Joseph C. Beckham is currently the chairman of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Florida State University

Florida State University

The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...

. He has also been a Professor at FSU since 1980. Beckham was also president of the National Organization on Legal Problems of Education. In 1991, he was awarded the McGhehey Award for contributions to the field of education law. In 1997, FSU Gold Key honored him with the Ross Oglesby Award for contributions to FSU.

Prior to his position at FSU, he was administrative counsel to Connecticut Lieutenant Governor Peter Cashman and executive director of a comprehensive educational program for the Connecticut Council on Human Services.

Education

• Juris Doctorate from the University of Florida
  University of Florida
  The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
  
  in 1969.
• Doctorate of Philosophy in Educational Leadership from University of Florida in 1977.