Directory
John J. White, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Full-Time Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences: History; School of Education and Health Sciences: Teacher Education
Degrees
- Ph.D., History, Boston College, 2000
- M.A., History, Boston College, 1995
- B.A., History, University of Massachusetts, 1984
Courses Taught
- EDT 506/306 History of Catholic K-12 Schools in the United States
- EDT 323 Historical Literacy and Historical Thinking
- EDT 324 Education and World Religions
- EDT 336/536 The Culture of the Catholic School
- EDT 435/551 Integrated Social Studies Methods for Adolescence to Young Adult
- EDT 429/535 Social Studies for Middle Childhood
- EDT 411/519 Social Studies for 4th and 5th Grades
- HST 374 Ireland and America
- POL 300 Political Issues
Professional Activities
- American Catholic Historical Association
- American Conference for Irish Studies
- American Historical Association
- National Council for History Education
- National Council for the Social Studies
- Ohio Academy of History
Research Interests
- History of Catholic Education
- Irish American History
- Education and Religion
- History of Curriculum
Selected Publications
White, J. (2013) “A Clash of Culture and Faith: Catholic Education in Boston, 1970-2010.” in Walch, T. and Hunt, T. (eds) Urban Catholic Education: Later Stories of 12 American Cities. New York: Peter Lang, pp. 13-30.
White, J (2012). “The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in U.S. Catholic High Schools: An Answer to the Church’s Call to Global Solidarity.” Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, Vol. 15, No. 2, 179-206.
White, J. (2012) “Will Common Academic Standards Make America More Educationally Competitive?” In Lasley, T. (ed.) Standards and Accountability in Schools. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 28-36.
White, J. (2012). “The growth of Catholic independent and unaffiliated schools” in Hunt, T., and Carper, C. (eds.) The Praeger Handbook of Faith-Based Schools in the United States, K-12 Westport, CT: Praeger, 383-390.
White, J. (2012). “The United States Council of Catholic Bishops and K-12 schools” in Hunt, T., and Carper, C. (eds.) The Praeger Handbook of Faith-Based Schools in the United States, K-12 Westport, CT: Praeger, 400-407.
White, J. (2011). “‘The Peaceful and Constructive Battle’: UNESCO, and Education for International Understanding in History and Geography, 1947-1970.” International Journal of Educational Reform 20, 4, pp. 303-321.
White, J. (2010). “Boston: Puritan City Catholicism” in Walch, T., and Hunt, T., eds., Urban Catholic Education: Tales of twelve American cities. South Bend: ACE Press, 89-118.
White, J. (2010). “How The Success of the New History can help us to understand the Failure of the New Social Studies” National Social Science Journal. 34, 2, pp. 179-189.
White, J. (2009). “The New Social Studies and the New History: A Comparative Perspective.” International Journal of Educational Reform. 18, 2, pp. 144-154.