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Faculty Research Profiles: Susan Noffke

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Curriculum & Instruction
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1310 S. 6th St. MC 708
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Research Biography

I have done historical/conceptual work in social studies as well as some analysis of my own practice as a social studies teacher educator, both of these with a particular eye toward issues of anti-racist education. I have recently completed a number of publications reflecting these broad research interests. A natural outgrowth of both the conceptual and field studies has been on the need for a more adequate framework for curriculum history and curriculum development (including that for teacher education) to reflect the diverse segment of American education.

I have recently published on participatory action research and worked to facilitate understanding of diversity among pre-service teachers through social and community inquiry assignments.

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin, 1990
  • M.S., Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin, 1980
  • B.A., Music, Lawrence University, Appleton, 1972

Key Professional Appointments

  • Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois, 1998--
  • Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois, 1993-1998
  • Assistant Professor, Social Studies Education, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1989-1993
  • Associate Lecturer, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1987-1988

Activities & Honors

  • Graduate Student Seminar Committee Chair, Executive Board, AERA, Division K, 2008- present
  • Member, Social Justice Action Committee, Social Justice Action Committee, American Educational Research Association, 2005-2008
  • Outstanding Graduate Teaching by a Faculty Member, College of Education, 2003
  • Honorable Mention, Campus Award for Innovation in Campus Teaching, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001
  • Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Achievement in Graduate teaching, advising and research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1995

Grants

  • Principal Investigator, Developing Culturally Relevant Schooling Through Action Research, Campus Research Board, 2000

Selected Publications

  • Noffke, Susan E. & Somekh, Bridget (2011). Action Research. In C. Lewin & B. Somekh, Theory and Methods in Social Research, 2nd Ed. (pp. 94-101). London: Sage.
  • Brydon-Miller, Mary; Kral, Michael; Maguire, Patricia; Noffke, Susan E. & Sabhlok, Anu (In Press). Jazz and the Banyan tree: Roots and riffs on Participatory Action Research. In Norman Denzin and Yvonna Lincoln, Sage Handbook of Qualitative Research (4th Ed). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Noffke, Susan E. (2009). Revisiting the professional, personal and political dimensions of action research. In S. Noffke & B. Somekh (Eds.) The Sage Handbook of Educational Action Research (pp. 6-23). London: Sage Publications
  • Brennan, Marie & Noffke, Susan E. (2009). Social-political theory in working with teachers for social justice schooling. In: S. Noffke & B. Somekh (Eds) The Sage Handbook of Educational Action Research (pp. 432-441). London: Sage Publications.
  • Noffke, Susan E. & Somekh, Bridget. (Eds.) (2009). The Sage Handbook of Educational Action Research. London: Sage.