American Education Policy and the World That Changed It

Shane M. Goodridge, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine. His research interests include American education history, particularly the impact of broad historical forces on shaping the history of education for marginalized peoples during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Dr. Goodridge holds a Ph.D. in education with an emphasis on American education history from the University of Victoria, an M.A. in history from the University of London (UK), and a B.A. in history and archeology from Simon Fraser University.