April 2000.
Selected Recent Publications
- Goodwin, A. L., McDevitt, S. E., Lee, C. C., & Ak?n, S. (in press). Educating a world on the move: Rethinking teacher preparation in the context of mass global migration and increasingly diverse classrooms. International Encyclopedia of Education, 4th Edition. R.?
- Tierney, F. Rizvi, G. Smith & K. Ercikan (Editors-in-Chief), D. Mayer Section Ed. Goodwin, A. L., Hoang, A. P., Chian, M. M., & Au, M. (2022 online first). Professional knowledge for successfully teaching diverse students: A comparative analysis of perspectives from South Africa, Canada and Hong Kong. In Menter, I. (Ed.), Tatto, M. T. (Section Ed.) Handbook of International Teacher Education, Palgrave.?
- Goodwin, A. L., & Stanton, R. (2022). Lessons from an expert teacher of immigrant youth: A portrait of social justice teaching. Equity and Excellence in Education. DOI: 10.1080/10665684.2021.2021652?
- Goodwin, A. L., Lee, C. C., & Pratt. S. (2021). The Poetic Humanity of Teacher Education: Holistic Mentoring for Beginning Teachers. Professional Development in Education.