Director
Dr. Martin Scanlan is a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Higher Education at Boston College’s Lynch School of Education and Human Development. Before entering higher education, he spent more than ten years as a teacher and administrator in urban schools. His teaching and research focus on how schools can more effectively welcome and serve all students, with particular attention to Catholic and public schools serving students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and students with special needs. Dr. Scanlan holds a bachelor’s degree from The Catholic University of America, a master’s degree from Trinity College in Washington, D.C., and a doctoral degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.