Dr. Floyd D. Beachum
Floyd D. Beachum is the Bennett Professor of Urban School Leadership at Lehigh University. He is also the Program Director and an Associate Professor in the Educational Leadership program in the College of Education. He received his doctorate in Leadership Studies from Bowling Green State University. He also holds a Master's in Education and a Bachelor of Science in Social Studies Education from Alabama State University. Before going to Lehigh, he served as Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for Educational Administration at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His research interests include: leadership in urban education, moral and ethical leadership, and social justice issues K-12 schools. He has authored several peer-reviewed journal articles on these topics in journals such as the Journal of School Leadership, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, Multicultural Learning and Teaching, Urban Education, and the Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership. In addition, he is co-editor of the book, Urban Education for the 21st Century: Research, Issues, and Perspectives and a co-author of the books Radicalizing Educational Leadership: Dimensions of Social Justice and Cultural Collision and Collusion: Reflections on Hip-Hop Culture, Values, and Schools.
