Shanna L. Peeples is the Dr. John G. O’Brien Distinguished Chair in Education at West Texas A&M University. She was the 2015 National Teacher of the Year.
Shanna L. Peeples | |
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.jpg) Peeples with Barack Obama, 2015 | |
| Born | April 16, 1965[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Assistant Professor, Education and Social Sciences |
| Known for | 2015 National Teacher of the Year |
| Title | Dr. John G. O' Brien Distinguished Chair in Education |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | National Teacher of the Year |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Harvard University, West Texas A&M University, University of Texas at Arlington |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | West Texas A&M University |
| Website | shannapeeples.com |
Education
editPeeples has a B.A. in English from West Texas A&M University (1997), an M.Ed. from the University of Texas at Arlington (2013), and a Ph.D from Harvard University (2020).[2][3]
Career
editPeeples had multiple jobs before she began teaching, starting with a 7th grade class.[4] By 2011 she was teaching at Palo Duro High School in Texas.[5][6] In 2015, Peeples was named National Teacher of the Year,[6] and was presented her award by President Barack Obama.[5][7] In 2020 she was named the Dr. John G. O’Brien Distinguished Chair in Education at West Texas A&M University.[8][9]
Peeples has spoken against arming teachers in the classroom[10] and advocates for LGBT marriage.[11]
Selected publications
edit- Peeples, Shanna (2019). Think like Socrates : using questions to invite wonder and empathy into the classroom, grades 4-12. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications. ISBN 978-1-5063-9163-2. OCLC 1260211375.
- Peeples, Shanna (2017-04-06). "School Isn't Uber and Never Should Be". Observer. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
- Peeples, Shanna (Summer 2016). "DARE to go FIRST". Educational Leadership. 73 (9): 10–14 – via EBSCO.
References
edit- ^ a b Funk, Mason (April 22, 2021). "Shanna Peeples". Outwords. Amarillo, Texas. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
- ^ "Dr. Shanna Peeples | WTAMU". www.wtamu.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
- ^ Hough, Lory. "Shanna Peeples returns to Texas with a renewed sense of self". The Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ Ayala, Christine (8 May 2015). "U.S. Teacher of the Year Shanna Peeples: The TT Interview". The Texas Tribune; Austin [Austin].
- ^ a b "Shanna Peeples - Global Teacher Prize". Global Teacher Prize - Varkey Foundation. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ a b Layton, Lyndsey (2015-04-27). "A former disc jockey, pet sitter and journalist becomes Teacher of the Year". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
- ^ Walker, Tim. "Meet Shanna Peeples, 2015 National Teacher of the Year". National Education Association. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Dr. Shanna Peeples | WTAMU". www.wtamu.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
- ^ Downing, Mitchell (27 September 2020). "Shanna Peeples joins the WTAMU Department of Education". University Wire; Carlsbad [Carlsbad] – via ProQuest.
- ^ Hobbs, Tawnell D; Brody, Leslie (23 February 2018). "U.S. News: Some Teachers Are Already Armed --- At least eight states allow faculty to carry weapons; critics say that policy is dangerous". Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition; New York, N.Y. [New York, N.Y]. pp. A.4.
- ^ Will, Madeline (January 15, 2020). "LGBTQ Teachers Await Decision on Discrimination Protections: LGBTQ teachers are waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether the federal civil rights law guarantees them nationwide protection from workplace discrimination". Education Week; Bethesda. Vol. 39, no. 18. p. 1.
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