Michael Joseph
Curriculum & Instruction
Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin, expected 2024M.A. in Teaching of Social Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2012
B.A. in History, The University of Texas at Austin, 2010
Email: mjoseph1487@gmail.com
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I am interested in the experiences of Arab American educators, primarily within the secondary Social Studies field, and how their cultural, ethnic, and linguistic identities impact their pedagogical practices. I also work with undergraduate and Masters-level preservice teachers working towards obtaining their Social Studies teaching certificate.
Anthony L Brown (Supervisor)
Focuses on historical and contemporary issues and discourses concerning African American students in schools and society.
Focuses on historical and contemporary issues and discourses concerning African American students in schools and society.
Cinthia S Salinas (Committee Member)
Dr. Salinas is a member of the Social Studies Education program area and is an affiliate faculty member in the Bilingual/Bicultural and the Cultural Studies in Education program areas. Her focus in the social studies includes critical historical inquiry in elementary bilingual and secondary education late arrival immigrant ESL classroom settings, as well as broader understandings of citizenship. Her work also examines social studies teachers' enactment/countering of curriculum through narratives that include civic identities, agency,...
Dr. Salinas is a member of the Social Studies Education program area and is an affiliate faculty member in the Bilingual/Bicultural and the Cultural Studies in Education program areas. Her focus in the social studies includes critical historical inquiry in elementary bilingual and secondary education late arrival immigrant ESL classroom settings, as well as broader understandings of citizenship. Her work also examines social studies teachers' enactment/countering of curriculum through narratives that include civic identities, agency,...
Katherina A Payne (Committee Member)
Researches civic education, early childhood/elementary education, and teacher education to examine the role of relationships, community, and justice to make classrooms democratic and equitable spaces.
Researches civic education, early childhood/elementary education, and teacher education to examine the role of relationships, community, and justice to make classrooms democratic and equitable spaces.
Batt, J. & Joseph, M. (2022). "The work of art is a scream of freedom": The power of multimodal arts and humanities in teaching marginalized histories. Texas Education Review, 10(1), 49–72. doi:https://doi.org/10.15781/qpnd-qk95.
Baker, M., Robinson, H. & Joseph, M. (2022). The fear of harm: The challenges preservice urban teachers have with historical perspective recognition when discussing difficult histories. Texas Education Review, 10(1), 30–48. doi:https://doi.org/10.15781/680y-je53.
Joseph, M. & Baker, M. (2022). "It's only right that you should play the way you feel it": Examining the fleeting emotions of preservice teachers' navigation of critical historical inquiry. Texas Education Review, 10(1), 12–29. doi:https://doi.org/10.15781/ep49-q895.
Batt, J. & Joseph, M. (2022). "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Sings Which Story?": Narrative production and race in the curriculum of film musicals. Northwest Journal of Teacher Education, 17(3). doi:https://doi.org/10.15760/nwjte.2022.17.3.20.
Alexander Caswell Ellis Fellowship in Education ($3,700), The University of Texas at Austin (2023 - 2024)
Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Graduate Fellowship ($3,200), The University of Texas at Austin (2023 - 2024)
Richard A. "Porky" Haberman Endowed Fellowship in Teacher Education ($1,400), The University of Texas at Austin (2023 - 2024)
University of Texas at Austin Graduate School Summer 2023 Fellowship ($6,900), The University of Texas at Austin (2023)
University of Texas at Austin Graduate School Dissertation Writing Fellowship ($9,200), The University of Texas at Austin (2023)
Alexander Caswell Ellis Fellowship in Education ($6,500), The University of Texas at Austin (2022 - 2023)
Alexander Caswell Ellis Fellowship in Education ($3,000), The University of Texas at Austin (2021 - 2022)
Alexander Caswell Ellis Fellowship in Education ($5,300), The University of Texas at Austin (2020 - 2021)
"Museums are Wormholes to Other Worlds": Art Museums as Sites of Teaching History Pedagogy, co-presented with Joanna Batt, American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, Illinois (2023)
Refashioning Destiny: A Critical Examination of a State History 2022 Museum's Highlight Film, co-presented with Heath Robinson, Melissa Rojas-Williams, & Joanna Batt, American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, California (2022)
"Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Sings Which Story?": Narrative Production and Race in Film Musicals, co-presented with Joanna Batt, American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, California (2022)
"History is a Gallery of Pictures": Art Museums and Preservice Teachers' Social Studies Pedagogy, co-presented with Joanna Batt, College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2022)
Putting Difficult History into Practice: The Pedagogical Reasoning of Social Studies Preservice Teachers in Urban Contexts, co-presented with Mathew Baker & William Bae, College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2022)
The Fear of Harm: The Challenges Preservice Urban Teachers Have with Historical Perspective Recognition When Discussing Difficult Histories, co-presented with Heath Robinson & Mathew Baker, College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA), (2021)
"It's only right that you should play the way you feel it": Examining the fleeting emotions of preservice teachers' navigation of historical inquiry, co-presented with Heath Robinson & Mathew Baker, College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA), (2021)
"The Work of Art is a Scream of Freedom": The Power of Multimodal Arts and Humanities in Bringing a More Equitable Lends to Teaching Marginalized Histories, co-presented with Joanna Batt, College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA), (2020)
Bridges Over Troubled Waters: Teaching Difficult Histories in Secondary Social Studies Classrooms, College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) Graduate Forum, (2020)
Let's Get Critical: Developing Justice-oriented Social Studies Methods, co-presented with Delandria Hall, Joanna Batt, Esther Kim, Steven Montemayor, Daniel Thomas, & Heath Robinson, College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA), Austin, Texas (2019)
The Art of OURStory: Using Decolonizing Artists and the Arts to Disrupt Teacher Education, co-presented with Joanna Batt, National Council of the Social Studies (NCSS), Austin, Texas (2019)
