Joan Malczewski
Curriculum Vitae/Syllabi
- The Social Studies Curriculum: U.S. History
- Education and the American Dream: Historical Perspectives on Democracy and Education
- U.S. History and Geography: 1865 - Present
- How Colleges Work
- Undergraduate Honors Seminar
- CV
Joan Malczewski conducts research on the relationship between northern philanthropy and southern education history, specifically focusing on the development of public education for rural blacks in the early twentieth century and state building. She has served as Assistant Dean at Teachers College from 1995-2001 and at the Steinhardt School of Education from 2003-2006. Malczewski received her Ph.D. in history and education from Columbia University in 2002. She teaches in the Department of Teaching and Learning, the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Professions, and the Department of Administration, Leadership and Technology.
Selected Publications
- Malczewski, Joan, Debra Plafker-Gutt, and Robert Cohen, “Teaching about Starbucks and Consumer Literacy.” Social Education, (June, 2011).
- “‘The Schools Lost Their Isolation’: Institutions and Agency in Educational Policy Development, 1909 – 1935.” Journal of Policy History. (June, 2011). (view)
- Joan Malczewski, "Weak State, Stronger Schools: Northern Philanthropy and Organizational Change in the Jim Crow South," Journal of Southern History, v. LXXV, November 2009. (link)
- Joan Malczewski, with Ryan Mills and Ashley Merriman, "A creative and disciplinary approach to teaching about slavery in the middle school and high school classroom," In Teaching U.S. History: Dialogues with Historians, ed., Robert Cohen, Diana Turk, Rachel Mattson and Terrie Epstein (Routledge, 2009).
- Michael Stoll, Joan Malczewski, and David Montgomery, "Gender, Race and Reform in the Progressive Era," In Teaching U.S. History: Dialogues with Historians, ed., Robert Cohen, Diana Turk, Rachel Mattson and Terrie Epstein (Routledge, 2009)
Awards
- 2011 : Spencer Foundation, "Building a New Educational State," $40,000
- 2010 : Steinhardt Challenge IDEA Award, “Building a New Educational State,” $5,000.