Episode 191: Necropolitics in Social Studies with Bretton Varga, Cathryn van Kessel, & Rebecca Christ

In episode 191, Dan and Michael chat with Bretton Varga, Cathryn van Kessel, & Rebecca Christ about their article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Theorizing necropolitics in social studies education.”

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Episode 190: Civic Education through Southeast Asian Deportation Community Defense with Van Anh Tran

In episode 190, Dan and Michael chat with Van Anh Tran about her article published in Social Studies & the Young Learner, “We Are Here: Civic Education through Southeast Asian Deportation Community Defense.”

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Episode 189: The false dichotomy between Historical inquiry and Criticality with Maribel Santiago & Tadashi Dozono

In episode 189, Dan and Michael chat with friend of the pod Maribel Santiago and new guest Tadashi Dozono about their study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “History is critical: Addressing the false dichotomy between historical inquiry and criticality.”

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Episode 188: Computational Thinking in Social Studies with Meghan Manfra, Tom Hammond, & Robert Coven

In episode 188, Dan and Michael chat with Meghan Manfra, Tom Hammond, and Robert Coven about their study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “ Assessing computational thinking in the social studies.”

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Episode 187:  Teaching Historical Reading & Civic Online Reasoning with Sarah McGrew

In episode 187, Dan and Michael chat with friend of the pod Sarah McGrew about her study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Bridge or byway? Teaching historical reading and civic online reasoning in a US history class.”

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Episode 186: A Critical Place-based Partnership for Antiracist Elementary Social Studies Teacher Education with Emma Thacker and Aaron Bodle

In episode 186, Dan and Michael chat with friend of the pod Emma Thacker and Aaron Bodle about their study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Seizing the moment: A critical place-based partnership for antiracist elementary social studies teacher education.”

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Episode 184: The State of Social Studies Teacher Education Research with Lightning Jay

In episode 184, Dan and Michael chat with Lightning Jay about his study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “The disciplinary and critical divide in social studies teacher education research: A review of the literature from 2009–2019.”

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Episode 183: Civic-oriented Practices of Black Male Teacher-Coaches with Daniel Thomas III

In episode 183, Dan and Michael chat with Daniel Thomas III about his study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “‘If I can help somebody”: The civic-oriented thought and practices of Black male teacher-coaches.”

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Episode 182: Third-grade Students’ Sensemaking about Enslavement with Ryan Hughes

In episode 182, Dan and Michael chat with Ryan Hughescal about his study published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “‘What is slavery?’: Third-grade students’ sensemaking about enslavement through historical inquiry.”

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  1. Hughes, R. E. (2022). “What is slavery?”: Third-grade students’ sensemaking about enslavement through historical inquiry. Theory & Research in Social Education, 50(1), 29-73.
  2. Your Name Is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelo
  3. Davis, K. C. (2016). In the shadow of liberty: The hidden history of slavery, four presidents, and five Black lives. Henry Holt and Company
  4. Learning for Justice Teaching American Slavery
  5. Jay, B., & Lyerly, C. L. (Eds.). (2016). Understanding and teaching American slavery. University of Wisconsin Press.
  6. Ryan Hughes–“What is slavery?” on the Theory & Research in Social Education YouTube page

Biography

Ryan Hughes teaches courses in elementary school social studies methods focused on preparing early career teachers to teach social studies through inquiry. His research interests include students’ disciplinary thinking in history, inquiry pedagogy, and how students connect their study of the past to their own lives and identities in the present. His most recent research project explored how third grade students in the Midwest learned difficult African American history (i.e., enslavement) through inquiry. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Ryan taught elementary school in San Francisco for eight years prior to his doctoral studies.