Research Biography

My experience has been in the public schools as Teacher, Building Administrator, Director of Personnel, Director of Business Services and Chief Business Official in Ohio.  I’ve served as a part-time educational consultant and instructor in Project Management, Leadership and Management and other related areas working with a variety of management staff in the U.S., Europe and Middle East.  Previously I served as a part-time UF faculty member working with Ed.D. cohorts in Collier County.

Degrees

Ph.D. The Ohio State University, Educational Policy and Leadership

M.A. The Ohio State University, Educational Administration

B.A. Asbury University, Science Education

Activities and Honors

Outstanding Ohio School Personnel Administrator

Strategic Planning Certification

Project Management Professional Certification

Ohio State University President’s Club

Member or Past Member

American Association of School Administrators

Buckeye Association of School Administrators

Ohio Association of School Personnel Administrators

Ohio Association of School Business Officials

Phi Delta Kappa

Council for Exceptional Children

Leadership Worthington Board Member

Project Management Institute

Ohio State Alumni Association

Chair and workshop presenter for the Ohio Public Schools Committee for the All-Ohio Safety Congress

Grants

Collaboration on the Market Linkage Project in Special Education

Collaboration with Ohio universities on technology and school facility grants

Selected Publications

Relationships Between Weekly Newspapers’ Agendas and the Public Agenda about Issues in a Suburban Ohio School District Tax Levy Election, doctoral dissertation, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1991

UFO’s: Understanding Finances of Schools, co-author of booklet published by Leadership Worthington, Worthington, Ohio, 1992

Training materials in project leadership and management courses

Coordinator, M.Ed. Online Program in Educational Leadership

School of Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education

College of Education

University of Florida

6506 Waverly Green Way

Naples, FL 34110

239-593-9196

bmousa@ufl.edu

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