Biography
Andrea M. Hawkman is an Associate Professor at Rowan University and a former high school social studies teacher. Her research and teaching focus on how whiteness and race exist, resist, and persist in social studies classrooms and contexts.
Major Contributions
- Whiteness and race in social studies education
- Antiracist pedagogy and teacher education
- Critical race theory in K-12 curriculum
- Elementary social studies methods
- Qualitative research on racial identity in teaching
Quick Facts
Role
Associate Professor
Department
Teacher Education and Leadership
Institute
Rowan University
Noted For
Race in Social Studies, Whiteness in Education
Public History
Researcher and teacher educator
“We must grapple with how whiteness and race persist in our classrooms.”
— Andrea M. Hawkman
Selected Research
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Swimming in and through whiteness: Antiracism in social studies teacher education
Where is the content?: Elementary social studies in preservice field experiences
Anti-racist quantitative research: Developing, validating, and implementing racialized teaching efficacy and racial fragility scales
I feel like I can do it now: preservice teacher efficacy in a co-teaching community of practice
Teaching race in high school social studies
Marking the Invisible: Articulating Whiteness in Social Studies Education
Let's try and grapple all of this: A snapshot of racial identity development and racial pedagogical decision making in an elective social studies course
What does it mean to be patriotic? Policing patriotism in sports and social studies education
Exposing whiteness in the elementary social studies methods classroom: In pursuit of developing antiracist teacher education candidates
Reifying common sense: Writing the 6-12 Missouri social studies content standards
I didn't quit. The system quit me. Examining why teachers of color leave teaching
Race and racism in the social studies: Foundations of critical race theory
The big lie(s): Situating the January 6th coup attempt within white supremacist lies
Whiteness as policy: Reconstructing racial privilege through school choice
The long Civil Rights Movement: Expanding Black history in the social studies classroom
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