Jada Kohlmeier
Professor and Program Coordinator, Secondary Social Sciences Education
Humana-Germany-Sherman Distinguished Professor
Short Bio
Dr. Kohlmeier is the program coordinator for secondary social sciences education and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in that program. She conducts professional development with secondary teachers and researches teacher learning through a professional development structured titles lesson study. She also researches student learning, specifically secondary students historical, ethical, and civic reasoning.
Professional Experience
Dr. Kohlmeier received her B.A. in History from Kansas State University and her Master of Arts in Teaching degree from Washington University in St. Louis. She taught public school social studies in Kansas for 10 years while earning her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas. She has taught at Auburn since 2003.
Engagement
Dr. Kohlmeier has conducted Lesson Study with local history teachers every summer for over 18 years. She has also conducted Lesson Study with externally funded projects. Plowing Freedom's Ground worked with 30 U.S. History teachers for three years. In the summer of 2021, she and Dr. Steven Brown in political science, received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities to provide a two-week institute on Landmark Supreme Court cases that originated from Alabama citizens to U.S. history and government teachers around the United States.
