Faculty: Michael A. Owens
Title
Associate Professor
Department:
EdLF
Contact Information
Office: 306-D MCKB
Phone: 801-422-0955
Email: nope@michael_owens@byu.edumsn.com
Brief Biography
Michael A. Owens, PhD, is an associate professor in the Educational Leadership and Foundations Department at Brigham Young University. He has taught courses in educational leadership, professional development, evidence-informed decision making for continuous school improvement, multicultural education, and qualitative research methods. He began his career as a bilingual elementary and adult education teacher before transitioning into academia. His academic interests include family and community engagement in schools, leader/followership, first generation student transitions from k-12 to higher education, and continuous school improvement.
Teaching Interests
education of diverse populations, evidence-based decision-making, international education, leadership and followership in educational organizations
Research Interests
I study constituent engagement in American and international educational organizations.
Selected Publications
Emergency financial management: Purposes and effects of state takeovers of local school districts in Michigan, 2009-2018
- Authors: Black, Shaun; Owens, Michael; Randall, E; Boxley, Brad; White II, Willie
- Publication Date: 2022
- Publication Type: Book, Chapter/ Section in Scholarly Book
- Publication Journal: Globalisation, values education and teaching democracy
- Publisher: Springer Nature
- City: Cram
- Country: Switzerland
Gender bias in United States high school principal hiring practices
- Authors: Leavy, Deon; Owens, Michael
- Publication Date: 2022
- Publication Type: Book, Chapter/ Section in Scholarly Book
- Publication Journal: Race, ethnicity and gender in education: Emerging paradigms
- Publisher: Springer Nature
- City: Cram
- Country: Switzerland
Persistence in adult education in Utah: Factors and frameworks to foster success
- Authors: Patton, Stephanie; Owens, Michael
- Publication Date: 2022
- Publication Type: Book, Chapter/ Section in Scholarly Book
- Publication Journal: Globalisation, values education and teaching democracy
- Publisher: Springer Nature
- City: Cram
- Country: Switzerland
Using Decision-Based Learning to Teach Qualitative Research Evaluation
- Authors: Owens, Michael Aaron; Mills, Emily
- Publication Date: 2021
- Publication Type: Book, Chapter/ Section in Scholarly Book
- Publication Journal: Decision-Based Learning: An Innovative Pedagogy that Unpacks Expert Knowledge for the Novice Learner
- Publisher: Emerald Publishing
- City: Bingley
- Country: United Kingdom
- ISBN: 978-1-80043-203-1
Leading deep learning
- Authors: Boren, David; Backman, Joseph; Amy, Miner; Owens, Michael Aaron
- Publication Date: 2021
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: AASA Journal of Scholarship and Practice
- Publisher: The School Superintendent's Association
- City: Alexandria, Virginia
- Country: United States
- Volume: 18
- Issue: 1
- URL: https://aasa.org/uploadedFiles/Publications/JSPSummer2021.FINAL.v1.pdf
- Abstract: click to view
Patterns of Provision of One on One Aides in Due Process Hearings: A National Sample
- Authors: Perkins, Joel; Owens, Michael ; Ferrin, Scott ; Randall, Earl
- Publication Date: 2020
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal
- Publisher: Brigham Young University
- City: Provo, Utah
- Country: US
- Volume: 2020
- Issue: 1
- Abstract: click to view
Impact of Propensity to Trust on Academic Success of Student-Athletes: Implications for Athletic Officials in Higher Education
- Authors: Hallam, Pamela Rust; Wilson, Trevor; Baum, Donald R; Owens, Michael
- Publication Date: 2020
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: International Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education
Follower Engagement in Elementary Schools: A Multi-Site Study
- Authors: Owens, Michael ; Hallam, Pamela Rust; Brown, Samuel
- Publication Date: 2020
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: World Studies in Education
- Publisher: James Nicholas Publishing
- Volume: 21
- Issue: 1
- URL: https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/jnp/wse/2020/00000021/00000001/art00002
- Abstract: click to view
"The Feeling's Mutual": Student Participation in Leadership as a Cooperative Effort
- Authors: Owens, Michael Aaron
- Publication Date: 2013
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: The Review of Higher Education
- Volume: 36
- Issue: 4
- ISSN: 1090-7009
- URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/rhe.2013.0053
Online Instruction As Innovation in an Educational Leadership Program: Possibilities and Challenges
- Authors: Owens, Michael Aaron
- Publication Date: 2012
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publication Journal: Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership
- Volume: 15
- Issue: 4
- ISSN: 1555-4589
- URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1555458912470660
Creating a Successful Professional Culture: Reorganizing to Rebuild a Challenging School
- Authors: Owens, Michael Aaron
- Publication Date: 2010
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership
- Volume: 13
- Issue: 4
- ISSN: 1555-4589
- URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1555458910377785
Administrators’ Descriptions of Their Leadership Roles in a Precollege Program
- Authors: Owens, Michael Aaron
- Publication Date: 2010
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Journal of Leadership Education
- Volume: 9
- Issue: 1
- ISSN: 1552-9045
- URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.12806/v9/i1/rf7
From Calculation Through Courtship to Contribution
- Authors: Owens, Michael Aaron; Johnson, Bob
- Publication Date: 2009
- Publication Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Publisher: Educational Administration Quarterly
- Volume: 45
- Issue: 2
- ISSN: 0013-161X
- URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013161x08330570