David Lee Keiser, Associate Professor
Montclair State University, College of Education and Human Services
Department of Secondary and Special Education
2117 University Hall
Montclair, NJ 07043
(973) 655-7199
EDUCATION
Degree Institution Date Major
Ph.D. U. of California, Berkeley 1999 Education
M.A. SF State University 1994 Secondary Education
K-12 Cred. SF State University 1993 Social Studies
B.A. U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1989 Psychology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor w/Tenure 2005-Present
Graduate Program Coordinator, Master of Arts in Teaching 2010-Present
Coordinator, Agenda for Education in Democracy 2005-2010
Doctoral Faculty Member, Pedagogy and Philosophy 2004-2013
Montclair State University, College of Education and Human Services
Interim Chairperson 2008-2009
Montclair State University, Department of Curriculum and Teaching
Assistant Professor 2000-2005
Liaison to the Montclair (High) Professional Development School
Montclair State University, College of Education and Human Services
Lecturer 1997-2000
University of California at Berkeley
San Francisco State University
Faculty for graduate and undergraduate courses, including Race and Ethnicity inside Schools and Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in School, respectively.
Instructor 1995-1997
University of California at Berkeley
Graduate student instructor for courses in Urban Education, Race and Ethnicity inside Schools, Poetry for the People, Ethnic Studies, and Women’s Studies.
Special Education Teacher 1990-1994
Children’s Learning Center, Alameda, CA
Full-time special educator in outpatient and self-contained schools. Responsible for IEPs, staff supervision, behavioral intervention plans, and strategic planning.
UNIVERSITY TEACHING
Montclair State University 2000-Present
Graduate Courses
CURR 500: Fieldwork in Education
CURR 505: Teaching, Democracy, and Schooling
CURR 522: Innovations in Teaching
CURR 522: Mindful Teaching*
CURR 528: Teaching for Learning
CURR 530: Principles of Curriculum Development
CURR 534: Strategies for Curriculum Change
CURR 599: Curricular and Social Dynamics of Schooling
EDCO 802: Access to Knowledge
EDCO 803: Pedagogy: The Art and Science of Teaching & Learning
Undergraduate Courses
HONP 102: 20th Century US Civilization: American Social Movements
HONP 102: 20th Century US Civilization: Rise and Fall of American Empire
CURR 200: Initial Field Experience
CURR 210: Public Purposes of Education
EDFD 264: Gender Issues in Education
GNED 303: Architectures of Space, Place, and School*
GNED 303: Designing Learning, Constructing School*
GNED 303: Sorting the Self: Multiculturalism in Education and Psychology*
CURR 305: Equity and Diversity
CURR 400: Teacher, School, and Society
CURR 402: Seminar in Professional Education
CURR 409: Teaching for Critical Thinking
CURR 435: Effective Teaching, Productive Learning
CURR 452: Teaching for Learning II
SASE 526: Graduate Teaching for Learning I
SASE 543: Graduate Teaching for Learning II
* Created courses
University of California at Berkeley 1995-1999 ED 40: Race and Ethnicity inside Schools
ED 283: Urban Education (Graduate Course)
AAS 156: The Reading and Writing of Poetry
WS 10: Women’s Studies: Introduction to Women’s Issues
ES 21: Introduction to Ethnic Studies
San Francisco State University 1997-2000 EED 678: Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 1986
WS 100: Introduction to Women’s Issues (Undergraduate Facilitator)
Selected Doctoral Dissertations and Committees
Dr. Anthony Ingenito, 2005, “A Survey of New Jersey Superintendents’ Professional Development after 9/11,” Seton Hall University
Dr. Mary Hull, 2009, “The Other Grown-Up in the Elementary Classroom: Paraprofessionals' Perceptions of Identity, Role, and Relationships,” Rutgers University.
Selected Masters Thesis
Ms. Suzanne Kos, MA English, MSU, 2009, “Literacy Instruction and the Learning Disabled High School Student: Ideas and Applications for a Mindful Classroom.”
SCHOLARSHIP, PUBLICATIONS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
Books, monographs, and edited volumes
Michelli, N. & D.L. Keiser, (2005). Teacher Education for Democracy and Social Justice. New York: Routledge.
Walker, E., L.Chastang, & D.L. Keiser (2003). Montclair High School’s Design for the 21st Century: So All Students Learn More. E. Walker, L. Chastang, & D. Keiser (Eds.) Montclair Public Schools.
Keiser, D.L. (1999). Skating on Thin Ice: Writing at One Alternative High School.
Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, University of California at Berkeley.
Journal Articles
Refereed
Keiser, D.L. & A. Adarkar (2016, Spring). Buddhas Still Teaching: Where is the Mustard Seed, Reflective Practice
Keiser, D.L. (2013, Fall). “The Common Core of A Toothache: Envisioning a Pedagogy of Renewal and Contemplation,” Northwest Journal of Teacher Education, Volume 11, Number 2, pp. 66-79.
Keiser, D.L. (2013). “Killing Mosquitoes and Keeping Practice: Teacher Education as Sustaining Paradox.” Frontiers of Education in China Special issue: Confucianism, Taoism, and East-West Dialogues on Contemporary Educational Issues and Practices, Vol 8, Issue 2, pp. 28-40.
Keiser, D.L. (2011). “Let a Thousand Teachers Bloom: A Response to Creating Communities,” Democracy & Education, Vol. 19, Issue 2, Article 11.
Keiser, D.L. (2011, Summer). “Responding to the Lived Lives of the Public: Teacher Education as Civic Imperative,” Teacher Education and Practice, Vol. 24, 3, pp. 343 – 347.
Adarkar, A. & Keiser, D.L. (2007). “The Buddha in the Classroom: Towards a Critical Spiritual Pedagogy,” Journal of Transformative Education. Vol. 5, 3, pp. 246-261.
Keiser, D.L. (2005, Spring). “Keep Your Head Up: University Students as Special Education Tutors,” Teachers as Leaders: A Celebration of Teaching, Vol. 6, pp. 22-26.
Invited
Keiser, D.L. (2010). “Salutations from North America: Human Resources and Education in the 21st Century,” HRD Journal (Thailand), 1, 2, pp. 6-7.
Keiser, D.L. & B. M’Gonigle (2006). “Professional Development Schools and Montclair State University,” in NJEA Review, 79, 8, pp. 20-21.
Keiser, D. (1999). “Engendering Agency: Manifestations of Struggle and Success at an Alternative High School,” Berkeley Education Society Journal, Vol. 2, pp. 53-58.
Rofes, E, D.L.Keiser, T. Smith, & M. Wray (1997). "White men and affirmative action: A conversation." Social Justice, 24, 2, pp. 133-146.
Heron, S, D. Keiser, E. Rofes, T.Smith, & M.Wray (1996). “Five White Guys Sitting Around Talking,” Bad Subjects, 26, pp. 19-25.
Book Chapters
Keiser, D.L. & S. Sakulkoo (2014, Summer). “Fitting in Breath Hunting: Thai and US Perspectives on Contemplative Pedagogy,” Contemporary Approaches to Learning and Inquiry Across Disciplines, Gunnluagson, Ed. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
Keiser, D.L. & J. Tutela (2006). “ What Happened to the Street: Nurturing Compassion through Action Research.” In Useful Theory, pp. 85-104, Goldstein, R. (Ed.). NY: Peter Lang Publishing.
Keiser, D.L. (2005). “Learners not Widgets: Teacher Education for Social Justice during Transformative Times,” In Teacher Education for Democracy and Social Justice, pp. 31-56, Michelli, N. & D. L. Keiser (Eds.). New York: Routledge.
Keiser, D.L. (2005) “The Right to Be Equally Taught: Three Sites of Inquiry for Social Justice at a Diverse High School,” In Teacher Education for Democracy and Social Justice, pp. 149-163, N. Michelli & D.L. Keiser (Eds.). New York: Routledge.
Keiser, D.L. & S. Stein (2003). “We have a motion on the floor: Montclair High School and the Civics and Government Institute.” In Critical Voices in Schools: Students Living through Change, pp.171-187, B. Rubin, & E. Silva (Eds.). New York: Routledge.
Keiser, D.L. (2002). “Rendering students visible: Creative writing in an alternative school.” In Invisible Children in the Society and its Schools, pp.129-145, Books, S. (Ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Keiser, D.L. (2000)."Battlin' nihilism at an urban high school: Pedagogy, perseverance and hope." In Challenges of Urban Education: Sociological Perspectives for
the Next Century, pp.271-295, McClafferty, K.,C. Torres & T. Mitchell (Eds.). Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.
Manuscripts in Process (as of 9/6/15)
Keiser, D.L. (Submitted Fall 2014; resubmitted after revisions Spring 2015) to the Journal of Transformative Education).
“All Rivers Run: Schooling Equanimity and the Cultivation of Sea Mind”
Keiser, D.L. (Accepted, now pending editorial suggestions to the second edition of the SUNY series, Contemplative Approaches to Learning and Inquiry Across Disciplines.
Keiser, D.L & A. Lockwood (Accepted Chapter, No One Gets Left Behind: Grouping Students with Intention, Skill, and Responsiveness)
Peer-Reviewed Poems
Keiser, D.L. (Spring, 2015). “Meditation for Graduation,” Ubiquity: The Journal of Literature, Literacy, and the Arts, 2, 1. Accessed on 09/06/15 at
http://ed-ubiquity.gsu.edu/wordpress/keiser-poem-2-1/
Keiser, D.L. (2011, Fall). “150 Year-Old Drum Taps,” Making Connections: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Cultural Diversity, 13:1, pp. 22-23.
Keiser, D.L. (2010, Fall). “Looking for the Drinking Gourd,” Making Connections: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Cultural Diversity, 12:1, pp. 26-27.
Keiser, D.L. (2009). “Liquid Leviathan,” Proteus: A Journal of Ideas, 26:1, p.55
Keiser, D.L. (2006). “Agua Pura,” Paterson Literary Review, 36, p. 324
Keiser, D.L. (2005). “Laundry Day is a Good Day,” & “Mixed Pasta.” Paterson Literary Review, 34, pp. 190-191
Keiser, D.L. (2004). “American Disability,” “Energetic Elizabeth,” “No Notebook,” “The Possibilities of Eggs,” “Ugly Blues,” & “Principal Poem.” Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education, Wright State University. Volume 1, Edition 8, http://www.ed.wright.edu/~prenick/Summer_fall04/8TH_EDN.HTM
Refereed Presentations
Keiser, D.L. (2015, April). “Where is the Mustard Seed? The Challenges and Possibilities of Teaching Compassionately.” American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Keiser, D.L. (2014, April). “All Rivers Run: Schooling Equanimity and the Cultivation of Sea Mind,” American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Keiser, D.L. (2013, April). “Cosmic Connections: Seeding the Self in An Arid Educational Landscape,” American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Keiser, D.L. (2012, April). “Killing Mosquitoes and Keeping Practice: Education as Sustaining Paradox,” American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
Keiser, D.L. (2012, April). “Blossoming Branches and Forgotten Roots: Towards a More Mindful Teacher Education,” American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
Keiser, D.L. (2011, April). “Taming Monkey Mind in Teacher Education: Contemplative Teaching as Public Good,” American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Keiser, D.L. (2011, February). “Sorting the Self: Skillfully Navigating Cultural Obstacles in School,” Annual Center for Urban Ethnography (CUE), Ethnography in Education Forum, Philadelphia, PA.
Keiser, D.L. (2011, January). “Mindful Teacher Education in the United States: Promising Practices and Enduring Challenges,” Teaching and Learning as Tools of Progress in Higher Education, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Keiser, D.L., S.Kos, J. Shackil, & D. Berkowitz (2010, February). “Dancing on the Head of a Pin: Mindful Teaching and Teacher Education,” Annual Center for Urban Ethnography (CUE), Ethnography in Education Forum, Philadelphia, PA.
Keiser, D.L. (2009, June). “Mindful Teaching: Towards a More Conscious Pedagogy,” Towards a Science of Consciousness 2009, Investigating Inner Experience: Brain, Mind, Technology, Hong Kong.
Keiser, D.L. & A. Adarkar (2009, May). “Mindful Teaching: Towards a More Conscious Pedagogy,” International Mind, Brain, and Education Society, Philadelphia, PA
Keiser, D.L. (2009, February). “Paying (for) Attention: Mindfulness in Teaching and Teacher Education,” Annual Center for Urban Ethnography (CUE), Ethnography in Education Forum, Philadelphia, PA.
Keiser, D.L., D.Forbes, N.Michelli, D.Shanley, & J.Whitcomb. (2008, February). “Being as Doing: Mindful Teacher Preparation and Contemplative Pedagogy,” American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Annual Meeting (AACTE), New Orleans, LA.
Keiser, D.L. (2007, March). “Mindful Teaching: The Nexus of Teacher Education and Mindfulness.” Annual International Scientific Conference Integrating Mindfulness-Based Interventions Into Medicine, Health Care, and Society, Wooster, MA.
Keiser, D.L., M. Gregory, & M. Taylor (2007, February). “Minding Education and Mining Data: Perspectives on Thoughtful Teacher Preparation.” Center for Urban Ethnography, Ethnography in Education Conference (CUE), Philadelphia, PA.
Keiser, D.L. & T. Jacobowitz (2007, February). “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Are We Defining or Disposing of Professional Dispositions towards Social Justice?” American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Annual Meeting (AACTE), New York.
Keiser, D.L. (2007, February). “Minding the Classroom: Spirituality and Justice in Teacher Education,” American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Annual Meeting (AACTE), New York.
Keiser, D.L., & J. Fullam, (2006, March). “The Center for Social Justice at Montclair High School: The Small Learning Community, Student Voice, and Critical Pedagogy,” Ethnography in Education Conference (CUE), Philadelphia, PA.
Michelli, N. Keiser, D.L., & D. Shanley (2006, February). “Teaching for Social Justice: Confronting the Critics.” American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Annual Meeting (AACTE), San Diego, CA.
Keiser, D.L., N. Michelli, P. Earley (2006, February). “Teacher Education for Diversity, Democracy, and Social Justice.” American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Annual Meeting (AACTE), San Diego, CA.
Keiser, D.L., J. Fullam, A. Vecchione, & R. Whitney (2005, February). “SEEDing the Future: Teacher Education Students Tackle the Achievement Gap.” Center for Urban Ethnography, Ethnography in Education Conference (CUE), Philadelphia, PA.
Keiser, D.L., A. Adarkar, M.Dantley, V. Florez, & C. Wilson (2005, February). “Sustaining the Moral Dimensions of Teaching in Difficult Times.” American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Annual Meeting (AACTE), Washington, DC.
Keiser, D.L., P. Earley, T. Lucas, & N.Michelli (2005, February). “Teacher Education for Democracy and Social Justice.” American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Annual Meeting (AACTE), Washington, DC.
J. Cohen, J., D.L. Keiser, N. Michelli, & M. Schwartz (2005, February). “Educating Minds and Hearts: Social, Emotional, Ethical, and Academic Education in Colleges and Departments of Education.” American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Annual Meeting (AACTE), Washington, DC.
Keiser, D.L. (2004, April). “Theory and Practice in Teacher Education,” Division K (Chair). American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Keiser, D.L. (2004, April). “The Buddha in the Classroom: Nurturing our Students during Uncertain Times,” (Presenter). American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Keiser, D. L., V. Dempsey, D. Jorgenson, D. Keenan, E. Mayers, & N. Michelli (2004, February). “Maintaining Momentum: School-Based Faculty Share Successful Publishing Strategies,” (Chair, Presenter). American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Annual Meeting (AACTE), Chicago, IL.
Rubin, B., E. Silva, Keiser, D.L. & A. DeJesus (2003, April). “Critical Voices in School Reform: Students Living through Change,” (Panelist). American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Keiser, D.L. (2003, March). “You Can’t Step Twice in the Same PDS: The Importance of Teaching with a Moral Lens during Times of Uncertainty.” National Professional Development Schools (PDS) Conference, Orlando, FL.
Keiser, D.L. (2003, March). “The Montclair PDS Partnership.” (Introduction of Dr. Jeanne Pryor, Keynote Speaker). National PDS Conference, Orlando, FL.
Keiser, D.L. B. Rubin, E. Silva, & A. DeJesus (2003, March). “School Reform: Students Living through Change,” (Panelist). Center for Urban Ethnography, Ethnography in Education Conference (CUE), Philadelphia, PA.
Keiser, D.L. & T. Jacobowitz (2003 January). “Service Learning at an Integrated High School: Addressing the Achievement Gap.” AACTE, New Orleans, LA.
Keiser, D.L. & J. Robinson (2002, October). “Taking it Step by Step: Becoming Cross Cultural Allies within School University Partnerships.” National Association for Multicultural Education, Arlington, VA.