Adam Jordan

Associate Professor

Address: 86 Wentworth Street, room 329
Phone: 843-953-4900
E-mail: jordanaw@cofc.edu
Curriculum Vitae: Download


Dr. Jordan is an associate professor of Special Education whose research focuses on well-being in alternative schools. A first-generation college student from rural north Georgia, his teaching, research, and service are all focused on the inclusion of traditionally marginalized populations, a commitment to a Better South, and reconceptualization of risk narratives. 

Education

Ph.D. in Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Program Strand: Early Childhood, Special Education, and Literacy

Funded on an interdisciplinary translational research grant in partnership with the UNC School of Education and College of Allied Health (Included Special Educators, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, and Audiologists)

Dissertation: A Cluster-Analytic Approach to Understanding the Life Values of North Carolina Public Alternative School Teachers

 

Master of Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Program Strand: Master of Education for Experienced Teachers, Special Education

 

Bachelor of Science

Social Science Education

University of Georgia

Courses Taught

Undergraduate Courses

EDEE 407: Creating Learning Environments

EDFS 401: Introduction to Exceptional Children

EDFS 410: Characteristics of Students with Intellectual Disabilities

EDFS 411: Curriculum and Instruction in Special Education

EDFS 412: Social Competence Instruction for Students with Disabilities

EDFS 420: Characteristics of Students with Learning Disabilities

EDFS 430: Characteristics of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities

EDFS 437: Assessment in Special Education

Graduate Courses

EDFS 501: Introduction to Exceptional Children

EDFS 530: Characteristics of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities

EDFS 537: Assessment in Special Education

EDFS 635: Educational Research

EDFS 797: Clinical Practice in Special Education

 

Guest Lectures

  • Jordan, A.W. (2020). Anti-Racist and Inclusive Special Education. Lecture presented to Omega Gamma Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, An International Honor Society in Education. Dr. Winnifred Namatovu. University of North Georgia.
  • Jordan, A.W. (2020). Teachers as Activists. Lecture presented in EDG 6627: Foundations in Curriculum and Instruction. Dr. Megan Just. Florida Gulf Coast University.
  • Jordan, A.W. (2020). Teachers as Activists. Lecture presented in EDG 7193: Instructional Leadership. Dr. Michelle Stork. Florida Gulf Coast University.
  • Jordan, A.W. (2020). Teachers as Activists. Lecture presented in EDG 6627: Foundations in Curriculum and Instruction. Dr. Michelle Stork. Florida Gulf Coast University.
  • Jordan, A.W. (2019). An introduction to special education. Lecture presented in ADED 62191: Seminar in Secondary Education. Mr. Michael Levicky. Kent State University.
  • Jordan, A.W. (2018). An intellectual history of alternative education. Lecture presented in EDUC 2110: Critical/Contemporary Issues in Education. Dr. Kelly Limes-Henderson. University of North Georgia.
  • Jordan, A.W., McMillan, M., Carr, D. & Scholle, P. (2017).  Understanding poverty. Lecture presented in EDUC 5104:  Teaching Diverse Learners.  Drs. Wes Whitaker and Lauren Bradshaw. University of North Georgia.

Publications

Jordan, K., Harris, H., Broderick, C., Reese, K.A., & Jordan, A.W. (accepted) School

nurse perceptions of engagement in continuing education. Journal of Continuing

Education in Nursing.

 Jordan, A.W., Jordan, K.H, & Sutphin, A. (in press). Care matters: Understanding

student perspectives of mentally healthy school spaces in an alternative high

school. Health Promotion Practice.

Hawley, T. S., Levicky, M., & Jordan, A. W. (2019). Purpose matters in teaching:

Leveraging purpose to transform teaching and learning. Teaching Social Studies,

19(2), 15-20.

Jordan, K.H., Jackson, M., & Jordan, A.W. (2019). Promoting wellness: Caregiver

perceptions of student mental health in a united states alternative school. British

Journal of School Nursing, 14(1), 16-21.

Jordan, A.W., Jordan, K.H., & Hawley, T.S. (2017). Purpose and passion: The

rationales of public alternative school teachers. The Journal of Social Studies

Research, 41(4), 263-273. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jssr.2017.01.004

 Jordan, A.W. (2017). Risky children: Rethinking the discourse of delinquency and risk.

The Journal of Thought, 51(2), 31-46.