{"id":290,"date":"2009-05-12T11:28:15","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T15:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.umaine.edu\/edhd\/?page_id=290"},"modified":"2025-09-02T14:15:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T18:15:58","slug":"janet-fairman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/facultystaff\/janet-fairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Janet Fairman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Professor of Education and co-director of the Maine Education Policy Research Institute<\/strong>
janet.fairman@maine.edu<\/a>
Phone: 207.581.2475<\/p>\n\n\n\n

328 Shibles Hall
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5766<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bio:<\/strong> Janet Fairman grew up in the Chicago area and earned her bachelor\u2019s degree in political science from the University of Chicago. She earned a master\u2019s degree in political science\/public policy and a doctorate in education policy from Rutgers University. Since joining the University of Maine in 2002, Dr. Fairman has researched and evaluated Maine\u2019s major education policies and reform initiatives. She studied the implementation of state learning standards, local assessments, the laptop program for middle school students and teachers, and the consolidation of school districts. In 2015, Dr. Fairman assumed the role of co-director of the Maine Education Policy Research Institute (MEPRI). She continues to provide education policy analysis to the state legislature to inform policymaking. Dr. Fairman combines her interest in education reform, teacher leadership, and public policy with a focus on innovative practices that support students and teachers in math and science. Serving as a co-principal investigator, she researched the ASSISTments online homework platform for middle school students and teachers in mathematics. Her interest in supporting girls and women in STEM fields extends to higher education where she researched undergraduate women in STEM majors and evaluated UMaine\u2019s Rising Tide Advance Grant initiative to support recruitment and advancement of women in science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/strong>
Ph.D. in Education Policy, 1999, Rutgers University
M.A. in Political Science\/Public Policy, 1992, Rutgers University
B.A. in Political Science, 1986, University of Chicago<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Courses taught at UMaine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n