Who We Are

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Who We Are
 
SIG Chair - Ellen Middaugh
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Ellen Middaugh, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Child and Adolescent Development at San José State University. She is co-PI for the (Civic Literacy, Action, & Reasoning in Online Networks) project, conducting research on youth civic development and engagement in the digital age. She previously served as Research Director for the Mills College Civic Engagement Research Group in Oakland, California and Senior Researcher with the . She is co-Editor of the volume Age (with Ben Kirshner). Recent publications include and (with Chris Evans). Ìý


ellen.middaugh@sjsu.eduÌý

 
 
Program Chair - Erica R. Hodgin
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Erica Hodgin is the Director of Civic Education at , an educational non-profit that uses lessons of the past to help create a better future. At Facing History, Erica is leading a multi-year civics initiative working with staff, schools, and teachers across the country to prepare students to participate as informed, ethical, and empowered civic actors in our democracy. Previously, Erica was the Co-Director of the  (CERG) at the University of California, Riverside where she partnered with educational leaders and key stakeholders on state, district, and school-wide reform efforts to promote high quality and equitable civic learning. Erica has co-created civic learning resource collections such as , a website with teacher resources and videos, as well as the  for educators. Erica’s  focuses on the distribution, quality, and influence of youth civic learning and digital civic learning opportunities. She has authored articles in Social Education, Theory and Research in Social Education, Democracy & Education, Journal of Children and Media, and American Journal of Education as well as numerous book chapters. Erica also taught English Language Arts and History-Social Science courses and served as an instructional coach at the middle school and high school level.

 

erica_hodgin@facinghistory.org

 
 
Secretary / Treasurer - Hillary Parkhouse
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Hillary Parkhouse, Ph.D.Ìýis an associate professor in the Department of Teaching and LearningÌýin the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Education. Her research focuses on how teacher education and professional development can support culturally relevant education and sociopolitical consciousness for teachers and students. She also studies critical civic education and global awareness for social justice. These research interests stem from her experiences teaching high school social studies, English as a Second Language, and literature in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City.Ìý

Dr. Parkhouse and her co-authors, Ariel Tichnor-Wagner, Jocelyn Glazier, and J. Montana Cain, published the bookÌýBecoming a Globally Competent TeacherÌý(ASCD, 2019). Dr. Parkhouse has also published articles inÌýHarvard Educational Review, Teachers College Record, Educational Researcher,ÌýandÌýReview of Educational Research.ÌýShe currently teaches courses on multilingual learners, bilingual education, curriculum development, and teacher education.

heparkhouse@vcu.edu