Assistant Professor of the Practice, Pulte Institute for Global Development

TJ D'Agostino

Bio

TJ D’Agostino is an assistant professor of the practice in the Pulte Institute for Global Development within the Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. He conducts comparative and international educational research on education policy, school effectiveness, faith-based schools, early grade literacy policy and programs, and education for integral human development. 

D’Agostino has been active in the Kellogg research cluster on international education, in collaboration with IEI. He previously served as associate director of Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) Haiti, where he led an initiative to strengthen Catholic education in the country following the 2010 earthquake. The initiative has supported some of the largest and most influential projects in Haitian education, including rebuilding and renewing Holy Cross schools and facilitating the design and implementation of large-scale projects in teacher training and literacy. 

D’Agostino earned a B.A. and M.Ed. from Notre Dame and a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University.

Phone
574-631-9109
Email
adagosti@nd.edu
Category
IEI Fellows
Publications

D’Agostino, T. J., and Robert Dowd. “Faith-Based Education in Changing Social, Economic, and Political Contexts: Perspectives from Catholic Educators in Kenya.” The Review of Faith & International Affairs, vol. 17, no. 4, Feb. 2019, pp. 76–88.

D’Agostino, T. J., Robert Dowd and John Mugo. "Faith-Based Education in Changing Social, Economic, and Political Contexts: Perspectives from Catholic Educators in Kenya." Symposium: Catholic Schools and the Changing Global Landscape for Faith-Based Education (2019): 76-88  

D'Agostino, T. J. "Religious Charter Schools: Are They Constitutionally Permissible?" Journal of School Choice 12, no. 4 (2018): 506-27.

D'Agostino, T. J., and Kowalski, M. "School Improvement in the Digital Age: A Study of the Alliance for Catholic Education Blended Learning Pilot." Journal of Catholic Education 21, no. 2 (2018)

D’agostino, T.J. "Precarious Values in Publicly Funded Religious Schools: The Effects of Government-aid on the Institutional Character of Ugandan Catholic Schools." International Journal of Educational Development 57 (2017): 30-43.

D’Agostino, T. J. "Can Blended Learning Save Catholic Schools?" EdSurge (2014)

TJ D'Agostino