Summary
Ian McGregor, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno. His scholarship and teaching focus on social studies teacher preparation, human rights education, and civics/citizenship education with an emphasis on teaching difficult history. His current research explores how teachers and students conceptualize citizenship in human rights education and the use of virtual interactive technologies in Holocaust museum education. Before joining the Wolf Pack, Dr. McGregor was a high school social studies teacher in Louisiana for six years.
Education
- Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction, University of Connecticut, 2021
- Ed.S., Gifted Education, Louisiana State University, 2013
- M.A.T., Secondary Social Studies Education, Louisiana State University, 2011
- B.A., History, Louisiana State University, 2010
Professional Experience
- 2022-present: Assistant Professor, College of Education and Human Development, University of Nevada Reno
- 2021-2022: Postdoctoral Fellow, Human Rights Institute, University of Connecticut
- 2017-2021: Instructor, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut
- 2017-2021: Student Teaching Supervisor, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut
- 2011-2017: Social Studies Teacher, East Baton Rouge Parish School System
Selected Presentations
McGregor, I.M. (April 2022). “Some kind of crazy Eleanor Roosevelt utopia”: Human rights educators’ coalescing conceptions with citizenship education. In C. Martell (Chair), Promoting equitable social studies education. Paper session at the 106th American Educational Research Association Annual Conference. San Diego, CA.
McGregor, I.M., Mitoma, G., & Sandra, S. (April 2022). Human rights education as a model for citizenship education. In J. Corson (Chair), Dissecting (de)humanizing educational experiences. Paper session at the 106th American Educational Research Association Annual Conference. San Diego, CA.
McGregor, I.M., Hicks, D., Marcus, A.S., Schweber, S., Stoddard, J. & Mills, G. (April 2022). Performance in pedagogy: The interactional forces informing a museum’s use of virtual interactive survivor testimony. In A. Eckhoff (Chair), Beyond the classroom: Meaningful learning in informal space. Paper session at the 106th American Educational Research Association Annual Conference. San Diego, CA.
McGregor, I.M. (December 2020). Teaching for global citizenship through human rights: A case study. In D. Vesperman (Chair), Preparing citizens for a globalizing society. Paper session at the 100th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference: College and University Faculty Assembly. (Virtual Conference).
Marcus, A.S., McGregor, I.M., Stoddard, J., Schweber, S., Mills, G., Maor, R., & Hicks, D. (December 2020). Contested historical spaces: Virtual interactive Holocaust survivor testimony. Symposium presentation and papers for the 100th National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference: College and University Faculty Assembly. (Virtual Conference)
Sirota, S., Mitoma, G., McGregor, I. M., & Marien, J. (March 2020). Human rights education as a strategy to advance social and emotional learning. In Human rights and peace education. Paper session at the 64th Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference. Miami, FL. (Conference Canceled).
Publications
McGregor, I.M., Mitoma, G., & Sirota, S. (forthcoming). Re-imagining citizenship education through critical-transformational human rights education. In D. Vesperman, A. Aydinian-Perry, M. Missias, & W. Blankenship (Eds.) Out of Turmoil: Catalysts for Re-learning, Re-Teaching, and Re-imagining History and Social Sciences.
McGregor, I.M., Harvel, S., Simmons, J., & Griffith, K. (2022). Social studies stakeholder input: A report to the Connecticut state department of education. Connecticut Council for the Social Studies.
Marcus, A.S., Maor, R., McGregor, I.M., Mills, G., Schweber, S., Stoddard, J.D., & Hicks, D. (2021). Holocaust education with virtual interactive survivor testimony: Ethical dilemmas, goals, and challenges. Holocaust Studies. DOI:10.1080/17504902.2021.1979176
McGregor, I.M., Marcus, A.S., & Moss, D.M. (2019). Promoting intercultural competence in professional spaces: Education abroad experiences in England for social studies pre-service teachers. Global Education Review, 6(4), 31-49.
Courses
- EDU 202: Introduction to Teaching (Secondary)
- EDSC 473: Teaching Secondary Social Studies
- EDSC 673: Teaching Secondary Social Studies