Eileen Crowley Sullivan

Dr. Eileen Crowley Sullivan attended Skidmore College (B.S. in Physical Education), University of Maryland (M.A. in Physical Education Administration and Curriculum), and Boston University (Ed.D. from Curriculum and Teaching Department in the School of Education) and taught at Boston University for twenty-eight years. She served as the Program Coordinator of Physical Education, Health Education, and Coaching Specialization at Boston University's School of Education and launched a 16-credit all...See more

Dr. Eileen Crowley Sullivan attended Skidmore College (B.S. in Physical Education), University of Maryland (M.A. in Physical Education Administration and Curriculum), and Boston University (Ed.D. from Curriculum and Teaching Department in the School of Education) and taught at Boston University for twenty-eight years. She served as the Program Coordinator of Physical Education, Health Education, and Coaching Specialization at Boston University's School of Education and launched a 16-credit all Online Graduate Certificate in Physical Education, Health Education, and Coaching. Her teaching responsibilities at Boston University included the professional preparation of teachers for licensure in Physical Education and Health Education. She was the Coordinator and Supervisor of student teachers for pre-practicums and final practiums in the local schools. In addition to teaching theory and methods classes for the physical education majors, Dr. Sullivan taught the required movement education class for all elementary education majors. She taught undergraduate as well as graduate courses and particularly enjoyed mentoring doctoral students. She recently accepted a new position with Rhode Island College's Feinstein School of Education and Human Development and serves as the Assistant Dean for Partnerships and Placements. She formalizes all placements for practicums and student teaching, plans professional development for the cooperating teachers and college supervisors, and cultivates district partnerships. Her research interests include teacher education, teacher effectiveness, parameters of student teaching, use of movement for cognitive reinforcement, the level of student involvement, and cooperative play. She consults and conducts numerous workshops for the professional development of cooperating teachers, as well as elementary education classroom teachers to learn about the benefits of movement and is well known for her presentations on the "New PE." She serves as a movement specialist, working with local and national organizations to promote effective physical education programs. Some of her most recently published research focuses on the teaching behaviors of majors and non-majors, triangulation assessment with the use of a systematic observation instrument in the gymnasium, and assessment of student teachers using two different teaching approaches. Other recent publications focus on games and game analysis: Linking the Body and Brain: A Manual for Physical Education Game Modification, Unique Games and Sports Around the World (Ed), "Character Education in the Gymnasium: Teaching More Than the Physical," and "Critical Game Analysis and the Multi-Dimensional Nature of Games for Young Children." Many know Eileen as the "Games Queen" and she even carries her passion for games into her family life. Eileen has two adult children, Cassie and Brendan, and lives in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts with her husband Bill. She enjoys golf, tennis, outdoor activities, her dear friends, book club nights, and beach time at the Cape. See less