Philip T.K. Daniel, J.D., Ed.D.

William Ray and Marie Adamson Flesher Professor of Educational Administration and
Adjunct Professor of Law

Office:301 C Ramseyer Hall
Phone: (614) 292-7991
Fax: (614) 292-7020
Email: daniel.7@osu.edu
Website: http://people.ehe.ohio-state.edu/pdaniel/

Education

• J.D., Northern Illinois University
• Ed.D., University of Illinois, Urbana

Biographical Information

Philip T.K. Daniel is the William Ray and Marie Adamson Flesher Professor of Educational Administration and adjunct professor of Law at The Ohio State University. Previously, he held professorial posts at the University of Minnesota, Kent State University, and Northern Illinois University where he served as Professor and Associate Dean of the Graduate School.

He earned his doctorate in education from the University of Illinois, Urbana, and his J.D. from the Northern Illinois University College of Law, with further study at the Catholic University School of Law. Dr. Daniel did post doctoral work in higher education administration as an American Council on Education (A.C.E.) fellow at Washington University in St. Louis.

Since arriving at Ohio State his research has focused on legal research techniques with expertise in school law, higher education law, special education law, and the law of technology in education. In 1993 Dr. Daniel received Ohio State's highest honor for faculty, the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching, and was subsequently inducted into the university's Academy of Distinguished Teaching. He was president of the Education Law Association (ELA) 2004-05 and served as a member of the ELA Board of Directors from 1999-2005. In 2006 the Education Law Association bestowed upon him the Marion McGhehey Award, the highest award of the organization for his research in and service to the field.

Professor Daniel is the author of numerous refereed articles, law review articles, book chapters, monographs, and reports and is co-author of the books, LAW AND PUBLIC EDUCATION; EDUCATION LAW AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS: A COMPENDIUM; and the upcoming, LAW, POLICY, AND HIGHER EDUCATION. He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Committee of West's Education Law Reporter, and is on the editorial boards of the Brigham Young University Journal of Law and Education, the Journal of Education and Urban Society, the Journal of Juridical Studies, and the Encyclopedia of Education Law.

Recent Publications

Books

• E.G. Gee and P.T.K. Daniel, LAW AND PUBLIC EDUCATION, 4th ed. (Charlottesville, Virginia: LEXIS Publishing, 2009), 929 pp.

Book Chapters

• "P.T.K. Daniel, "Search and Seizure in the Higher Education Workplace", in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LAW AND HIGHER EDUCATION, Charles Russo, ed. (Los Angeles: SAGE Publications), in press.
• P.T.K. Daniel, "Starting the Doctoral Dissertation Process," in THE DISSERTATION ADVISER AND MENTOR: SAGE ADVICE FOR DOCTORAL STUDENTS, R.L. Calabrese, R.L. and P. Smith, eds., (Latham, Md: Rowman and Littlefield Education), in press.
• P.T.K. Daniel, "An Analysis of Equity and Accountability in Education: Forward", in OUR PROMISE: ACHIEVING EDUCATIONAL EQUALITY FOR AMERICA'S CHILDREN, Maurice Dyson and Daniel Weddle, eds., (Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2009), pp. x-xii.
• P.T.K. Daniel & P.D. Pauken, "Copyright Laws in the Age of Technology and Their Applicability to the K-12 Environment," in THE PRINCIPAL'S LEGAL HANDBOOK, K. Lane, M. Gooden, J. Mead, P. Pauken, eds., Dayton, Ohio: ELA Publishers, 2008), pp. 507-520.
• P.T.K. Daniel, "Affirmative Action and Student Assignment Plans," in ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EDUCATION LAW, C. Russo, ed., (Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, 2008), pp. 21-30.

Articles

• P.T.K. Daniel & S. McCormick, "Technological Advances, Student Expression, and the Authority of School Officials," Education Law Reporter, in press.
• P.T.K. Daniel & M. Gooden, "Conflict on the United States Supreme Court: Judicial Confusion and Race-Conscious Student Assignments", Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal, in press.
• P.T.K. Daniel & P.D. Pauken, "The PICS Decision - Academic Freedom v. Federalism: Consider the Constitutional Implications", Temple University Political and Civil Rights Law Review, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 111-139 (2008).
• P.T.K. Daniel, "Not so Much a Counterpoint as a Call for Change: The Decision of Parents Involved for Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 and Its Impact on America's Schools", Education Law Reporter, Vol. 231, No. 2, pp. 511-526 (2008).
• P.T.K. Daniel, "Some Benefit" or "Maximum Benefit": Does the No Child Left Behind Act Render Greater Educational Entitlement to Students with Disabilities", Journal of Law and Education, Vol. 37, No.3, pp. 347-366 (2008).
• P.T.K. Daniel & P.D. Pauken, "An Essay: Law, Ethics, and Policy in an Era of Accountability and Responsibility: An Analysis of Codes of Ethics and Conduct", Education Law Reporter, Vol. 223, No. 1, pp. 1-33 (2007).
• P.T.K. Daniel & J. Meinhardt, "Valuing the Education of Students with Disabilities: Has Government Legislation Caused a Reinterpretation of a Free Appropriate Public Education", Education Law Reporter, Vol. 222, No. 2, pp. 515-535 (2007).
• P.T.K. Daniel & J. Nance, "Protecting Students from Abuse: Public School District Liability for Student Sexual Abuse Under State Child Abuse Reporting Laws", Journal of Law and Education, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 33-63 (2007).
• P.T.K. Daniel, "No Child Left Behind: The Balm of Gilead Has Arrived in American Education", Education Law Reporter, Vol. 206, No.3, pp. 791-814 (2006).