Dr. Michael G. Curran Jr.

Professor

• Email Address: curran@rider.edu
• Phone: (609)896-5312
• Office: Memorial Hall 116B
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• Mailing Address: 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

Academic Background
Ed.D., Business Education, Temple University, 1984
M.A., Business Education, Rider University, 1974
B.S., Business Education, Rider University, 1971

Selected Publications

• Co-author of InfoServices, a keyboarding/office technology practiceset published by McGraw-Hill, 1987
• Co-author of Business Mathematics (10th edition), published by McGraw-Hill, 1987
• Contributing author of Health Occupations (2nd edition), published by C.V. Mosby, 1989
• Contributing author responsible for PowerPoint supplemental activities for Business Law (10th edition), published by Glencoe Publishing, 2000
• Author, Business Education in the United Sttes, The 11th NABTE Survey, NABTE Review, Spring, 1996
• Author, Apprenticeships for Business Students, Yearbook, National Business Eucation Association, 1996
• Co-editor with Patricia Gallo-Villee, Yearbook, National Business Education Association, 1999
• Co-author, Accounting Fundamentals, (6th edition) Glencoe Publishing, 2002
• Author, Accounting Fundamentals (7e edition) Irwin Publishing, 2006

Middle Level Education

• Developed sophomore level program with Fisher Middle School, Ewing Schools, Ewing, NJ
• Served as Commissioner for Breaking Ranks in the Middle (BRIM)
• Serve as national trainer for Breaking Ranks in the Middle (BRIM) and Breaking Ranks
• Developed Rider course, “Structure and Culture of Middle Level Education” using the BRIM training materials for the text.
  

Selected Presentations

• March, 2008 - BRIM Training, Caldwell County, North Carolina
• March 2004 - Bucks County IU, Doylestown, PA.  Data Driven Decision Management.
• June 2003 - Central Bucks School District School Administrators, Doylestown, PA.  Being a School Administrator and Loving It!
• May 2003 - New Jersey Business/Technology Education Association, Edison, NJ.  Educating for a Different Tomorrow: Apprenticeships in Office Technology
• March 2003 - Bucks County Administrators Association, Doylestown, PA.  Educational Leadership - Isn't This Why I Became an Administrator?

Current Research Agenda

Continued research on middle level education and leadership in education

Experimenting with Instructional Technologies