Dr Douglas Adams

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Contact Info

608.342.1736
0140F Doudna Hall
860 W Pine St
Platteville, WI 53818-3099

Campuses and Colleges

  • College of Liberal Arts and Education

Appointments and Roles

Assistant Professor
0140F Doudna Hall
Assistant Professor

Committees and Groups

Member of University Undergraduate and Graduate Curriculum Commission
School of Education
Member of Faculty Senate
At-Large
Member of Graduate Council
Graduate Program

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

Fall 2025 Courses 

  • TCHG 2240: Foundations of Education
  • TCHG 3190: Community Based Learning
  • TCHG 4190: Elementary/Middle Social Studies

Publications

  • Boyd, B., Boyd, R., Dahl, B., Erickson, R., Williams, C., & Adams, D. (2025). Living Act 31: Perspectives From Bayfield, Wisconsin. The Rural Educator, 46(1), 10-21. https://doi.org/10.55533/2643-9662.1487
  • Adams, D. (2023). Review of Visions of Nature: How Landscape Photography Shaped Settler Colonialism, by Jarrod Hore. Historical Geography, 51(1), 84-86. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hgo.2023.a963918.
  • Sappleton, S. J., & Adams, D. (2022). On Decolonizing US Education: Lessons from the Caribbean and South Africa. The Professional Educator, 45(1), 47–57. https://doi.org/10.47038/tpe.45.01.11

Awards

Service to the College of Liberal Arts and Education Award, 2025