Details
Education
PhD Curriculum and Instruction - Social Studies Education, 2000, University of Missouri
Teaching
- Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning
- Applications of Educational Measurement
- Law and the Classroom Teacher
- Contemporary Issues in Education
- Teaching of HS Social Sciences
- General Methods of Instruction in the Middle and Secondary Schools
- Introduction to Teaching in the Secondary School
- Clinical and Field Experiences in Secondary Education
Research and professional interests
Civic Education
Awards and honors
- Delegate to World Congress on Civic Education, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2010 (Center for Civic Education)
- Missouri Public Affairs Academy, Inspirational Teacher Award, Missouri State University, 2008, 2009
- Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 2007
- College Award for Educational Excellence in Teaching, Missouri State University, College of Education, 2006
- Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 2005
- National Council for the Social Studies “People To People” delegation to South Africa, 2004.
- College Award for Educational Excellence in Service, Southwest Missouri State University, College of Education, 2004
- United States Institute for Peace (Washington, DC) Summer Fellowship, 2003
- “We The People” (National Center for Civic Education) Summer Institute, 2003
- Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 2002
- High Flyer Teaching Award, University of Missouri-Columbia, College of Education 1998
- Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 1998
- College Award for Educational Excellence in Teaching, Southwest Missouri State University, College of Education, 1997
- Walter Scott Monroe Research Fellowship, University of Missouri, 1997-98
- Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 1996
- Springfield Founders Park Fellow 1995-96
- Missouri Scholars Academy: Teacher Appreciation Award, University of Missouri, 1995
- Who’s Who in American Education 1994-95
- Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 1992