Paul Naso
Professional Title: Assistant Professor
Areas of Academic Focus and Expertise:
School leadership, writing and research by practitioners, students' perceptions of school, practitioners' use of theory
Area of Work and Concentration at Lesley: Ph.D. in Educational Leadership
Representative List of Recent Courses Taught:
Critical Contexts for the Principalship; The Purposes of Schools in a Democratic Society; Schools as Systems
Education: Ed.D., Harvard University; C.A.S., Harvard University; M.Ph., Newton College; B.S., University of Scranton
Representative List of Recent Publications / Exhibitions:
- Naso, P. A. (2013). The virtue of not having to know more than others. In W. Shorr, S. Hoidn, C. Lowry, & E. Cavicchi (Eds.), Always wondering...: A melange of Eleanor Duckworth and critical exploration. Cambridge, MA: Critical Exploration Press. 210-213.
- Naso, P. (2011, March) Selecting a Principal: Keep it Complicated. Kappan, 92(6)
- Naso, P (2005). Principal3: Creating Conditions for Collaborative School Leadership. Perspectives, Quarterly Publication of Massachusetts Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
- Naso, P. (1999) Superintendents: Principals' Teachers? In S. Boris-Schacter (Ed.), The Changing Relationship Between Principal and Superintendent. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass
- Cazden, C., Diamondstone, J., and Naso, P (1989). Teachers and Researchers: Roles and Relationships. The Quarterly of The National Writing Project and The Center for the Study of Writing.
- Broderick, M., Chazan, D.I, Lawrence, S.M., Naso, P.A., and Starnes, B.A. (Eds.) (1988). For Teachers About Teaching. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Educational Review
Paul has extensive experience in public schools as a teacher, curriculum coordinator, principal, and assistant superintendent. His teaching assignments have been at the elementary, secondary, and graduate level. His consulting work has including mentoring and coaching of elementary school principals, facilitating collaborative action research, and making presentations on writing instruction, curriculum leadership, and student motivation.
Ph.D. in Educational Leadership Program at Lesley
pnaso@lesley.edu