Ed.D, Interdisciplinary Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University; Ed.M. Curriculum and Teaching, Teachers College, Columbia University; B.M. Music Education, University of Michigan; B.A. English Language and Literature, University of Michigan
Teacher and school policymaking; teacher research and activism; school change; music and arts education philosophy and policy; critical and postcolonial policy studies.
Shieh, E., Thomas, D. D., & McBride, N. R. (in press). “An invitation to discuss”: Letters in search of gay aesthetics. In N. R. McBride & C. Sears (eds.), The Oxford handbook of gender and queer studies in music education. Oxford University Press.
Eric Shieh is a school designer for New York City Outward Bound Schools, where he leads the development of progressive and equity-driven practices across a diverse portfolio of NYC schools and designs citywide professional learning for teachers and leaders.
An education innovator, Eric was a founding teacher and leader at the Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School, “A School for a Sustainable City,” in Queens, including hosting national site seminars there on school culture and interdisciplinary curriculum design. Additionally, he has served as an assessment policy strategist for the New York City Department of Education. He founded and led writing and music programs in prisons across Michigan and Missouri. He is a National Associate of the Prison Creative Arts Project.
His research and practice focus on the work of teachers and schools in education policy, school change, and policy intersections with equity and arts education. Eric also regularly contributes to The Hechinger Report and The Washington Post on education policy.