Training

Dr. Mark A. Gooden is the owner and managing partner of Mark A. Gooden Consulting. He has 13 years experience as an educator and trainer in the Pre-K-12 and higher education settings. He is also a personal and business coach. Dr. Gooden serves as an assistant professor in the departments of educational leadership and urban educational leadership and Director of the Urban Educational Leadership program at the University of Cincinnati. His research interests include educational technology and its use by administrators, legal issues related to the connection between the Internet, students' rights and school violence, and issues in urban educational leadership. Dr. Gooden has also begun to explore the strong connection between coaching and successful leaders. He received his Ph.D. in policy and leadership from The Ohio State University. Dr. Gooden received a B.A. in mathematics from Albany State College (now University) and his M.Ed. in mathematics education and M.A. in educational administration, both from The Ohio State University. Prior to returning to graduate school full-time, he taught mathematics and served as the Departmental Chairperson at the high school and middle school levels in the Columbus Public Schools district. His most recent publications appear in Education and Urban Society, School Business Affairs, Education Law Association Case Citations 2002: Violence and Safety, The Journal of Negro Education and Educational Administration Quarterly. Dr. Gooden, who served as one of the editors for the upcoming edition of Education Law Association's Principal Legal Handbook, has also recently completed a chapter for that volume on legal issues associated with students' use of technology and the Internet.

Mark A. Gooden, Ph.D.
Managing Consultant