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Mark Helmsing
Curriculum Vita July 2013
Work: Department of Teacher Education Michigan State University 313 Erickson Hall 620 Farm Lane East Lansing, MI 48824 USA EDUCATION Ph.D. Curriculum, Teaching, and Education Policy, Michigan State University, 2014 (anticipated) B.S. History, English, and Secondary Education, magna cum laude, Indiana University, 2004 Home: 2136 Holly Way Lansing, MI 48910 USA 517-515-8653 (phone) Email: helmsing at gmail Twitter: @markhelmsing

HONORS AND AWARDS University Enrichment Fellowship, Michigan State University (2009-2014) Summer Research Fellowship, Michigan State University (2012) College of Education Alumni Scholarship, Michigan State University (2012) Fellowship, Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University (2011) Fellowship for Global Understanding, Michigan State University (2011) Fellowship, The History Education Network, Acadia University (2011) Summer Research Fellowship, Michigan State University (2011) Urban Education Fellowship, Michigan State University (2010) Ohio Humanities Council Fellow in Oral History, Kenyon College (2010) Urban Education Fellowship, Michigan State University (2009) University Enrichment Fellowship, Michigan State University (2009) Recognition of Excellence in Social Studies Award, Educational Testing Service (2004)

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Chancellors Scholar, Indiana University (2003) Lydia Gemmer & Jacob Collicot Scholarship, Indiana University (2003) Richard Bengston Memorial Scholarship, Indiana University (2003) Edward R. Hutton International Honors Award, Indiana University (2003) TEACHING INTERESTS Social studies/language arts curriculum and instruction; methods and materials for secondary education; multicultural education; curriculum theory and development; social/cultural and historical/philosophical foundations of education; media literacy and media studies; youth studies and childhood studies; critical pedagogy; education and technology; qualitative research methods PUBLICATIONS Dissertation Helmsing, M. (in preparation). American expressions: Narrating and performing America in four high school social studies classes. (Dr. Avner Segall, Director & Chair). Referred articles Helmsing, M. (in submission). Not enough time for Africa: Per/forming and (de)constructing Africa in high school social studies classes. Harvard Education Review. Helmsing, M. (in submission). Feeling political: The circulation of affects in the curriculum of social studies education. Journal of Curriculum Studies. Helmsing, M. (under review). Still a dismal science: The cruel optimism of economics in social studies education. Critical Education. Helmsing, M. (revisions submitted). A collective assemblage: Minor pedagogies of the ArabAmerican National Museum. Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies. Helmsing, M. (forthcoming). Virtuous subjects: A critical analysis of the affective substance of social studies education. Theory and Research in Social Education. Helmsing, M. (forthcoming). Why the west is the best and other entanglements of paranoia in social studies education. Cultural Formations. Helmsing, M. (revisions submitted). Dr. Hunters magical elixir: Or, how we learned to stop teaching and love instruction. Journal of Curriculum & Pedagogy.

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Book chapters Helmsing, M. (in consideration). Was it really a small world after all?: From Area Studies to global education in U.S. social studies education. In The State of Global Education: Learning with the World and its People (Ed. Brad Maguth). Routledge. Helmsing, M. (in preparation). An embalmed curriculum: Reanimating the cadaver of social studies education . In iek and Education. (Ed. Antonio Garcia). Sense Publishers. Helmsing, M. (under review). Youre wolfing out, bro: Youth masculinity, monstrosity, and bodily pedagogies of dread. In Critical Youth Studies Reader. (Ed. Shirley Steinberg). Peter Lang. Helmsing, M. (in press). Feeling responsible: Vulnerable encounters in social studies education. In Framing Peace: Thinking About and Enacting Curriculum as Radical Hope (Eds. Hans Smits and Rahat Naqvi), Peter Lang. Book reviews Helmsing, M. (in submission). Review of Totten, S. & Pedersen, J. (Eds.), Research and Teaching Social Issues: The Personal Stories and Pedagogical Efforts of Professors of Education (Information Age Publishing, 2012). Journal of Social Studies Research. Helmsing, M. (under review). Review of Wiegman, R., Object Lessons (Duke University Press, 2012). QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking. Helmsing, M. (under review). Review of Railton, B., Redefining American Identity (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011). Journal of American Culture. Helmsing, M. (in press). Review of Woyshner, C. & Bohan, C. (Eds.), Histories of Social Studies and Race: 1865-2000 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012). American Journal of Educational History. Helmsing, M. (November, 2012). Review of Naqvi, R. & Smits, H. (Eds.), Thinking About and Enacting Curriculum in Frames of War (Peter Lang, 2011). AERA Division B Newsletter (p. 8). PRESENTATIONS Refereed conference papers Helmsing, M. (November, 2013). On huts, houses, and teepees: Race, compassion, and the (unfulfilled) promise of anthropology education in the United States. Paper presented for symposium on A Touchy Subject: Critical Explorations of Affect, Emotion, and Empathy in Social Studies Education at the annual meeting of the College and University Faculty Assembly of The National Council for the Social Studies, St. Louis, MO. November, 2013. Helmsing, M. (November, 2013). Deconstructing social education. Contribution to Talking Back, Beyond, and Between: Conversations of Possibilities and Potential with Critical Theory in Social Studies

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Education. An alternative session for the annual meeting of the College and University Faculty Assembly of The National Council for the Social Studies, St. Louis, MO. November, 2013. Helmsing, M. (2013, April). Feeling September 11: Theorizing Teacher Oral Histories as Affective Events. Paper presented for Qualitative Research SIG, American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. Helmsing, M. (2013, April). The Extreme Make-Over Curriculum: Affective Pedagogies and Powers of Freedom in Reality Television. Paper presented for symposium on (Re)Claiming Popular Culture as a Transitional Space: Political and Pedagogical Processes of Pop. Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural Studies SIG, American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. Helmsing, M. (2013, April). Everything is (Not) for Sale: The Hidden Curriculum & Affective Pedagogies of Shopping Malls. Paper presented for symposium on Our TownThe Hidden Curricula of Built and Natural Places. Division B: Curriculum Studies, American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. Helmsing, M. (2013, April). Becoming Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: The Construction of the Enterprising Subject Through Economics Education. Paper presented for Division B: Curriculum Studies, American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. Mikeska, J.N., Wilson, S.M., Short, J.S., Bills, P., Dibner, K., Elgendy, S., Helmsing, M., McClure, D., Meyer, A., Shattuck, T., Holmes, J., & Roditi, H. (2013, April). Examining urban, middle school science teachers intellectual, social, and conventional resources in a science professional development program. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. Mikeska, J.N., Wilson, S.M., Short, J.S., Bills, P., Dibner, K., Shattuck, T., Elgendy, S., Helmsing, M., Holmes, J., Meyer, A., & Roditi, H. (2013, January). Examining teacher resource use and development: A case of professional development in informal science education institutions. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Science Teacher Educators, Charleston, SC. Helmsing, M. (2012 November). Normality and the Social Studies: A Reparative Reading of Different National Standards for Social Studies Education. Paper presented for symposium on Opening the World: Gender, Sexuality, & Social Studies Education, College and University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies, Seattle, WA. Helmsing, M. (2012, November). Assembling the Dark Continent: Pedagogies of the Other and the construction of Africa in Social Studies Education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the College and University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies, Seattle, WA. Helmsing, M. (2012, April). Wolfing Out: Adolescent Sexuality, Bodily Intensities, & Critical Pedagogies of Dread. Paper presented for symposium on The Monstrous Other: Exploring the Intersections of Youth Culture and Critical Pedagogy in a Monster Making World. Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural Studies SIG, American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Troutman, S. & Helmsing, M. (2012, April). From Secretary Pools to Civil Rights: The Socializing Pedagogy of Mad Men as Media Phenomenon and Cultural Practice. Paper presented for Media Studies SIG, American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, British Columbia. Wilson, S.M., Short, J.B., Mikeska, J.N., Bills, P., Dibner, K., Elgendy, S., Helmsing, M. & Shattuck, T. (2012, April). Teaching teachers to teach science: The case of Urban Advantage. Paper presented for Division K at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, British Columbia. Helmsing, M. (2011, December). The Lingering Pedagogy of Guns and Butter: The Dominant Discourses of Economics Education and the Absence of Curricular Counternarratives. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the College and University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies, Denver, CO. Helmsing, M. (2011, November). It Gets Better For Whom? Existential Approaches to Bullying in Schools. Paper presented during Presidential Spotlight Session at the annual meeting of the National Association for Multicultural Education, Chicago, IL. Helmsing, M. (2011, November). Philosophy Can Bake No Bread: Situating Moral Philosophy and Mental Science in the History of the Committee of Ten and American Curriculum Reform. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the History of Education Society, Chicago, IL. Helmsing, M. (2011, July). Of Limits and Desires: A Deleuzoguattarian Funeral for Public Education. Paper presented for symposium on If We Are to Survive, We Must First Learn to Die: Conversations About the End of Education. Rouge Forum, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL. Helmsing, M. (2010, December). Measuring Our Own Progress: A Historical Evolution of Evaluation Methods in the Social Studies. Paper presented for symposium on Examining Multiple Roles and Responsibilities of Assessments in Social Studies Education, College and University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies, Denver, CO. Helmsing, M. (2010, December). Schizophrenic Social Studies: Constructing Deleuzian Multiplicities in Social Studies Teacher Education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the College and University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies. Denver, CO. Helmsing, M. (2010, October). Teacher Assembly Required: Deleuzian Difference, Repetition, and Multiplicities in Learning to Teach. Paper presented at the annual Bergamo Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, Dayton, OH. Helmsing, M. & Yates, C. (2010, October). Guido Curriculum and Pedagogy: The Landscapes of Learning on MTVs Jersey Shore. Paper presented at the annual Bergamo Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, Dayton, OH.

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Helmsing, M. (2010, September). Uneasy Neighbors, Uncivil Classmates: The Chaos in Consolidating Two Rural Indiana High Schools, 1960-1964. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Organization of Educational Historians, Chicago, IL. Helmsing, M. (2010, April). I Suppose Youre Trying to Solve the Race Problem: A History of The Anthropology Curriculum Study Project, 1962-1972. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Society for the Study of Curriculum History, Denver, CO. Invited presentations Helmsing, M. (2013, April). The Interface Effect: Overcoming a Poverty of Knowledge. Invited IGNITE presentation during AERA Presidential Session on Broadening Communication, Collaboration, Participation in Educational Research at American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. Helmsing, M. (2012, February). (Dis)placement of Africa: Re/Presenting Africa as Place/Space/Time. Presentation given at a meeting of the Eyes on Africa Colloquium, Department of African Studies, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Kaiser, C. & Helmsing, M. (2011, July). Sports & Society: Interdisciplinary Approaches Connecting Physical Education with Social Studies Education. A lecture given at the University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana. Helmsing, M. (2011, June). What Can We Say About What Is Said About School? Investigating the Construction of Educational Identities In Oral History Research. Paper presented at the summer institute Rethinking 9/11: Life Stories, Cultural Memory and the Politics of Representation at Columbia University, New York City, NY. Invited addresses Helmsing, M. (2003, September). Simple Joys: Making Meaningful Experiences in Teaching. Keynote address for the annual Call to Teach program at the School of Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Helmsing, M. (2003, April). Teaching as Giving, Giving as Learning. Keynote address for the annual Honors Day program at the School of Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Graduate course instructor at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI (2012-2014)

TE 802: TE 804: TE 822: TE 865:

Reflection and Inquiry in Teaching Secondary Social Studies I Reflection and Inquiry in Teaching Secondary Social Studies II Issues of Culture and Curriculum in Schools and Classrooms Teaching and Learning K-12 Social Studies

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Undergraduate course instructor at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI (2009-2012)

TE 407: TE 408: TE 408: TE 408: TE 501: TE 502:

Teaching Subject Matter to Diverse Adolescent Learners Crafting Teaching Practices in Secondary Social Studies Minor Lab in Teaching High School Economics Minor Lab in Teaching High School Psychology Internship in Teaching Diverse Learners I Internship in Teaching Diverse Learners II

Student teaching field instructor at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI (2009-2011)

Professional development assistant at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI (2013)

Africa in World History (National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for High School Teachers). Assistant to institute leaders Dr. Nwando Achebe and Dr. John Metzler
Research project assistant at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI (2012-2013)

Learning science with the Urban Advantage: Formal-informal collaborations to increase science literacy and student learning in New York City Public Schools & The American Museum of Natural History Assistant to co-principal investigators Dr. Suzanne Wilson & Dr. James Short on National Science Foundation Award No. DRL-0918560
Teacher at Sunnyslope High School in Phoenix, AZ (2008-2009)

Taught Accelerated English 1-2; World History/World Literature 3-4; American History/American Literature 5-6 in a comprehensive urban public high school (grades 9-12)
Teacher at Bloomington High School North in Bloomington, IN (2004-2008)

Taught World Geography; Ethnic Studies; American History/Literature; English 9-12; Honors Introduction to Social Science/English 9; Speech Communication/Debate; Teacher Mentor/Instructional Coach; Summer Remediation Instructor in comprehensive suburban public high school (grades 9-12) FUNDING EXPLORation STEM! Using Transmedia with Game-Infused Space Stories to Increase Interest, Engagement, and Learning in STEM for Middle School Students in Out-of-School Programs (2013) $900,000 grant under review by National Science Foundation Cyberlearning and Design Implementation Grant Consultant for joint venture with WisdomTools, Indiana Department of Education 21st Century Community Learning Centers, and the Indiana Afterschool Network Taking charge: A curriculum for adult roles and responsibilities (2007) $2,000, funded by Monroe County Community Foundation PI of grant to author and pilot an interdisciplinary curriculum in 9th grade English Language Arts and Social Studies that incorporated high-interest nonfiction texts, service-learning components, and interpersonal and civic learning goals

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Exploration and implementation of school reform models (2007) $50,000, funded by the New Tech High Foundation and Indiana Department of Education Co-PI of grant to explore and implement New Tech High School model in Monroe County Community School Corporation 1:1 computing in secondary classrooms to improve instruction (2006) $300,000, funded by the Indiana Department of Education Co-PI of grant to implement 1:1 computing resources in all classrooms, outfitted with networked technology and NovaNet computer stations with Linux OS and instructional resources and professional development for teachers to deliver hybrid instruction Cougar T.R.A.C.K.S: Literacy through interdisciplinarity (2006) $1,000, funded by the Monroe County Community Foundation PI of grant to purchase and integrate contemporary young adult literature into existing curriculum needs Creating small learning communities (2006) $800,000, funded by the United States Department of Education Co-PI of grant that investigated several school reform models to implement small learning community structures and opportunities SERVICE Service to the profession Senior Representative (Division B), AERA Graduate Student Council (2012-2013) Chair, College and University Faculty Assembly, Graduate Student Forum (2011-2012) Vice-Chair, College and University Faculty Assembly, Graduate Student Forum (2010-2011) Webmaster, Social Studies Education Research SIG, AERA (2010-2011) Organizer of session A Touchy Subject: Critical Explorations of Affect, Emotion, and Empathy in Social Studies Education. Panel session for the annual meeting of the College and University Faculty Assembly of The National Council for the Social Studies, St. Louis, MO. November, 2013. Co-organizer of session Talking Back, Beyond, and Between: Conversations of Possibilities and Potential with Critical Theory in Social Studies Education. Alternative session for the annual meeting of the College and University Faculty Assembly of The National Council for the Social Studies, St. Louis, MO. November, 2013. Co-organizer of session (Re)Claiming Popular Culture as a Transitional Space: Political and Pedagogical Processes of Pop. Symposium conducted for the Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural Studies

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SIG at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. April, 2013. Co-organizer of session Can You See It? Exploring the Intersections of Visual Culture, Digital Media, and Gaming in Poverty and Education. Division B Graduate Student Fireside Chat at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. April, 2013. Invited participant with 21st Century Curriculum Studies Scholarship & Research. Vice-Presidential PreConference Seminar for Division B at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. April, 2012. Co-organizer of workshop Social Studies as Social Justice: Engaged Teaching for Activism and Multiculturalism in the Secondary Classroom at the annual meeting of the National Association for Multicultural Education, Chicago, IL. November, 2011. Co-organizer of workshop More Than Pyramids and Camels: Teaching About the Middle East Today at the annual meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies, Denver, CO. December. 2010. Chair for session 21st Century Experiences for Preservice Social Studies Teachers at the annual meeting of the College and University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies, Denver, CO. December, 2010. Chair and discussant for session Success Stories At School And In The Community: Latino/A Students, Strengths And Leadership at a roundtable session for Division G at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Denver, CO. April, 2010. Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Curriculum Studies Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Curriculum & Pedagogy Manuscript Reviewer, Social Studies Research and Practice Manuscript Reviewer, American Educational History Journal Manuscript Reviewer, Current Issues in Education Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Citizenship, Social and Economic Education Proposal Reviewer, National Council for the Social Studies/CUFA Proposal Reviewer, American Educational Research Association Proposal Reviewer, National Association for Multicultural Education Proposal Reviewer, Organization of Educational Historians Chapter Reviewer for Tucker, I. & Ryan, J. (2013). Economics and Personal Finance: A High School Textbook. Boston: Cenage/South-Western

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Chapter Reviewer for Halvorsen, A. (2013). A history of elementary social studies: Romance and reality. New York: Peter Lang Chapter Reviewer for Reilly, C., Russell, V., & Chehyal, L. K. (Eds.) (2011). Surveying Borders, Boundaries, and Contested Spaces in Curriculum and Pedagogy. Charlotte, N.C.: Information Age Publishing University service Member, Chairs Advisory Council, Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University (2011-2012) Member, Faculty Search Committee in Teacher Quality, Michigan State University (2011-2013) Co-coordinator, Safe Schools Program, College of Education, Michigan State University (2009-2011) Member, Academic Grievance Board, College of Education, Michigan State University (2010-2011) Co-coordinator, New Doctoral Student Orientation, Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University (2010-2011) Member, Chancellors Advisory Board, Indiana University (2003-2004) Member, Deans Advisory Council, School of Education, Indiana University (2002-2004) Member, Committee on Teacher Education, School of Education, Indiana University (2001-2003) Member, Committee on Diversity & Inclusion, School of Education, Indiana University (2001-2003) Chair, Board of Educational Programming, Collins Living-Learning Center, Indiana University (2002-2003) Outreach & community service Content evaluator for Indiana Statewide Test of Educational Progress, Indiana Department of Education (2007) Content exemplar author for Social Studies and English Language Arts Core 40 Curriculum Alignment, Indiana Department of Education (2006) Volunteer instructor in Literature, Creative Writing, & Acting for New Life, New Leaf Rehabilitation Program at the Monroe County Community Correctional Center, Bloomington, IN (2006-2008) Volunteer co-facilitator and organizer of Bloomington Youth Group for LGBTQ teens in the Monroe County area, Bloomington, IN (2005-2007)

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Professional affiliations American Educational Research Association Division B/Curriculum Studies Division F/History & Historiography of Education Division K/ Teaching & Teacher Education Social Studies Research SIG Queer Studies SIG Qualitative Research SIG Critical Issues in Curriculum & Cultural Studies SIG National Council for the Social Studies College and University Faculty Assembly Issues-Centered Community Teacher Education Community American Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies Society for the Study of Curriculum History Organization of Educational Historians History of Education Society