Engelhardt, Mason
Title: Assistant Professor of Elementary Education
College: College of Professional and Liberal Studies
Department: Department of Education
Discipline: Education
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Engelhardt, Mason
Biography
Dr. Engelhardt received his Master’s Degree in Elementary Education from Radford University. After teaching elementary education in the classroom, he completed his Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction at Virginia Tech. His experiences teaching elementary education and working with pre-service teaching candidates have influenced his passion for preparing future educators and conducting research that assists in the improvement of elementary school quality. When he is not teaching, Dr. Engelhardt enjoys spending time writing, working on projects related to elementary education, spending time with his three daughters and wife, and engaging with his community.
Education
- Ph.D., Curriculum & Instruction, Virginia Tech (2024)
- M.S., Elementary Education, Radford University (2014)
- B.S., School of Communication Concentration in Production Technology, Radford University (2010)
Research
Dr. Engelhardt’s research interests include: Sacrificial Listening, teacher-student relationships, student motivation, the implementation of Universal Design for Learning, and digital game-based learning.
Publications:
- Allen, A., Stewart, C. and Engelhardt, M. (2024), “Nothing compares to actually listening”: Experiences with sacrificial listening and place-based education”, Social Studies Research and Practice, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/SSRP-01-2024-0007
- Allen, A., Engelhardt, M., & Stewart, C. (2024). Listening as a virtue? Building a bridge to understanding through sacrificial listening. Curriculum Teaching and Dialogue, 26(1), x-x (In Press)
- Engelhardt, M. (2024). Book Review. Caste: The origins of our discontents (Adapted for young adults). The Journal of Social Studies Research (In Review)
- Allen, A., Engelhardt, M., & Stewart, C. (2023). Pre-service teachers’ understanding of sacrificial listening as a pedagogical framework. Journal of Curriculum Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220272.2023.2271545
- Engelhardt, M. & Stewart, C. (2023). Advocating Equality: Looking Beyond Race & Skin Color. In Pennington, L.K., Kessler, M., Horst, P., Tackett, M., Fortune, D. (Eds.) An Inquiry-Based Strategy for Using Film to Teach Salient Societal Issues in Elementary Social Studies. Hollywood or History?. Information Age Publishing. (In Press)
- Fortune, D., Motley, K., Engelhardt, M., Stewart, C., Powers, K. (2021) [Review of the book Anti-racism and universal design for learning: Building expressways to success by A.Fritzgerald]. Virginia English Journal, 71(2), Article 7, 1-6.
