Wayne Journell
Teacher Education and Higher Education (TEHE) Department
Associate Professor
Email: awjourne@uncg.edu
Office: 408 SOE Building
Research Interest
Secondary social studies, Political education, Teacher political disclosure, Educational technology
Education
- Ph.D in Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2009
- M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2004
- B.S. in Interdisciplinary Social Science, James Madison University, 2002
Biography
Dr. Journell is the Secondary Teacher Education Program coordinator and Secondary Social Studies Program coordinator at UNCG. His research focuses on the teaching of politics and political processes in secondary education. Dr. Journell also serves as an associate editor of Theory & Research in Social Education, the premier research journal in social studies education. In 2014, Dr. Journell won both the Exemplary Research in Social Studies Award from the National Council for the Social Studies and the Early Career Award from the College and University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies.
Publications
Journell, W. (in press). Teacher political disclosure as parrhēsia. Teachers College Record.
Journell, W., Beeson, M. W., & Ayers, C. A. (2015). Learning to think politically: Toward more complete disciplinary knowledge in civics and government courses. Theory & Research in Social Education, 43, 28-67.
Journell, W. (2013). What preservice social studies teachers (don’t) know about politics and current events—and why it matters. Theory & Research in Social Education, 41, 316-351.
Journell, W. (2012). Ideological homogeneity, school leadership, and political intolerance in secondary education: A study of three high schools during the 2008 Presidential Election. Journal of School Leadership, 22, 569-599.
Journell, W. (2011). Teachers’ controversial issue decisions related to race, gender, and religion during the 2008 Presidential Election. Theory & Research in Social Education, 39, 348-392.
Journell, W. (2011). Teaching the 2008 Presidential Election at three demographically diverse schools: An exercise in neoliberal governmentality. Educational Studies: A Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 47, 133-159.