Dean & Professor

Department:
Curriculum and Instruction
Office of the Dean
National Center for Student Success

Office Number: 214A FH

Phone/Fax:
(713) 743-5001 , (713) 743-5013  (Fax)

Email: rwimpelberg@uh.edu

Research Interests:

Effective leadership in schools
Effective leadership in school districts

Recent Publications:

Book Chapters

1993 Wimpelberg, R.K.
Principals' roles in stable and changing schools. In C. Teddlie & S. Stringfield, Schools make a difference: Lessons learned from a 10-year study of school effects (pp. 165-186). New York: Teachers College Press.

1992 Miron, L.F., and Wimpelberg, R.K. The role of school boards in the governance of education. In P.F. First and H.J. Walberg (Eds.), School boards: Changing local control (pp. 151-175). Volume in the Contemporary Issues Series, National Society for the Study of Education. Berkeley, CA: McCutchan.

1992 Miron, L.F., First, P.F., and Wimpelberg, R.K.
Equity, adequacy, and educational need: The courts and urban school finance. In J.G. Cibulka, R.J. Reed, and K.K. Wong (Eds.), The politics of urban education in the United States (pp. 181-191). London: Falmer Press.

1990 Wimpelberg, R.K.
The inservice development of principals: A new movement, its characteristics, and future. In P. Thurston & L. Lotto (Eds.), Advances in educational administration, vol. 1, part B (pp. 73-119). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.


Journal Articles

1997 Wimpelberg, R.K.
Superintending: The Undeniable Politics and Indefinite Effects of School District Leadership. American Journal of Education 105 (May), 319-345.

1992 Hallinger, P., and Wimpelberg, R.K. New settings and changing norms for principal development. Urban Review, 24 (1), 1-21.

1992 Kirby, P.C.; Stringfield, S.; Teddlie C.; and Wimpelberg, R.K.
School effects on teacher socialization. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 3 (3), 187-203.

1992 Wimpelberg, R.K.
Reflective practice and the preparation of administrators: The reflective term paper. Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations, 6 (2), 54-61.

1992 Kirby, P.C., Wimpelberg, R., and Keaster, R.
Teacher empowerment depends on needs, expectations of principals, schools, districts. NASSP Bulletin, 76 (540), 89-95.

1991 Wimpelberg, R.K., and Boyd, W.L. Restructured leadership: Directed autonomy in an age of educational reform. Planning & Changing, 21, (4), 239-253.


Book Review

2002 Wimpelberg, R.K., and McClellan, A.
Review of Smulyan, L. (2000) Balancing Acts: Women Principals at Work. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press. In American Journal of Education, 109 (3), 401-406.

Education:

B.A. in Russian Language & Literature, Yale University, 1968.
Ph.D. in Administrative, Institutional & Policy Studies, University of Chicago, 1981.