EDUCATION
2014 Ph.D. Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dissertation: Educating the Self through Aesthetic Experience
Committee Members: Pradeep Dhillon (chair), Nicholas C. Burbules, Cris Mayo, Matthew Thibeault
2006 M.M.E. Master of Music Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2001 B.M. Bachelor of Music
Northern Illinois University
Music Education (major)–Philosophy (minor)
Teaching Certification: IL Type 03 and 09
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2018— Assistant Professor, Doctoral Department, School of Education, Wilkes University
2017—2018 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Information Trust Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2015—2016 Postdoctoral Researcher, Philosophical Faculty, School of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Eastern Finland
2014—2015 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Articles:
Jane Blanken-Webb, Imani Palmer, Sarah-Elizabeth Deshaies, Nicholas C. Burbules, Roy H. Campbell, Masooda Bashir, “A Case Study-based Cybersecurity Ethics Curriculum,” USENIX Workshop on Advances in Security Education (forthcoming).
Katariina Holma, Tiina Kontinen, and Jane Blanken-Webb, “Growth into Citizenship: Framework for Conceptualizing Learning in NGO Interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa,” Adult Education Quarterly (2018) 68, no. 3 (2018): 215—234. https://doi.org/10.1177/0741713618768561
Jane Blanken-Webb, “Big Data’s Call to Philosophers of Education,” Philosophical Inquiry in Education 24, no. 4 (2017): 310—322.
Jane Blanken-Webb, “The Difference Differentiation Makes: Extending Eisner’s Account,” Educational Theory 64, no. 1 (2014): 55—74.
Jane Blanken-Webb, “Expanding the Deweyan Self: Revisiting an Underexplored Past to Inform Future Inquiry,” Philosophical Studies in Education 45 (2014): 88—98.
Invited Book Chapters:
Jane Blanken-Webb, Imani Palmer, Roy H. Campbell, Nicholas C. Burbules, and Masooda Bashir, “Cybersecurity Ethics,” in Foundations of Information Ethics, ed. John Burgess and Emily Knox (Chicago, IL: American Library Association, Expected Spring 2019).
Jane Blanken-Webb, “Metacognition: Cognitive Dimensions of e-Learning,” in e-Learning Ecologies: Principles for New Learning and Assessment, ed. Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis (New York, Routledge, 2017).
Jane Blanken-Webb, “Collaborative Intelligence: Social Dimensions of e-Learning,” in e-Learning Ecologies: Principles for New Learning and Assessment, ed. Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis (New York, Routledge, 2017).
Encyclopedia Entries:
Jane Blanken-Webb, “Dewey and the Self,” In Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory (New York: Springer, 2016), 1—5.
Chris Higgins, Jane Blanken-Webb, and Adrienne Pickett, “Horace’s Compromise,” in Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies (Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publishing, 2010), 452—3.
Chris Higgins, Adrienne Pickett, and Jane Blanken-Webb, “Coalition of Essential Schools,” In Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies (Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publishing, 2010), 115—6.
Book Reviews:
Jane Blanken-Webb, “Improving Equality through Study in the Humanities. A book Review of Education and Equality,” Democracy & Education 25, 2 (2017).
Jane Blanken-Webb, “Teaching in the Art Museum: Interpretation as Experience” (book review), Journal of Aesthetic Education 46, 4 (2012): 120—4.
Invited Responses:
Jane Blanken-Webb, “From Aesthetic Crisis to Consummation in Social Justice Education,” in Philosophy of Education 2016, ed. Natasha Levinson (Urbana, Illionis: Philosophy of Education Society, 2018), 578—581.
Jane Blanken-Webb, “The Pedagogical Subject and Liberal Learning,” in Philosophy of Education 2015, ed. Eduardo Duarte (Urbana, Illinois: Philosophy of Education Society, 2016), 93—95.
Jane Blanken-Webb, “Embracing Materiality,” in Philosophy of Education 2013, ed. Cris Mayo (Urbana, Illinois: Philosophy of Education Society, 2014), 449—451.
Jane Blanken-Webb, “Is Impotence the Answer?” in Philosophy of Education 2011, ed. Rob Kunzman (Urbana, Illinois: Philosophy of Education Society, 2011), 257—259.
Manuscripts in Preparation:
Jane Blanken-Webb, “The Ideal in John Dewey’s Philosophy and the Unthought Known,” to be submitted to Journal of Philosophy of Education.
Jane Blanken-Webb, “Creating the Conditions for a Creative Democracy: John Dewey and D.W. Winnicott on Democratic Living,” Paper invited to be submitted to Education and Culture.
GRANT ACTIVITY
National Grants Received:
PI: Roy H. Campbell, Co-PIs: Masooda Bashir, Jane Blanken-Webb, & Nicholas C. Burbules. Ethical Thinking in Cyber Space (EThiCS). National Security Agency. 9/22/2017-9/21/2018. $277,000.
PAPERS PRESENTED
2018 Devon Almond and Jane Blanken-Webb, “Wisdom, Knowledge, and Information: Ways of Knowing and Contemporary Educational Institutions,” (Paper accepted for the New England Philosophy of Education Society, October 20, Medford, Massachusetts).
2018 Jane Blanken-Webb, Imani Palmer, Sarah-Elizabeth Deshaies, Nicholas C. Burbules, Roy H. Campbell, and Masooda Bashir, “A Case Study-based Cybersecurity Ethics Curriculum,” accepted to the USENIX Workshop on Advances in Security Education, August 13, Baltimore, Maryland).
2018 Jane Blanken-Webb, Nicholas C. Burbules, Roy H. Campbell, Imani Palmer, Masooda Bashir, “Power and Responsibility in Cybersecurity: Ethics Education on the Technological Edge” (Paper accepted to the Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education, June 10—13, New Orleans, Louisiana).
2018 Jane Blanken-Webb, “Cybersecurity Ethics Education: On ‘Future-Proofing’ the Education we Provide” (Paper accepted for the New Approaches to Cybersecurity Education Workshop, June 9—10, New Orleans, Louisiana).
2018 Jane Blanken-Webb, Imani Palmer, Masooda Bashir, Nicholas Burbules, Roy Campbell, “Ethical Thinking in Cyber Space Curriculum Development” (Paper accepted at the National Women in Cyber Security 2018, March 23—24, Chicago, Illinois.)
2018 Imani Palmer, Jane Blanken-Webb, and Roy H. Campbell, “Cybersecurity 101,” (Presented at High School Teachers Advancement Workshop, Parkland Community College, March 6, Champaign, Illinois).
2017 Jane Blanken-Webb, “Ethical Thinking in Cyber Space” (Paper presented at the CAE in Cybersecurity Community Symposium, November 9, Dayton, Ohio).
2017 Jane Blanken-Webb and Nicholas C. Burbules, “Ethical Dimensions of Cybersecurity Education” (Paper presented at the Information Ethics Roundtable 2017, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 21—22, Champaign, Illinois).
2017 Jane Blanken-Webb, “Creating the Conditions for a Creative Democracy: John Dewey and D.W. Winnicott on Democratic Living” (Paper presented at the John Dewey Society’s Panel on Dewey and Philosophy, April 27—May 1, San Antonio, Texas).
2017 Jane Blanken-Webb and Peter J. Nelsen, “Contextualizing Deweyan Growth: Examining Power in Social Justice Initiatives” (Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, Philosophical Studies SIG, April 27—May 1, San Antonio, Texas).
2016 Jane Blanken-Webb, “Educational Implications Concerning the Role of the Ideal in John Dewey’s Conception of Experience” (Paper presented at the 37th Annual Bergamo Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, October 13—15, Dayton, Ohio).
2016 Jane Blanken-Webb, Katariina Holma, and Tiina Kontinen, “Growth into Citizenship: John Dewey’s Philosophy and Lived Experiences in East Africa” (Paper presented at the John Dewey’s Democracy and Education 100 Years on: Past, Present, and Future Relevance, September 28—October 1, Cambridge, United Kingdom).
2016 Jane Blanken-Webb and Katariina Holma, “Growth into Citizenship: John Dewey and Pluralist Contexts in East Africa” (Paper presented at the Democracy and Education Centennial Conference, April 7—8, Washington D.C.).
2016 Jane Blanken-Webb, “From Aesthetic Crisis to Consummation in Social Justice Education” (Paper presented at the national meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society, March 17—21, Toronto, Ontario, Canada).
2016 Jane Blanken-Webb, “Three Essential Concepts for Understanding the Dewayan Democratic Self: Impulse, Habit, and Art” (Paper presented at the American Philosophical Association—Central Conference, Invited John Dewey Society Panel, March 2—5, Chicago, Illinois).
2015 Jane Blanken-Webb, “Review of Systems Theory for Pragmatic Schooling” (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society, September 11—13, Dayton, Ohio).
2015 Jane Blanken-Webb and Kip Kline, “The ‘Flight to Sanity’ in U.S. Schools: A Psychoanalytic Critique of the (Post) Standards Movement” (Paper presented at the national meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 16—20, Chicago, Illinois).
2015 Jane Blanken-Webb, “The Pedagogical Subject and Liberal Learning” (Paper presented at the national meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society, March 12—15, Memphis, Tennessee).
2014 Jane Blanken-Webb and Kip Kline, “On Education and the ‘Flight to Sanity’” (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society, September 12—14, Dayton, Ohio).
2013 Jane Blanken-Webb, “The Intersection of Self and World: Aesthetic Experience and Habit” (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the South Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society, October 11—12, Raleigh, North Carolina).
2013 Jane Blanken-Webb, Sara Shrader, and Jim Witte, “MOOCs @ Illinois” (Paper presented at 2013 Tech Teach @ UIC: Teaching/Learning/Technology at UIC, October 9, Chicago, Illinois).
2013 Jane Blanken-Webb, “A Deweyan Conception of Self: Revisiting our Underexplored Past” (Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society, September 19—21, Dayton, Ohio).
2013 Jane Blanken-Webb, “Embracing Materiality” (Paper presented at the national meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society Meeting, March 14—17, Portland, Oregon).
2011 Jane Blanken-Webb, “Is Impotence the Answer?” (Paper presented at the national meeting of the Philosophy of Education Society, March 17—20, St. Louis, Missouri).
2011 Jane Blanken-Webb, “Understanding Aesthetic Experience: John Dewey, Psychoanalytic Theory, and Music Education” (Paper presented at the 11th Annual Purdue University Graduate Student Interdisciplinary Symposium, March 5, West Lafayette, Indiana).
2009 Jane Blanken-Webb, “Computational Science Meets John Dewey: A Fresh Realization of an Important Educational Theme” (Paper presented at Democratic Education in the Spirit of John Dewey: A Celebration of his 150th Birthday, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, September 24—25, Chapel Hill, North Carolina).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign:
Ethical Thinking in Cyber Space, Graduate level course, Lead-Instructor with Professors Roy C. Campbell, Nicholas C. Burbules, and Masooda Bashir (Spring 2018)
Illinois Cyber Security Scholars Program Seminar, Undergraduate and Graduate level course, Lead-Instructor with Professors Roy C. Campbell and Masooda Bashir (Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018)
Technology and Educational Reform, Graduate level course, Co-Instructor with Professor Cris Mayo (Summer 2013, Summer 2014)
Technology and Educational Reform, Graduate level course, Co-Instructor with Professor Nicholas C. Burbules (Summer 2007, Summer 2008, Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012)
New Media Cultures and Education, Graduate level course, Co-Instructor with Professor A.C. Besley (Spring 2010)
Critical Thinking and the Internet, Graduate level course, Co-Instructor with Professor Nicholas C. Burbules (Spring 2009)
Lewis University, Romeoville, Illinois (Doctoral Level):
Critical Pedagogy, Adjunct Instructor in the Educational Leadership Doctoral Program (Fall 2014)
Southeastern Community College, Whiteville, North Carolina (Undergraduate Courses):
Critical Thinking, Adjunct Online Instructor (Summer 2010, Fall 2010, Fall 2011)
Music Appreciation, Adjunct Online Instructor (Summer 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012)
K-12 Professional Experience:
High School Music Teacher and Director of Bands, Princeton High School, Princeton, Illinois (2002—2006)
Counselor, Illinois Summer Youth Music, University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana (Summers 2003—2005)
Long-Term Substitute Teacher, Indian Prairie School District #204, Naperville, Illinois (March—April, 2002)
Student Teacher, York Community High School, Elmhurst, Illinois (Fall 2001)
Student Teacher, Traughber Junior High School, Oswego, Illinois (Fall 2001)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2012—2014 Applied Technologies for Learning in the Arts and Sciences, Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2010—2012 Ubiquitous Learning Institute, Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2006—2009 National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Editorial Experience:
2015—2016 Editorial Assistant with Educational Theory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2010—2011 Editorial Assistant with Educational Theory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
AWARDS
2013—2014 Harry Broudy Award Scholarship
Spring 2013 Hardie Conference Travel Support Award
2012—2013 William Chandler Bagley Doctoral Scholarship
Spring 2011 Hardie Conference Travel Support Award
2010—2011 Harry Broudy Award Scholarship
2007—2008 Harry Broudy Award Scholarship
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Educational Research Association
Secretary/Treasurer of AERA Philosophical Studies SIG 2016—2018
Reviewer for the 2017 AERA Annual Meeting—Philosophical Studies SIG
John Dewey Society
Program Committee Member for the 2018 panel on Dewey and Philosophy
National Association for Music Education
Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society
2018 Program Committee Member
Philosophy of Education Society
Administrator for PES website and social media, 2010—2015
South Atlantic Philosophy of Education Society
REFERENCES
Nicholas C. Burbules
Gutgsell Professor, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(217) 244-0919, burbules@illinois.edu
Pradeep Dhillon
Associate Professor, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(217) 333-5236, dhillon@illinois.edu
Bryan Warnick
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor of Philosophy of Education
College of Education and Human Ecology
The Ohio State University
(614) 292-8212, warnick.11@osu.edu
Roy H. Campbell
Associate Dean for Information Technology, College of Engineering
Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Professor of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(217) 333-0215, rhc@illinois.edu
Katariina Holma
Professor of Education
Faculty of Education
University of Oulu
+358-50-344-0796, katariina.holma@oulu.fi
Bill Cope
Professor, Education Policy, Organization and Leadership
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(217) 244-4157; billcope@illinois.edu
Lenoard Waks
Emeritus Professor
Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Temple University
(267) 455-5109; ljwaks@yahoo.com