Prior to joining Erikson, Mark Nagasawa held a postdoctoral position at Arizona State University coordinating a statewide, five-year, mixed method evaluation of Arizona’s efforts to develop a more coherent heath and child development system of services for young children and their families.
His broad research interests focus on the cultural and historical factors involved in education policy-making and how these, and related social policies, variously affect people in local communities. These interests are influenced by a background that includes experiences as a social worker and preschool director for an urban school district, as a policy analyst in the Arizona Governor’s Office, and as an early childhood special education program specialist with the Arizona Department of Education.
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Areas of Expertise
Early education policy; preschool administration; inclusive education; and social work in school settings
Honors
- ASU/Spencer Foundation Discipline-based Scholarship in Education, Spring 2006
- Ying Fang Wu Scholarship, 1996-1997
- Phi Alpha Social Work Honor Society, 1996
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1996
- Arizona Board of Regents Academic Scholarship, 1985-1989
- Nugent Scholarship, 1985-1989