Meghan McGlinn Manfra
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Dr. Manfra is the coordinator for the undergraduate and graduate secondary social studies programs at NC State. She serves as co-editor for the instructional technology section of Social Education and is an active member in the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), the North Carolina Council for the Social Studies (NCCSS), the Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education (AACE), and the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
Education
Ph.D., Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.A., History, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
B.A., History, Elon College
Research areas
Dr. Manfra’s current research interests include the integration of digital history to make social studies instruction more authentic and meaningful for students. A second line of inquiry focuses on teacher research for professional development. Using critical theory as the guiding framework, she is researching the manner in which teacher-directed inquiry can create more democratic classrooms.
Courses Taught
• ECI 460 Methods & Materials of Teaching Secondary Social Studies
• ECI 501 Foundations of Curriculum
• ECI 526 Theory & Research on Teaching and Learning Social Studies
Recent Publications
Manfra, M.M. (2009). Critical inquiry in the social studies classroom: Portraits of critical teacher research. Theory and Research in Social Education, 37(2), 298-316.
Manfra, M.M. (2009). Authentic intellectual work on school desegregation: The digital history of massive resistance in Norfolk, Virginia. Social Education, 73(3), 131-135.
Manfra, M.M. (2009). The middle ground in action research: Integrating practical and critical inquiry. Journal of Curriculum & Instruction, 3(1), 32-46.
Hammond, T. C., & Manfra, M. M. (2009). Giving, prompting, making: Aligning technology and pedagogy within TPACK for social studies instruction. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education [Online serial], 9(2). Retrieved from http://www.citejournal.org/vol9/iss2/socialstudies/article1.cfm.
Manfra, M. M. (2008). Digital history and citizenship education. In P. J. VanFossen & M.J. Berson (Eds.), The electronic republic? The impact of technology on education for citizenship (pp. 196-213). West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press.
Manfra, M.M. & Bolick, C.M. (2008). Reinventing master’s degree study for experienced social studies teachers. Social Studies Research & Practice, 3(2), 29-41.
Manfra, M.M. & Hammond, T. (2008). Teachers' instructional choices with student-created digital documentaries: Case studies. Journal of Research in Technology Integration.41(2), 37-59.
Manfra, M.M. & Stoddard, J. (2008). Powerful and Authentic Digital Media Strategies for Teaching about Genocide and the Holocaust. The Social Studies, 99(6).
Manfra, M. M. (2007). The course of the republic: American responses to technology in the nineteenth century. Social Education, 71(3), 146-152.
McGlinn, M. (2007). Using the "Documenting the American South" Digital Library in the social studies: A case study of the experiences of teachers in the field. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education [Online serial], 7(1). Available: http://www.citejournal.org/vol7/iss1/socialstudies/article1.cfm
DEPARTMENTAL ADDRESS & CONTACT INFO
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Box 7801, North Carolina State University
Raleigh, N.C. 27695-7801
