Professor Jack Zevin
Queens College of the City University of New York
(718) 997-5150 or 5163/64 (Office)
Department of Secondary Education
(718) 997-5152 (Fax)
Powdermaker Hall 150 Room ‘O’
65-30 Kissena Boulevard
Flushing, NY 11367
Email: jzevin@aol.com

Educational Background
B.A. University of Chicago, 1962
M.A.T. University of Chicago, 1964
Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1969

Certifications
Illinois Secondary School License
Michigan Secondary School License

Professional Experience
•Date of Hire/CUNY: September 1, 1969
•Professor of Secondary Education (1969-Present, Asst., 1969, Assoc., 1973, Full, 1979))
•Academic Advisor and Admissions Officer for Social Studies Education (1969-present)
•Supervisor of Social Studies Unit Program (1969-present)
•Chairperson, Department of Secondary Education (1998-2001)
•Director, Resource and Training Project for Economic Education/QC (1974-present)
•Affiliated with the National and New York State Councils on Economic Education
•Co-Director, Taft Institute for Government @ Queens College (1996-present)
•Acting Director, World Studies Program (1996-Present)
•Panel Head, Ethnic and Area Studies Committee, PSC/CUNY Research Awards (1998-present)
•Executive Committee, University Research Award Program, PSC/CUNY Awards (2000-present)

Selected Major Publications (refereed and reviewed)
•Zevin, J. Young Citizens of the World: Teaching and Learning Social Studies, K-8. (co-authored with Lynne Boyle-Baise, Indiana University) (Projected for completion in 2008), Mahwah, N.J., L. J. Erlbaum Associates.
•Zevin, J. Teaching on a Tightrope: Thinking About the Foundations of Instruction (a work in progress, completion in 2007)
•Zevin, J. “Mental Maps of Neophyte Teachers”: A research study of the mental maps of student teachers and new teachers (with Dr. Jeffrey Cabat, Lehman College) for submission to Theory and Research In Social Education (Spring, 2007)
•Zevin, J. Teaching World History as Mystery (with David Gerwin): contract forthcoming with L J Erlbaum Associates (Fall, 2007)
•Zevin, J. Social Studies for the 21st Century, 3rd Edition (forthcoming, Spring, 2007)LJ Erlbaum Associates, Publisher
•Zevin, J. The Social Studies, “How We See Others: Cross-national Student Perspectives on each others countries”, 234-254, Spring, 2004.
•Zevin, J. Teaching American History As Mystery, (Spring, 2003), with David Gerwin, Heinemann & Co., Publisher.
•Zevin, J. Social Studies for the 21st Century, Second Edition (2000), Mahwah, NJ: L. J. Erlbaum Associates, Publisher.
•Zevin, J. Social Studies for the 21st Century, First Edition (1995), White Plains, NY: Longman, Publisher.
•Zevin, J. “Teaching Anthropology and Social Science in the Social Studies” co-authored with Roger Owen in Social Sciences Methods for the Social Studies (1994), Boston: Wadsworth, Publisher.
•Zevin, J. “The Place of the Social Sciences in the Social Studies,” The Social Studies (Sept/Oct, 1982) (A Special Issue).
•Zevin, J. Teaching Creatively, (co-authored with Byron Massialas )(1983), Malabar, FL: Kreiger & Sons Publisher.
•Zevin, J. Teaching World History Through Inquiry (1971-1975): A Multimedia Modular System of Units with visual/audio/cartographic supplements”, (with Byron Massialas) Rand McNally & Co
•Zevin, J. Creative Encounters in the Classroom (1967), co-authored with Byron Massialas, New York: John Wiley & Sons Publisher.

Grants and Contracts ( Recent Awards and Grants)
• U. S. Office of Education, Teaching American History, Pride and progress, A project for Region 4 K-8 Teachers, in collaboration with the Brooklyn Museum, and the QC Elementary Education Department. (2006-2009)
• National Council for Economic Education, “Making a Job” a program of economic education and professional development for social studies teachers (Summer, 2006-Fall, 2007)
• U.S. Office of Education, Improving the Teaching of American History, a joint project with Regions 3 and 4 of New York City DOE (2005-2008)
• U.S. Office of Education, Faculty Development Programs, in conjunction with The Asia Society, “infusing Asia into teacher preparation programs, 2005-2008
• U.S. Office of Education, Teaching American History Program: A Collaborative Project with Region 8, Brooklyn and the New York Historical Society (2003-06)
• U.S. Office of Education, Teaching American History Program: A Collaborative Project with the Alternative Schools of New York and the New York Historical Society, (2001-2004).
• PSC/CUNY Research Award, “UK and US: Mutual Perceptions” (2000).
• National Endowment for the Human/World History Association,
• Infusing World History Views into Undergraduate Social Studies Methods Courses,
• Consortium Project, in collaboration with the University of Illinois,
• and California State University/Long Beach, (1999-2004).
• “Training Pre-service Teachers to Adopt a Global View of History”: A series of three institutes for in-service NYC 7-12 history teachers, (1997-2000).

Honors, Academic Awards & Editorial Positions
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow,
American Historical Association Summer Project, Library of Congress, 2005
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, Ohio State University, 2003
Presidential Teaching Award, Queens College, 1997
Executive Committee, College and University Faculty Assembly,
National Council for the Social Studies, 1996-1999, 1999-2001
Contributing Editor, The Social Studies, 1980-Present
Contributing Editor, The Social Studies Record, 1992-1998

Lifelong Active Memberships
National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
College and University Association of Social Studies Professionals (CUFA)
World History Association (WHA)
American Historical Association (AHA)
American Organization of Historians (OAH)
New York State Council for Social Studies Education (NYSCSS)
ATSS/UFT: New York City Association of Teachers of Social Studies (ATSS)
National Council on Economic Education (NCEE)
New York State Council on Economic Education (NYSCEE)

Significant University Assignments and Committees
University Faculty Senate, 2005-2008
University Research Award Committee Head for Ethnic and Area Studies, 1998-
University Research Award Executive Committee, 2004-
University Faculty Senate, Senator and Member, Research Committee, 2005-2008

Faculty Professional Development
Asia Society (funded by the US Office of Education, 2005-2008)
Purdue University, Economic Education Fellowship, 1978-80
Ohio State University, NEH Fellow, Institute on, “Persecutions and Reformation in the Age of Elizabeth” (2002)
American Historical Association, NEH Fellow, Institute on “America in a Global Age”
Washington, D.C. (2004)
Asia Society, Fellow, U.S. Office of Education Institute on “The Silk Road, Ancient to Modern” (2005-2008)

College and Professional Roles
Graduate, and Undergraduate, Advisor in Social Studies Education.
Research Faculty Mentor in Graduate Social Studies.
Multicultural Young Adult Reading List, Committee Member
Global History: A Queens Superintendent’s Project, 1995-2001.