Dr. Stone's curriculum vita

Educational Background

• EdD, Vocational-Technical Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, (1981-1983)
• MEd, School Administration, George Mason University (1977-1980)
• BS, Distributive Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (1974-1976)

Teaching Areas

• Principles of Vocational Education, Research Design and Interpretation, Evaluating Training Programs, Coordination in Vocational Education, Organization and Operation of Vocational Technical Education

Research Interests

• Building Academic Skills in Context: Testing the value of enhanced math learning in high school technical education
• The status and future of occupational and technical education in community and technical colleges

Professional Activities

• 2000-2002 Peer review committee, Interdisciplinary Research and Post-baccalaureate Education Program
• 1993-1997 Senate Faculty Affairs Committee: Retirement sub-committee; KIOSK (faculty newspaper) sub-committee
• Association for Career & Technical Education, Research Committee member
• National Center for Educational Statistics, DOVE Technical Review Panel
• National Council for Workforce Education, Board Member

Publications

• Stull, W., & Stone, J. R., III. (Eds.) (under review). The future of work based education in America. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc.
• Stern, D, Finkelstein, N., Stone, J. R., III, Latting, J., & Dornsife, C. (1995). School-to-work: Research on programs in the United States. London, England: Falmer Press.
• ** Castellano, M., Stone, J.R. III, Stringfield, S., Farley, E.N. & Overman, L. (2007). Career based whole school reform for the 21st Century: Meeting the needs of at risk students. St. Paul, MN: National Research Center for Career and Technical Education.
• Stone, J. R., III, & Aliaga, O. A. (2007). Career and technical education and school-towork at the end of the 20th century: Participation and outcomes. In D. Neumark (Ed.), School to Work in the United States. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
• Stone, J.R. III (2007). Making math work. Principal Leadership, 7(5), 43-46.

Honors & Awards

• Outstanding Partner Award. (2007). Minnesota Association for Career and Technical Education Administrators
• Outstanding Research Paper. (2007). American Education Research Association Annual Meeting. Re-defining Career and Technical Education Participation
• Outstanding Service Award. (2006) Minnesota Association for Career and Technical Education
• Outstanding Research Manuscript-Journal of Career and Technical Education (2006:21). Math Course Taking For CTE Concentrators: Evidence from Three Studies of the Impact of a Decade of Education Reform