Black Faculty Staff Caucus Officers


Frank Brown
Faculty Representative
Time Frame

fbrown@email.unc.edu
Phone: (919) 962-2522
CB 3500
121B Peabody Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599

University Position: Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership and Former Dean
School of Education

Educational Background

  • Ph.D. 1970 - University of California at Berkeley, Policy, Planning, and Administration
  • M.A. 1969 - University of California at Berkeley, Policy, Planning, and Administration
  • M.S. 1962 - Oregon State University, Physical Sciences
  • B.S. 1957 - Alabama State University, Chemistry

    • Bio

    Frank Brown is the Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Education, dean emeritus of the School of Education and an administrative judge for special education for the State of North Carolina. Brown’s interest in the politics of educational opportunity began while he was earning his doctoral degree from the University of California at Berkeley. Economics professor Charles Benson enlisted Brown to research California education law for Benson’s testimony in the first state lawsuit against a school district or state on inequities in educational funding. His ensuing career includes specializations in school law, policy studies, local school administration and higher education administration.

    Senior-level, elected positions in administration have augmented Brown’s academic career. He has served as vice president of Division A ─ Administration, Organization, & Leadership ─ of the American Educational Research Association and as president of the Organization of Institutional Affiliates. In addition, he has served on the boards of directors for many organizations, including the Education Law Association, American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, North Carolina Governor’s Commission on Education for Economic Growth and Graduate Record Examination Board Task Force of the Educational Testing Service. The American Educational Research Association, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Educational Law Association have honored his outstanding service and exceptional contributions and he is listed in Who's Who in America, Who’s Who in the World and Who's Who in Black America.

    The author or co-author of more than 200 journal articles, book chapters and books, Brown has served on the editorial boards of Emergent Leadership, Educational Administrative Quarterly, Education & Urban Society, Negro Education, NABSE Journal, School Business Affairs, Educational Policy, Black Studies, Educational Law Journal, Harvard Education Review and Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal. Recently, he edited special issues of the Journal of Negro Education and Journal of Education and Urban Society on the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.


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    Research Interests

  • School Law
  • Educational Fiance
  • Minority and Urban Education
  • Research Overview

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    Teaching Interests

  • Educational Leadership

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    Selected Professional Affiliations

  • 2000-present, Chair, Advisory Committee, Office of Equal Opportunity, UNC-CH
  • 1998-2000, Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs, American Educational Research Association
  • 1999-2001, Dissertation Awards, Committee, Education Law Association
  • 1998-2001, Planning Committee, Education Law Association
  • 1998-2000, Committee on the Role and Status of Minority Scholars and Researchers, American Educational Research Association
  • 1999, Chair, University Working on Diversity for University Faculity Council
  • 1998-2001, Administrative Board, School of Education, UNC-CH
  • 1997-2000, Member, Committee on Minorities and Women, AERA
  • 1997-1999, Chair, University of North Carolina Faculty Council, Black Faculty and Students Affairs Committee
  • 1994-2001, National Research Advisory Board, U.S. Department of Education
  • 1996-1998, Member, University Parking Committee, UNC at Chapel Hill
  • 1997, National Review Panel, Center for At-Risk Education, Johns Hopkins University and Howard University

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    Selected Publications

    Rong, X. L. and Brown, F. (Forthcoming), The Educational Attainment of Young African Immigrants in the United States, Harvard Educational Review.

    Privatization of Public Education: the Past, Present and Future, (2001) In School Reform by Charles Russo, Association of School Business Officials International, Reston, VA.

    Site-Based Management: Is It Still Central to the School Reform Movement? School Business Affairs, April 2001, Volume 67, Number 4, pp. 5-11.

    Using Computer Assisted Instruction to Teach Mathematics: A Study, The NABSE Journal, December 2000, Volume 4, Number 1, pp. 62-72.

    School Volunteers and the Law: Does Your District Have a Volunteer Policy? School Business Affairs, Volume 66, Number 7, July 2000, pp. 10-16.

    School-Based Financial Merit Programs for Academic Performance, School Business Affairs, Volume 66, Number 6, June 2000, pp. 32-36.


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