Anthony C. Holter

Contact Information

Anthony C. Holter, Ph.D.
Faculty, The Mary Ann Remick Leadership Program in
The Alliance for Catholic Education
Concurrent Assistant Professor of Psychology
Institute for Educational Initiatives
154 IEI Building
Notre Dame, IN 46556

PH: (574) 631-7066
FX: (574) 631-7729

Degrees

B.A., Theology, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
M.Ed., University of Notre Dame
M.S., Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D., Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Educational Research Interests

Catholic education, forgiveness education, moral education and development, and applied educational research methods

Current educational studies

Catholic School Identity Inventory – Examining the constitutive elements of Catholic identity for Catholic schools

Select Publications

Nuzzi, R. J., Frabutt, J. M., & Holter, A. C. (2008). Faith, finances, and the future: The Notre Dame study of U.S. pastors. Notre Dame, IN: Alliance for Catholic Education Press.

Frabutt, J. M., Holter, A. C., & Nuzzi, R. J. (in press). Research, action, and change: Leaders reshaping Catholic school. Notre Dame, IN: Alliance for Catholic Education Press.

Holter, A. C., Magnuson, C, Knutson, J. A., & Enright, R. D. (in press). The Forgiving Child: The Impact of Forgiveness Education on Excessive Anger for Elementary-Aged Children in Milwaukee’s Central City. Journal of Research in Education.

Holter, A. C., and Narvaez, D. (in press). Moral development and education. In Carr, D. (Ed.). Encyclopedia of the life course and human development. Farmington Hills, MI: Cengage Learning.

Bio

Dr. Holter is an Assistant Professional Specialist in the Mary Ann Remick Leadership Program, Concurrent Assistant Professor of Psychology, and a Fellow in the Institute for Educational Initiatives. Dr. Holter teaches research methods and action research in Catholic schools in the Master of Arts in Educational Administration program. The action research course sequence engages school leaders and teachers in systematic inquiry regarding issues and needs in their schools and dioceses.

Dr. Holter is a graduate of the ACE service through teaching program where he taught for two years at Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School in Charlotte, NC and earned his Master of Education degree. After ACE he earned a Master’s and Doctoral degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While in Madison, Dr. Holter worked locally and internationally with teachers, principals, and community leaders to implement and evaluate forgiveness education programs for elementary school children in violent and impoverished communities.

Dr. Holter has published and presented in the areas of Catholic education, interpersonal forgiveness, moral education and development, and research methods. His current research interests focus on the development of empirically derived measures of Catholic identity for Catholic schools. Dr. Holter is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), the American Educational Research Association (AERA; Division K, Teaching and teacher education; Religion and Education SIG, Associates for Research in Private Education SIG, and Action Research SIG), and the Association for Moral Education (AME).