Curriculum Vitae
Mimi Coughlin
Associate Professor
Department of Teacher Education
California State University, Sacramento
6000 J. Street
Sacramento, CA 95819-6079
Phone (916) 278-4080
[email protected]
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (2002) Boston College, Lynch Graduate School of Education
Curriculum and Instruction: Concentration in Critical Pedagogy,
Diversity, and Social Justice.
M.A. (1989) Stanford University
Education
B.A. (1988)
Stanford University
American Studies
Teaching Certifications
California Single Subject Teaching Credential, Social Studies
Colorado Teaching Certificate, Secondary Social Studies
CURRENT POSITIONS
Assistant Professor, Department of Teacher Education, California State
University, Sacramento (2003-present)
Courses Taught:
Social Studies for the Secondary School
History- Social Science for Diverse Classrooms (k-6)
Education for a Democratic, Pluralistic Society
Sex-Role Stereotyping in American Education
Gender Perspectives on Schooling (Graduate Seminar)
Becoming an Educated Person (Freshman Seminar)
Student Teaching Supervision
M.A. Thesis Advisor
Partnership/Lesson Study Coordinator, Teaching American History Grant,
Placer County Office of Education (2005-present)
Develop and present curriculum for annual two week Summer Institutes.
Facilitate lesson study process that extends the content of the Summer
Institute into the school year. Cultivate professional connections between
university-based historians, museum professionals, and k-12 teachers to
increase the quantity and quality of history education in Placer County
schools.
Teacher Consultant, California Geographic Alliance (2008 - )
Develop and present model lessons for use in K-12 classrooms. Advocate
for increased resources for geographic education.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Program Development and Evaluation
2002 – 2003
Assistant Director, Advanced Studies Fellowship Program, Brown
University, Providence, RI
Developed community and research resources for Fellows
and Faculty in a nonresidential postdoctoral program
entitled “The Nation and Its Schools: Federal and National
Strategies of School Reform” supported by the Spencer and
Hewlett Foundations. Designed evaluation instrument and
wrote summative report for the funding agencies.
1999-2001
Founding Director, Safe Schools Institute
Youth Pride, Inc., Providence, RI
Led state-wide collaborative initiative of k-12 educators,
parents, students, educational policy makers, social service
agencies, and teacher educators to address homophobia and
sexism in Rhode Island schools.
Teaching
2000-2002
Teaching Fellow, Social Studies and the Arts (k-6)
Boston College, Lynch Graduate School of Education
1997-1999
Teaching Assistant, Secondary History Methods
Boston College, Lynch Graduate School of Education
1997-1998
Clinical Faculty, Office of Professional Practicum Experiences
Boston College, Lynch Graduate School of Education
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1988-1997
Secondary Social Studies Teacher
Taught U.S. history, psychology, foundations of social science,
economics, political science, and world history in a variety of
middle and high school settings. Developed curriculum and
assessment in each of these areas and sponsored a range of
extracurricular activities.
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The American Community School, Cobham, England
1995-1997
Heritage High School, Littleton, CO 1993-1995
Dana Hall School, Wellesley, MA 1989-1992
Aragon High School, San Mateo, CA 1988-1989
(internship)
Research
1998-1999
Project Assistant, Spencer Foundation Major Grant
Boston College, Lynch Graduate School of Education
Coordinated partnership with participating elementary and
middle schools. Developed quantitative and qualitative
analytic schemes to assess classroom ecology using student
drawings. Designed and implemented study of pre-service
teachers‟ perceptions of teaching using a series of
drawings.
1997-1999
Research Assistant
Boston College, Lynch Graduate School of Education
Collected and analyzed qualitative data from interviews,
observations, and document analysis to investigate ways in
which pre-service teachers negotiate “controversial” topics
in secondary history classrooms.
PUBLICATIONS
Lee, M. and Coughlin, M. Developing teachers’ abiltity to make claims about
historical significance: A promising practice from a Teaching American
History grant
Submitted to The History Teacher (under review, submitted May, 2010)
Coughlin, M. (2007). “Women and History: Outside the Academy.” The History
Teacher. 40 (4). 471- 479
See It Grow: Two Organic Approaches to Bringing Civic Learning into the First
Year (2007)
A handbook published by the Community Service Learning,
California State University, Office of the Chancellor in
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collaboration with Sacramento State and Chico State colleagues
and with editorial support from the Chancellor‟s office.
Coughlin, M. & Seldin, A. (2001). “See teacher draw: Exploring pre-service
teachers‟ perceptions of teaching.” Academic Exchange Quarterly. 5 (13)
191-195.
Coughlin, M. (2000). “Using young adult literature to dismantle homophobia.”
Democracy & Education. 13 (3) 28-29.
REFEREED PAPERS
Coughlin, M. and Lee, M. “What would kids do for fun?” Learning from the
questions students ask about the past. Paper presented at the annual
meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver,
April, 2010.
Lee, M. and Coughlin, M. Lesson study and it’s impact on lesson planning:
Exploring lesson study experiences with history/social sciences teachers.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational
Research Association, Denver, CO (April, 2010)
Coughlin, M. “Using Technology to Enhance Pluralistic Thinking in Feminist
Thinking,” presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational
Research Association, San Francisco, April, 2006.
Coughlin, M. “She said - He said: Competing tensions between masculine and
feminine practices in American historiography,” presented at the annual
meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego,
April, 2004.
Coughlin, M. “Life history influences on teaching United States history,”
presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, Chicago, April, 2003.
Coughlin, M. “Teaching history: Personal and public narratives,” presented at the
annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association,
Chicago, April, 2003.
Coughlin, M. “Interpreting/Reinterpreting „The American Way‟ Photograph”
poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational
Research Association, Chicago, April, 2003.
Coughlin, M. “What counts and why? Exploring historical significance as
constructed by secondary United States history teachers,” presented at the
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annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New
Orleans, April, 2002.
Freedman, S. & Coughlin, M. “Can white teachers teach history?” presented at
the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association,
New Orleans, April, 2000.
Abbate, J., Amtzis, A., Coughlin, M., Fries, K., Gallo-Fox, J., Lizotte, D., O‟Day,
P., Phelan, C. , “When old practice meets new theory,” symposium
presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, New Orleans, April, 2000.
Haney, W. and the Drawing on Education research team. “Using student
drawings to promote reflection and school improvement,” poster presented
at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association,
Montreal, April, 1999.
Freedman, S. & Coughlin, M. “Pre-service teachers‟ perceptions of
„controversial‟ topics in history,” presented at the annual conference of the
Journal of Curriculum Theory, Bergamo Conference Center, Dayton,
Ohio, October, 1999.
WORKSHOPS and PRESENTATIONS
Presenter , Using Historical Empathy to Deepen Historical Thinking" session
presented at the annual California Council for History Education. Costa
Mesa, CA (September, 2009)
Presenter , “Lesson Study: A Powerful Approach to Professional Development”
panel discussion at the Teaching American History Annual Directors
Conference. Washington, DC (December, 2009)
Presenter , “WPA Guides: A trip into 1930s America” session presented at
the annual National Council for History Education. San Diego,
CA (March, 2010)
Presenter, Civic Skill Development: “A Promising Approach to Student Success”
First Year Experience Regional Conference, Partnerships and Practices.
Sacramento State University, August, 2008
Presenter, “The Care and Feeding of Healthy Lesson Study Teams”
California Capital Lesson Study Conference, Sacramento State University,
May, 2008.
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Presenter, “Lesson Study: Harnessing the Power of the Teaching American
History Grant” California Council of the Social Studies, Oakland, March,
2008
Presenter, “The Power of Primary Sources: Using Lesson Study to consider the
Realities of Slavery” Exploring Social Studies – Making History Matter:
An educational Leaders Summit sponsored by Teacher Created Materials,
Los Angeles, January 2008
Presenter, "Teaching with Primary Sources: Using the Lesson Study Process to
Improve Practice in Elementary Classrooms" California Council for
History Education. Riverside, September, 2007
Presenter, “Practicing Civic Skills and Student Success in the First Year”
American Democracy Project, sponsored by the American Association of
State Colleges and Universities, Philadelphia, June, 2007
Presenter, "Waves of Engagement: Service-Learning Peaks Supported by Civic
Engagement Momentum" Continuums of Service Conference, sponsored
by Campus Compact, San Jose, April, 2007
Presenter, “Social Studies Strategies Series,” Placer County Office of Education,
Auburn, Fall, 2007
Presenter, “Doing History: Not Just „Chapters‟; “Building Curiosity for
Historical Inquiry”; “Investigating Teaching and Learning using Lesson
Study” Placer County Teaching American History Grant,
Sierra College, Rocklin, June 2007 and June 2006
Presenter, “Kid Curious to the Rescue!”
National Council for Geographic Education, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
October, 2006
Chair, "What do we know? How do we know it? A review of 20 years of research
on gender in the social studies". American Educational Research
Association, San Francisco, April, 2006
Presenter, “Emerging Technologies and the Feminist Classroom: Forging New
Relationships” Faculty Brown Bag sponsored by the Center for Teaching
and Learning and the Women‟s Resource Center, California State
University, Sacramento, March 7, 2006
Presenter, “History –Social Science: Just another content area on exciting
adventure?” Professional Development Workshop, Placer County Office
of Education, March 8, 2006
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Presenter, “Angie Debo and the „New Native History‟” Women of the West: A
Multicultural, Multigenerational Women’s History Networking
Conference, Mills College, Oakland. October, 2006.
Presenter, “Program Evaluation Using Appreciative Inquiry” Advanced Studies
Fellowship Brown University, Providence, RI. June, 2005.
Presenter, “Kid Curious to the Rescue!” California Council of the Social Studies,
Burlingame, March, 2005
Presenter, “Women & History: Working Outside the Academy” Faculty Brown
Bag sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Women‟s
Resource Center, California State University, Sacramento, March, 2005.
Presenter, “Huichol Yarn Paintings” Arts Resources Fair, February, 2005 and
February, 2004, California State University, Sacramento
Chair, “Making Schools More Welcoming to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,
Transgender Students, Faculty, and Families” Multicultural Conference,
California State University, Sacramento, March, 2005 and March, 2004
GRANTS and AWARDS
Research and Creative Activity Award, Sacramento State University
“The Impact of Teacher Professional Development on Student
Achievement in American History”
2010
Pedagogy Enhancement Award, Sacramento State University
“Developing and Assessing Civic Skills in the Freshman Seminar”
2007-2008
Teaching American History Grant, United States Department of Education –
$999,506
“Focus on American History: Working Collaboratively to Increase Student
Achievement ” Placer County Office of Education, Auburn, CA
Awarded in collaboration with California State University, Sacramento
faculty in the Department of Teacher Education and the Department of
History, September, 2007 – 2010
Teaching American History Grant, United States Department of Education –
$999,978
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“Connections to American History: Understanding Our Nation Through a
Local Lens” Placer County Office of Education, Auburn, CA
Awarded in collaboration with California State University, Sacramento
faculty in the Department of Teacher Education and the Department of
History, September, 2005 – 2008
University Enterprise, Inc. Faculty Grant -$1000.00
Summer stipend to collaborate with Dr. Mimi Lee of Iowa State
University on scholarship related to the Teaching American History grants
Professional Development Grant, College of Education -$1000.00
“Appreciative Inquiry Facilitator Training” California State University,
Sacramento, January, 2005
Travel Grant, Research and Sponsored Projects -$350.00 each
California State University, Sacramento
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October, 2006
October, 2005
March, 2005
April, 2004
Professional Development Award for International Education Studies- $250.00
“Making Global Connections: Physical and Cultural Geography for
Elementary and Secondary Students” California State University,
Sacramento, March 2004
Donald J. White Teaching Excellence Award
Boston College, Lynch Graduate School of Education, 2002
Graduate Student Scholarship, Research on Women in Education SIG
American Educational Research Association, 2001
Dissertation Development Grant
Boston College, Lynch Graduate School of Education, 2000
COMMUNITY AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE
The History Summit, invited participant in a state-wide initiative organized by the
California History-Social Science Project to advocate for increased and
improved history instruction throughout California
Sierra Regional Ski for Light, guide for visually impaired athletes, 2006-present.
Rise Up Belize! Advancement Through Education, Founding Board Member
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Sacramento-based non-profit organization that supports and promotes
educational activities that benefit the children and adults of Belize, 20052006
California State University, Sacramento
Departmental Executive Committee, 2005- 2006, 2010-
One Book Program, Curriculum Contributor 2008
First Year Programs (formerly Freshman Programs)
Curriculum and Textbook Committee, 2007-present
The Legischool Project, Curriculum Writer 2007-present
Chair, Professional Development, Scholarships, and
Community Awards Committee, 2006-2007
Dean‟s Advisory Committee, 2006-2007
Review proposals for Pedagogy Enhancement Grants, 2004, 2005
Review proposals for Research and Creative Activity Grants, 2006 and
2008
Manuscript reviewer
“Gender Equity and Social Studies” chapter in the Handbook for
Achieving Gender Equity through Education, (2007)
Journal of Teacher Education, 2000 – present
Educational Policy, 2004
Proposal reviewer, American Educational Research Association
Social Studies Education, 2002, 2003
Division K: Teaching and Learning 2002, 2001
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MEMBERSHIPS
California Geographic Alliance
“Improving Geography Education” Teacher Development Course,
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San Diego, June 2008
California State University, Sacramento
“Teaching Using Technology” Faculty Development Course, June 2005
“Appreciative Inquiry” Facilitator Training, January, 2005
“Service Learning” Faculty Development Course, June, 2004
American Educational Research Association
Scholars in Gender Equity Studies mentoring workshop
San Diego, April, 2004
Division K Dissertation Development Seminar
Seattle, April, 2001
Memberships and Affiliations
American Educational Research Association
Division K: Teaching and Teacher Education
Division C: Learning and Instruction
Research on Women in Education Special Interest Group
Teaching History Special Interest Group
Lives of Teachers Special Interest Group
California Council of the Social Studies
National Council of Geography Education
California Council of History Education
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