About the Program Director

Professor Alan Singer has a Ph.D. in U.S. history from Rutgers University. He is a professor of Teaching, Literacy and Leadership and the program director of graduate programs in Social Studies Education. Dr. Singer is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and is editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies.  He is the author of Teaching Global History (Routledge, 2011), New York and Slavery: Time to Teach the Truth (SUNY Press, Excelsior Editions, 2008), Social Studies for Secondary Schools (Routledge, 3rd edition, 2008), and editor of a 268-page secondary school curriculum guide, New York and Slavery: Complicity and Resistance.  In 2011, the Long Island Conference for the Social Studies awarded Dr. Singer the Mark Rothman Teacher Mentoring Award, for his commitment to students and continued excellence in education. He is also a regular blogger for Huffington Post and  History News Network.

For more information about the program, please contact:
Alan Singer, Ph.D.
Professor of Teaching, Literacy and Leadership
Program Director, Secondary Social Studies Education
Phone: 516-463-5853
Email: Alan.Singer@hofstra.edu
For more about Alan Singer, please visit his homepage.

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