Expert Source: Samuel J. Katz, Ed.D.

Before joining Ohio Wesleyan in 2004, Samuel J. Katz, Ed.D., taught at the middle and secondary level in alternative and traditional schools in New York City and Nashville, Tenn. With a special interest in the history of teacher education, Katz’s doctoral research explored the response of teacher education to the Brown v. Board of Education decision. His other research interests include civic and democratic education, the philosophical roots of contemporary education policy, and parental rights within school choice.

Education:

• B.A., Brown University
• M.Ed., University of Texas
• M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University
• Ed.D., Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

Areas of Expertise:

• Educational foundations
• Social studies education
• History of education (desegregation and teacher education)
• Comparative education
• Civic education
• Democratic education

Selected Publications:

• “Rousseau Revisited” (Journal of the Society for the Philosophy and History of Education, 2006)
• “Did the Life Adjustment Curriculum Derail Teacher Education’s Response to Desegregation?” (American Educational History Journal, 2006, in press)
• “Standard Americans? The National Standards for Civics and Government” (Journal of the National Social Science Association, 2005, in press)