Anna Yonas
- Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Teaching
- Secondary History & Government Program Coordinator
Contact Info
Lawrence
1122 W. Campus Rd.
Lawrence, KS 66045-3101
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Biography —
Anna M. Yonas, assistant professor of secondary social studies, received her PhD in curriculum and instruction from the University of Virginia. Her research interests include strategies to support novice social studies teachers implement best practices of historical source analysis as well as the curricula relating to traumatic and difficult histories. Before joining KU, Yonas was a classroom teacher and administrator for ten years.
Education —
Research —
Yonas researches social studies curricula and teacher learning, particularly regarding topics that are often deemed “difficult” or “controversial”. Her work has been published in Teachers College Record,The Journal of Social Studies Research, and Social Studies Research and Practice. Her current work examines how state curriculum standards represent religion, strategies to support teachers’ genocide education, and social studies teachers’ perceptions of teaching politically controversial topics.
Selected Publications —
- Yonas, A. & van Hover, S. (2024). Misleading mandates: The null curriculum of genocide education. The Journal of Social Studies Research, 48(4), 243-260. https://doi.org/10.1177/23522798241238463
- Wilson, K. & Yonas, A. (2024). In search of deliberate practice: Simulating teaching in three teacher education programs. Teachers College Record, 126(9), 47-89. https://doi.org/10.1177/01614681241298842
- Yonas, A. & van Hover, S. (2023) “A deterrent to the religious beliefs of many of our families”: Opposition to an elementary social studies curriculum. In A. Bodle, E. E. Saylor, E. Bellows, S. An., & L. B. Buchanan (Eds.), Religion, the First Amendment, and Public Schools: Stories from K-12 and Teacher Education Classrooms. Information Age Publishing.