Faculty Directory

Stephen J Thornton

Research Areas

  • Social Studies
  • Curriculum Studies

Selected Publications

"Teaching Social Studies That Matters." Teachers College Press, 2005.

"Gateway to Social Studies" (with Barbara Cruz). National Geographic Learning/Cengage, 2013.

"The Curriculum Studies Reader" (with David Flinders), 6th edition. Routledge, 2022.

"Teaching Social Studies to English Language Learners" (with Barbara Cruz), third edition. Routledge, 2025.

Selected Awards or Honors

Jean Grambs Career Research Award, from the National Council for the Social Studies, 2018.

 

 

Contact Info

Professor Emeritus
sjthornton14@gmail.com