Edward Janak, Ph.D.
Academic program:
Foundations of Education
List of Degrees:
- Ph.D. Social, Philosophical, and Historical Foundations of Education, University of South Carolina—Columbia, August 2003
- M.Ed., Secondary Education—English, U.S.C. Columbia, August 1996
- B.A., English, S.U.N.Y. College at Fredonia, May 1992
Awards and Honors:
- President’s Award for Excellence in Creative and Scholarly Activity, 2021
- Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Felicia F. Campbell Area Chair Award, 2014
- University of Wyoming Mortarboard Society “Top Prof,” 2006, 2011 & 2012
- University of Wyoming College of Education Faculty Award for Outstanding Advising, 2011
- University of Wyoming Promoting Intellectual Engagement Award, 2009 & 2011
- University of Wyoming College of Education Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching, 2010
Biography:
I am a foundation of education scholar who focuses on historical foundations and educational biography—I love good stories from the past that can inform the present. I also enjoy exploring means in which popular culture can inform teaching and research in education.
Research Focus Areas:
- Historical foundations of education/historical intersections between schooling and marginalized populations
- Life writing/educational biography and oral history
Current Research Projects:
My current research explores the impact of the Rockefeller-sponsored General Education Board funding on the marginalized populations of the US West in the early 20th Century.
Courses Taught:
- HED 5/7900 Diversity Leadership
- TSOC 2000: Diversity in Contemporary Society First-Year Experience
- TSOC 3000: Schooling and Democratic Society
- TSOC 5/7100: Network Theory in Educational Reform
- TSOC 5/7110: Modern Educational Controversies
- TSOC 5/7400: History of Education
- TSOC 6/8140: School-State Relations
- TSOC 6/8190 Seminar In Popular Culture in Education