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James Noonan is an assistant professor in the McKeown School of Education at Salem State University (SSU), where he teaches courses in adaptive leadership, school-community partnerships, and culturally responsive teaching. He is also a research partner at the Beyond Test Scores Project at UMass Amherst. His research interests include intersection of leadership, learning, and identity as well as the dynamic effects of district- and school-level equity initiatives.

Prior to joining the faculty at SSU, Dr. Noonan was the inaugural Director for School Quality Measures with the MA Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment (MCIEA). In addition, he held multiple positions Peace Games (now Peace First), a Boston-based non-profit partnering with schools to empower young people as peacemakers and agents of social change; coordinated civic education at a literacy program for immigrants in Everett, MA; and managed shelter-based programming for homeless children and families throughout eastern Massachusetts. Across these diverse roles, he has taught students of all ages -- from toddlers to professional educators. 

Dr. Noonan's research has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including Professional Development in Education, AERA Open, the Journal of Teacher Education. He holds an Ed.D. and Ed.M., both from Harvard University, and a B.A. in English and B.S. in English Education, both from Boston University.  

He lives in Roxbury, MA with his wife, a long-time elementary school teacher and math coach. They have two daughters enrolled in the Boston Public Schools.