Dr. Lowenstein has close to two decades of experience in school systems reform, educational leadership development, and teacher professional development in moral and civic education. In recognition of his work in teacher education Dr. Lowenstein received the 2007 Michigan Campus Compact Faculty/Staff Community Service-Learning Award and the 2006 Dean’s Award for Innovative Teaching. Before his career in higher education, Dr. Lowenstein taught high school Social Studies at Park East H.S., an alternative high school in East Harlem, New York City. Dr. Lowenstein was the 1996 New York City Board of Education Teacher of the Year for alternative schools.