Douglas Adams
Contact Info
Campuses and Colleges
- UW-Platteville
- College of Liberal Arts and Education
Appointments and Roles
Biography
Educational Background
- PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Geography)
- MA, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Educational Policy Studies)
- MA, Northern Illinois University (History)
- MEd, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Secondary Education)
- BA, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (History)
About
Spring 2026 Courses
TCHG 4190: Elementary/Middle Social Studies Methods
TCHG 2240: Foundations of Education
ENG 1230: College Writing II (Co-Taught with Dr. Kory Wein, Professor of English)
Publications
Hollingsworth, Lindsay and Adams, Douglas. (2025). Preparing Preservice Teachers to Teach English Language Arts & Social Studes through a Thematic Book Club Project. Journal of Early Years Education. “Special Issue: Without Border. Theory and Practice in The Teacher-Training,” 34-50. https://doi.org/10.31074/gyntf.2025.3.34.50
Boyd, Brian, Rebecca Boyd, Beth Dahl, Rick Erickson, Cate Williams, and Doug Adams. (2025). “Living Act 31: Perspectives from Bayfield, Wisconsin.” The Rural Educator and the Journal of American Indian Education Special Issue. 46(1), 10-21. (All authors contributed equally to this project) https://doi.org/10.55533/2643-9662.1487
Sappleton, Shan, and Adams, Doug. (2022). “On decolonizing US education: lessons from the Caribbean and South Africa.” The Professional Educator. 45(1), 42-57. 10.47038/tpe.45.01.11
Book Reviews
Adams, Doug. (2023). “Review of Jarrod Hore’s (2022). Visions of Nature: How Landscape Geography Shaped Settler Colonialism. Oakland, CA: University of California Press” Historical Geography 50. https://doi.org/10.1353/hgo.2023.a963918
Awards
Service to the College of Liberal Arts and Education Award, 2025