- Francis M. Duffy, Ph.D. - Gallaudet University

Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Curriculum and Supervision, 1979
M.A., The John Hopkins University, Administrative Science and Business Administration, 1990
M.Ed., University of Pittsburgh, Curriculum and Supervision, 1977
B.S., Mansfield University, Special Education, 1974

Francis Duffy is a Professor of Change Leadership in Education at Gallaudet University. In this role, he teaches a set of courses on how to create and sustain whole-system change in schools for the deaf and public school systems. He also coordinates his department's Education Specialist degree program in change leadership in collaboration with the Gallaudet Leadership Institute.

Dr. Duffy is the 2007-2008 president-elect of the Division on Systemic Change for the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). He is also the founding co-director of a nationwide initiative sponsored by AECT called FutureMinds: Transforming American School Systems. The FutureMinds initiative aims to establish partnerships with carefully selected state education agencies to help them transform school districts in their states so that the education they provide children is aligned with the requirements of the Information-Age.

Dr. Duffy has published eight books on creating and sustaining whole-system change in school districts, including Strategic Communication during Whole System Change: Advice and Guidance for School District Leaders and PR Specialists Power, politics and ethics in school districts: Dynamic leadership for systemic change Moving upwards together: Creating strategic alignment to sustain systemic school improvement Courage, passion and vision: A guide to leading systemic school improvement Leading Systemic School Improvement Series.

He held a post-doctoral honorary faculty position in the Harvard Graduate School of Education, sponsored by Chris Argyris, to study Argyris' views on organizational learning. He also has a master of administrative science degree in business administration from The Johns Hopkins University, doctor of philosophy and master of education degrees in curriculum and supervision from the University of Pittsburgh, and a bachelor of science degree in special education from Mansfield University in Pennsylvania. He is a former high school special education teacher and he is certified in Pennsylvania as a special education teacher (K-12), a supervisor of special education, a supervisor of curriculum and instruction (K-12), and as an assistant executive director of an intermediate unit.

He also has keynote speaking experience and regularly addresses audiences on topics related to creating and sustaining whole-system change in school districts. He is a past president of the Council of Professors of Instructional Supervision and a past member of the Board of Directors for the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. He is an active member of the National Association of Professors of Educational Administration and Phi Delta Kappa.