Cory Callahan, Ph.D., Auburn University, is an Assistant Professor in the College of Education at the University of Alabama. Dr. Callahan taught secondary students for 14 years, practicing the craft of social studies instruction the way he promoted it in presentations, workshops, and scholarly writing. Dr. Callahan earned his doctorate and became a teacher-educator to advance a research program that includes educative curriculum materials, problem-based historical inquiry, aesthetic texts, and international education. Dr. Callahan has encouraged a more dynamic relationship between research and practice through opportunities afforded him by a National Technology Leadership Initiative Fellows Award, a Jacobs Educator Award, a Gilder Lehrman�s Alabama History Teacher of the Year Award, an Outstanding Research Paper Award from the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, and a Technology Paper Award from the College and University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies. Dr. Callahan is also a Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Fellow and was recently added to the Fulbright Specialist Program roster.
