Hal A. Lawson


Professor Office: ED 323 Tel: (518) 442-5088 Email: hlawson@albany.edu Curriculum Vitae

Hal A. Lawson is Professor of Educational Administration and Policy Studies and also Professor of Social Welfare. This joint appointment reflects his interests in partnerships among schools, families, community agencies, neighborhood organizations, governments, businesses, and higher education institutions. Partnerships formed to meet the needs of vulnerable populations and their communities and ones involving laypersons’ leadership and expertise, comprise a special priority. These interests span nearly 40 years of teaching, research, consultation, and service in 5 universities in the United States and Canada.

Lawson regularly serves as a consultant, trainer, evaluator, and capacity-builder for schools, community health and social service agencies, child welfare organizations, universities, and state departments of education. Thanks to support from governments and charitable foundations, he and his colleagues have been able to develop and evaluate timely innovations such as school-linked health and social services integrated with school improvement, school-based and –linked parent and family resource centers, youth-led social services, youth-led school-community partnerships, and P-16 partnerships and planning councils.

Lawson is a Leadership Associate in the National Network for Educational Renewal (founded by John Goodlad). He has served on the International Advisory Board for the Dutch National Institute for Education and Youth Care. He currently serves on the National Advisory Board for the US National Center for Mental Health in Schools. His international experience includes work in Indonesia, Brazil, Iran, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Denmark, England, Belgium, Australia, Germany, Romania, and Canada.

Lawson received his undergraduate degree (B.A.) at Oberlin College. His graduate degrees (M.A. & Ph.D.) are from the University of Michigan.

Lawson's recent, grant-funded initiatives include innovative workforce development and retention initiatives (The US Children's Bureau); the prevention of obesity in preschool children and their families (National Institutes of Health); and the development of trauma-informed systems for Native American Children and Families (The US Administration for Children and Families).

Selected Publications

Claiborne, N., & Lawson, H. (2011). A two site case study of consultation to develop supervisory teams in child welfare. Administration in Social Work, 35(4), 389-411.

Davison, K.K., Lawson, H. A., & Coatsworth, J. D. (2011). The family action-based model of intervention layout and implementation (FAMILI): The Example of childhood obesity. Health Promotion Practice. Onlinefirst May 31st, 2011. doi:10.1177/1524839910377966.

Hopson, L, & Lawson, H. (2011). Social workers' leadership for positive school
climates via data-informed planning and decision-making. Children & Schools, 33(2), 106-118.

D. Anderson-Butcher, Lawson, H., et al. (2010). Capacity-building innovations developed by pilot schools and districts implementing a community collaboration model for school improvement. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 20, 257-287.

Lawson, H. (2009). A research and development framework for the school dropout problem. Advances in School Mental Health Promotion, 2(1), 56-67.

Lawson, H. (2009). An appreciation and a selective enhancement of the developing model for university-assisted community schools. Universities and Community Schools, 4.

Lawson, H. (2009). Collaborative practice. In T. Mizrahi & L. Davis, (Eds.), The encyclopedia of social work (pp. 341-346). New York: Oxford University Press.

Anderson-Butcher, D., Lawson, H., et al., (2008) Community collaboration to improve schools: Introducing a new model from Ohio. Children and Schools. 30(3), 161-172.

Lawson, H. et al., (2007). Deriving theories of change from successful community development partnerships for youths: Implications for school improvement. American Journal of Education, 114 (November), 1-40.

Lawson, H. & Anderson-Butcher, D. (2007). Launching comprehensive educational reform for the new century workforce: Developing knowledge, lessons learned, and policy
recommendations from five local P-16 councils in Ohio. Cincinnati, OH:
KnowledgeWorks Foundation.

Lawson, H. (2004). 2004). The logic of collaboration in education and the human services. The Journal of Interprofessional Care. 18, 225-237.

Lane, J.E. & Kerins, F.J. (in press, 2011). Middle Border Region: Higher Education in Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. In L. Goodchild, P. Limerick, D. Jonson (Eds.). Higher Education In The West: Past, Present, And Future. United Kingdom: Palgrave-Macmillan.

Lane, J.E. (in press, 2011). Agency Problems in Higher Education Administration. In M. Bastedo (ed.). Organizing Higher Education. Johns Hopkins Press: Baltimore, MD.

Brown, M.C., Lane, J.E., Zamani-Gallaher, E.M. (2010). Canonical and Emergent Scholarship on Organization and Governance in Higher Education: An Introduction to the Sixth Edition. In Brown, M. C., Lane, J.E. & Zamani, E. D. (Eds.). Organization and governance in higher education: An ASHE reader (6th edition). Needham Heights, MA: Pearson Custom.

Lane, J.E. (2010) ' Joint Ventures in Cross-Border Higher Education: International Branch Campuses in Malaysia. In D.W. Chapman & R. Sakamoto' (eds).Cross Border Collaborations in Higher Education: Partnerships Beyond the Classroom. New York: Routledge Publishing.

Lane, J.E. & Redford, D. (2009) Information, Incentives, and Interests: Overcoming Barriers To Knowledge Spillover In Portuguese Universities. In M. Mano, F. Almeida. L. Ramos, M. Marques, S. Nolan (eds.). Governance and Management Models in Higher Education. VidaEconomica: Coimbra Portugal. pp. 99-113.

Lane, J.E. & Kivisto, J.A. (2008). Interests, Information, and Incentives in Higher Education: A Review of Principal-Agent Theory in Higher Education Governance. Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, Vol. 23. New York: Springer. pp. 141-180. (** Reprinted in Brown, M. C., Lane, J.E. & Zamani, E. D. (Eds.). (in press, 2010). Organization and governance in higher education: An ASHE reader (6th edition). Needham Heights, MA: Pearson Custom.

Lane, J. E., Brown, M.C., & Pearcey, M.A. (2005). Transnational Campuses: Obstacles and Opportunities for Institutional Research in the Global Education Market. In. J.E. Lane & M.C. Brown. (Eds.). Examining Unique Campus Settings: Insights for Research and Assessment. (New Directions for Institutional Research, volume 124). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. pp. 49-62.

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