School of Education

Phone:

765-455-9418

Email:

lanmason@iuk.edu

Website:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lance_Mason2

Department:

School of Education

Campus:

IU Kokomo

Major:

Ph.D.

Biography

Lance E. Mason teaches courses in social studies and social foundations of education. He received his Ph.D. from Penn State in 2013. His scholarship employs pragmatism, semiotics, cultural studies, and media ecology to explore changing social dynamics and their intersections with media literacy and democratic education. His publications have appeared in prominent national journals including Curriculum Inquiry, Theory and Research in Social Education, The Social Studies, Social Education, Social Studies Research and Practice, Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, Democracy and Education, and Education and Culture: The Journal of the John Dewey Society. His work is informed by five years prior experience as a high school teacher in Detroit Public Schools.

Education

• 2013  Penn State University, State College, PA
  • Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction: Language, Culture, & Society (Social Studies)
  • Ph.D., Social Thought, Minor
• 2009  Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
  • M.A., Social Foundations of Education, Cultural Studies track
• 2002  The University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI
  • Teaching Certification, Social Studies 7-12
• 1999  The University of Michigan, Dearborn, MI
  • B.A., Sociology; B.A., Psychology

Teaching

Assistant Professor of Education/Social Studies

Indiana University Kokomo, 2013-present

• 2016  EDUC-H 520 Education and Social Issues–Instructor
• 2016  EDUC-M 300 Teaching in a Pluralistic Society–Instructor
• 2014-present  EDUC-H 340 Education and American Culture (Traditional & Online hybrid)–Instructor
• 2013-present  EDUC-M 441 Methods of Teaching Junior, Senior, and Middle School Social Studies (Traditional & Online Hybrid)–Instructor/Field Supervisor
• 2013-present  EDUC-E 325 Social Studies in the Elementary Schools–Instructor/Field Supervisor
• 2014-2015  EDUC-F 205 Study of Education & the Practice of Teaching–Instructor

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Social Studies Education

Penn State University, 2009-2013

• 2012-2013  SSED 430W Teaching Elementary Social Studies–Instructor
• 2011-2012  SSED 412W Teaching Secondary Social Studies II–Instructor
• 2010-2011  SSED 411 Teaching Secondary Social Studies I–Instructor
• 2009  CI 495C Pre-Service Teacher Field Experience–Field Supervisor

K-12 Teaching Experience

• 2003-2008  Social Studies Teacher, Central High School, Detroit Public Schools, Detroit, MI, Grades 9-12
  • Courses taught: U.S. History, Geography, U.S. Government, Global Issues, Economics
• Winter 2003  Guest Teacher, Meads Mill Middle School, Northville Public Schools, Northville, MI, Grades 6-8
  • Daily guest teacher for a variety of subjects
  • Long-term guest teacher: grade 6 health & physical education
• Fall 2002  Student Teaching: Social Studies, Davidson Middle School, Southgate Public Schools, Southgate, MI, Grade 9
  • Course taught: Civics