Faculty Profile
Ellen Foster
Areas of Expertise
- EDUCATION, MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION
- EDUCATION, STUDENT TEACHING
- SECONDARY EDUCATION, OF HIGH RISK STUDENTS
- SECONDARY EDUCATION, TEACHER EDUCATION REFORM
Brief Bio
Ellen J. Foster, Assistant Professor of Secondary Education - Social Studies, received her Ph.D. in Geography-Geographic Education from Texas State University-San Marcos in May 2006. Dr. Foster taught high school social studies for nine years in the Greater San Antonio area upon completion of her M.A. in Teaching (Trinity University, 1994). In addition, she served as adjunct geography faculty in the Alamo Community College District from 2004 to 2007. Dr. Foster joined the University of Mississippi in 2007 and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in social studies methods and geographic education. She was recently elected Vice President of Curriculum & Instruction for the National Council for Geographic Education and will serve as President in 2016.
Degrees
BS |
Agri Economics |
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY/ LUBBOCK, TEXAS (1993) |
MA |
Education |
TRINITY UNIVERSITY/ SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (1994) |
PhD |
Geography |
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY/SAN MARCOS, TEXAS (2006) |
Committee Memberships
School of Education - Recruiting |
Other Kind of Committee |