Maryland/Kentucky: Deasy’s Resume Shows Questions, Doctorate Remains Under Investigation

by E Wayne Ross on September 25, 2008

Southern Maryland Online: Deasy’s Resume Shows Questions, Doctorate Remains Under Investigation

WASHINGTON (Sept. 24, 2008) — Prince George’s County Schools Superintendent John E. Deasy has two anomalies on his resume, according to a review of the document by Capital News Service.

Deasy is already under scrutiny for receiving a doctorate from the University of Louisville with only nine credit hours. He was awarded his doctorate two years after giving the research company owned by his adviser, Robert Felner, a three-year, $375,000 contract. Felner is under federal investigation for misappropriation of funds.

Deasy listed a faculty position in the doctoral program of Educational Leadership and Social Justice at Loyola Marymount University, Calif., from 2003 to present. The university’s human resources department could not find him listed as a current or former faculty member.

There also was a date discrepancy on the resume he had on file in the Prince George’s Schools office of the superintendent.