Dr. Blythe Hinitz

The College of New Jersey

Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education

Honors

Distinguished Professor. Secretary of Higher Education of the State of New Jersey and the New

Jersey Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. April 20, 2012 Princeton, NJ.

Designated a Hero of Early Childhood Education. Heroes on the Horizon: History Seminar:

National Association for the Education of Young Children. November 4, 2011Orlando,

Florida.

Outstanding Teacher Educator – National Association of Early Childhood Teacher

Educators – 2007 [Juried National Award]

Co-author of The Anti-Bullying and Teasing Book for Preschool Classrooms, winner of

the 2007 Teachers Choice Award. [Juried National Award]

Outstanding Researcher – New Jersey Association of Early Childhood Teacher

Educators – 2006

Phi Kappa Phi – The College of New Jersey Chapter 208 [Honor Society]

President July 2014 – Present; Treasurer May, 2001- June 2014

Kappa Delta Pi [Honor Society]

Elected to the honorary Eleanor Roosevelt Chapter - a lifetime award limited to 100

living members May 15, 2013 [Initiated October 26, 2013]

Counselor Greater Trenton Alumni Chapter 1999 - 2006

President Greater Trenton Alumni Chapter 1997-1999

Phi Delta Kappa

Editor of national award-winning newsletter 1994-1998

40 Year Head Start Service Recognition Award. Mercer County Head Start Child

Development, Inc. 2007.

Association for the Bibliography of History/ ABC-CLIO Award as Professor of First

Prize Winning Student Malinda Wolfgang (Spring 2001)

Phi Kappa Phi Research Award to work with Malinda Wolfgang (Spring 2000)

Books and Book Chapters

Hinitz, B. F. with Liebovich, B. & Anderson, C. Chapter: History of Early Childhood Teacher

Education in Couse, L.J. & Recchia, S.L., Eds. (2016). Handbook of Early Childhood Teacher

Education, New York & London: Routledge. [In Press: Publication date: August 19, 2015].

Hinitz, B. F. (Editor). (2013).The Hidden History of Early Childhood Education. New

York/London: Routledge. [Reviewed History of Education Quarterly Vol. 54 February 2014]

Hinitz, B. F. “History of Early Childhood Education in Multicultural Perspective” p. 3-33.

In Roopnarine, J. & Johnson, J., Eds.(2013).Approaches to Early Childhood Education. 6th

ed.

Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

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Sprung, B., Froschl, M. con B. Hinitz. (2012). Una guía de prevención de bullying y burlas en

salones de clases del pre-escolar. Lewisville, NC: Gryphon House, Inc.

Lascarides, V. C., & Hinitz, B. F. (2011). History of Early Childhood Education. NY:

Routledge. Paperback edition.

Hinitz, B.F. Ask the Expert. “Blythe Hinitz on Our Multicultural History as a Profession” p. 30-31. In Jalongo, M.R. &Isenberg, J.P. (2011). Exploring Your Role in Early Childhood

Education, 4th

ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

Hinitz, B. F. with Hewes. “Practical Applications from the History of Gender and Early

Childhood Education.” Pp. 21-37. In Jacobson, T. (2011). Perspectives on Gender in Early

Childhood. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press.

Sprung, Froschl & Gropper with Anderson, Hinitz, Wright & Zaman. (2010). Supporting Boys

Learning: Strategies for Teacher Practice, Pre-K –Grade 3. New York: Teachers College Press.

Hinitz, B. F. “History of Early Childhood Education in Multicultural Perspective,” pp. 3-

24. In Roopnarine, J. & Johnson, J., Eds. (2009). Approaches to Early Childhood Education. 5th

ed. Columbus, OH: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall.

Hinitz, B. “Historical Research in Early Childhood Education,” p. 573-594. In Spodek, B. &

O. Saracho, Eds. (2006). Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children. 2nd

ed.

Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers. A comprehensive overview of the

methodology and content of historical research in early childhood education.

McConnell, J. L., Hinitz, B. F. & Dye, G. “Implications of the 1993 Brown II Case on Topeka

Public Schools,” p. 49-66. In Byrne, Dara, Ed. (2005). Brown v. Board of Education: Its Impact

on Public Education 1954-2004. New York: The Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund. [Juried

selection process for chapter authors.] This volume was the culminating academic activity of the

Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund honoring the Brown v. Board Supreme Court decision.

Sprung, B., Froschl, M. with B. Hinitz. (2005). The Anti-Bullying and Teasing Book for

Preschool Classrooms. Beltsville, MD: Gryphon House. Winner of the 2007 Teachers Choice

Award from Learning Magazine. [The only book cited in the professional books category.]

Hinitz, B. “Margaret Naumburg” in Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary:

Completing the Twentieth Century, Volume V, Susan Ware, Ed. (2004). Cambridge, MA and

London, England: Harvard University Press. Invited chapter.

Lascarides, V. C., & Hinitz, B. F. (2000). History of Early Childhood Education. NY:

RoutledgeFalmer Publishing.

Hinitz, B. F. & Stomfay-Stitz, A. (1999). Cyberspace: A New Frontier for Peace Education. In J.

Calleja& A. Perucca, Eds. Peace Education: Contexts and Values. Lecce, Italy: University of

Lecce [Dipartimento di Scienze, Pedagogiche, Psicologiche e Didattiche; UniversitàDegliStudi

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di Lecce] in collaboration with the Division of Democracy, Human Rights and Peace of

UNESCO and the Peace Education Commission of the International Peace Research Association,

383-406. [Invited chapter in edited book of works by peace authors from the entire world.]

Hinitz, B. F. (1996). Guiding the Learning Experiences of Young Children: A Course in Early

Childhood Education. In E. G. Friedman, W. K. Kolmar, C. B. Flint, & P. Rothenberg (Eds.),

Creating an Inclusive College Curriculum: a Teaching Sourcebook from the New Jersey Project

(pp. 263-269). New York: Teachers College Press. [Invited chapter.]

Hinitz, B. F. (1992). Teaching Social Studies to the Young Child: A Research and Resource

Guide. New York: Garland Publishing.

Book Chapters Accepted Liebovich & Hinitz. Encyclopedia section: History of Early Childhood Education in the

United States in Couchenour, D.L. & Chrisman, K., Eds.The SAGE Encyclopedia of

Contemporary Early Childhood Education. [Accepted: 7-2015]

Selected Journal Articles

Hinitz, B. S. F. (2014, November). Essay Review of Karch. Early Start: Preschool Politics in

the United States. In History of Education Quarterly, Vol.54 No. 4, 575-578.

Hinitz, B. S. F. (2014, May). Head Start: A Bridge From Past to Future. Young Children, Vol.

69 No. 2, pp. 94-97. Access online version at:

http://www.naeyc.org/yc/files/yc/file/201405/YC0514_OPH_Hinitz.pdf

Gropper, N., Hinitz, B. F., Sprung, B. & Froschl, M. (2011, January). Helping Young Boys Be

Successful Learners in Today’s Early Childhood Classrooms. Young Children, Vol. 66 No. 1,

34-41.

Hinitz, B. F. (2009, May). The United States and the World: A History of Connections in Early

Childhood Education. History of Education Quarterly, Vol. 49 No. 2, 235-237.

Hinitz, B.F. (2007, July). The Bully Blockers Club: Notable Trade Books. Social Studies

Research and Practice. [Refereed online journal] Access at: socstrp.org

McConnell, J. L. &B. F. Hinitz. (2005, February). In Their Words: A Living History of the

Brown Decision. Educational Studies: A Journal of the American Educational Studies

Association. Special Issue: The Contradiction of the Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education,

Topeka (1954), p. 77-82.

Ranck, E. R., Wineberg, L. P., Hinitz, B. F.& O’Neill, A. (2004, September). OMEP-USNC: It

Takes the World to Raise the Children. Young Children, Vol. 59 No. 5, 32-34. Expanded version

in Young Children: Beyond the Journal. The article may be accessed at:

www.naeyc.org/resources/journal/beyond_tran.asp

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Hinitz, B. F. (1998, March). National policies and training frameworks for early childhood

education in the United States: The Child Development Associate and other credentialling

frameworks for paraprofessionals. International Journal of Early Years Education 6 No. 1, 87-

103 [published in the U.K.]. [Refereed]

Selected Citations

Cited in Bredekamp, S. (2014).Effective practices in early childhood education: Building a

foundation. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc., 61, 69,R-8, R-9.

Cited in Karch, A. (2013). Early Start: Preschool Politics in the United States. Ann Arbor: The

University of Michigan Press, 102, 257, 267.

External Grants Awarded

Kidsbridge and Hinitz. (Spring 2014, 2015). Phase IV& V of an Early Childhood Anti-Bullying

Program. Funding source: Frances R. Dewing Foundation, Madison, Wisconsin.. Continues

workbegun in Phases II.& III. Revise on-site exhibits; prepare and field test bilingual Portable

Exhibit in Camden, NJ. Phase V. – Bring kindergarten classes to Kidsbridge (Spring 2015).

Kidsbridge and Hinitz.(Fall 2013).Phase III of an Early Childhood Anti-Bullying Program.

Funding source: PNC Foundation, New Jersey.Continues work begun in Phase II. Revise three

exhibits and scripts, expand Spanish language offerings.

Kidsbridge and Hinitz.(Spring 2013).Phase II of an Early Childhood Anti-Bullying Program.

Funding source: Frances R. Dewing Foundation, Madison, Wisconsin.Grant designed to assist

educators and schools to comply with the New Jersey anti-bullying law by piloting an “evidence-

based” anti-bullying program of exhibits designed for children ages three to eight years, with

accompanying assessments. Involvement of four Mercer County child care centers (directors,

supervisors, teachers and children), three College of New Jersey faculty members and one

adjunct faculty member, three Kidsbridge staff members, five undergraduate research seminar

students, and several student and community volunteer museum docents.

Educational Equity Center at the Academy for Educational Development (AED). (2005 to 2010).

Raising and Educating Healthy Boys Grant Project. Funding source: AED, New York and

Washington, DC. Grant designed to produce modules for use in higher education classrooms.

Book from this grant published by Teachers College Press in 2010 utilizing research data

collected by Hinitz and her undergraduate students, and other members of the research team.

Children’s Futures (2006-2007). Bilingual Leadership Grant. Funding Source: Children’s

Futures, Trenton, New Jersey. This grant was designed to make graduate course work in early

childhood leadership at TCNJ accessible through outreach to the Spanish-speaking early

childhood leadership group in Trenton and Greater Mercer County, and collaboration with the

Hispanic Directors Association of New Jersey (HDANJ). Students participated in graduate-level

courses on the supervision and administration of early childhood education programs in order to

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enhance their supervision skills, and developed leadership strategies and skills. A bilingual

support person was employed and selected portions of the early childhood supervision textbook

were translated into Spanish.

Educational Equity Center at AED. (2002 to 2007). Funding source: AED, New York and

Washington, DC. The Anti-Bullying and Teasing Book for Preschool Classrooms. Grant funded

pilot studies in Trenton, New Jersey early education classrooms and workshops, leading to the

publication of the same name. Numerous workshops and presentations have been given.

Educational Equity Concepts. (2001-2002). Guiding Pre-service Teachers in Techniques for Anti-bullying

and Anti-teasing. Funding source: EEC, New York, NY. The implementation of this grant includes

utilizing the book Quit It! by Sprung & Froschl in the college and public school classroom, student

demonstration lessons on campus, and lessons taught in the Junior Practicum school classroom by TCNJ

students.

State of New Jersey and Education Information and Resource Center (EIRC). A grant for the teaching of

courses in early childhood administration and supervision. I held this grant for twenty two years. Grant

funding for EIRC was eliminated by the State of New Jersey in 2007. Funding source: DHS through

EIRC, Sewell, NJ. Approximately one thousand directors and supervisors of early childhood education

programs all over the world have attended these courses, when they lived in New Jersey.

Selected TCNJ Mentored Student Research

Jillian Manzo (2015). “Maria Montessori’s Legacy: 21st Century Peace Education.” Celebration

of Student Achievement (May). Accepted for presentation at the World Organization for Early

Childhood Education (OMEP) 67th

World Assembly and International Conference, Washington,

DC (July).

Jennifer Liang (2015). “Teaching Tolerance in Early Childhood.”Celebration of Student

Achievement (May). Accepted for presentation at the World Organization for Early Childhood

Education (OMEP) 67th

World Assembly and International Conference, Washington, DC (July).

Keri McGowan (2015). “Developing a Parent Guide.”Celebration of Student Achievement

(May).

Nahrin Ahmed sponsored by B. Hinitz. Teaching Anti-Bullying to American Muslim Students.

TCNJ Journal of Student Scholarship [JOSS] April 2015 Vol. XVII Conference Proceeding

Abstracts sponsored by B. Hinitz: “Umar and the Bully: Teaching Anti-Bullying to Muslim-

American Students”[Available online at TCNJ web site]

Posters presented at: TCNJ Celebration of Student Achievement April 30, 2014; Committee on

Teaching About the United Nations (CTAUN) Conference, January 31, 2014, U. N.

Headquarters, New York City; OMEP Poster Session, November 21, 2013, Washington, DC.

TCNJ Journal of Student Scholarship [JOSS] April 2014 Vol. XVI

Bibliographic Listings - B. Hinitz:

Hinitz, B. F., & Hewes, D. W. (2011). Practical Implications from the History of Gender and

Early Childhood Education. In T. Jacobson (Ed.), Perspectives on Gender in Early Childhood

(pp. 21 - 37). St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press. [Student researcher Jessica Chesney cited in chapter.]

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Sprung, B., Froschl, M., Gropper, N., with, Anderson, N. S., Hinitz, B., et al. (2010). Supporting

boys' learning: Strategies for teacher practice, Pre – K - Grade 3. New York: Teachers College

Press. [Student researchers Rachel Pender and Jessica Chesney cited in book.]

[Available online at TCNJ web site]

TCNJ Journal of Student Scholarship [JOSS] April 2013 Vol. XV Conference

ProceedingsAbstracts sponsored by B. Hinitz:[Available online at TCNJ web site]

Cynthia Holcombe - Fostering Developmentally and Culturally Appropriate Literacy

Experiences for Boys of Color [NAEYC 2011] P. 4-5. Multicultural and International

Perspectives on Early Education Research [NJAECTE 2011] P. 6.

Cynthia Holcombe & JessicaKubek - The Elementary and Early Childhood Undergraduate

Research Seminars at TCNJ: History Supporting the Work [Council on Undergraduate Research

(CUR)] P. 5-6.

TCNJ Journal of Student Scholarship [JOSS] April 2012 Vol. XIV Conference Proceedings, p.

1–2 Abstracts sponsored by B. Hinitz:[Available online at TCNJ web site]

1) Katelyn Marx

2) Tamar Samuelian

TCNJ Journal of Student Scholarship [JOSS] April 2009 Vol. XI Conference Proceedings, p. 1-3

– Abstracts sponsored by B. Hinitz:[Available online at TCNJ web site]

1) Fama, Feeney, Granat, Winokur

2) Besser, Chesney, Kubek, Rotola, Stolte

3) Besser

4) Chesney

5) Kubek

6) Chesney, Froschl & Sprung

Selected Presentations (International, National and Regional)

Proposals submitted for 2015

NAEYC History Seminar November Orlando, FL

NCSS November Washington, DC 2015

17 April, 2015. Head Start at Fifty: A Critical Historical Review. American Educational

Research Association, Chicago, IL. [Refereed]

5 January 2015. “Rosie the Riveter’s” Children: Child Care in World War II.Hawaii

International Conference on Education. Honolulu, HI.

2014

21-22 November 2014. The NCSS Notable Tradebooks: Engaging Elementary Lesson

Plans!Early Childhood – Elementary Community of the National Council for the Social Studies.

Boston, MA.

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7 November 2014. Honoring the Civil Rights Law at 50: The Role of Early Childhood

Education Practice in the "Freedom Summer" of 1964 and the U.S. Civil Rights

Movement.National Association for the Education of Young Children [NAEYC]. Dallas, TX.

23 & 30 August 2014. Let’s Talk About Bullying [Radio program]. Host: Dr. Stuart Green.

Two invited appearances on 920thevoice.com headquartered in Princeton.

25 July 2014. Convener & Chair Panel: The Effects of War on Early Years Programs –

including papers by Drs. Betty Liebovich, Edna Ranck & Hinitz. Discussant: Dr. Kristen D.

Nawrotzki. International Standing Conference on the History of Education - ISCHE 36. Institute

of Education, University of London, England, UK. [Refereed]

Blythe Hinitz Paper: The U.S. Kaiser [Shipbuilding] Child Care Centers in World War II.

3 July 2014. Powerful Anti-Bullying Research in Early Childhood Classrooms and Teacher

Education. 66th OMEP [World Organization for Early Childhood Education] World Assembly

& International Conference. Cork, Ireland. [Refereed]

7 April 2014. Convener & Chair: Innovative Replicable Early Childhood Anti-HIBT*

Programs: School and Museum Settings [*Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying and Teasing] –

Presenters L. Azarchi, L. Cipriano-Rogalski, B. Hinitz & R. Erickson. Hinitz Paper: The Anti-

Bullying and Teasing Program: The College Perspective.SIG – Early Education and Child

Development, American Educational Research Association [AERA] Annual Meeting,

Philadelphia, PA. [Refereed]

6 April Chair session: Critical Perspectives in Curriculum Development. Division F –

History and Historiography.

4 April Chair session: International Peace Perspectives. SIG – Peace Education.

6 January 2014. Honoring the Civil Rights Law at 50. Hawaii International Conference on

Education. Honolulu, HI.

2013

22 November 2013. Margaret Naumburg and John Dewey: New Primary Sources

Shed Light on Their Dialog and Discourse. National Association for the Education of

Young Children [NAEYC]. Washington, DC.[Refereed]

21 November 2013 A Tribute to Dorothy Hewes. Co-chair with Dr. Edna Ranck.

Presentation: The Life of Dr. Dorothy Hewes. NAEYC. Washington, DC.

21 November 2013. Teaching Anti-Bullying to American Muslim Students. Sponsor

Nahrin Ahmed [Graduate student]. World Organization for Early Childhood Education

[OMEP] Poster Session. Washington, DC.

20 November 2013. Addressing The Global Problem of Bullying: Teacher Education

in Three Languages. With Mrs. Lisa CiprianoRogalski. National Association of Early

Childhood Teacher Educators [NAECTE] Annual Fall Conference. Washington,

DC.[Refereed]

2 July 2013 6th

International Conference on Teacher Education of the Mofet Institute,

“Changing Reality Through Education.”International Implementation of Anti-HIB*

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Protocols in Early Childhood/Elementary Teacher Preparation Programs: A Report

on Phase II [*Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying]. [Refereed]

19 April 2013Addressing the Global Problem of Bullying: Teacher Education in

Three Languages. Poster with Lisa Cipriano-Rogalski. Association for Childhood

Education International, Washington, DC.[Refereed]

2012

9 November 2012 The History of Early Childhood Teacher Education in the U.S.

and U.K. – It’s Meaning for Today: A Dialogue. with Drs. Jolyn Blank and Betty

Liebovich. NAEYC.Atlanta, GA.[Refereed]

7 November 2012 Supporting Student Teachers: The Balance Between Good Early

Years Practice and Government Mandates. with Dr. Betty Liebovich. National

Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators [NAECTE] Annual Fall Conference.

Atlanta, GA.[Refereed]

20 July 2012 Working with Early Years Teachers and Families on Pro-Social

Behavior. Dr. Blythe Hinitz [Presenter] with Dr. Margaret Shore &Mrs. Lisa

CiprianoRogalski. 28th

OMEP[World Organization for Early Childhood Education] World

Symposium. Campo Grande, Brazil.[Refereed]

Council on Undergraduate Research. Leveraging Uncertainty: Toward a New

Generation of Undergraduate Research. The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey.

[Refereed]

o 24 June 2012The Elementary and Early Childhood Undergraduate Research

Seminars at TCNJ: History Supporting the Work. Professor Blythe F. Hinitz with

Cynthia Holcombe [2011 ECE graduate] & Jessica Kubek [2009 ECE graduate].

o 24 June 2012. The Crisis in Boys’ Education, Poster # 3 with Jessica Ann Chesney

[2009 ECE graduate].

o 24 June 2012. The National Task Force on Early Childhood Education for

Hispanics’ Theories Implemented in “English as a Second Language”

Classrooms, Poster # 27 with Katherine G. Grasso [Graduate student].

o 25 June 2012. I Have A Dream: Elementary Students Have Dreams Too, Poster #

18 with Alyson L. Herrick [2011 ECE graduate].

30 March 2012 Research Marathon: Indonesia-U.S. Anti-Bullying Program - An

International Collaboration. Dr. Blythe Hinitz with Drs. Margaret Ellen Shore&

Amitya Kumara, Mrs. Lisa Cipriano-Rogalski. ACEI Global Summit on Childhood:

Exploring theExperience ofChildhoodWorldwide. Washington, DC. [Refereed]

2011

National Council for the Social Studies [NCSS]. Washington, DC.

o 2 December 2011. Notable Trade Books: Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up By

Sitting Down. Early Childhood/Elementary Community.

o 3 December 2011. Bullying: Stop It Early! With Dr. Mary Haas. [Refereed]

National Association for the Education of Young Children [NAEYC]. Orlando, Florida.

[Refereed]

o 3 November 2011. Fostering Developmentally and Culturally Appropriate

Curriculum Experiences for Boys of Color: Highlighting Literacy.With Dr.

Donna Akilah Wright.

o 4 November 2011 9:00 AM. Heroes on the Horizon: Dr. Blythe Hinitz. Talk: Who

hooked you on history? History Seminar.

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o 4 November 2011 12:10 PM. The History of Early Childhood Teacher Education

in the U.S. - It’s Meaning for Today: A dialogue with Jolyn Blank. History

Seminar.

27 October 2011I Have a Dream: Civil Rights for Elementary Grades With Cynthia

Holcombe and Alyson Herrick. New Jersey Council for the Social Studies, New

Brunswick, NJ. [Refereed]

14 July 2011 Impeding Bullying Among Young Children in Two International

Group Contexts – Invited Lecture. Chulalongkorn University Department of Early

Childhood Education.

8 July 2011 Impeding Bullying Among Young Children in Two International Group

Contexts: A Collaboration – A Symposium [Dr. Blythe Hinitz, Chair]

63rd

OMEP World Congress – Meeting the Learning and Developmental Needs of Our

Young Children, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, China.Collaborative

Studies in United States Preschool and Primary Classrooms - Professor Dr. Blythe

Hinitz

13 June 2011. Collaborations of early childhood professionals: The case of the

research seminar. Dr. Blythe Hinitz, Cynthia Holcombe & Dr. Donna Akilah Wright.

Spring Conference - NAECTE, Providence, RI.[Refereed]

12 June 2011. Teaching and Assessing Developmentally and Culturally Relevant

Literacy Experiences for Boys of Color. Blythe Hinitz, Donna Akilah Wright & Cynthia

Holcombe. NAEYC 20th

National Institute for Early Childhood Professional

Development, “Curriculum, Assessment, and Teaching: Putting It All Together,”

Providence, RI.[Refereed]

2 June 2011. Multicultural and International Perspectives on Early Education

Research: The TCNJ ECE Research Seminar. Dr. Blythe Hinitz with Cynthia

Holcombe & Tamar Samuelian [TCNJ Research Seminar students.] New Jersey

Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators [NJAECTE] Spring Conference.

William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ.

14 May 2011 Supporting Boys’ Learning in Pre-K – Grade 3 Classrooms. An invited

workshop. Dr. Nancy Gropper, Barbara Sprung, Merle Froschl & Dr. Blythe Hinitz. Bank

Street College Graduate School of Education, New York City.

11 April 2011. Collaborative International Education Research for the Public Good.

Dr. Blythe Hinitz with Dr. Margaret Shore –Sekolahku, My School, and Dr. Amitya

Kumara - GadjahMada University, both: Yogyakarta, Indonesia. AERA, New Orleans,

LA.

o 8 April 2011 Building Understanding in Contextually Responsive Peace Education.

Blythe Hinitz Discussant. Peace Education SIG of AERA,

o 11 April 2011. Childhood and its Institutions. Blythe Hinitz Chair. Division F

(History and Historiography).

26 January 2011. Mofet Institute. Opening Gates in Teacher Education: Third

International Online Conference. The Undergraduate Research Seminar: Contributions

to the Profession.

2010

12 November 2010. NCSS. Notable Trade Books: The Champion of Children: The

Story of Janusz Korczak by Tomek Bogacki: Session sponsored by the Early

Childhood/Elementary Community of NCSS.

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National Association for the Education of Young Children, Anaheim, CA. [Refereed]

o 5 November 2010. History Seminar - title: The Educational Progress of Young

Black Boys: A Salute to The Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys or

Dreamkeepers? o 5 November 2010. History Seminar: Writing History – You Can Do It! [Invited

presentation]

o 4 November 2010. NAEYC.Fostering Developmentally and Culturally Appropriate

Literacy Experiences for Boys of Color. With Dr. Donna Akilah Wright & C.

Holcombe.

12 August 2010. World Organization for Early Childhood Education [OMEP] XXVI

World Congress. Anti-Bullying Research: Linking Early Childhood Educators in

Indonesia and the US: A Symposium. Göteborg, Sweden. Panel presentation with TCNJ

2010 graduate Rachel Pender, Dr. Margaret E. Shore and Dr. Amitya Kumara. [Refereed]

8 June 2010. NAEYC: Professional Development Institute. Preparing Teachers to

Foster the Social/Emotional Development of Boys in Early Childhood Classrooms.

Panel presentation and discussion with Barbara Sprung & Nancy Gropper. Phoenix,

Arizona.

7 June 2010. NAECTE. Single Gender Early Education Classrooms: Examples from an

Undergraduate Research Seminar Case Study. Phoenix, AZ. Poster with Katelyn Marx.

20 May 2010. New Jersey Health in Child Care Conference.(19th

Annual) Anti-bullying

and Anti-Harassment Through Children’s Literature and Related Activities. Somerset,

NJ. Invited workshop.

3 May 2010. AERA. Making Anti-Bullying Research a Part of Early Childhood

Classroom Practice in Comparative International Contexts. Paper with Dr. Margaret

Shore and Dr. Amitya Kumara. Denver, Colorado.

2009

November 21, 2009 NAEYC. Title: Fostering Boys’ Positive Social/Emotional

Development: Taking a Fresh Look at Early Childhood Classroom Environments and

Practices. Panel presentation and discussion with Barbara Sprung, Merle Froschl &

Nancy Gropper. Washington, D.C.

November 20, 2009. NAEYC. History Seminar - title: Educating Diverse Young

Children: A “Checkered” History. Washington, D.C.

November 18, 2009. NAECTE– Title: Early Childhood Teacher Education Research:

Collaboration with International Colleagues round table presentation and discussion

with Dr. Margaret Shore. Washington, D.C.

November 13, 2009. NCSS- Early Childhood-Elementary Community. Grandfather’s

Story Cloth. Atlanta Georgia.

November 12, 2009. NSSSA. Rosa Parks: The Rest of the Story. Atlanta Georgia.

June 15, 2009. NAECTE. The Early Childhood Undergraduate Research Seminar: “A

View from the Bridge.” Paper.

May 21, 2009. New Jersey Health in Child Care Conference.(18th

Annual) Anti-bullying

and Anti-Harassment Through Children’s Literature and Related Activities. Somerset,

NJ. Invited workshop.

2008

November 15, 2008. NCSS. A Little Peace. Poster. Early Childhood Elementary

Community. Peace Is Me. NCSS 2008 Notable Trade Book session. Houston, TX.

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August 5-7, 2008. World Seminar of OMEP Nurturing Peace Together with Children.

An Anti-Bullying Program for Young Children: A Report of Ten Years of Work Toward

a Culture of Peace with Children, Their Families, and Their Teachers in the U. S. Poster

session available all three days. Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

July 24, 2008. International Standing Conference for the History of Education: Education

and Inequality: Historical Approaches on Schooling and Social Stratification. The

“Materials Culture” of Three Historic Urban Schools. Rutgers University Newark, NJ.

July 10, 2008. International Froebel Society biennial conference. Present paper: How the

Block Systems of the Past Influenced Today’s Block Systems. Session Organizer, Chair

and Moderator. Conference Academic Committee. Chair Keynote Session. Wheelock

College. Cambridge, MA.

June 10, 2008. NAEYC: Professional Development Institute. Using technology in early

childhood professional education: combating the effects of media violence and

supporting boys' learning. New Orleans, LA.

May 20, 2008. New Jersey Head Start Association Annual Conference. Let’s Work It

Out: Intentional Strategies for Addressing Teasing and Bullying in Preschool. Full day

institute. Atlantic City, NJ.

March 28, 2008. Second International Summit on Conflict Resolution Education. Results

of the Global Peace Education & Conflict Resolution Education Research Survey

Project. Cleveland, OH. Presentation with six students from the INT 390 Seminar.

2007

November 9, 2007. NAEYC. Doing the History of Education: The Century-long, World-

wide Legacy of Dorothy Hewes. Honoring the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the History

Seminar and its Founder. Chicago, Illinois

August, 2007. United Nations Headquarters (NYC), 25th

Anniversary of Teachers

College Columbia University Peace Center. Peace Education Strategies for Young

Children and Their Teachers. New York, NY. With Dr. AlineStomfay-Stitz, University

of North Florida.

July 16, 2007. International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET) 52nd World

Assembly & 7th Annual Border Pedagogy Conference. Implementation of an Anti-

Bullying, Teasing and Harassment Program in Early Childhood Teacher Education: Ten

Years of Research and Practice. University of San Diego, San Diego, CA.

June 26, 2007. Mofet Institute Fifth International Conference on Teacher Education.

Early Childhood Teacher Education on Anti-harassment and Non-violence in Schools.

Tel Aviv, Israel.

June 11, 2007. NAEYC: Professional Development Institute. Let’s Work It Out:

Intentional Strategies for Addressing Teasing and Bullying in Preschool to Grade Three.

Pittsburgh, PA. With B. Sprung and L. Cipriano-Rogalski.

June 1, 2007. NJAECTE. Anti-Bullying/Anti-Harassment in the ECTE Classroom:

Meeting the NJ Legislative Mandate. Spring Conference: Leadership in Early Childhood

Education. Newark, NJ.

May 16, 2007. New Jersey Child Care Advisory Council. Supervising and Implementing

Anti-Bullying and Harassment Strategies in Early Childhood Programs. Invited

presentation. [The Council officially advises the New Jersey State Legislature on matters

pertaining to children and youth.] Trenton, NJ.

Dr. Blythe Hinitz Vita July 2015

April 9, 2007. AERA. A Case Study of the Implementation of an Anti-Bullying and

Teasing Program in Two Early Childhood Education Centers. Peace Education Special

Interest Group. Chicago, IL.

Feb. 25, 2007. American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education [AACTE].

Educating Healthy Boys: A Symposium for Teacher Educators. Convener, Chair, History

paper & Discussant. New York, NY.

2006

International Froebel Society biennial conference. Froebel College (University of

Dublin), Dublin, Ireland. Our Hidden Historical Past. June 30, 2006.

The New York Public Library. Early Childhood Resources and Information Center. New

York, New York. How to Handle Teasing and Bullying Among Young Children.

February 16, 2006. Invited presentation funded by grant from New York State Library

Services and Technology Act: “Getting Children Ready to Read.”

International Virtual Conference for Teacher Educators. Opening Gates in Teacher

Education: Meeting the Challenges in Education and Teaching. Anti-Bullying and Peace

Education: Bringing Social Issues into the Teacher Education Classroom Around the

World. February 13, 2006.

2005

NAECTE– Washington, DC. Developing Computer Expertise in Early Childhood

Administrators: A Report of Twenty-Five Years of Module Development and Use. Poster

with Dr. Herman Hinitz. Dec. 7, 2005.

National Council for the Social Studies - Kansas City, Missouri

1) National Social Studies Supervisors Association –Preparing pre-service and in-service

teachers to prevent and combat bullying and harassment. Nov. 17, 2005.

2) College and University Faculty Assembly –Early Childhood Social Studies Education:

Forefronts. Discussant: Blythe Hinitz Nov. 17, 2005.

3) NCSS ELEM/ECE SIG – lesson plan presentation Nov. 18, 2005.

History of Education Society-USA - Against All Odds: How Female Leaders of Schools

Demonstrated Their Mettle. Blythe Hinitz Chair, Organizer & presenter on Margaret

Naumburg Oct. 23, 2005. Baltimore, MD.

The International Forum for the Culture and Literature of Peace (IFLAC PAVE PEACE).

Peace Culture Through Literacy Activities: Recent Research on Anti-Bullying in the

U.S.A. Aug. 4, 2005 Conference theme: "Building Bridges and Conflict Resolution,

Through Communication, Literature, Poetry and Culture." Los Angeles, CA.

AERA. (2005, April). Historical Research in Early Childhood Education. April 14, 2005.

Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Warwick International Early Years Conference. (2005, March). Gender Issues and Equal

Opportunities in Early Years Education. Fifth Conference: Sharing Research in Early

Childhood. Coventry, England, UK: University of Warwick.

2004

History of Education Society-USA. (2004, October) Brown vs. Topeka Board of

Education From the Inside: The Participants Speak. Organizer and chair. Kansas City,

Missouri.

Hinitz, B. & Ching Hangai, C. (2004, July). Developing and Using Anti-Bullying/Anti-

Harassment Strategies with Pre-Service and In-service Teachers. One World: Many

Childhoods the XXIV World Congress of OMEP, Melbourne, Australia.

Dr. Blythe Hinitz Vita July 2015

Hinitz, B. F., Wineberg, L., O’Neill, A. &Ranck, E. (2004, July).Early Childhood From

the Top: OMEP Leadership in the United States. One World: Many Childhoods the

XXIV World Congress of OMEP, Melbourne, Australia.

AACTE. (2004, February). Session organizer and chair. Paper: The Historical

Development of a Code of Ethics for Early Education Professionals: Its Impact on

Teacher Education. Annual meeting. Chicago, IL.

2003

NAEYC. (November 7, 2003). The “Aha!” experience: How research in archival

collections connects with and informs current practice. History Seminar. Annual

Conference, Chicago, IL.

The History of Education Society-USA. (October 30, 2003.) Chicago: Crucible of Early

Childhood Teacher Education for the Midwest. Annual Meeting, Evanston, IL.

Amnesty International’s First Annual Human Rights Education Summit. (2003, July 31).

Invited panelist - From Peace to Multiculturalism, from Conflict Resolution to Service

Learning - Making the Human Rights Link. New York City.

AERA. (2003, April 22). Leadership for the New Age: The Case of Margaret Naumburg

on panel Teacher Leadership: Exploring Dimensions of Teacher Professional

Development and Practice for School Renewal. Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. Invited

presentation.

2002

AERA. Hinitz, B. F., Stomfay-Stitz, A., Curran, J. & Wheeler, E. (2002, April 4). A

Response to September 11. Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. [Refereed]

Warwick International Early Years Conference. (2002, March 19). Margaret Naumburg:

Leadership Through the Decades. Fourth Conference: Sharing Research in Early

Childhood, Coventry, England, U.K.

The International Forum for the Culture of Peace. (2002, March 16). Starting Early:

Conflict Resolution, Peace Education and Children. Conflict Resolution Through

Culture, London, England, U.K.

Service to the Profession

International Advisory Board of H-Education [a component of H-Net: History of Education

discussions online] (1999 to present – founding member).

Expert Advisory Group to the NJ Coalition for Bullying Awareness and Prevention July 2011 – Present (invited founding member)

Kidsbridge Tolerance Museum Ewing, New Jersey. Advisory Board (2009 to the present).

Professional Impact New Jersey [formerly: New Jersey Professional Development Center for

Early Care and Education]

Advisory Board (1997 – 2011; 2012 - present); Chair Membership Committee (2005 - 8)

World Organization for Early Childhood Education–United States National Committee

[OMEP-USA]

Committee Chair [member National Board] (2000 - present)

Steering Committee member and Co-Chair Program Committee OMEP 2015 World

Assembly and International Conference (2013 – present)

Dr. Blythe Hinitz Vita July 2015

Steering Committee of the Economic Impact Study: Benefits for All: The Economic Impact of

the New Jersey Child Care Industry: Infant-Toddler, Preschool, and Out-of-School Time

Programs. (2004 to the present). Lead Agency: Thomas Edison State College – John S. Watson

Institute for Public Policy. For more information go to web page at www.tesc.edu

Thomas Edison State College

Faculty member (beginning in 1990); Human Services Degree Committee (1990 - 1996)

American Educational Research Association Peace Education Special Interest Group

Board Member (2014-2016)

Chair (2000-2003); Vice Chair/Program Chair (1998-2000)

Eastern Educational Research Association – newsletter editor 2003-2005

National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators

Chair International Committee [member National Board] (2001-2007)

National Treasurer (1989 - 1993)

New Jersey Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators

President (1994 - 1998); Vice President (1989 - 1994)

Chair Awards Committee 2007-2010

Association for Childhood Education International

National Association for the Education of Young Children

International Froebel Society Academic Committee. (2006-2008).

Tenth Anniversary Program on Hurricane Katrina [TCNJ]

Teaching the Levees – Hinitz - Convener and Panel Moderator (March 4, 2015)

Participants:

Anand R. Marri, Ph.D. Vice President and Head of Outreach &Education at the

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Thomas Chandler, PhD, is an Associate Research Scientist at the National Center

for Disaster Preparedness, The Earth Institute, Columbia University

Cynthia Holcombe, Stepping Stones Learning Institute, Trenton, New Jersey

High School Institute for Social Justice - Hinitz Facilitator (March 7, 2015)

Biography appears in Who's Who in the World 2001 18th

ed. (2000). New Providence, NJ:

Marquis Who's Who, 930.

Education:

Ed.D. Temple University Dissertation: The Development of Creative Movement Within Early

Childhood Education, 1920 to 1970.

M.S. Brooklyn College Thesis: The Impact of Two Educational Television Programs on

Kindergarten Children from a Culturally Deprived Metropolitan Area.

B.S. Brooklyn College Early Childhood Education