Christopher J. Frey

Associate Professor, School of Counseling, Higher Education, Leadership and Foundations

Area Coordinator, Coordinator, MA in Cross-Cultural and International Education (MACIE)

Affiliated Faculty, Asian Studies Program, Higher Education and Student Affairs

554 Education
419-372-9549
cjfrey@bgsu.edu

DEGREES

Ph.D., History, Philosophy and Policy Studies
Indiana University-Bloomington, 2007
Dissertation Title: Ainu Schools and Education Policy in Nineteenth-Century Hokkaido, Japan

M.A., East Asian Studies
Indiana University-Bloomington, 2006

M.S., Comparative Education
Indiana University-Bloomington, 2003

COURSES TAUGHT

  • ASIA 1800: Asian Civilizations (Asia since 1945)
  • BGSU 1910: First Year Seminar: Cross-Cultural Experience
  • EDFI 2980: Schools, Society and Cultural Diversity
  • EDFI 2990: Field Experience in Cultural and Community Contexts
  • EDFI 4080: Education in a Pluralistic Society
  • EDFI 4800/6800: Navajo Art, Culture and Education
  • ASIA 4800: Senior Seminar in Asian Studies
  • EDFI 6020: History of Education
  • EDFI 6030: Social & Cultural Foundations of Education
  • EDFI 6890: Internship in Cross-Cultural Education
  • EDFI 6990: Thesis Research
  • EDFI 7010: Comparative Higher Education
  • EDFI 7540: Qualitative Research Methods
  • EDFI 7600: International Education Policy

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Comparative Histories of Indigenous Schooling
  • Colonial Schooling in Imperial Japan - Ainu Education
  • Minority, Immigrant and Colonial Education
  • Cross-Cultural Teaching
  • Geography of Education

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Articles

Booth, M.Z., Gerard, J., Deom, G.M., & Frey, C.J. (2022). Deconstructing adolescent ethnicity: A longitudinal analysis of youth ethnic identity and classification in a multi-cultural US school. Journal of Adolescence, 94(3), 366-379. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12028

Booth, M. Z., Abercrombie, S., & Frey, C.J. (2017). Contradictions of adolescent self-construal: Examining the interaction of ethnic identity, self-efficacy and academic achievement. Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 29(1), 3-19.

Frey, C.J. (2016). Developing education for colonization in Meiji Japan: Americans and the Kaitakushi Tokyo Provisional School, 1872-1875. Keiō Gijuku Daigaku Kyōshoku Katei Sentaa Nenpyō, 24, 5-19. 

Booth, M. Z., Frey, C. J., Collet, B., Curran, E., Gerard, J., & Bartimole, J. (2014). Ethnicity, gender, and adolescent attitude toward school: Adaptive perspectives in diverse settings. Midwestern Journal of Educational Research, 26(2), 3-27.

Zhou, Y., Frey, C. J., & Bang, H. (2011). Understanding of international graduate students’ academic adaptation to a U.S. graduate school. International Education, 41(1), 76-94.

Frey, C. J. (2010). The politics of education policy borrowing and lending: A study of the “Jordan Model” of knowledge economy reforms. World Studies in Education, 11(1), 37-54.

Frey, C. J., & Whitehead, D. M. (2009). International Education Policies and the Boundaries of Global Citizenship in the United States. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 41(2), 269-290. https://doi.org/10.7459/wse/11.1.05

Winstead, T., Lawrence, A., Brantmeier, E. J., & Frey, C. J. (2008). Language, sovereignty, and the cultural contestation for Navajo schools in the era of No Child Left Behind. Journal of American Indian Education, 47(1), 46-64.

Ortloff, J. D., & Frey, C. J. (2007). Blood relatives? Citizenship, immigration, and language education policies in Germany and Japan. Comparative Education Review, 51(4), 447-470. https://doi.org/10.1086/520865

Stachowski, L. L., & Frey, C. J. (2005). Student teachers' reflections on service and learning in Navajo reservation communities: Contextualizing the classroom experience. School Community Journal, 15(2), 101-120.             

Book Chapters

Frey, C. J. (2017). The white savior in the mirror. In A. Wiseman (Ed.), Annual Review of Comparative and International Education 2016 (Vol. 30, pp. 185-200).

Dahlgren, R. L., Patterson, N.C., & Frey, C. J. (2014). An injury to all? The haphazard nature of academic freedom in America’s public schools. In P.L. Thomas, B. Porfilio, J. Gorlewski, & P.R. Carr (Eds.), Social context reform: Equity and opportunity – not accountability – in education reform (pp. 106-127). Routledge. 

Frey, C. J. (2013). Ainu schooling: Globalization and self-determination. In C. Bjork & G. DeCoker (Eds.), Japanese education in the era of globalization (pp. 101-114). Teachers College Press.

Frey, C. J. (2011). Yoshitsune legends in Ezo-Hokkaido: Myth and the teaching and learning of colonialism in Japan's north. In H. Niedrig & C. Ydesen (Eds.), Writing postcolonial histories of intercultural education. (pp. 122-147). Peter Lang.

SELECTED GRANTS & AWARDS

Frey, C. J. (PI), Rosser, V. J. (Co-I). (2016-2017). Mandela-Washington Fellowship Youth Leadership Institute: Civic Leadership, Summer 2017. US Department of State and IREX (Funded: $150,000).

Booth, M.Z., Gerard, J., Frey, C. J. and Manning, W. (2015). Enhancing Social Opportunity in Post-Recession Era Through Academic Climate for Adolescents and Young Adults. Spencer Foundation ($49,999, one year).

Subreenduth, S. (PI) & Frey, C. J. (co-PI). (2012-2013; 2013-2014). Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program. US Department of State ($367,000 for two years). Intensive six-week program for up to 20 international teachers from 17 different countries on the BGSU campus, Feb-Mar 2013 and 2014. 

Ingle, K. (PI) & Frey, C. J. (Co-PI). (2013). Belize teacher quality and qualitative research project. International Initiatives Committee, College of Education & Human Development, BGSU. ($2600). To develop a research and exchange program with the University of Belize.

Frey, C. J. (2012). Benevolent care, education and the Ainu in Japan’s north, 1790-1868. Institute for the Study of Culture and Society, BGSU ($5000). One semester research leave, Fall 2013.

Frey, C. J. (PI) & Booth, M. Z. (Co-PI). (2012). Improving academic achievement and social opportunity for marginalized youth: The influence of in and out of school characteristics. BGSU Faculty Research Council ($10,000). Supported fourth and final year of a longitudinal study of adolescent achievement in nearby Lakeport high school. 

Booth, M. Z. (PI) & Gerard, J., Collet, B., and Frey, C. (Co-PIs). (2009). Improving academic achievement and social opportunity for adolescents from low SES multicultural rural communities. EDHD Research Development Council BGSU ($12,500). Supported first of four year ‘Lakeport’ research project.  

Japan Ministry of Education (Monbukagakusho) Graduate Research Fellowship. 18 month research grant: JP¥3,940,000 (US$32,800). Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 2005-2007

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES           

  • Historian and Member, Executive Committee and Board of Directors, US Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), 2015-2018. 
  • Chair, CIES Special Interest Group Standing Committee, 2016-2017. 
  • Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Knowledge Mobilization, New Media, and Member Communications, Comparative and International Education Society, 2014-15
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Diaspora, Indigenous and Minority Education, 2012-2015. 
  • Chair, Japan Special Interest Group, Comparative and International Education Society, 2008-2010.
  • Member, Advancement of the Field Committee, Comparative and International Education Society, 2008-2009
  • Reviewer, Comparative Education Review, Journal of Curriculum Studies, Intercultural Education, American Educational Research Association (Division F), Comparative and International Education Society.
  • Board Member, Educational Policy Analysis Archives, Jan. 2005-present.
  • List Editor, H-Education, History of Education Discussion List, Part of H-Net Humanities and Social Sciences Online, 2005 – 2014

Select Service at BGSU:

  • Chair, BGSU Faculty Senate, 2020-2022
  • Faculty Sponsor, Inclusive and Culturally Responsive Educators (ICRE) Student Group, 2019-2022
  • Master of Arts in Cross-Cultural and International Education (MACIE) Program Coordinator, 2011-2017
  • University Graduate Council (2021-present) 
  • Asian Studies Advisory Committee, 2007-present
  • Faculty Leader, Navajo Nation Immersion Trip, May 2022

Updated: 08/15/2024 11:09AM