Mary H. Shann

Professor of Education
BS, MEd, PhD, Boston College

Dr. Shann specializes in educational research, development, assessment, and program evaluation. She has applied these areas of expertise to projects at the local, national, and international levels. She directed a three-year program of research for effective middle schools sampled from the Boston communities of Roxbury, Allston/Brighton, and Jamaica Plain. Currently, Dr. Shann continues to collaborate with Boston University Professor Eugene Stanley on developing and evaluating applications of advanced technology for interactive visual learning of new and important concepts in science, especially fractals and molecular networks. She has directed a ten-year program of faculty development with Cairo University, supported by the World Bank, and served as the expert on higher education for the sector assessment commissioned by the Egyptian Minister of Education. Dr. Shann was named a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar at the Federal University of Ceará to evaluate literacy programs in Northeast Brazil. She also served as associate dean and chief grant and contract officer for the School of Education from 1980 to 1985. Since her appointment to the faculty in 1969, she has taught graduate courses in research, testing and assessment, educational psychology, and program evaluation. Dr. Shann has published numerous technical reports, monographs, and journal articles on program evaluation, professional development, and school effectiveness.