Academic History

Ed.D., Educational Leadership and Community Education, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Mich., 1972
M.Ed., Social Science, University of Delaware, Newark, Del., 1969
B.S., Social Science, Lock Haven State College, Lock Haven, Penn., 1965

Areas of Interest

Cohort learning
Community education
Educational leadership
Higher education

Awards and Honors

• 2003 Charter Inductee, National Community Education Association Hall of Fame
• 2003 Lifetime Service Award from the Minnesota Community Education Association

Selected Publications and Presentations

• Noonan, S. & Fish, T. Understanding the Role of Metaphor in Leadership: Gaining Perspective, Seeing New Possibilities. In C. Fullmer (Ed.), NCPEA Yearbook: Educational Leadership: Knowing the Way, Showing the Way, Going the Way,  Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press. 
• Fish, T. & Noonan, S. (August 2004).  Emotional Learning and Cohort Endings. National Council of Professors of Educational Administration, Branson, Miss.
• Noonan, S. & Fish, T. (August 2004). Metaphors of Leadership. National Council of Professors of Educational Administration, Branson, Miss.
• Fish, T. & Brown, R. (2003). Education in Minnesota. In S. Hoffman et al. (Eds.), Perspectives on Minnesota Government and Politics. Boston, Mass.: Pearson Custom Publishing.
• Fish, T. & Noonan, S. (August 2003). The Personal Leadership Narrative: Making the Bridge to Practice. National Council of Professors of Educational Administration Conference, Sedona, Ariz.

Professional Memberships

• National Council of Professors of Educational Administration
• National Community Education Association
• Minnesota Community Education Association
• Phi Delta Kappa