The First Amendment in Schools with Pamela Callahan, PhD, Ed '16 (MS)

Pamela Callahan

Lifelong Learning LogoCourse Title: The First Amendment in Schools

Instructor:  Pamela Callahan, PhD, Ed '16 (MS)

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January 27, 2025 - March 03, 2025 (6 Sessions)  

Monday,  7:00PM ET - 8:30PM ET  

Virtual via Zoom 

 

 

Course Description: Public schools are the institutions through which Americans most closely experience their government. As a result, schools are a unique space to study the ways the First Amendment shape the actions of teachers and students. In this course, participants have the opportunity to explore the intersection of the First Amendment and public schools and then distill the ways in which these interactions impact citizenship development

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ABOUT Pamela Callahan

Pamela Callahan, Ph.D. is a Postdoctoral Associate with the Center for Educational Innovation and Improvement at the University of Maryland, College Park. Pamela studies the ways federal and state laws are interpreted and applied at the school and district level, with a special emphasis on the intersection of First Amendment speech protections and public schools. Her research has been published in Teachers College Record, Theory Into Practice, Education and Urban Society, On Democracy, West's Education Law Reporter, and Action in Teacher Education. Before graduate school, she proudly served as a middle school math teacher and department chair in Prince George's County, Maryland. Pamela earned degrees from the University of Maryland, College Park (Ph.D.), Johns Hopkins University (M.S.Ed), George Mason University (M.P.P), and the
University of Pittsburgh (B.S.B.A).

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 Event Date
Starts:
Monday, January 27, 2025
7:00pm EST

Ends:
Monday, March 3, 2025
8:30pm EST

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