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J. JOHN HARRIS III, Ph.D., University of Michigan

Dr. J. John Harris III (vita) joined the faculty in 1990 upon becoming Dean of the College of Education. He came to Lexington from Cleveland, Ohio where he was Dean of the College of Education at Cleveland State University. Dr. Harris' previous experience includes serving as Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Indiana University and as Director of the Center for Urban and Multicultural Education (CUME) at Indiana University; Assistant Professor of Education at Pennsylvania State University; and serving as a teacher, guidance counselor, and assistant principal for the Detroit Public Schools.

Dr. Harris holds the Associate in Arts degree from Highland Park College in Michigan, a B.S. from Wayne State University in Detroit, and an M.S. from the University of Michigan. His areas of academic interest and expertise include education law, urban and multicultural education, and gifted education. His current research focuses on student underachievement and educational law incident to the study of urban and multicultural education.