Name:  Don Pierson Title:    Dean, University of Massachusetts Lowell              Graduate School of Education Office:  Oleary 510 Phone:  978.934.4605 Fax:      978.934.3005   Education: A.B., Princeton University Ed.M., Harvard University Graduate School of Education Ph.D., Harvard University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Research Interests: Early Childhood Education School - College - Community Partnerships Distance Learning Course Offerings: 05.641 Issues in Staff Development 04.585 Early Childhood Education 01.645 Perspectives and Visions of Schooling Publications: "Partnership Success in Urban School Change" (2000) with J. A. Boccia and M. J. Bacigalupo in K. Stott and V. Trafford Partnerships Shaping the Future of Education. London: Middlesex University Press. "A Model of a Preservice Teacher Preparation Program" (1998) with R. M. Panasuk, Education, 118(3), 327-329. Early Education in the Public Schools, (1991) with P. Hauser-Cram, D. K. Walker,  and T. Tivnan, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 14 articles and book chapters on Early Childhood Education, including Evaluation Review, Personnel and Guidance. Journal, Psychological Reports, American Journal of Disabilities of Children.