Brian Lanahan

Assistant Professor

Address: 86 Wentworth Street, #228
Phone: 843.953.2746
E-mail: lanahanb@cofc.edu

Education

University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

Dissertation on Elementary Social Studies Methods Instruction

Masters of Elementary Education                                    2001

University of California at Santa Barbara

Masters thesis on English as a Second Language and Mathematics                                            

Bachelor's of Science, Spanish and Social Science          1997

Troy State University, Troy, Alabama     

Graduated with Honors in 2.5 years

Research Interests

Post-Conflict Democracy Education

Elementary and Early Childhood Social Studies Methods

Teacher Education Methods

Multicultural Education and Diversity Issues

Courses Taught

The College of Charleston:

• Social Studies and Humanities for Early Childhood and Elementary Teachers (Summer 2011)
• Teaching Social Studies and Humanities: Grades 2-8 (Spring 2011)
• History and Pedagogy for Elementary Teachers (Spring 2011)
• Introduction to Education (Summer 2008, 2009; Fall 2009, 2011)
• Human Growth and Development and the Educational Process (Fall 2009)
• Learner Development and the Context of Learning (Fall 2006, 2007, 2011)
• Teaching Social Studies and Humanities Pre-K–3 (Fall 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011;
  Spring 2007, 2008, 2010)
• Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment Pre K-3 (Fall 2007)
• Teaching Social Studies and Humanities Pre-K–6 (Spring 2007, 2008, 2010;
  Summer 2007, 2008, 2009)

Honors and Awards

• Fulbright Scholar (2008-2009)
• Teach for America Corps Member (1998-2000)

Publications

Refereed Articles

• Lanahan, B. K., & Yeager, E. (2008). Practicing Teachers as Elementary Social Studies Methods Instructors: Issues in Preparing Preservice Elementary Teachers. Social Studies Research and Practice, 3(2) 10–28. 
• Lanahan, B. K., & McDermott, P. (In Press).  Post-Conflict Education for Democracy: The Case of Sarajevo. International Journal of Social Education.
• Lanahan, B. K. & McDermott, P. (2011).  Democracy and Social Justice in Sarajevo's Schools. The Qualitative Report, 17(2).

Books

• M. G. Hickey and B. Lanahan (Eds.) (In Press). 'Even the janitor is white': Educating for Cultural Diversity in Small Colleges and Universities. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Refereed Articles—In Review

• Phillips, M. L., Lanahan, B. K. Perspectives on Democracy Education—The Views of Preservice Teachers in Bosnia and Herzegovina and The United States. Journal of Social Studies Research. 
• Lanahan, B. K., Phillips, M. L.. Elementary Preservice Teachers Beliefs about Elementary Social Studies Instruction—A Rationale and Plan for Reflection. Teaching and Teacher Education.
• Treahy, D. L., Lanahan, B. K. Examining Beliefs, Influences, and Challenges and the Influence of Culture in Mathematics Preservice Education. The Teacher Educator, 26.

Invited Book Chapters

• Lanahan, B. K. (2009). Social Studies Methods Instruction for Dangerous Times. In E. Heilman (Ed.), In E. E. Heilman (Ed.), Social studies and diversity education: What we do and why we do it (pp. 255-258). New York: Routledge.
• Lanahan, B. K. (In press). Examination of White Racial Identity in the Context of an Elementary Social Studies Methods Course. In M. G. Hickey and B. Lanahan (Eds.), 'Even the janitor is white': Educating for Cultural Diversity in Small Colleges and Universities. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Book Reviews

• Lanahan, B. K., & Pinder, M. (2006). International Textbook Perspectives on United States History. Theory and Research in Social Education, 34(2), 287–289.

Unpublished Manuscripts

• Lanahan, B. K. (2006). Practicing Teachers as Elementary Social Studies Methods Instructors: Their beliefs about the issues they encountered in preparing preservice elementary teachers. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Articles in Preparation

• Lanahan, B. K. Democracy Education for Kindergarten Students—The Case of Civitas in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• Phillips, M. S. & Lanahan, B. K. Building Effective Learning Communities through Democratic Classroom Practice.

Books in Preparation

• Working title: Post-Conflict Education for Democracy and Reconciliation—A Comparative Case Study of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sierra Leone and Iraq.