Dr. Paul G. Theobald

Woods-Beals Chair for Urban and Rural Education
SUNY College at Buffalo

Dr. Theobald's research interests include the relationship of community to culture, character, education, and democracy; and teacher education as a contribution to democracy. Prior to joining SUNY College at Buffalo recently, he served as professor and dean of the School of Education and Counseling at Wayne State College in Nebraska; he has additionally served as professor and director of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, associate professor and head of the Department of Teacher Education at South Dakota State University, and assistant professor of curriculum and instruction at Texas A&M University. He has published numerous journal articles and monographs as well as three books. Dr. Theobald is on the editorial board for the Journal of Research in Rural Education and Encounter - The Journal of Education, Meaning and Social Justice. He is a member of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, and the American Educational Research Association. Dr. Theobald taught in Minnesota public schools before earning his Ph.D. in Educational Policy from the University of Illinois, Champaign.