Thomas J. Sergiovanni is Lillian Radford Professor of Education at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, where he teaches in the school leadership program and in the five-year teacher education program. Sergiovanni received his master's degree from Teachers College, Columbia University, his Doctor of Education degree from the University of Rochester, and honorary degrees from the University of San Diego and State University of New York.

Prior to joining the faculty at Trinity, he served on the faculty of education administration at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, for 19 years and chaired the department for 7 years. A former associate editor of Educational Administration Quarterly, Sergiovanni currently serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education and Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice. Among his recent books are Moral Leadership (1992), Building Community in Schools (1994), Leadership for the Schoolhouse (1996), The Lifeworld of Leadership: Creating Culture, Community, and Personal Meaning in Our Schools (2000), Strengthening the Heartbeat: Leading and Learning Together in Schools (2005), Rethinking Leadership (2007), Supervision: A Redefinition (2007), The Principalship: A Reflective Practice Perspective (2009), and Educational Governance and Administration (2009).

Recent Works
Sergiovanni, T. J. 2008. The Principalship: A Reflective Practice Perspective, 6th ed.  Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Sergiovanni, T. J., P. Kelleher, M. M. McCarthy, and F. C. Fowler. 2008. Educational Governance and Administration, 6th ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Sergiovanni, T. J. 2006. Rethinking Leadership: A Collection of Articles, 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press and National Staff Development Council.

Sergiovanni, T. J., and R. J. Starratt. 2006. Supervision: A Redefinition, 8th ed. New York: McGraw Hill.