Faculty Scholarship
The 5 full-time social science education professors have diverse interests, perspectives, and approaches to the topics and scholarship of social science education. Each social science education faculty member has been recognized nationally and/or internationally in their respective areas of expertise as documented by over 75 published books, 40 edited journals, over 1000 regional or national/international presentations and invited papers, at least 250 journal articles/chapters, and in excess of $12 million in grants to support their efforts. Brief biographies indicating research interest of each professor are available at Social
Science Education Faculty.
Sampling of Recent Presentations
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Faculty, Graduates, and Doctoral Studies
The following is a sampling of presentations by our faculty, recent graduates, and students. For information on publications, go to each professor's web page via SSE Faculty
Bailey R., Carano, K. (2009, January). Breaking Down the Walls of the Classroom: Social
Networking Sites as a Tool for Cultural Empowerment . Presentation at the 8 th International Studies Schools Association, Tampa , FL.
Bailey, R., Carano, K. (2008, November). Blogged Down in an Interconnected World. Presentation at the 88 th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Houston, TX.
Bailey R., Carano, K. (2008, October). Crossing Cultural Borders: Incorporating Social Networking Sites in the Classroom . Presentation at the 51 st Florida Council for the Socia Studies Annual Conference, St. Petersburg , FL.
berson, I. R., & Berson , M. J. (2009, April). A model of community-based participatory research to advocate for young children’s well being. Presentation at the 90 th American Educational Research Association Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Berson, I. R., & Berson, M. J. (2009, March). Cyberactivity among at-risk youth: A comparative analysis. Paper presentation at the 20 th International Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Charleston, SC.
Berson, M. J. (2009, February). Digital-age learners in a socially networked world. Panelist at the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE) 61 st Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Berson, M. J. (2008, November). Welcome to the digital classroom for elementary social studies. Co-chair of session at the 88 th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Houston, TX.
Berson, M. J. (2008, November). Developing informed practice with research in the social studies. Panelist at the 88 th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Houston, TX.
Bousalis-Aliak, R. (2008, October). Elementary Social Studies Education:Textless Teaching. Session presenter at the 51st Annual Florida Council for the Social Studies (FCSS) Conference, St. Petersburg, FL.
Bousalis-Aliak, R. (2008, November). Elementary Social Studies Education:Textless Teaching. Poster session presenter at the 88 th National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Conference, Houston, TX.
Carano, K. T., Sheffield, C. C., & Berson, M. J. (2009, March). Past as Prologue: Visions of technology in historic dime novels. Paper presentation at the 20 th International Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Charleston, SC.
Carano, K. (2009, June). The Global Classroom: Digital Technology as a Tool for Global Understanding and Service-Learning . Presentation at Second International Conference on Service-Learning in Teacher Education, Galway , Ireland.
Carano, K. (2009, January). Passport to Cultural Enrichment: The Peace Corps World Wise Schools Experience . Presentation at the 8 th International Studies Schools Association, Tampa , FL.
Carano, K. (2008, November). Narrowing the Cultural Divide: Development of a Global Perspectives Measuring Instrument for Social Studies Instructors . Graduate Student Research Roundtable Session at the annual meeting of the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA), Houston , TX.
Carano, K., Bailey, R. (2008, November). Soldiers, Prostitutes, & Lost Boys: Teaching Human Rights in an Era of No Child Left Behind . Presentation at the 15 th Annual Meeting of the International Assembly for Social Educators, Houston , TX .
Carano , K. (2008, October). Peace Corps WorldWise Schools: Building a Culturally Aware Classroom . Presentation at the 51 st Florida Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, St. Petersburg , FL.
Carano, K. T. (2008, June). Becoming Globally Literate: Teaching Cross-Cultural Awareness through the use of Social Networking Sites. Presentation at The College Teaching & Learning Conference, Rothenburg , Germany.
Carano, K. T., Berson, M. J. (2008, March). Teaching Global and Cultural Literacy through the use of Technology . Presentation at the 19 th International Conference of the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, Las Vegas , NV .
Cruz, B. & Thornton, S. (2008, November). Effective Social Studies for English Language Learners. Presentation at the 88 th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Houston, TX.
Cruz, B. (2008, November). English Language Learners and the Social Studies: An Urgent Priority, A Moral Imperative. Presentation at an NCSS Vital Issues session, 88 th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Houston, TX.
Cruz, B. (2008, November). Teacher Education in the U.S.A: A Retrospective on the Global Awareness Program. Presentation at the College and University Faculty Assembly CUFA, 88 th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Houston, TX.
Cruz, B. & Thornton, S. (2008, November). Teaching English Language Learners Across the Curriculum. Poster Presentation, Educational Research for the Advancement of Community, Research One symposium, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
Cruz, B. & Thornton, S. (2008, October). Including English Language Learners in Social Studies. Presentation at the Florida Council for Social Studies, St. Petersburg, Florida.
Cruz, B. (2008, May). Teaching about Latinos and Latin Americans in K-12: Challenges and Opportunities . Presentation at the Prepárate (College Board) Conference. Chicago, IL.
Cruz, B. (2008, April). Teaching about Latinos and Latin Americans in K-12: Challenges and Opportunities. Presentation at the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies 55th Annual Meeting, Ybor City, Florida.
Duplass, J & Cruz, B. (2008, November). Professional Dispositions: What’s a Social Studies Education Professor to do?” Presentation at the College and University Faculty Assembly CUFA, 88 th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Houston, TX.
Johnston, J. H. (February 27, 2009). Change that sticks: Managing the deep structures of school reform. Middle Level strand keynote address, National Association of Secondary School Principals annual convention, San Diego, CA.
Johnston, J. H. (August, 2008). Personalized leadership development improves student performance: Lessons from the field. Assembly Session, The Conference Board, Public Affairs Council, conference on Corporate Social Responsibility. San Francisco, CA.
Johnston, J. H. (August, 2008). Business and education partnerships: Getting it right. Presentation at The Conference Board, Public Affairs Council, conference on Corporate Social Responsibility. San Francisco, CA.
Johnston, J. H. and Burns, H. R. (November, 2007). Successful dropout prevention and recovery: A district-wide initiative. Research into Practice Assembly, Texas Superintendents’ Conference, Region 13 Education Service Center, Waco, TX.
Johnston, J. H. (November, 2006). Levers of leadership: Maximizing leaders’ efforts to improve school performance. Leadership keynote address, National Middle School Association, annual convention. Houston, TX.
Rodriguez, P., & Ferron, J. (2008, November). A randomization test SAS program for making treatment effect inferences for extensions and variations of ABAB Single-Case experimental design. Poster Presentation at the 54th Annual Conference of the Florida Educational Research Association, Orlando FL. Recipient of the 2008 Research Award to the Best Overall Graduate Student Poster.
Rodriguez, P., Hess, M. R., Scott, H. M., Hibbard, S. T., & Pride, B. L. (2008, March). Structuring school choice: What do parents and families want? Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York, New York.
Sheffield, C. C., Carano, K. T., & Berson, M. J. (2008, November). Today’s technology and yesterday’s science fiction: Engaging historical thinking and creativity in middle grades social studies. Presentation at the 55 th Annual Convention of the National Association for Gifted Children, Tampa, Fl.
Thornton, Stephen J. (2008, November). Silence on gays and lesbians in curriculum materials. Paper presented at the National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Houston, Texas.
Thornton, Stephen J. (2008, November). Geography as complement to history. Paper presented at the National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Houston, Texas.
2007
Berson, M. J. (2007, April). Ubiquitous computing in education: Invisible technology, visible impact. Symposium presentation at the 88th American Educational Research Association Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Carano, K.T., Keefer, N., & Berson, M. J. (2007, March). Mobilizing social networking technology to empower a new generation of civic activism among youth. Paper presentation at the 18th International Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, San Antonio, TX.
Carano, K.T., & Berson, M. J. (2007, March). Breaking stereotypes: Constructing geographic literacy & cultural awareness through technology. Paper presentation at the 18th International Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, San Antonio, TX.
Carano, K.T., Parrish, C., & Berson, M. J. (2007, February). Applications of emerging technology in social studies education. Presentation at the 12th Symposium on 21st Century Teaching Technologies, Tampa, FL.
Fenaughty, J., Berson, I. R., & Berson, M. J. (2007, April). An examination of animated video to shape young children’s perceptions and perspectives about cybersafety. Presentation at the 88th American Educational Research Association Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Friedman, A., Bolick, C. M., & Berson, M. J. (2007, April). Third survey of social studies faculty: Technology beliefs and practices. Paper presentation at the 88th American Educational Research Association Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Hines, C.V., Hess, M.R., Hibbard, S.T., Rodriguez, P., Andryc, B., & Kromrey, J.D. (2007, April). Preparation of education doctoral students in research methods in the United States: A national survey. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Thornton, S. J., & Barton, K. C. (2007, April). Why history education is impossible without social studies. Paper discussion at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.
2006
Bailey, R. W. (2006, December). Global Perspectives in the Social Studies Classroom. Panel Presentation at the 86th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Berson, M. J. (2006, December). Making a difference in social studies by connecting research to practice. Panel presentation at the 86th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Berson, M. J. (2006, December). Effective technology integration in the social studies: Promising practices. Panel presentation at the 86th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Berson, M. J. (2006, December). The infusion of technology into exemplary social studies lessons. Panel presentation at the 86th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Chandler, T. & Keefer, N. (2006, December). The Utilization of Online Mapping Programs in Social Studies Education. Presentation at the 86th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Crocco, M. S., & Thornton, S. J., “Small victories,” In CUFA symposium “Enhancing New York City teachers’ knowledge of US history: Lessons from a successful professional development program,” Thursday.
Cruz, B. C., Berson, M. J., & Duplass, J. A. (2006, December). The politics of marriage and race in American history. Presentation at the 86th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Cruz, B.; Bailey, R.; Miliziano, K.; Mousseau, M. (2006, December). Global Perspectives in the Social Studies Classroom. Panel presentation at the 86th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Cruz, B. (2006, December). A Discussion with the Carter G. Woodson Book Award Authors. Panel presentation at the 86th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Groendal, J., Marques Patterson, J., Call, I. & O'Brien, J. (2006, December). The Triangle shirtwaist fire: Putting active learning strategies into practice. Presentation at the 86th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Marques Patterson, J., Groendal, J., Call, I. & O'Brien, J. (2006, December). The Promise of interactive technology: WebQuests, women and Washington, DC. Presentation at the 86th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Thornton, S. J. et al. (2006, November).“Does social studies have a future”? CUFA Opening Session at the College and University Faculty Assembly of the 86th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Thornton, S. J., & Alexander-Shea, A. (2006, November).“Can we improve geographic education through history”? “Geography as a cross-disciplinary endeavor: Place and structuring of meaning, identity, and/as citizenship,” Symposium at the College and University Faculty Assembly of the 86th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Thornton, S. J., et al. (2006, December). Scope and sequence a national plan. Presentation at the 86th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Washington, DC.
Carano, K., & Bailey, R. (2005, October). Making Global Education Work. Presentation at the 48th Florida Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Daytona Beach, FL.
Ganley, S., Sheffield, C., & Wilkins, K. (October, 2005). Picture this: Picture books in secondary classrooms. Presentation at Florida Council for the Social Studies Conference, Daytona Beach, FL.
Marques Patterson, J., & Groendal, J. (2005, October). The "One-computer" Classroom: Literacy-based Technology Strategies that Work! Presentation at the 48th Florida Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Daytona Beach, FL.
Mixon, N. K. (2005, October). Creating your own culture: constructing a relevant understanding of the components of culture. Presentation at the 48th Florida Council for the Social Studies, Daytona, FL.
Sullens, C., & Ganley, S. (Oct. 2005). Reading to Learn: Using Civic Literature to Promote Cognition and Comprehension. Presentation at the Florida Council for the Social Studies, Daytona Beach, FL.
