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Dr. Jeffrey Ayala Milligan

Associate Professor | 114-C Stone Building | (850) 644-8171 | milligan@coe.fsu.edu

Jeffrey Ayala Milligan is an associate professor of philosophy of education and sociocultural/international development education studies. His research explores the challenges posed by religious tensions in the educational systems of multicultural, religiously diverse communities in the U.S. and Southeast Asia. He is the author of two books: Islamic Identity, Postcoloniality and Educational Policy: Schooling and Ethno-Religious Conflict in the Southern Philippines, and Teaching at the Crossroads of Faith and School: The Teacher as Prophetic Pragmatist. He has also authored more than twenty refereed articles and has been the recipient of two Fulbright Senior Fellowships (Philippines, 1999 and Malaysia, 2006), a National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship, and many other awards.

Education

-Ph.D. University of Oklahoma, 1998 (Social, Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education)
-M.Ed. University of Oklahoma, 1993 (Social, Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education)
-M.A. University of Missouri, 1984 (English)
-B.A. University of Missouri, 1982 (English)

Current Research

-Multicultural Education, Religion and Education, Southeast Asia

Courses Taught

-Introduction to Philosophy of Education (EDF 5543)
-Religious Diversity in Education (EDF 5935)
-Postcolonial Education (EDF 5935)
-Education for Marginalized Communities (EDF 5935)

Recent Select Publications

-Milligan, J.A. (2006). Reclaiming an Ideal: The Islamization of Education in the Southern Philippines. Comparative Education Review, Vol.50, No.3.
-Milligan, J.A. (2005). Teaching in Moloch: Toward a Prophetic Pragmatic Critique of Pedagogical Fundamentalism. Journal of Thought, Vol.42, No.2.
-Milligan, J.A. (2005). "Postcolonial Pragmatism? Ethno-Religious Conflict and Education in Postcolonial Spaces," in Philosophy of Education 2005. Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society.
-Milligan, J.A. (2003). Teaching Between the Cross and the Crescent Moon: Islamic Identity, Postcoloniality and Public Education in the Southern Philippines. Comparative Education Review, Vol.47, No.4, pp.468-492.


				Dr. Jeffrey Ayala Milligan Associate Professor \| 114-C Stone Building \| (850) 644-8171 \| milligan@coe.fsu.edu Jeffrey Ayala Milligan is an associate professor of philosophy of education and sociocultural/international development education studies. His research explores the challenges posed by religious tensions in the educational systems of multicultural, religiously diverse communities in the U.S. and Southeast Asia. He is the author of two books: Islamic Identity, Postcoloniality and Educational Policy: Schooling and Ethno-Religious Conflict in the Southern Philippines, and Teaching at the Crossroads of Faith and School: The Teacher as Prophetic Pragmatist. He has also authored more than twenty refereed articles and has been the recipient of two Fulbright Senior Fellowships (Philippines, 1999 and Malaysia, 2006), a National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship, and many other awards. Education -Ph.D. University of Oklahoma, 1998 (Social, Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education) -M.Ed. University of Oklahoma, 1993 (Social, Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education) -M.A. University of Missouri, 1984 (English) -B.A. University of Missouri, 1982 (English) Current Research -Multicultural Education, Religion and Education, Southeast Asia Courses Taught -Introduction to Philosophy of Education (EDF 5543) -Religious Diversity in Education (EDF 5935) -Postcolonial Education (EDF 5935) -Education for Marginalized Communities (EDF 5935) Recent Select Publications -Milligan, J.A. (2006). Reclaiming an Ideal: The Islamization of Education in the Southern Philippines. Comparative Education Review, Vol.50, No.3. -Milligan, J.A. (2005). Teaching in Moloch: Toward a Prophetic Pragmatic Critique of Pedagogical Fundamentalism. Journal of Thought, Vol.42, No.2. -Milligan, J.A. (2005). "Postcolonial Pragmatism? Ethno-Religious Conflict and Education in Postcolonial Spaces," in Philosophy of Education 2005. Urbana: Philosophy of Education Society. -Milligan, J.A. (2003). Teaching Between the Cross and the Crescent Moon: Islamic Identity, Postcoloniality and Public Education in the Southern Philippines. Comparative Education Review, Vol.47, No.4, pp.468-492.