Faculty Profiles
Jeff Greiner
Education
- PhD, North Carolina State University (Curriculum and Instruction – Social Studies Education)
- MS, Peru State College (Curriculum and Instruction – Instructional Technology)
- BS, Iowa State University (History, Secondary Education)
Areas of Expertise
- Social Studies Education
- Social Justice Education
- Inquiry-based Teaching
- Middle Grades Education
- C3 Framework/Inquiry Arc
Research Interests
- Social Studies Education
- Social Justice Education
- Inquiry-based teaching
- Critical Pedagogies
- Inquiry-Based Teaching/C3 Framework
Courses Recently Taught
- EDUC 220 Instructional Technology
- EDUC 240 General Elementary Methods
- EDUC 302 Teaching Social Studies in Elementary and Middle School
- EDUC 443 Teaching Social Studies in the Jr High/Middle/High School
Creative and Scholarly Work
- Manfra, M. M., & Greiner, J. A. (2016). "Technology and disciplined inquiry in the world history classroom." Social Education, 80(2), 123-128.
- Greiner, J. A. (2016). Seventh-grade social studies versus social meliorism. The Social Studies, 1–9.
- Greiner, J. A. (2017). Fixing the world: Social justice in 7th grade world history. In Possibilities in Practice: Social Justice Teachings in the Disciplines (pp. 121-132). New York, NY: Peter Lang.
- Medlock Paul, C. and Greiner. J.A. (2017). "Critical Literacy in the Disciplines." Presentation at the International Literacy Conference, Orlando, FL.
- Manfra, M. and Greiner. J.A. (2017). "Disciplined Inquiry in Middle Grades World History." Presentation at the College and University Faculty Association/National Council for the Social Studies conference, San Francisco, 2017.
- Manfra, M. and Greiner. J.A. (2018). "The Emancipatory Potential of Practitioner Research in the Social Studies." Presentation at the College and University Faculty Association/National Council for the Social Studies conference, Chicago, 2018.
- Greiner, J. A. (2019). Using the C3 Inquiry Arc to teach critical issues in a social studies classroom (Publication No. deg17948) [Doctoral Dissertation, North Carolina State University].
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Manfra, M. M., and Greiner, J.A. (2020) Integrating the C3 Framework in the social studies: An action research study. Social Studies Research and Practice, 5(4).
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Greiner, J. A. and Higgs-Coulthard, K. (2022).Toward an integrated approach: Social studies disciplinary literacy in elementary methods courses. Ohio Social Studies Review, 58 (1): Article 2.
Professional Memberships
- National Council for the Social Studies/College and University Faculty Assembly