Sara Demoiny

Sara Demoiny, Ph.D.

  • Associate Professor, Elementary Education


Phone: 334-844-4405
Campus Mail: Haley Center 5040
Office Location: Haley Center 5024
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Units

Department of Curriculum and Teaching

Academic Areas

Elementary Education

Short Bio

Sara B. Demoiny is an Assistant Professor of Elementary Education in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Auburn University. Her research interests focus on the manner in which race and whiteness are taught in social studies teacher education and the ways to teach local difficult histories. Her recent manuscripts can be found in Theory & Research in Social Education, Journal of Social Studies Research, and Multicultural Perspectives.

Professional & Educational Experience

Education

  • PhD in Theory & Practice in Teacher Education, Social Science Education, 2017, University of Tennessee

  • M.Ed. in Curriculum & Teaching, 2006, Pennsylvania State University

  • B.A. in Liberal Studies with Elementary Education, 2002, Carson-Newman University

Professional

  • 2017 - Present | Assistant Professor, Auburn University

  • 2014 - 2017 | Adjunct Instructor, Carson-Newman University

  • 2012 - 2014 | Full-time Instructor, Carson-Newman University

  • 2010 - 2012 | Supervisor of Student Teachers, Carson-Newman University

  • 2006 - 2010 | Classroom Teacher, Russell Byers Charter School

  • 2002 - 2006 | Middle School Teacher, Stoddart-Fleisher Middle School

Research Interests

  • Race & Whiteness

  • Anti-oppressive Elementary Social Studies

  • Difficult History