Rose Mary Newton

Associate Professor, Educational Administration/Leadership
Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies
Third Floor, Bibb Graves Hall
rnewton@bamaed.ua.edu
Appointed in 2000

Recent Courses Taught:

AEL682: Leadership and Organizations: Theory and Applications
AEL610: Personnel Administration: Theory and Practice

Areas of Research:

Recruitment; Gender; Principalship; Superintendency

Academic Degrees:

Ed.D. , Educational Administration, The University of Louisville (1998)

M.A., Education, Western Kentucky University (1978)

B.S., English Literature, Brescia College (1968)

Professional Experiences:

Assistant/Associate Professor, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 2000- Present

Visiting Professor, Western Kentucky University, 1998-2000

Research Assistant, The University of Louisville, Louisville, KY., 1995-1998

Principal, Middle School, Louisville, KY., 1991-1995

Principal, K-8, Radcliff, KY., 1985-1991

Classroom Teacher, 1968-1985

Selected Publications:

Newton, R. M., & Witherspoon, N. (2007) Recruiting teachers, principals, and superintendents: A job choice theory perspective. The AASA Journal of Scholarship and Practice, 3(4), 37-43.

Newton, R. M. (2006). Does recruitment message content normalize the superintendency as “male”? The Educational Administration Quarterly, 42(4), 1-27.

Newton, R. M., Giesen, J., Freeman, J., Bishop, H. & Zeitoun, P. (2003). Assessing the reactions of men and women to attributes of the principalship. The Educational Administration Quarterly, 39(4), 505-531.

Newton, R. M., & Bishop, H. (2003). Predictors of teacher attraction for principalship: The influence of work conditions, job attributes, and teacher characteristics. Research in Schools, 10(2), 45-51.

Newton, R. M., & Zeitoun, P. (2003). Recruitment attributes and the principalship. Planning and Changing, 34(1&2), 58-69.

Newton, R. M., & Zeitoun, P. (2003). Is androcentric bias in educational administration on the wane? Perplexing findings. Journal of School Leadership, 13(4), 385-404.

Selected Presentations:

Newton, R. M. (2006, November). Proactive leadership and social justice. Discussion leader at the annual meeting of the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), San Antonio, TX.

Newton, R. M. & Natarella, M. (2006, April). An examination of the reactions of high school principals to recruitment messages emphasizing specified roles of the superintendency. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, CA.

Newton, R. M. & Nataralla, M. (2004, November). Are the norms for the superintendent primarily male? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), Kansas City, MO.

Freeman, J., Bishop, H., Scott, J. Newton, R. M., Rice, R., & Johnson, F. (2004, November). Preliminary results from and university/state department collaboration in the preparation of Alabama superintendents. Roundtable discussion at the annual meeting of the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), Kansas City, MO.

Newton, R. M. (2004, November). The changing face of superintendents. Session Chair at the annual meeting of the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), Kansas City, MO.