Partner Institution – Indiana University

Dr. Margaret (Peg) Sutton

Associate Professor
Institutional Director, U.S./Indonesia Teacher Education Consortium (USINTEC)
Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
School of Education
Indiana University
W.W. Wright Education Building Room EDUCATION 4254
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: (812) 856-8368
E-mail: msutton@indiana.edu

Dr. Margaret Sutton is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Indiana University. She has been engaged in professional collaborations with Indonesian educational institutions beginning with her dissertation research conducted in 1988/89. Dr. Sutton earned her M.A in Philosophy of Education at the University of British Columbia, Canada (1978) and Ph.D. in International Development Education at Stanford University (1991), where she also served for two years as an Instructor and Director of the Master’s program. Prior to joining the IU faculty in 1997, Dr. Sutton was the Director of Research, Evaluation, and Gender Issues for the Academy for Educational Development in Washington, D.C. At IU, Professor Sutton teaches graduate courses in international education policy processes as well as courses on education and society for pre-service teachers and has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching. She is the director of the masters’ degree program in International and Comparative Education. Dr. Sutton publishes in the fields of global and multicultural education; gender, education and development; and sociocultural approaches to education policy analysis. Recent publications include: Margaret Sutton, “Policy Research as Ethnographic Refusal: The Case of Women’s Literacy in Nepal,” in M. Sutton and B. Levinson, eds.,Policy as Practice: A Sociocultural Approach to the Study of Educational Policy Westport, CT: Ablex Press, 2001; Margaret Sutton and Robert Arnove, eds. Civil society or shadow state? State/NGO relations in education in Information Age Publishing. (forthcoming), Margaret Sutton, “The globalization of multicultural education,” Indiana Journal of International Legal Studies, 2005 and Margaret Sutton, Isnarmi Moeis and Wendy Gaylord, 2003. “Civic learning in teacher education through an American-Indonesian partnership.” Civic learning in Teacher education: International perspectives on education for democracy in the preparation of teachers. John Patrick, Gregory Hamot and Robert S. Leming, eds. Bloomington: The ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/ Social Science Education. Dr. Sutton speaks and reads Indonesian and French.

Christi Jones

Logistical Coordinator/Office Manager
Center for Social Studies and International Education
Indiana University
E-mail: jonesc@indiana.edu

Christi Jones is the office manager and logistical coordinator for the international projects housed at Indiana University’s Center for Social Studies and International Education. She has worked with projects in Afghanistan, Macedonia, Malawi, India, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Thailand, and Indonesia. Prior to coming to Indiana University, Christi worked with the US Army in a variety of capacities. She has taught middle school social studies and special needs.