Charles E. Massey

Professor of Education; Coordinator, Office for Urban Connections;
Director Wesley Service Corps

Education:

EdD, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1976
MA, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1972
BA, Southern Pilgrim College, 1968

Profile:

I make my residence in Buffalo where I am an active participant in the community. In my work with Houghton College I have served in positions ranging from Dean of Students, Dean of the West Seneca Campus, Co-director for the Center for Technology in Education, and most recently as Coordinator for the Office of Urban Connections and Director of the Wesley Service Corps. I also supervise student teachers placed in Buffalo area schools and teach the course titled Teaching in Urban America for our Adolescence, Inclusive Childhood, and Physical Education majors.

Selected Writing:

Building Partnerships to Prepare Teachers for Urban Schools, w Judit Szente. Childhood Education, v.83. (Spring 2007).

Fifty Years after Brown v Board of Education of Topeka: Can We Celebrate in Buffalo? The Challenger, v41, n19. (May 12, 2004).

Houghton College and the King Center School, in Partnerships in Teacher Education: Schools and Colleges Working Together. Thomas Warren, ed., University Press of America. (1996).

Electronic Portfolio Assessment in an Inner City School, w Claity P. Massey. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Technology and Education. (March 1994).

In the Spirit of King: A Center for Community in the City. Universities and Community Schools. (Fall/Winter 1992).

At Risk Youth in the Inner City: The Houghton College Telecommunications System, w Willis Beardsley. 1989 Northeast Distance Learning Conference Papers. (December 1990).

Program Development:

Developed the Houghton College Office for Urban Connections. (2007).

Started the Houghton College Math Camp, in collaboration with Connie Finney (annual camp for 3^rd graders from an urban school and a rural school). (2004).

Established the Houghton College Urban and Rural Teacher Corps Program, in collaboration with the Western New York AmeriCorps. (2003).

Wrote the application for the startup of the King Center Charter School, in collaboration with Claity P. Massey (first charter school to open in Western New York State). (2000).

A founding member of the King Urban Life Center board of directors (restored and renovated a former Catholic Church building in a poor community in Buffalo, New York). (1988-1998).

Led the teams that developed Houghton College’s Program for Accelerating College Education (adult degree completion program – BS in Management) and Pastoral and Church Ministries Program (urban program in Buffalo, New York – AAS in Christian Ministries). (1987-1990).

Awards:

Houghton College, The Ken Boon Community Service Award, 2006.

National Conference for Community and Justice, Sister/Brotherhood Award, 1999.