Aaron Rife, Ph.D.


Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction

Program Chair, Middle/Secondary History/Government Education

aaron.rife@wichita.edu

316-978-6367

Mail: 1845 Fairmount, Box 28, Wichita. KS 67260

Office: Corbin Education Center, Room 116


Academic Degrees

Ph.D., Social and Cultural Studies in Education, with emphasis on urban schools, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2014
M.S., Foundations of Education, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2008
B.A. History Teaching, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 2001


Specializations

Research interests:

History of urban education; Race and class in schools; Transition from pre-service to classroom teaching; Educational opportunity and social inequality.


Courses taught:

ELPS 200-Making Connections Between School and Community (KU, 2008-2011)
ELPS 250-Education and Society (KU, 2011-2013)