Overview

Dr. Aaron Rife is the Department Chair for the School of Education. He is an Associate Professor and the Program chair of Middle/Secondary History Goverment Education in School of Education at 成人头条. He joined 成人头条 in 2014.

Information

Academic Interests and Expertise

Education

  • Ph.D. Social and Cultural Studies, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, August 2014 Dissertation: Shifting Identities in South Kansas City: Hickman. Mills School District's Transformation from Suburban to Urban. 
    • Doctoral Advisor: Dr. John Rury
    • Major Areas: Foundations of Education
    • Minor Areas: History, Sociology
  • M.S. Foundations of Education, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, December 2008    Master's Thesis: Sumner Kigh School, A History
  • B.A. History Teaching/Secondary Education, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, April 2002

Academic Interests

  • Desegregation and Resegregation of American Education
  • Urban Education
  • Teacher Training and status of the profession
Areas of Teaching Interest

Courses Taught

  • CI 321 Introduction to Diversity: Cultural Issues
  • CI 425J History/Government Methods I
  • CI 427 History, Philosophy, Ethics of Education
  • CI 427 TAP鈥擧istory, Philosophy, Ethics of Education
  • CI 435J History/Government Methods II  
  • CI 436J History/Government Methods III
  • CI 701 Foundations of Education
  • WSUD/FYED 102B First Year Seminar: Race and Ethnicity

Teaching Interests

  • History, Government, and Social Studies Methodology
  • History of American Education
  • Race and Educational Opportunity
  • American Educational Philosophy
Publications

Papers and Presentations

Publications-Journal Articles (peer-reviewed)

  • Rife, Aaron.  鈥淪haking the Rattle: De-Professionalization of Teaching and the Danger of Submitting to the Neo-Liberal Vision of School.鈥 Journal of Philosophy and History of Education 70, no. 1 (2020/21). 17-32
  • Rife, Aaron.  鈥淲e Are All in This Together: Teacher Preparation, Lesson Planning, and Aiding Classroom Teachers During an Emergency School Shutdown.鈥 The Advocate 26, no. 1 (2020)
  • Rife, Aaron. 鈥淒esegregation and Re-segregation in the Air Capital of the World: The Case of 成人头条 USD 259.鈥 Journal of Philosophy and History of Education 69, no. 1 (2019). 51-61
  • Rife, Aaron. 鈥淢issing the Signs: Imperfect Allyship and the Re-examination of Personal Biases.鈥 Kansas English 100, no. 1 (2019). 23-26
  • Rury, John and Aaron Rife. 鈥淩ace, Schools and Opportunity Hoarding: Evidence from a Post-War Metropolis.鈥 History of Education 47, no. 1 (2018, online in 2017), 87-107
  • Rife, Aaron. 鈥淐reating Success from the Midst of Adversity: Sumner High School and Community Identity.鈥 Journal of Philosophy and History of Education 60, no. 1 (2010) 251-256

Publications-Newsletter Articles

  • Rife, Aaron.  鈥淔irst Year Students are a Joy.鈥  Teaching Today Newsletter, WSU Instructional Design and Access, 2/11/21 /services/mrc/OIR/TT/2021/Feb.php
  • Rife, Aaron.  鈥淗ow Far FYS Has Come.鈥  Teaching Today Newsletter, WSU Instructional Design and Access, 3/11/21 /services/mrc/OIR/TT/2021/March.php
  • Rife, Aaron.  鈥淭hinking During a Pandemic.鈥  Teaching Today Newsletter, WSU Instructional Design and Access, 4/16/21
  • Rife, Aaron.  鈥淒emonstrating Care.鈥  Teaching Today Newsletter, WSU Instructional Design and Access, 3/20/20
  • Rife, Aaron.  鈥淲hy Didn鈥檛 Someone Tell me That?!鈥  Teaching Today Newsletter, WSU Instructional Design and Access, 1/20/20.

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  • Rife, Aaron.  鈥淰oucher-based education programs do not solve our problems.鈥  成人头条 Eagle, July 4, 2021.

National Presentations

  • Rife, Aaron. 鈥淭ikTok and the Classroom:  Distractions and Dangers, Pedagogy, and Insight into the Teaching Profession.鈥 Popular Culture Association Conference, Virtual Conference, April 2022
  • Rife, Aaron.  鈥淭alking About Structure in Education: The Legacy of Emphasizing Positivity in Diversity Education While Downplaying Deep Inequality.鈥  Association of Teacher Educators Conference, Chicago, IL, February 2022
  • Rife, Aaron. 鈥淓ducation in the Post-Post Apocalypse: Nurture and Care in Horizon: Zero Dawn.鈥 Popular Culture Association Conference, Virtual Conference, May-June 2021
  • Rife, Aaron. 鈥淪haking the Rattle: A History of the De-Professionalization of Teaching.鈥 Society of Philosophy and History of Education (SOPHE) Conference, Oklahoma City, OK, September 2019
  • Rife, Aaron. 鈥淔lying Under the Radar: Desegregation and Re-Segregation in the Air Capital of the World.鈥 Society of Philosophy and History of Education (SOPHE) Conference, St. Louis, MO, September 2018
  • Rife, Aaron. 鈥淧racticum on Graduate Student Teaching Concerns.鈥 Panelist, History of Education (HES) Conference, Providence, RI, November 2016
  • Rife, Aaron. 鈥淪uburban vs Urban Identity: Municipal and School Boundary Battles in South Kansas City, 1961-1984.鈥 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, Washington D.C., April 2016
  • Rife, Aaron. 鈥淎frican-American Suburban Settlement, Education, and Geospatial Differentiation.鈥 History of Education Society (HES) Conference, St. Louis, MO, November 2015
  • Rife, Aaron, Jim Granada, and Anh Tran. 鈥淏ridges to Opportunity: Overcoming Barriers to College
    Access.鈥 Prep谩rate College Board Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 2015
  • Rife, Aaron. "Read My Lips! Schools and Taxes in South Kansas City; 1950-2000." American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, PA, April 2014
  • Rife, Aaron. 鈥淒emography and the Economics of Race in 鈥楽uburban鈥 Kansas City.鈥 American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Francisco, April-May 2013
  • Rife, Aaron. 鈥淚vory Towers and Trenches: Teacher Preparation and Occupational Socialization.鈥 Society of Philosophy and History of Education (SOPHE) Conference, St. Louis, MO, September 2012
  • Rife, Aaron. 鈥淎chievement Culture among Sumner High: Identity and Adversity.鈥 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, Vancouver, April 2012
  • Rife, Aaron. 鈥淪umner High School, Black Leadership and Community Identity.鈥 History of Education Society (HES) Conference, Boston, MA, November 2010
  • Rife, Aaron. 鈥淭he Bud Had a Bitter Taste, but Sweet Indeed is the Flower: Sumner High School and Community Identity,鈥 Society of Philosophy and History of Education (SOPHE) Conference, St. Louis, MO, September 2009

Regional and Invited Presentations

  • Rife, Aaron. 鈥淩acial Inequality and 成人头条.鈥  College of Applied Studies Professional Development 
    Seminar, 成人头条, 成人头条, KS, November 2020
  • Rife, Aaron and Shareika Fisher. 鈥淕etting off on the right foot: Group discussion about serving first-
    year students.鈥  Academic Resources Conference, 成人头条, 成人头条, KS, June 2020
  • Rife, Aaron. 鈥淔orced Busing, Magnet Schools, and the Unexamined Danger of School Choice in 
    成人头条, Kansas.鈥  School of Education Faculty Meeting, 成人头条, 成人头条, KS, November 2018
  • Rife, Aaron. 鈥淭eaching Truth and Inquiry in a Time of Resistance.鈥 成人头条 Public Schools USD 259  
    District Social Studies In-Service, 成人头条, KS, February 2018
  • Rife, Aaron. 鈥淲restling the Elephant in the Room: Teaching About Race and Ethnicity with Courage.鈥 Kansas Association of Teachers of English (KATE) Conference, 成人头条, KS, October 2016

 

Professional Experience

Faculty/Teaching Experience

  • July 2019-present -  Faculty Coordinator, 成人头条 First-Year Seminar Program 
  • April 2020-present - Associate Professor, 成人头条.  School of Education, Middle/Secondary History/Government Education Chair
  • 2014-2020 - Assistant Professor, 成人头条.  School of Education,
    Middle/Secondary History/Government Education Chair

K-12 Teaching Experience

  • 2004-2008 - World History and Spanish teacher, USD 338 Valley Falls, KS
  • 2003-2004 - Spanish teacher, Muscatine High School, Muscatine, IA
  • 2002-2003 - History and Spanish teacher, faculty sponsor of school drama club and film club, A University for Children, Springville, UT
Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

  • 2022 - Technology Innovation Award (WSU College of Applied Studies)
  • 2021 - 成人头条 Excellence in Teaching Award
  • 2020 - Emory Lindquist Teaching Award (WSU College of Applied Studies)
Grants

Grants

  • Fall 2011, Spring 2012 - Mary Oyster O鈥橤uin Scholarship, School of Education Merit Scholarship Graduate Award, University of Kansas                                                           
  • Fall 2011, Spring 2012 - Mary Oyster O鈥橤uin Scholarship, School of Education Merit Scholarship Graduate Award, University of Kansas                                                            
  • August 2008 - School of Education Merit Scholarship Graduate Award, University of Kansas
Areas of Service

Service to the University and College

  • First-Year Seminar Faculty Coordinator
  • Middle/Secondary History/Government Education Programs, School of Education chair
  • University Residency Committee chair
  • Accreditation Steering Committee member
  • Initial Licensure Teacher Program Committee member 
  • School of Education Faculty Personnel Committee member
  • Middle/Secondary Education Program Committee member

Service to the Profession

  • Kansas Council for the Social Studies Board member
  • Kansas State Department of Education History, Government, and Social Studies Higher Education Standards Revision Committee member
  • National Resource Center First Year Experience Conference submission reviewer
  • Journal of Philosophy and History of Education Editorial Board member
Additional Information

Additional Information

  • American Educational Research Association
  • Association of Teacher Educators
  • History of Education Society
  • Society of Philosophy and History of Education  
  • National Council for the Social Studies
  • Kansas Council for the Social Studies
  • Kansas Association of Teacher Educators