Social Studies Education
PROGRAM AREA COORDINATOR
Anthony L. Brown
GRADUATE ADVISOR
Anthony L. Brown
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FACULTY RESEARCH INTERESTS
The program area of Social Studies in the department of curriculum and instruction at the University of Texas at Austin focuses on research, theory, and teacher preparation that explore the contextual and contested meanings of “history” and “citizenship” in the U.S. public schools. Drawing from a variety disciplines, our teacher education programs, master level programs and doctoral programs all pursue theoretical, historical, empirical, pedagogical questions that seek to excavate and analyze how issues of race, class, gender, sexuality, religion and cultural differences inform the field of social studies education.
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Program Affiliations
- American Educational Research Association (AERA)
- American Educational Studies Association (AESA)
- Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS)
- College and University Faculty Council (CUFA)
- The John Warfield Center for African and African American Studies (JWCAAAS)
- African and African Diaspora Studies Department (AADS)
- National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME)
- National Council for the Teaching of Social Studies (NCSS)