Steven P. Camicia

Steven P. Camicia

Elementary Education
Email: Steven.camicia@usu.edu
Phone: (435) 797- 0390

Education

  • University of Washington, Seattle, WA - Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction in Social Studies Education, 2007
  • University of Nevada, Reno, NV - M.Ed. in Elementary Education, 2004
  • San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA - B.A. in Classics, 1986

Teaching Experiences

  • Utah State University, Logan, UT - Assistant Professor, 2007-Present
  • ELED 4050 - Teaching Social Studies and Practicum- Level III
  • EDUC 6770 - Qualitative Methods
  • ELED 6800 - Improvement of Social Studies Instruction
  • EDUC 7300 - Historical, Social, and Cultural Foundations of Education
  • Student Teacher Supervisor - Supervision of student teachers in elementary grades.
  • University of Washington, Seattle, WA - Instructor
  • Integrating technology into social studies instruction, 2006-2007
  • Washoe County School District, Reno, NV
  • Elementary School Teacher 2002-2004
  • K-12 Substitute Teacher 2001-2002

Refereed Publications

  • Camicia, S. P. (2007). Prejudice reduction through multicultural education: Connecting multiple literatures. Social Studies Research and Practice, 2(2), 219-227.
  • Camicia, S. P. (2007). Deliberating immigration policy: Locating instructional materials within global and multicultural perspectives. Theory and Research in Social Education, 35(1), 96-111.

Presentations

  • American Educational Research Association, New York "The New 'International Education' Movement in U.S. Schools: Civic and Capital Intents, Local and Global Affinities." 2008
  • American Educational Research Association, New York "Deciding What Is a Controversial Issue: A Case Study of Social Studies Curriculum Contention." 2008
  • College and University Faculty Assembly, San Diego, CA "Identifying Soft Democratic Education: A Method for Uncovering the Range of Civic and Cultural Choices in Instructional Materials."
  • "The New 'International Education' Movement in U.S. Schools: Contestation and Continuity." 2007
  • American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL “Social Movement Theory and Curriculum Contention: Challenger Strategies and School Responses.” - 2007
  • American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL “Disputing Historical Evaluations in the Curriculum: Local and National Intertextuality in Curriculum Challenge and Change.” - 2007
  • Qualitative Methods Conference, University of Washington, Seattle, WA “Contentious Curricula: Challenger Strategies and School Responses.” - 2006
  • College and University Faculty Assembly, Kansas City, MO “Positioning Deliberative Curricula within Global and Multicultural Education: An Analysis of Two Immigration Curricula.” - 2005

Professional Service

  • Board Member-Utah Geographic Alliance 2008-Present
  • Reviewer-Theory and Research in Social Education 2008-Present
  • Reviewer- Social Studies Research and Practice, a double- blind refereed journal. 2006-Present Reviewer- College and University Faculty Assembly. Review proposals on social studies research for annual conference. 2006-Present
  • Secretary-Utah chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education 2007-Present

Professional Affiliations

  • Utah Geographic Alliance 2008
  • Utah Council for Social Studies 2007
  • Utah Chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education 2007
  • American Educational Research Association 2005
  • National Association for Multicultural Education 2005
  • College and University Faculty Assembly 2005
  • National Council for the Social Studies 2004


Upcoming Deadlines

  • October 1
    Apply to the Teacher Education Program

  • October 1
    Apply for Student Teaching