Presentations

Allen, A. (April 2024). Sifting Through Privilege, Oppression, Hegemony, and Marginalization in Elementary Social Studies Standards about Religion. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.

Allen, A., Hicks, D., and Williams, T. O. (April 2024). A Portrait of Rural Social Studies Teachers: Demographics and Implications for Professional Development. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.

Engelhardt, M., Stewart, C., & Allen, A. (March 2024). Sacrificial Listening: Building a Bridge to Understanding. Access to Research and Inclusive Excellence National Conference. Fairfax, VA. 

Good, R., Savage, D., Wood, J., & Allen, A. (March 2024). State Councils at the Crossroads: Starting, Growing, and Sustaining your Council. National Council for History Education Annual Conference. Cleveland, OH.

Savage, D., & Allen, A. (March 2024). A Perfect Match: Pairing Primary Sources and Visual Thinking Strategies.  Virginia Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference. Farmville, VA.

Fortune D., *Powers, K., & Allen, A. (March 2024). Promoting Empathy in Elementary Education Through Sensory Figures & Diverse Children’s Picture Books. Virginia Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference. Farmville, VA. 

Allen, A. (December 2023). What is Art? The C3 Framework as an Interdisciplinary Tool [Poster]. National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference. Nashville, TN.

Allen, A. (December 2023). How to Teach for Religious Literacy in Elementary Social Studies [Poster].  National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference. Nashville, TN.

Cornett, A., Piedmont, E., Allen, A., Doornbos, L., Edwards, L., Zilliox, T., Hobson, V., & Anderson, M. (November 2023). Amplifying Acts of Resistance using Social Studies for a Better World [Workshop]. College and University Faculty Assembly Annual Conference. Nashville, TN. 

Allen, A. (November 2023). Included, but How? A Critical Investigation into Elementary Social Studies Standards about Religion. College and University Faculty Assembly Annual Conference. Nashville, TN.

Allen, A., Brugar, K.A., & Roberts, K. L. (November 2023). Preparing the Expert Novice: Core Practices for Implementing Blueprints for Inquiry Design. College and University Faculty Assembly Annual Conference. Nashville, TN. 

Allen, A. (August 2023). “Doing the thing works a lot better”: Critical features of professional development in practice. History Educators International Research Network. Stockholm, Sweden.

Engelhardt, M., Allen, A.., & Stewart, C. (June 2023). Dismantling Spaces of Silence through Sacrificial Listening: A Framework for Teaching Elementary Social Studies. Social Science Education Consortium Annual Conference. Bellingham, WA.

Stewart, C., Engelhardt, M.,  & Allen, A. (June 2023). Sacrificial Listening in Action: A Tool for Building Understanding through Children’s Literature. Children’s Literature Association Annual Conference. Bellevue, WA.

Allen, A. (March 2023). Embodied Knowing in Teacher Education: Factors that Lead to Teacher Agency. Emerging Scholars Series. Association of Teacher Educators Annual Conference. Jacksonville, FL.

Allen, A. (March 2023). Teaching for Religious Literacy with the IDM Blueprint and Diverse Text Sets. Virginia Council for the Social Studies. Richmond, VA.

Stewart, C. & Allen, A. (February 2023). Engaging Students in Active Learning with ABC Graffiti. Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy. Blacksburg, VA.

Kambach, A., Stewart, C., & Allen, A. (October 2022). Why Teacher Education Programs Matter in 2022. Virginia Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators Fall Conference. Harrisonburg, VA.

Allen, A. (June 2022). Moving Beyond Hanukkah and the Holocaust: Teaching Religion Through Discussion and Diverse Text Sets. Social Science Education Consortium. Dublin, Ireland.

Allen, A. (April 2022). “We don’t often have examples”: Investigating How Teachers Learn Through Class Discussion. AERA Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA.

Allen, A. (November 2021). Historical Narratives and Place-Based Education as a Catalyst for Social Change. College and University Faculty Assembly Annual Conference. Online.

Allen, A. (October 2021). Discussion-Based Teaching Strategies for Engaging History Lessons in the Elementary Classroom. Oklahoma Council of History Educators Annual Conference. Edmond, OK.

Allen, A. (August 2021). Critical Features of Professional Development: Investigating How Inservice Teachers Learn Through Discussion. Association of Teacher Educators Summer Conference. Online.

Allen, A. (June 2021). Teaching Socratically in the Elementary Classroom. Society for Classical Learning Annual Conference. Charleston, SC. 

Savage, D., Harp, E., Allen, A., Alsup, K., & Wilson, C. (January 2021). History Hints and Habits for All. Oklahoma Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference. Online.

Journell, W., Heafner, T., Norwood, J., Handler, L., Rock, T., Vesperman, D., Fitchett, P., Leet- Otley, J., Morris, W., Bohan, C., & Allen, A. (November 2020). The Divide Within: Intersections of Realities, Facts, Theories, and Practices. College and University Faculty Assembly Annual Conference. Online.

Allen, A. (March 2020). Teach Like Socrates! Socratic Methods in the Elementary Classroom. School of the Ozarks & The Classical Thistle Annual Classical Education Conference. Point Lookout, MO.

Allen, A. (July 2019).  How do Goals and Intentions of Volunteer Service Impact the Actions and Beliefs of Those Involved? Social Science Education Consortium. Charlotte, NC.

Allen, A. (February 2019). Does it Help or Hurt? Explicit and Implicit Intentions of Mandatory Community Service.  University of Oklahoma Diversity Scholars Conference.  Norman, OK.

Allen, A. (December 2018). Channeling Socrates: Inquiry Strategies that Get Elementary Students to Think!  National Council for Social Studies Annual Conference.  Chicago, IL.

Waring, S., Widdall, V., Shear, S., Sabzalian, L., Hawkman, A., & Allen, A. (December 2018). Best Practice in Meaningful Elementary Social Studies.  National Council for Social Studies Annual Conference.  Chicago, IL.

Allen, A. (June 2018). Considering the Implementation of Socratic Philosophies in Elementary Social Studies. Social Science Education Consortium. Florence, Italy.

Allen, A. (February 2018). Developing Critical Consciousness in Elementary Classrooms with Compelling Questions. University of Oklahoma Social Justice Conference. Norman, OK.