School of Education

Phone: (626) 815-5426
Fax: (626) 815-5416
Email: pbonner@apu.edu

Patricia Bonner’s professional experience encompasses K-12 public school teaching and site and district level administration; higher education teaching in undergraduate, teacher education, and master's and doctoral levels; and higher education administration at the program director, department chair, and dean levels. Her current interests are in teaching and learning at the K-12 and higher education levels. This includes an interest in the professional development of educators, with a specific focus on action research as a vehicle for effective professional practice transformation and growth. Other interests include issues of equity in the schools, effective teaching models for all levels of education, motivation for learning, and resilience in school leaders. She is particularly active as a reviewer for American Educational Research Association (AERA) presentations, Teacher’s College Record manuscripts, California Association of Professors of Education manuscripts, and other professional organization journals and yearbooks. She has presented at AERA numerous times for various special interest groups, including Action Research, Studies of the Superintendency, and Bilingual Education Research.

Ph.D. – Education: Emphases in Leadership, Human Development, and Teaching, Claremont Graduate School
M.A. – Education, Claremont Graduate School
M.A. - Social Science: Emphasis in Educational Psychology, Azusa Pacific University
Administrative Services Credential, Azusa Pacific University
B.A. – Education: Minor in English, Point Loma Nazarene College

Presentations
Bonner, P., Jiang, Y., & Frobisher, B. (2008, March). Coping behaviors of city school superintendents. Paper discussion at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York City.

Park, H., Bonner, P., & Lawson, D. (2007, April). Does Native American Adolencent Religiousness Matter 10 Years Later? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Chicago, IL.

Bonner, P.J. & Godley, T. (2003, April). Toward a Theory of Human Resiliency: A Study of Selected California School Superintendents. A paper presented at the 2003 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Wehmeyer, L.B. & Bonner, P.J. (2003, April). Standing on Their Shoulders: The Proper and Improper Uses of Sources. A mini-course presented at the AERA Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Bonner, P. J. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. (1999, April). Teacher Development in Attitude and Approach to Math Instruction Through Collaborative Action Research. Paper presentation. Montreal, Quebec.

Publications
Bonner, P. (2007, May 9). Review of the book Understanding Teacher Stress in an Age of Accountability by Richard Lambert & Christopher McCarthy (Eds.). Teachers College Record

Park, H. & Bonner, P. (2008, July) Family religious involvement, parenting practices, and academic achievement in adolescents. School Psychology International Journal.

Bonner, P. (2003, Summer). Teacher transformation in attitude and approach to math instruction through collaborative action research. Teacher Education Quarterly.

Bonner, P. (2005, Dec. 9). Review of the book Professional Development Schools by Linda Darling-Hammond (Ed.). Teachers College Record.

Bonner, P and Bonner, C. (1997, May). Reader calendars plus reading workshop = Success for students in Sustaining what matters most: Lessons Learned from listening to Student Voice. Center for School Restructuring Symposium Proceedings.

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Board of Trustees of Azusa Pacific University Resolution of Commendation, February 1992
Women of Achievement Award, San Gabriel Valley YWCA, 1990
Award of Merit, Los Angeles County, 1990
Who's Who is America, 1993
Who's Who in American Education, 1991
Who's Who in the West, 1990
Phi Delta Lambda lifetime member (College Honor Society)
Cum Laude Graduate from Pasadena College, (now Point Loma University)
California Scholarship Federation Lifetime Member
Valedictorian and Commencement Speaker, Trona High School