Professor van Hover
Project Director School of Education and Human Development
Professor, School of Education and Human Development
Chair, Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education
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434-924-0841

Academic Degrees

Ph.D. 2001 University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Social Studies Education Dissertation: Deborah Partridge Wolfe’s Contributions to Social Education

M.Ed. 1996 University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Secondary Social Studies Education

B.A. 1995 University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida (1995) Major: History Minor: Education Cum Laude

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

2001 – present: Assistant Professor, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

1998 – 2001: Graduate Teaching Assistant/Research Assistant, School of Teaching and Learning, The University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

1995 – 1998: Public School Social Studies Teacher, grades 6-12 Broward County Public Schools, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School, Gainesville, Florida

TEACHING

University of Virginia, On-Grounds:

EDIS 560a: Teaching Social Studies in Secondary School, Part I Fall 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

EDIS 560b: Teaching Social Studies in Secondary School, Part II Spring 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006

EDIS 587: Teaching Associateship Seminar (Secondary Social Studies) Fall 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

EDIS 588: Teaching Associateship (Secondary Social Studies) Supervised Fall 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 EDIS 589: Elementary Social Studies Fall 2001, Spring 2002

EDIS 788: Field Project Spring 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006; Summer, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

EDIS 965: Readings and Research in Social Studies Education Spring 2003, 2004

EDLF 710: Contemporary Issues in Education Summer 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

University of Virginia Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (BIS) Program:

ISLS 313: Critical Issues in Education Summer 2004, 2005

ISLS 413: Foundations of Education – Issues and Challenges Summer 2006

University of Virginia, Off-Grounds

EDIS 589: Curricular Issues in the Age of Accountability (Virginia Beach) Summer 2002

EDIS 589: Curricular Issues in the Age of Accountability (Richmond)

EDIS 589: Social Studies Elementary Methods (Roanoke Center) Spring 2004, 2005

University of Florida

SSE 5945: Practicum Teaching Secondary Social Studies Fall 1998, 2000

ESE 3034: Problems and Issues in Secondary Social Studies Fall 1999

ESE 6939: Seminar in Student Teaching (Social Studies) Spring 1999

SSE 6046: Perspectives in Social Studies Education Summer 1999