David Perry

Education

Columbia University, Ed.D.

Published Books and Articles

"Abraham Lincoln and John George Nicolay: The Impact of Visual and Auditory Learning Styles on the Civil War" The Lincoln Herald (Lincoln University Press, 2010)

"American Braggadocio: The Lincoln Administration Foreign Policy, 1861-63" Surratt Currier (Surratt House Museum, 2010)

Education: the 21st Century (Pearson Press, 2009) ISBN 9708 0 558 29511 0

Four monograph publications and one legislative bill (House Bill) – which became law in 1992.

Alternative Educational Experiences for Seniors (CAS, 1994)

Freshmen Transition Programs (CAS, 1998)

Successful SAT Preparation Practices in Connecticut (CAS/Conn. State Dept. of Education, 1998)

Peer Coaching, Support and Evaluation (CAS, 1996)

HB#5533, 7/1/92 Coauthor of a bill which addresses student expulsion.

Other

Prof. Perry began his association with the University of New Haven as an adjunct in January, 2001 and joined the Education Department in July, 2006. His current responsibilities include teaching and advising graduates and undergraduates in the education and history departments, scheduling graduate courses, and placing intern candidates in school systems. In 2010, he established an international education program between the school systems of Dieppe, France; Leeds, England; and the U.S.

Dr. Perry began his career as a high school social studies teacher in Connecticut in 1969 and served as a private school headmaster in New York from 1974 to 1985. Prior to coming to the university, he was a public high school principal in two Connecticut school systems from 1985 to 2006. In 1997, Dr. Perry was selected as the U.S. representative to an international team of educators contracted by the Republic of Ukraine to advise the Ministry of Education on how to improve the quality of education in the Republic. He continued his consulting in Ukraine independently from 1998 to 2001. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Association of Schools and has chaired NEASC high school accreditation committees in Connecticut and Massachusetts.