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Dennis Shirley

Boston College

Dennis Lynn Shirley is a Professor and Gabelli Faculty Fellow at Boston College. He designs and guides large-scale research and intervention projects for school districts, states and provinces, and nations. The findings of much of his research were presented in two collaboratively authored books with Dr. Andy Hargreaves entitled The Fourth Way and The Global Fourth Way. He is also the author of the book, The Five Imperatives of Educational Change: Towards Achievement with Integrity (2016). Dr. Shirley is also Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Educational Change.