About Dr. William Allan Kritsonis

1. About William Allan Kritsonis, PhD
(Revised, November 28, 2011)
Dr. Kritsonis is Professor of Educational Leadership at PrairieViewA&MUniversity –
Member of the Texas A&M University System. He teaches in the PhD Program in Educational
Leadership. Dr. Kritsonis taught the Inaugural class session in the doctoral program at the start
of the fall 2004 academic year. In October 2006, Dr. Kritsonis chaired the first doctoral student
to earn a PhD in Educational Leadership at PrairieViewA&MUniversity. Dr. Kritsonishas
chaired 22 doctoral dissertations along with serving as a committee member on many others.
William H. Parker Leadership Academy Hall of Honor
In 2008, Dr. Kritsonis was inducted into the William H. Parker LeadershipAcademy
Hall of Honor,GraduateSchool, PrairieViewA&MUniversity – The Texas A&M University
System. He was nominated by doctoral and master’s degree students.
Dr. Kritsonis Lectures at the University of Oxford, Oxford, England
In 2005, Dr. Kritsonis was an Invited Visiting Lecturer at the Oxford Round Table at
OrielCollege in the University of Oxford, Oxford, England. His lecture was entitled theWays of
Knowing Through the Realms of Meaning.
Dr. Kritsonis Recognized as Distinguished Alumnus
In 2004, Dr. William Allan Kritsonis was recognized as the Central Washington
University Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus for the College of Education and
Professional Studies. Dr. Kritsonis was nominated by alumni, former students, friends, faculty,
and staff. Final selection was made by the Alumni Association Board of Directors. Recipients
are CWU graduates of 20 years or more and are recognized for achievement in their professional
field and have made a positive contribution to society. For the second consecutive year, U.S.
News and World Report placed CentralWashingtonUniversity among the top elite public
institutions in the west. CWU was 12th on the list in the 2006 On-Line Education of “America’s
Best Colleges.”
Educational Background
Dr. William Allan Kritsonis earned his BA in 1969 from CentralWashingtonUniversity,
Ellensburg, Washington. In 1971, he earned his M.Ed. from SeattlePacificUniversity. In 1976,
he earned his PhD from the University of Iowa. In 1981, he was a Visiting Scholar at Teachers
College, Columbia University, New York, and in 1987 was a Visiting Scholar at
StanfordUniversity, Palo Alto, California.

2. Doctor of Humane Letters
In June 2008, Dr. Kritsonis received the Doctor of Humane Letters, School of Graduate
Studies from Southern Christian University. The ceremony was held at the Hilton Hotel in New
Orleans, Louisiana.
Professional Experience
Dr. Kritsonis began his career as a teacher. He has served education as a principal,
superintendent of schools, director of student teaching and field experiences, invited guest
professor, author, consultant, editor-in-chief, and publisher. Dr. Kritsonis has earned tenure as a
professor at the highest academic rank at two major universities.
Books – Articles – Lectures - Workshops
Dr. Kritsonis lectures and conducts seminars and workshops on a variety of topics. He is
author of more than 600 articles in professional journals and several books. His popular book
SCHOOL DISCIPLINE: The Art of Survival is scheduled for its fourth edition. He is the
author of the textbook William Kritsonis, PhD on Schooling that is used by many professors at
colleges and universities throughout the nation and abroad.
In 2009, Dr. Kritsonis coauthored the textbook A Statistical Journey: Taming ofthe
Skew. The book has been adopted by professors in many colleges and universities throughout
the nation. It was published by the Alexis/Austin Group,Murrieta, California.
In 2008-2009, Dr. Kritsonis coauthored the book Effective Teaching in the Elementary
School. First year teachers, as well as seasoned educators will find the chapters of this book
packed with practical and workable solutions to typical classroom problems.
In 2007, Dr. Kritsonis’ version of the book of Ways of Knowing Through theRealms of
Meaning (858 pages) was published in the United States of America in cooperation with partial
financial support of Visiting Lecturers, Oxford Round Table (2005). The bookis the product of a
collaborative twenty-four year effort started in 1978 with the late Dr. Philip H. Phenix. Dr.
Kritsonis was in continuous communication with Dr. Phenix until his death in 2002.
In 2007, Dr. Kritsonis was the lead author of the textbook Practical Applicationsof
Educational Research and Basic Statistics.The text provides practical content knowledge in
research for graduate students at the doctoral and master’s levels.
Dr. Kritsonis’ seminar and workshop on Writing for Professional Publication has been
very popular with both professors and practitioners. Persons in attendance generate an article to
be published in a refereed journal at the national or international levels.
Dr. Kritsonis has traveled and lectured throughout the United States and world-wide.
Some recent international tours include Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Turkey, Italy,
Greece, Monte Carlo, England, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Poland,
Germany, and many more.
Founder of National FORUM Journals – Over 4,000 Professors Published
Dr. Kritsonis is founder of NATIONAL FORUM JOURNALS(since 1983). These
publications represent a group of highly respected scholarly academic periodicals. Over 4,000

3. writers have been published in these refereed, peer-reviewed periodicals. In 1983, he founded
the National FORUM of Educational Administration and Supervision – now acclaimed by
many as the United States’ leading recognized scholarly academic refereed journal in educational
administration, leadership, and supervision.
In 1987, Dr. Kritsonis founded the National FORUM of Applied EducationalResearch
Journal whose aim is to conjoin the efforts of applied educational researchers world-wide with
those of practitioners in education. He founded the National FORUM of Teacher Education
Journal, National FORUM of Special Education Journal,National FORUM of Multicultural
Issues Journal, International Journal of Scholarly Academic Intellectual Diversity,
International Journal of Management, Business, and Administration, and the DOCTORAL
FORUM– National Journal forPublishing and Mentoring Doctoral Student Research. The
DOCTORAL FORUM is the only refereed journal in America committed to publishing doctoral
students while they are enrolled in course work in their doctoral programs. In 1997, he
established the Online Journal Division of National FORUM Journals that publishes
academic scholarly refereed articles daily on the website: www.nationalforum.com. Over 500
professors have published online. In January 2007, Dr. Kritsonis established Focus: On
Colleges, Universities, and Schools.
Professorial Roles
Dr. Kritsonis has served in professorial roles at Central Washington University,
Washington; Salisbury State University, Maryland; Northwestern State University, Louisiana;
McNeese State University, Louisiana; and LouisianaStateUniversity, Baton Rouge in the
Department of Administrative and Foundational Services.
In 2006, Dr. Kritsonis published two articles in the Two-Volume Set of the Encyclopedia of
Educational Leadership and Administration published by SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks,
California. He is a National Reviewer for the Journal ofResearch on Leadership, University
Council for Educational Administration (UCEA).
In 2007, Dr. Kritsonis was invited to write a history and philosophy of education for the
ABC-CLIO Encyclopedia of World History.
Contact Information
Dr. Kritsonis
17603 Bending Post Drive
Houston, Texas77095
Home: 281-550-5700; Cell: 832-483-7889
williamkritsonis@yahoo.com
Website: www.nationalforum.com