About the Authors

• Published date: 25 July 2011
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3660(2011)0000012016
• Date: 25 July 2011
• Pages: 245-252

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Kevin P. Brady is currently an associate professor in the Department of

Leadership, Policy, Adult, and Higher Education at North Carolina State

University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Previously, Dr. Brady was an assistant

professor in the Department of Educational and Community Programs at the

City University of New York-Queens College. His current research interests

include legal and educational policy issues involving student discipline,

including zero tolerance discipline policies and the viability of school–police

partnerships.Additionally, Dr. Brady’s recentscholarship has examined issues

relating to student and teacher free speech and expression, special education

law, schoolfinance, and educational technologyissues involving today’sschool

leaders. Dr. Brady’s peer-reviewed scholarship appears in a wide array of

leading educational law, policy, and technology-based journals including, the

Brigham Young University Educationand Law Journal,Children’s Legal Rights

Journal,Distance Education, Education and the Law, Education and Urban

Society,Journal of Education Finance,Journal of Interactive Online Learning,

Journal of Online Learning and Teaching,Journal of School Leadership,

International Journal of Educational Reform,NASSP Bulletin,Review of

Research in Education,andWest’s Education Law Reporter.

Jeff Burke is the director of Human Resources for Secondary Campuses in

Alvin Independent School District, Alvin, Texas and is in his third year of

doctoral studies at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Jeff has

been in public education as a teacher, coach, principal, and central

administrator for 15 years and has worked in rural and urban districts. Jeff’s

research interests include: Fourth Amendment search and seizure, school law,

self-regulation, social capital implications, leadership, and collective efficacy.

Dennis L. Conroy holds a Ph.D. from Union Institute, Cincinnati, OH. A

licensed psychologist Dr. Conroy recently retired after over 30 years service

with the Saint Paul Police Department. During that time Dr. Conroy has

had a number of very diverse assignments, including: patrol officer &

supervisor, vice/narcotics investigator, and juvenile officer, director of

Employee Assistance Program. His clinical experience includes over 25 years

working with children, adolescents, and adults with a variety of concerns

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