James Frabutt

Contact Information

James M. Frabutt, Ph.D.
Faculty, The Mary Ann Remick Leadership Program
Alliance for Catholic Education
Concurrent Associate Professor of Psychology
271 Institute for Educational Initiatives
University of Notre Dame
(574) 631-5763

http://www.nd.edu/~jfrabutt

Degrees

Ph.D., Human Development and Family Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2000
M.S., Human Development and Family Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1998
B.A., Psychology & Italian, University of Notre Dame, 1995

Honors/Awards

Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, School of Human Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2000

Invited participant, International Association of Chiefs of Police/Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (U.S. Department of Justice) National Policy Summit on Offender Reentry, 2006

Featured SynerG profile (June) highlighting young professionals in Greensboro; http://www.synerg.org/memberprofiles.html, 2006

Educational research interests

Teacher and administrator action research; Delinquency and violence prevention in schools; Children’s mental health

Current educational studies

Developing an action research guidebook for Catholic school leaders

Select Publications

Frabutt, J. M., Cabaniss, E. R., Kendrick, M. H., & Arbuckle, M. B. (2008). A community-academic collaboration to reduce disproportionate minority contact in the juvenile justice system. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement,12(3), 5-22.

Frabutt, J. M., Nuzzi, R. J., Hunt, T. C., & Solic, M. A. (2008). A ten-year retrospective review of Catholic educational research. Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 11(4), 428-441.

Frabutt, J. M., Di Luca, K. L., & Graves, K. N. (2008). Envisioning a juvenile justice system that supports positive youth development.Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy, 22(1), 107-125.

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. (2008). Research, action, and change: Leaders reshaping Catholic schools. Notre Dame, IN: Alliance for Catholic Education Press.

Bio

Dr. Frabutt is a faculty member in the Mary Ann Remick Leadership Program in the Alliance for Catholic Education, an innovative research-based administrative degree program that forms, educates, and supports selected Catholic school teachers to continue their service to K-12 schools through administrative preparation. In 2006, the program received degree-granting status and now offers a Master of Arts in Educational Administration. Dr. Frabutt teaches the action research sequence in the Master’s program, emphasizing classroom-, school-, and parish-based strategic inquiry designed and conducted by practicing educators and administrators.

He previously served as Deputy Director of the Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). Prior to that, he was the Director of the Division for the Prevention of Youth Violence and Aggression at the Center for the Study of Social Issues at UNCG. Dr. Frabutt led an action research approach to violence reduction and community safety as the Research Partner for the Project Safe Neighborhoods effort in the Middle District of North Carolina. His research and practice efforts have centered on the mental health needs of court-involved youth, university-community partnerships, and the impact of multiple contexts on adolescent development.