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Nathan M. Roberts   Nathan M. Roberts

Director of Graduate Studies in Education

Mr. & Mrs. E. P. "Pat" Nalley/BORSF Endowed Professor in Education

J.D., 1987, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University.

Ph.D. in Educational Leadership, Research & Counseling, Louisiana State University

May 2001.

Dissertation: "Campus Liability for Alcohol Related Injuries-A law and policy dissertation"
 

 
Book Chapters
 
  • Roberts, N., DeMitchell, T., & Fossey, R.   Risk Management in Higher Education in Treatise on Higher Education Law published by Education Law Association (2005).
 
 
Refereed Journals
 
  • Roberts, N. & Fossey, R. (2004) Searches and Seizures in the School Workplace:   Where does the Teacher Stand?   Education Law Reporter 192, 1-14.    
  • Fossey, R. & Roberts, N. (2002) Academic Freedom and Uncivil Speech: When May a College Regulate What an Instructor says in the Classroom?   Education Law Reporter 168, 549-564.
  • Roberts, N. & Fossey, R. (2002) Random Drug Testing of Students: Where will the Line be Drawn?   Journal of Law and Education.   31, 191-208.
  • Fossey, R. & Roberts, N. (2001) When May a College Regulate an Instructor’s In-Class Speech?   A Cautionary Tale from the Sixth Circuit.   Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education.   15, 329-335.
  • Fossey, R., DeMitchell, T., & Roberts, N. (1998) Title IX Liability for School Districts when Employees Sexually Assault Children: A "Law and Policy Analysis."   Education Law Reporter 124, 485-498.
  • Fossey, R., Smith, M. & Roberts, N. (1996)    Copyright Law and Professors’Photocopied "anthologies":   A sensible Decision from the Sixth Circuit.   Education Law Reporter 108, 489 - 498.
 
 
Book Reviews
 
  • Roberts, N.   (2004) "Charter schools and the law:   Establishing new legal relationships," a book review of Charter schools and the law:   Establishing new legal relationships by Preston C. Green, III and Julie F. Mead.   Education Law Reporter 187, 9-15.
 
 
Other Publications
 
  • Roberts, N. & Kreamer, J. (2002, April) School Board Training Academy: A Project for the 21 st Century.   The BoardMember.
  • Fossey, R., & Roberts, N. (1998, September).   Legal and ethical issues related to confidential settlement agreements between school districts and problem teachers.   The BoardMember 15: 20-23 and 27-30.
  • Fossey, R., Smith, M. & Roberts, N. (1996, August).   Princeton University Press v. Michigan Document Services: Professors’Photocopied Course Packets and Copyright Law.   NOLPE Notes 31, 3-5.
 
 
Grants
 
  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette representative on The Wallace Foundation Grant - Louisiana Educational Leaders Network, 2004.   $3,600,000 awarded with $690,000 designated for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette/Lafayette Parish School Board Partnership.
  • Principal Investigator with Dr. Jean Kreamer on $15,000 Louisiana Board of Regents Distance Education Initiative Grant .   School Board Training Academy, 2001-2002.
  • Southern Regional Education Board. Chosen to participate in University Network on Educational Redesign based on grant submission.  
 
 
Recent National Presentations
 
  • Roberts, N. "Desegregation:   One District’s Forty-Year Wade Through the Swamp."   Education Law Association National Conference, Tucson, Arizona.   November 19, 2004.
  • Roberts, N. "Providing Focused and Sustained Professional Development:   A training workshop for school leaders."   Southern Regional Education Board National Workshop for school leaders, Atlanta, Georgia.   July 6, 7 & 8, 2004.
  • Roberts, N. "A teacher’s Constitutional right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures in the school workplace:   What standard should be applied?"   Education Law Association National Conference, Savannah, Georgia.   November 14, 2003.
 
 
Professional Memberships & Service
 
  • State of Louisiana Special Education Due Process Hearing Officer
  • State of Louisiana Special Education Mediator
  • Certified Master Trainer for SREB Curriculum Module - Professional Development
  • Education Law Association member
  • National Council of Professors of Education Administration member
 

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