Curriculum Vitae

Peter B. Easton

January 23, 2014

General Information

University address:	Education Leadership & Policy Studies
College of Education
Stone Building 1204H
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4452

E-mail address:	peaston@fsu.edu

Professional Preparation

1988	Ph.D., Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. Major: International Development Education. 

Easton, P. B. (1988). The Role of Economic Analysis in Educational Policy Making: Case Study of an Education Sector Assessment in the Republic of Haiti. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. 

1983	M.S., Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. Major: Human resource economics. 

1973	M.A., Stanford University. Major: International Development Education. Stanford International Development Education. 

1964	B.A., Amherst College. Major: American Studies. magna cum laude. 

Professional Experience

1989–present	Associate Professor, College of Education, Florida State University. Associate Professor of International and Multicultural Education with specialization in educational system assessment, human resource development, adult literacy training and evaluation, and multicultural education. Teach online Masters courses in adult learning and multicultural education along with face-to-face coursework in comparative and international education. Serve as coordinator for the Master's degree program in Socio-Cultural and International Development Education Studies and tenured doctoral adviser in the PhD program in Educational Leadership and Policy.

1990–2000	Senior Research Associate and Principal Investigator, Center for Educational Research and Policy, Florida State University. PADLOS-Education (OECD-funded research on local capacity building in West Africa: $600,000) and FICD-KICK (Family Involvement and Community Development Project/Kids in Collaboration with Kids in the Orange Avenue neighborhood of Tallahassee: $150,000).

1984–1989	Research Associate, Learning Systems Institute (LSI), Florida State University. Economic analysis of educational systems in participating countries; project planning and research supervision in several of the seven developing country sites of project activity; chief responsibility for design and initial implementation of $20 million Incentives for Improving Basic Education (IIBE) Project in Republic of Haiti, a six year AID funded endeavor to upgrade scholastic performance in rural primary schools; evaluation and tracer studies of vocational technical education in Indonesia; and administrative organization and oversight at central project office.

1983–1984	Professor, Ecole de Pédagogie, University of Niamey, Republic of Niger. Teaching educational planning and evaluation at the University of Niamey (School of Education) and at the Centre de Formation des Cadres de alphabetization (Literacy Agents' Training Center). Also responsible for assisting the National Agency of Literacy and Adult Education with evaluation of its field programs.

1980–1982	Consultant and trainer, Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique (ACCT). Planning and leading one week workshop in Haiti for Literacy and Adult Education Agency directors from twelve French speaking African countries and Haiti on evaluation methodology. Planning and leading one month training conference in Maradi, Republic of Niger, for Ministry of Education research and evaluation personnel from same countries. Preparing in French a series of workbooks on evaluation methods.

1979–1980	Research Assistant, Department of Educational Research, Development and Foundations, Florida State University. Analyzing results of an evaluation of the Florida Linkage System (N.I.E. supported program for dissemination and diffusion of educational R&D in primary schools) and for preparing analytical articles.

1976–1978	Research Assistant, Ministry of Education/ Ministry of Rural Production, Republic of Mali; World Bank. Training of evaluators; design of instructional and sociological evaluation instruments; gathering, analysis and interpretation of data; and initiation of a local planning process based on the results of the evaluation; The evaluation was participatory in nature, involving students, teachers and local authorities and including a large element of self evaluation. Professional sponsorship: I.R.F.E.D. (French technical assistance agency).

1973–1976	Remodeler, Self employed, San Francisco, CA. Improved carpentry and plumbing skills for home repair and remodeling through apprenticeship to local carpenter, and operated small business with partner in low-income urban neighborhood.

1972–1974	Volunteer, American Friends Service Committee (Northern California Regional Office). Volunteer staff basis, helped organize public education and media outreach campaigns related to American involvement in Southeast Asia and other peace issues. Responsibilities included organizing public events, graphics and printing, radio TV newspaper relations.

1969–1971	Adult Literacy Project Director, Commissariat Général au Développement (National Development Commissary), Republic of. Designed and supervised implementation of functional literacy project in Maradi region of central Niger, a three year $500,000 activity jointly funded by the Government of Niger and international philanthropic sources. Responsible for coordinating participation of government rural development agencies (literacy, cooperatives, agriculture, community development, forestry). Technical duties included administration and planning, staff training, curriculum development, evaluation. Helped set up printing and audio visual workshop to provide instructional materials for functional literacy and rural development programs. Professional sponsorship: I.R.A.M. (French technical assistance agency).

1964–1967	Executive Assistant, Literacy and Adult Education, United States Peace Corps, Republic of Niger. Jointly responsible for creation of village literacy centers, teacher training and supervision, materials delivery and evaluation. Founded and developed first local language newspaper in Niger (Saabon_Ra'ayii), which is still being published.

Language Proficiency

Bambara - intermediate in speaking; rudimentary in reading and writing.
Farsi (Persian) - intermediate in speaking, reading, and writing.
French - fluent in speaking, reading, and writing.
Haitain Creole - intermediate in speaking and reading; rudimentary in writing.
Hausa - advanced in speaking and reading; intermediate in writing.
Spanish - rudimentary in speaking and writing; intermediate in reading.

Fellowship(s)

FSU University Fellowship (1980–1983).

Honors, Awards, and Prizes

Nominee for Vice-Presidency/Presidency-in-waiting, Comparative and International Education Society (2011). 
Masters International Program (ongoing), U.S. Peace Corps (2006). ($0). 
Seminole Leadership Award, Florida State University (1996). 
Teaching for Service Award, Center for Service Learning of Brevard Community College (1996). 
Nominee for Continuing Education Award, Florida State University (1994). 
Outstanding Scholarship Award, Comparative and International Education Association (1990). 
1979-1982 University Fellowship, Florida State University (1979). 
National Defense Language Fellowship, Stanford University (1972). 
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship awarded (1967). 
Phi Beta Kappa, Amherst College (1964). 
1960-1964 National Merit Scholarship, Amherst College (1960). 

Current Membership in Professional Organizations

Comparative International Education Society 
Educational Research Network for West and Central Africa 
National Association of Multicultural Education 

Teaching

Courses Taught

Internship in Educational Policy (EDF6945)
Mthds Participatory Resch&Eval (EDF5935)
Promote Litracy Int'l Settings (EDF5935)
Comparative Education (EDF5853)
Education and Economic Development (EDF5625)
Special Topics (INR3931)
International Development Education (EDF5850)
Education and Culture (EDF5612)
Multicultural Education (EDF5887)
Anthropology of Education (EDF5612)
Multicultural Education (online) (EDF5887)
Comparative Education Policy in Developing Countries (EDF5853)
Special Topics in Foundations of Education (EDF5935)
Immigrant and Migrant Education (EDF5935)
Introduction to Program Evaluation (EDF5461)
Sociology of Education (EDF5630)
Adult Learning (ADE5385)
Participatory Research, Evaluation and Planning (ADE5773)
Strategies for Participatory Research, Planning, and Evaluation (ADE5773)
Special Topics in Adult Education (ADE5932)
HRD Capstone Colloquium (ADE5935)
Human Resource Development Policy Seminar (ADE6676)
Processes of Community and Adult Education (ADE5380)
Program Leadership Development (ADE5186)
Foundations of Adult and Continuing Education (ADE5080)
Staff Training and Development (ADE5189)
Human Resource Development (ADE5083)

New Course Development

Immigrant and Migrant Education (2010)
Anthropoology of Education (2009)
Comparative Education (2009)
Multicultural Educationn online (2008)
HRD Capstone Colloquium (2004)

Curriculum Development

Peace Corps Masters International program (2008)
Human Resource Development online MS program (2002)

Doctoral Committee Chair

Njie, H., graduate. (2013). 
Putra, A. A., graduate. (2013). 
Zubaidah, I., graduate. (2013). 
Lee, B. S., graduate. (2011). 
Wesley, M. E., graduate. (2011). 
Antal, C. K., graduate. (2011). 
Hall, D. J., graduate. (2009). 
Moran, P., graduate. (2008). 
Lee, Y., graduate. (2006). 
Liebert, G., graduate. (2005). 
Oithsepile, M., graduate. (2005). 
Nugraha, S., graduate. (2005). 
Capacci, C., graduate. (2004). 
Zulkomefa, P., graduate. (2003). 
McCall, D., graduate. (2002). 
Miyar, B., graduate. (2002). 
Kingsbury, C., graduate. (2002). 
Wang, Pei-ru, graduate. (2001). 
Blick, R., graduate. (2001). 
Presnell, S., graduate. (2001). 
Workman, D., graduate. (2000). 
Easton, S., graduate. (2000). 
Barnas, F. A., doctoral candidate. 
Ennemoser, M. S., doctoral candidate. 
Hernandez, C. P., doctoral candidate. 
Xiang, Y., doctoral candidate. 
Agaba, S., doctoral student. 
James, O. C., doctoral student. 
Markos, A. S., doctoral student. 
Muchira, J. M., doctoral student. 
Summers, K. P., doctoral student. 
Brown, S. L., doctoral student. (2014). 

Doctoral Committee Cochair

Smith, R., graduate. (2008). 

Doctoral Committee Member

Rew, W. J., graduate. (2013). 
Andon, A., graduate. (2012). 
Mukminin, A., graduate. (2012). 
Park, Young-Woo, graduate. (2011). 
Bailey, T. L., graduate. (2011). 
Gao, J., graduate. (2011). 
Davis, Y. M., doctoral candidate. 
Hidayat, M., doctoral candidate. 
Yazdanpanah, R., doctoral candidate. 
Cobb, M. E., doctoral student. 
Jerry, M. P., doctoral student. 

Doctoral Committee University Representative

Heineken, L. Y., graduate. (2013). 
Stringer, E. W., graduate. (2011). 
Prosper, Marie-France R., graduate. (2008). 
Prosper-Chartie, M., graduate. (2008). 
Agama, M. V., doctoral candidate. 
Viera, A., doctoral candidate. 

Master's Committee Chair

Carnell, J. L., graduate. (2013). 
Qi, X., graduate. (2013). 
Schultz, T. E., graduate. (2013). 
Causapin, C. E. P., graduate. (2013). 
Kaminski, K. J., graduate. (2013). 
Zheng, Y. Y., graduate. (2013). 
Tidwell, C., graduate. (2013). 
Cole, S. M., graduate. (2012). 
Gille, R. L., graduate. (2012). 
Cobb, M. E., graduate. (2011). 
Harris, R., graduate. (2011). 
Milanzi, E. L., graduate. (2011). 
Schindler, L. A., graduate. (2011). 
Stringer, C. L., graduate. (2011). 
Bard, C. L., graduate. (2011). 
Clark, S. L., graduate. (2011). 
McKay, J. N., graduate. (2011). 
Jin, J., graduate. (2010). 
Miranda, Y. E., graduate. (2010). 
Seo, M., graduate. (2010). 
Sabrin, M., graduate. (2010). 
Lachney, J. M., graduate. (2009). 
Shipes, D. R., graduate. (2009). 
Clarke, C. D., student. 
Lee, J., student. 
Odom, T. H., student. 
Perry, J. E., student. 
Thomas, A. M., student. 
Malone, M. L., student. (2011). 

Master's Committee Member

El Muhammady, F. F., graduate. (2013). 
Zhu, Y., graduate. (2013). 
Geariety, B. J., graduate. (2012). 
Zhang, L., graduate. (2012). 
Coy, C. E., graduate. (2011). 
Sprau, A. K., graduate. (2011). 
Gregory, L. A., graduate. (2011). 
Zhang, X., graduate. (2011). 
Allam, J. A., graduate. (2010). 
Johnson, L. J., graduate. (2010). 
Razali, K., graduate. (2010). 
Kozloski, R., graduate. (2009). 
Ballard, L. E., graduate. (2008). 
Light, K. L., student. 
Ridwan, A., student. 
Rodriguez, J. J., student. 

Additional Teaching Not Reported Elsewhere

Easton, P. B. (2011). Nominated for FSU "Transformation Through Teaching" Award. Division of Student Affairs, Florida State University. 

Research and Original Creative Work

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

Easton, P. B. (2014). Developing literate environments: Fleshing out the demand side of Education For All. International Journal of Educational Development, 34, 3-10.

Easton, P. B. (2012). Identifying the Evaluative Impulse in Local Culture: Insights from West African Proverbs. American Journal of Evaluation, 33, 515-531.

Easton, P. B. (2011). Hawks and baby chickens: cultivating the sources of indigenous science education. Cultural Studies in Science Education, 6(3), 705-717. Retrieved from http://www.springerlink.com/content/?k=Hawks+and+baby+chickens%3a+cultivating+the+sources+of+indigenous+science+education

Antal, C., & Easton, P. B. (2009). Indigenizing civic education in Africa: Experience from Madagascar and the Sahel. International Journal of Educational Development, 29(6), 599-611.

Easton, P. B. (2007). Adult education and social sustainability: Harnessing the red queen effect. Convergence, 40(1/2), 171-185.

Monkman, K., Miles, R., & Easton, P. B. (2007). The transformative potential of a village empowerment program: The tostan replication in Mali. Women's Studies International Forum, 30(6), 451-464.

Easton, P. B., Monkman, K., & Miles, R. (2003). Social policy from the bottom up: Abandoning FGC in sub-saharan Africa. Development in Practice, 13(5), 445-458.

Refereed Books

Easton, P. B. (in press). Developing literate environments in Africa. Paris: UNESCO. 

Easton, P. B. (1996). Sharpening our tools: Resources for strengthening evaluation in adult and nonformal education. Hamburg, Germany: UNESCO Institute for Education and German International Development Foundation. 

Easton, P. B., & Belloncle, G. (1984). Manuel d'auto évaluation assistée: Volume I: Théorie. Paris: A.C.C.T/Karthala Press. 

Easton, P. B., & Belloncle, G. (1984). Manuel d'auto évaluation assistée: Volume II: Technique. Paris: A.C.C.T/Karthala Press. 

Easton, P. B. (1982). La méthodologie de l'évaluation dans les campagnes d'alphabétisation. Paris: A.C.C.T. 

Edited Books

(Ed.). (1982). Alphabétisation et gestion des associations villageoises en Afrique noire sahelienne. Paris: Karthala Press. 

Invited Book Chapters

Easton, P. B. (2007). The red queen effect: Roles for adult education in sustainable development. In R. Farrell (Ed.), Education and the establishment of sustainable societies. Paris: UNESCO. 

Refereed Book Chapters

Easton, P. B. (2009). Creating a literate environment: Hidden dimensions and implications for policy. In T. Desruelles (Ed.), What makes effective learning In African literacy programs? (pp. 183-199). Hamburg: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning. 

Easton, P. B. (2009). Education by all: A brief for literacy investment. In T. Desruelles (Ed.), What makes effective learning In African literacy programs? (pp. 83-97). Hamburg: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning. 

Easton, P. B. (2009). Investing in literacy: Where, why and how. In T. Desruelles (Ed.), What makes effective learning in African literacy programs? (pp. 121-136). Hamburg: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning. 

Easton, P. B., & Monkman, K. (2009). Breaking out of the egg; Methods of transformative learning in Sahelian West Africa. In E. Taylor, & J. Mezirow (Eds.), Transformative learning in action: Handbook of practice. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 

Monkman, K., Miles, R., & Easton, P. B. (2007). The dance of agency and structure in shaping gender relations and empowerment: Tostan's participatory nonformal education program in Mali. In M. A. Maslak (Ed.), Structure and agency: Engendering educational policies, practices and programs for adolescent girls and young women. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. 

Easton, P. B. (2004). [24 short data-based chapters included in the empirical section of the book]. In R. Woytek (Ed.), Indigenous knowledge: Local pathways to global development. Washington, DC: World Bank. 

Easton, P. B. (2004). Education and indigenous knowledge. In R. Woytek (Ed.), Indigenous knowledge: Local pathways to global development (pp. 9-13). Washington, DC: World Bank. 

D'Alemberte, S., & Easton, P. B. (2002). Weaving a web of service: Academic and civic life at Florida state university. In M. E. Kenny, & et al (Eds.), Learning to serve: Promoting civil society through service learning. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 

Refereed Encyclopedia Entries

Easton, P. B. (in press). Literate environments. In Quinones, Daniel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Quality of Life Research. London: Springer. 

Refereed Reviews

Easton, P. B. (2004). Book review: Schwandt Thomas A. 2002. Evaluation practice reconsidered. International Review of Education/International Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue international l'éducation, 50(2), 183-184.

Nonrefereed Journal Articles

Easton, P. B., Essama, S., & Nikiema, E. (2002). Developing indigenous knowledge in Francophone Africa: A four-nation overview. Indigenous Knowledge Notes, 42, 206-208.

Easton, P. B., & Fagerberg-Diallo, S. (2001). Senegal: Indigenous language and literature as a nonprofit business. Indigenous Knowledge Notes, 38, 193-196.

Mamade, A., Ahmed, Z., & Easton, P. B. (2001). Mozambique: Repairing the ravages of war. Indigenous Knowledge Notes, 33, 178-180.

Easton, P. B., & Monkman, K. (2001). Malicounda Bambara: Disseminating a local revolution in cultural practice. Indigenous Knowledge Notes, 30, 171-174.

Easton, P. B. (2001). West African languages: Medium and message. Indigenous Knowledge Notes, 29, 164-167.

Easton, P. B., & Belloncle, G. (2001). Indigenous knowledge and local power: Negotiating change in West Africa. Indigenous Knowledge Notes, 28, 161-163.

Easton, P. B., & Belloncle, G. (2000). Mali: Blending the new and the old. Indigenous Knowledge Notes, 25, 152-155.

Easton, P. B., & Ronald, M. (2000). Seeds of life: Women and biodiversity in Africa. Indigenous Knowledge Notes, 23, 146-148.

Easton, P. B., Capacci, C., & Kane, L. (2000). Indigenous knowledge goes to school: Potential and perils of community educaton in the Western Sahel. Indigenous Knowledge Notes, 22, 142-145.

Easton, P. B. (2000). Reinventing apprenticeship and rites of passage: An entry into the urban economy in sub-saharan Africa. Indigenous Knowledge Notes, 20, 135-138.

Easton, P. B. (2000). Participatory management and local culture: Proverbs and paradigms. Indigenous Knowledge Notes, 18, 128-131.

Easton, P. B. (2000). Regional planning, local visions: Participatory futuring in West Africa. Indigenous Knowledge Notes, 17, 124-127.

Easton, P. B. (2000). Senegal: Grassroots democracy in action. Indigenous Knowledge Notes, 16, 121-123.

Nonrefereed Reports

Easton, P. B. (2009). Improving basic education in Mali. Bamako, Mali: USAID. 

Easton, P. B., & Romulus, R. (2008). Final report on the evaluation of the EDA Project. Washington, DC: Education Development Center. 

Easton, P. B. (2006). Creating a literate environment: Hidden dimensions and implications for policy. Hamburg, Germany: UNESCO Institute for Education. 

Easton, P. B. (2006). Education by all: A brief for literacy strategy. Hamburg, Germany: UNESCO Institute for Education. 

Easton, P. B. (2006). Investing in literacy: Where, why and how. Hamburg, Germany: UNESCO Institute for Education. 

Easton, P. B., & Cobbe, J. (2004). Analyzing the costs and financing of adult and non formal education programs. Washington, DC: The World Bank/Human Development Network. 

Easton, P. B., Diagne, A. W., & Manzoor, A. (2004). Finding improved means of service provision in adult and nonformal education. Washington, DC: The World Bank/Human Development Network. 

Easton, P. B., & et al. (2004). Local capacity building : Recognizing the role of adult and nonformal education. Washington, DC: The World Bank/Human Development Network. 

Easton, P. B., Monkman, K., & Miles, R. (2004). Final report on the evaluation of the Tostan/Entishar society village empowerment program in the Republic of Sudan. Tallahassee, FL: Tostan, Int. and the Wallace Global Fund. 

Easton, P. B., Aoki, A., Crouch, L., & Sidikou, M. (2003). Enhancing the contributions of adult and nonformal education to the achievement or education for all and millennium development goals (Position paper). Human Development Network of the World Bank. 

Easton, P. B., Breyer, C. A., & Bowden, M. (2002). Final report of the evaluation of the CASALS project. Tallahassee, FL: Center for Educational Research and Policy Studies. 

Easton, P. B., & Thompson, M. (2001). Final evaluation of Florida youth empowerment workshop. Tallahassee, FL: Center for Policy Studies in Education. 

Easton, P. B. (2000). Model Q: An alternate take on college restructuring. Tallahassee, FL: Department of Educational Foundations and Policy Studies. 

Easton, P. B. (2000). Equipping Florida adult education for the 21st century: Essential results of the ADE 21 project. Tallahassee, FL: Department of Educational Foundations and Policy Studies. 

Easton, P. B. (2000). Final evaluation of West African evaluation training workshop. Washington, DC: World Bank. 

Easton, P. B., & Breyer, C. A. (2000). Final evaluation of the first year of the college advocacy project. Tallahassee, FL: Center for Policy Studies in Education. 

Easton, P. B. (2000). Final report of Moroccan educators' training tour. Tallahassee, FL: Center for Policy Studies in Education. 

Easton, P. B., & Szatkowski, V. (2000). Final evaluation of the Haiti civic education program. Burlington, VT: Associates in Rural Development. 

Easton, P. B., & et al. (2000). Final report of second Guinean educators' training tour. Tallahassee, FL: Center for Policy Studies in Education. 

Easton, P. B. (2000). Proposal for the reorganization of the center for policy studies in education. Tallahassee, FL: Center for Policy Studies in Education. 

Presentations

Invited Papers at Conferences

Easton, P. B. (presented 2008, July). Learning the lessons of interactive radio instruction: Evaluation of the EDA Project. Paper presented at EDA-USAID conference, Education Development Center, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (International)

Easton, P. B. (presented 2006, March). Creating a literate environment: Hidden dimensions and implications for policy. Paper presented at The biennial conference, Association for the Development of Education in Africa, Libreville, Gabon. (International)

Easton, P. B. (presented 2006, March). Investing in literacy: Where, why and how. Paper presented at The biennial conference, Association for the Development of Education in Africa, Libreville, Gabon. (International)

Easton, P. B. (presented 2006, February). Developing in-built evaluation systems for adult literacy programs. Paper presented at UIE evaluation training workshop, UNESCO Institute for Education, Hamburg, Germany. (International)

Easton, P. B. (presented 2005, November). Modifying world bank policy in adult education: Can you get there from here? Paper presented at SIDES colloquium, Florida State University. (Local)

Easton, P. B. (presented 2003, September). School-based management within the context of local development: an adult education perspective. Paper presented at The Southeast Asian colloquium on school-based management, UNESCO (Asia Regional Office), Bangkok, Thailand. (Regional)

Easton, P. B., Sidikou, M., & Crouch, L. (presented 2003, September). Adult education and poverty reduction: Consolidating the link. Paper presented at The fifth international conference on adult education/midterm review meeting, UNESCO, Bangkok, Thailand. (International)

Easton, P. B. (presented 2003, June). Rethinking world bank policy and practice in support of adult and nonformal education. Paper presented at The meeting of the UNESCO consultative group on adult education policy, British Association for Literacy in Development, London, England. (International)

Easton, P. B. (presented 2001, November). Learner motivation. Paper presented at The management training conferences, Zenith National Insurance Corporation, Longboat Key, FL and Thousand Oaks, CA. (National)

Easton, P. B., Monkman, K., & Miles, R. (presented 2001, May). Assessing the integrated approach to FGC programming: The Tostan experience. Paper presented at RAINBO conference on FGC program evaluation, Research, Action and Information Network for the Bodily Integrity of Women (RAINBO), Cairo, Egypt. (International)

Easton, P. B. (presented 2000, July). Advances in evaluation methods for nonformal education. Paper presented at Summer worskhop, International Literacy Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. (International)

Easton, P. B. (presented 2000, July). Designing post-literacy programs. Paper presented at Summer worskhop, International Literacy Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. (International)

Refereed Papers at Conferences

Easton, P. B. (presented 2013, October). Publishing in Refereed Journals: Guidelines for Aspiring Graduate Students. Paper presented at Southeast Regional CIES Conference, Comparative and International Educaton Society, Tallahassee, FL. (Regional)

Easton, P. B. (presented 2013, October). The Fate of African School Dropouts: Research Results and Knowledge Gaps. Paper presented at Southeast Regional CIES Conference 2013, Comparative and International Education Society, Tallahassee, FL. (Regional)

Brown, S., Easton, P., & Moussa, L. (presented 2013, March). Koranic Schools In Sahelian West Africa: Religious Education, Alternate Schooling and Political Socialization. Paper presented at Comparative and International Education Society, Comparative and International Education Society, New Orleans, LA. (International)

Easton, P. B. (presented 2013, March). Social Trajectories and Literacy Retention among School Dropouts: Filling in the Flip Side of Education For All. Paper presented at Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), New Orleans, LA. (International)

Easton, P. B. (presented 2012, April). Retaining Literacy: Lessons from the Demand Side. Paper presented at CIES Annual Conference, Comparative and International Education Society, San Juan,Puerto Rico. (International)

Easton, P. B. (presented 2011, May). Identifying the Evaluative Impulse in Local Culture:West African Proverbs as Pedagogical Tool. Paper presented at Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference, Comparative and International Education Society, Montreal, Canada. (International)

Easton, P. B. (presented 2011, March). The Baby Antelope's Ears: Using Proverbs to Express the "Evaluative Impulse" in African Culture. Paper presented at CORE Research Conference, Florida State University College of Education, College of Education, Florida State University. (Local)

Easton, P. B. (presented 2010, November). The baby antelope's ears: Using proverbs in evaluations by Africa's multicultural education stakeholder. Paper presented at National Association of Multicultural Educaion, National Association of Multicultural Educaion, Las Vegas, NV. (International)

Easton, P. B. (presented 2010, March). Interactive Radio Instruction(IRI) in resource-poor Haitian schools. Paper presented at Comparative and International Educaion Society, Comparative and International Educaion Society, Chicago, IL. (National)

Easton, P. B. (presented 2009, March). Literate environments: Remembering the demand side and crafting the intersections. Paper presented at The annual conference, Comparative and International Education Society, Charleston, SC. (International)

Easton, P. B. (presented 2007, March). Enhancing the contribution of adult and nonformal education to the achievement of education for all. Paper presented at The annual conference, Comparative and International Education Society, Baltimore, MD. (International)

Easton, P. B., & Molyneaux, K. (presented 2006, May). Transformative learning on the desert's edge: The Tostan FGM program in Senegal, Mali and the Sudan. Paper presented at Adult education research conference, American Association of Adult and Continuing Education, Minneapolis, MN. (National)

Easton, P. B. (presented 2005, March). Local capacity building: Ignoring the middle term between adult literacy and development. Paper presented at The annual conference, Comparative and International Education Society at Stanford University, Stanford, CA. (International)

Easton, P. B. (presented 2004, June). Building local capacity for African development. Paper presented at International conference on adult education and poverty reduction, The University of Botswana, Gabarone, Botswana. (International)

Easton, P. B. (presented 2004, March). Assessing adult education policy at the world bank: New directions and roads not taken. Paper presented at The annual conference, Comparative and International Education Society, Salt Lake City, UT. (International)

Easton, P. B. (presented 2003, November). Enhancing the effectiveness of adult and nonformal education in developing countries: Grass roots evaluation of world bank performance. Paper presented at Annual conference of the commission of the professors of adult education, American Association of Adult and Continuing Education, Detroit, MI. (National)

Easton, P. B., & Monkman, K. (presented 2002, March). Social policy from the bottom up: Abandonning female genital cutting in sub-saharan Africa. Paper presented at The annual conference, Comparative and International Education Society, Orlando, FL. (International)

Easton, P. B., & Opper, S. (presented 2001, March). Balancing supply and demand in literacy partnering: Diagnosis of the Senegalese "Faire Faire" strategy. Paper presented at The annual conference, Comparative and International Education Society, Washington, DC. (National)

Easton, P. B., & Moussa, L. M. (presented 1998, July). The practical applications of Koranic learning in West Africa. Paper presented at Education, equity and transformation, World Council of Comparative Education Societies, Cape Town, South Africa. (International)

Refereed Presentations at Conferences

Easton, P. B. (accepted). Social Trajectories and Literacy Retention among African School Dropouts: Examining Hidden Dimensions of Education For All. Presentation to be given at Comparative and International Education Society, Comparative and International Education Society, New Orleans, LA. (International)

Contracts and Grants

Contracts and Grants Funded

Nordveit, B. H., Easton, P. B., Anderson-Leavitt, K., Carney, S. M., Crispin, C. S., & King, E. M. (Jul 2013–Jun 2018). Editorship of the Comparative Education Review. Funded by Comparative and International Education Society/University of Chicago Press. Total award $100,000. 

Easton, P. B., & Ramos, F. (Jan 2013–Dec 2013). Social Trajectories and Literacy Retention Among African School Dropouts. Funded by College of Education (Dean's Office). Total award $4,000. 

Khurshid, A., Milligan, J., Easton, P. B., Hellweg, J., Mayo, J., & McDowell, S. (Jan 2013–Dec 2013). Intellectual, Cultural and Political Dimensions of Educational Policy and Practice in Muslim Societies: Comparative Perspectives. Funded by College of Education (Dean's office). Total award $4,000. 

Contracts and Grants Pending

Easton, P. B., & Ramos, F. (Feb 2014). Social Trajectories and Literacy Retention Among African School Dropouts. Submitted to CRC, Florida State University. 

Additional Research or Original Creative Work Not Reported Elsewhere

Easton, P. B., & Hall, D. (2009). Learning to work or learning to live: Rural worker education in the global economy. 

Service

Florida State University

FSU University Service

Member, International Programs Selection Committee (2010–present).

Member and organizational backstop, Organization of Southeast Regional CIES Conference (2013).

COE Representative, Graduate Policy Committee (2008–2011).

FSU College Service

Member, International Education Planning ("Big Idea") Committee (2011–present).

Member and organizational backstop, Organization of Southeast Regional CIES Conference (2013).

FSU Department Service

Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee (2010–present).

De factor Program Coordinator, SIDES Faculty Committee (2012–2013).

FSU Program Service

Member, ELP Admissions Committee (2011–present).

Member, ELP Alignment Committee (2010–present).

Faculty adviser, Transcultural Research and Education Consortium (TREC) (2009–present).

The Profession

Guest Reviewer for Refereed Journals

Compare (2011–present).

International Journal of Multicultural Education (2010–present).

Human Resource Development Review (2008–present).

Service to Professional Associations

Member, Indigenous Knowledge Committee, Comparative and International Education Society (2009–present).

Vice-Presidential/Presidential Candidate, Comparative and International Education Society (2011).

The Community

Volunteer assistant, Translation of official documents on a pro-bono basis from French and Hausa into English, Republic of Niger Embassy to the United States, Washington, DC (2011–present).

Member, Friends of Niger (FoN), Friends of Niger (2008–present).

Member, Community Action Committee, United Church in Tallahassee (2005–present).

Consultation

Millennium Compact Corporation. Technical assistance and advice for (a) evaluation of Niger Education and Community Strengthening (NECS) Program and (b) design of Niger PAPAP (training portions of support project for agro-pastoral production) (2013).

American Institutes of Research. Design of cost study of Girls' Enhanced Education Program in Sri Lanka (2012).

UNESCO. Follow-up to World Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA 6), scheduled for December 2012 in Dakar, Senegal (2011).

American Institutes for Research. Assistance with cost analysis of primary education projects (2011).

USAID/Mali (Bamako, Republic of Mali, West Africa). Under contract with Juarez and Associates, coordinated workshop of USAID Education Project staff and stakeholders in Bamako, Mali, on preparation of their educational Performance Monitoring Plan and drafted that resulting document (2009).

Educational Development Center (Washington, DC/Pétionville, Haiti). Direction of evaluation of the impact of the EDA interactive radio education project in Haitian primary schools (2007–2008).

Fondation Haitienne de l'Enseignement Privé (Pétionville, Haiti). Assistance with facilitation of strategic planning workshop for staff (2007).

UNESCO Institute for Education (Hamburg, Germany). Technical direction of a three-day workshop for southern and eastern African literacy and nonformal education personnel on developing in-built evaluation systems (2006).

World Food Program/Rome (United Nations). Assistance with revision of chapter on Adult Education and Hunger for their current annual report (2005).

UNESCO/Paris. Assistance with design of NFE monitoring system (2004).

World Bank. Assisted staff of Human Development Network in reviewing and assessing the institution's policy and investments with respect to adult and nonformal education (2003–2004).

Zenith National Insurance Company. Gave three separate training sessions to middle and upper management in skills relevant to the transformation of the company into a "learning organization (2001–2002).

World Bank. Assisted Bank staff in assessment of progress in recording and utilization to development ends of indigenous knowledge in Mali and Senegal, West Africa (2001).

World Bank. Designed and supervised training of evaluation and administrative personnel from 9 francophone and lusophone West African countries in methods for assessment of schemes for decentralized delivery of adult literacy services in Dakar, Senegal (2000).

Florida Department of Education. Supervised development of decentralized methods for designing continual professional training for vocational and adult education personnel (1999–2000).

OECD/FSU. Numerous trips to France, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Ghana to supervise execution of PADLOS-Education study (1995–1996).

World Bank and Moroccan Ministry of Labor. Assisted Moroccan Ministry of Labor personnel and University researchers in assessing the current situation of the Moroccan adult literacy campaign and designing a $10 million project proposal for World Bank funding to extend appropriate forms of literacy and vocational training to previously underserved rural inhabitants (1994).

UNESCO Institute for Education/German International Development Foundation. Helped ead an orientation seminar for Southeast and South Asian educational policymakers and literacy agency personnel on evaluation of literacy and nonformal education programs (1994).

Southeast Evaluation Association. Presented three hour workshop on participatory evaluation methods for association members and invitees, Tallahassee, FL (1993).

UNESCO/Hamburg and German International Development Foundation. Helped plan and present three week workshop on evaluation methodology to Ministry of Education personnel from 8 francophone African countries in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (1993).

Additional Service Not Reported Elsewhere

Easton, P. B. (1985). Support for ELPS Alumnus Ragas Nang-Yad. "Friends of Ragas".