Brandon Haas - Middle Grades & Secondary Education

Brandon Haas

Associate Professor

706-864-1531

Newton Oakes Center, 123, Dahlonega

Education

Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction: Social Science Education, University of South Florida, 2015
M.A.T., Social Science Education, University of South Florida, 2008
B.A., History, University of South Florida,2005

Courses Taught

Undergraduate

EDUC 2110 - Critical Issues in Education
EDUC 2120 - Experiencing Socio-Cultural Perspectives in Education
EDUC 2130 - Intro to Teaching and Learning
MGED 4010 - Classroom Management
MGED 4020 - Instructional Strategies and Monitoring
ECSP 3300 - Teaching Social Studies

Graduate

EDUC 5102 - Curriculum and Assessment
EDUC 6400 - Introduction to Research
EDUC 6554 - Historical and Contemporary Perspectives of Curriculum & Instruction

Research/Special Interests

Dr. Haas' work focuses on the teaching, learning, and impact of social studies, including: the development of empathy, role of emotion in social studies, social justice, Holocaust and genocide education.

Select Publications

Haas, B., & Christ, R. (2020). “Relating to instruction in public schools about genocide”: An analysis of Oregon’s Senate Bill 664. Oregon Journal of the Social Studies, 8(2), 4-24.

Haas, B., Samuels, A., & Samuels, G. (2020), Higher learning: Race and the school-to-prison pipeline. In D. Mackey, & K. Elvey (Eds.), Society, Ethics, and the Law: A Reader (pp. 277-289). Jones and Bartlett Learning: Burlington, MA.

Haas, B. (2019). Bearing witness: Teacher perspectives on developing empathy through Holocaust survivor testimony. The Social Studies, 111(2), 86-103. Doi:10.1080/00377996.2019.1693949

Samuels, A., Samuels, G., & Haas, B. (2017). The revolution will be live: Examining educational (in)justice through the lens of Black Lives Matter. Journal of Educational Controversy, 12(1), Article 4.