Biography
An education researcher and Utah teacher whose work examines how textbooks and curriculum materials portray controversial historical events — from the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the War on Terror, the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and how media literacy is taught in civics classrooms.
Research Focus
Focus
Comparative History Textbooks
Area
Civics Education in Contentious Times
Approach
Critical Perspective Analysis
“We must help students move beyond memorization to actually analyze competing perspectives.”
— Kason Kendall
Published Research
Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Curriculum: Textbook Narratives and Georgia's Standards of Excellence (2026) — Teaching Social Studies in the Peach State
Spotting Power: Reframing Media Literacy in Civic Education (2026) — Democracy & Education
Teaching Empire: A Comparative Analysis of U.S. and Chinese History Textbooks on 20th-Century U.S. Imperialism (2026) — The Social Studies
An Analysis of the War on Terror in Textbooks (2026) — Doctoral dissertation, Utah State University
Analyzing the Portrayal of the Atomic Bombs Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Textbooks and Non-Profit Curriculum Sources (2025) — The Oregon Journal of the Social Studies
Teaching Democratic Humility to Improve Classroom Discussion (2023) — Research in Social Sciences and Technology
Book review: Civics Education in Contentious Times (2022) — The Journal of Social Studies Research
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