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Mary Harris is Meadows Chair for Excellence in Education and Regents Professor of Teacher Education and Administration at the University of North Texas. She is interim Associate Dean for Teacher Education in 2008-2009 and co-director of Teach North Texas, an undergraduate program to prepare secondary mathematics and science teachers. Formerly Dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of North Dakota, she has led interdisciplinary projects in several states. Her research and publications are the areas of school and university partnerships in teacher education, support for early career teachers, and closing the achievement gaps through teacher professional development.