Prof. Alan Kibbe Gaynor
Position:		Associate Professor Director, Human Resource Education Program
Department:		Administration, Training, and Policy
Program:

Educational History

Ph.D.�New York University
M.S.Ed.�Queens College, City of New York
B.A.�Queens College, City of New York

Contact Information
Phone:		617-353-3307
E-mail:		agaynor@bu.edu

Profile

Professor Gaynor's major work is related to project planning and the application of organizational theories and system dynamics to the analysis of organizational problems and opportunities. He has published books on these subjects and he is currently completing, with an SED colleague, Professor Karen Boatman, a new text dealing with project planning in the field of international development. This book will be made available electronically to development practitioners. Professors Boatman and Gaynor are also currently working on an analysis of the causes and consequences of poverty—of individuals, families, communities, and nations. In addition, Professor Gaynor is currently serving as Director of the Human Resource Education Program.

Courses Taught

SED�AP761 �Organizational Analysis (required for doctoral students in ATP)
SED�IE603 �Project Analysis and Planning for International Educational Development (required for students in IEDP)
SED�RS650 �Foundations of Educational Inquiry (required for doctoral students in SED)
SED�AP702 �Doctoral Research Colloquium (required for doctoral students in ATP)
SED�AP900 �Independent Project Supervision

Selected Publications

Alan Kibbe Gaynor �(1998). �Analyzing Problems in Schools and School Systems: A Theoretical Approach. �Hillsdale, NJ :�Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Karl H. Clauset, Jr. ,�Alan K. Gaynor �(1992). �Educational Policy Analysis: An Analysis of Effective and Ineffective Schools Using the System Dynamics Method. �Analysis of Dynamic Psychological Systems, Vol. 2 �New York :�Plenum Publishing Corporation ,�303-325.
Alan Kibbe Gaynor ,�Jane L. Evanson �(1992). �Project Planning: A Guide for Practitioners. �Boston :�Allyn and Bacon.
Nitsa Nicolaides ,�Alan K. Gaynor �(1989). �The Knowledge Base Informing the Teaching of Administrative and Organizational Theory in UCEA Universities: A Descriptive and Interepretive Survey. �Educational Administration Quarterly, 28(4).
Karl H. Clauset, Jr. ,�Alan K. Gaynor �(1982). �Effective Schooling: A System Perspective. �Educational Leadership, December.
Alan K. Gaynor �(1977). �The Study of Change in Educational Organizations: A Review of the Literature. �Educational Administration: The Developing Decades �Berkeley, CA :�McCutchan.
Alan Kibbe Gaynor ,�Karen Marie Boatman �(In Process). �Planning for Development: Concepts and Tools. �Will be available electronically..

Selected Professional Memberships

American Educational Research Association
Phi Delta Kappa
System Dynamics Society
Pi Lambda Theta

Selected University Service

Chairman, SED Faculty Assembly
Director, Human Resource Education Program

Advising

Major Advisor for 60 Competed Dissertations, 1975-Present