Michael A. Neel Work Home Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations 2404 Sunset Place Peabody College, Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 37212 PMB 230 Phone: (205) 249-8125 230 Appleton Place Email: mneel@mac.com Nashville, TN 37203 Email: michael.a.neel@vanderbilt.edu Education 2015 Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park, Teacher Education and Professional Development 2010 M.A., Samford University, Instructional Leadership 2007 M.Ed., University of Alabama at Birmingham, History Education 2002 Pew Younger Scholar, University of Notre Dame 2002 B.A. with honors, Carson-Newman College, History and Religion Professional Experience 2016-present Postdoctoral Scholar in Leadership, Policy, and Organizations at Vanderbilt University s Peabody College of Education and Human Development Nashville, TN 2015-2016 Lecturer, Department of Teaching and Learning at Vanderbilt University s Peabody College of Education and Human Development Nashville, TN 2011-2015 Graduate Assistant, Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate, University of Maryland College of Education College Park, MD 2011-2014 Graduate Student Instructor, College of Education, University of Maryland College Park, MD. 2011-2013 Graduate Student Supervisor of Social Studies Teacher Candidates, College of Education, University of Maryland College Park, MD. 2007-2011 Social Studies Teacher, grade 7; Mountain Brook City Schools Birmingham, AL 2006-2007 Social Studies Teacher, grade 8; Shelby County Schools Montevallo, AL 2004-2006 Special Education Teacher, grades 7-9; Mountain Brook City Schools Birmingham, AL
2002-2004 English as a Foreign Language Teacher, JET Program, Iwate Board of Education Kitakami City, Iwate, Japan Publications Neel, M. A., (in press). Listening, Teaching, and Learning to Listen. [Review of the book Listening to Teach: Beyond Didactic Pedagogy, ed. Leonard J. Waks]. Educational Theory. Imig, D., Imig, S., Neel, M. A., & Holmberg-Masden, L. (in press). The Complexity of American Teacher Education. In G. Hall, Donna Gollnick & L. Quinn (Eds.), The Handbook of Teaching and Learning. Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN: 9781118955871. Neel, M. A. (2017). Making Sense and Facing Tensions: An Investigation of Core Practice Complexities. Teaching Education, 28(3), 257-278. Sawyer, R. D., Neel, M. A., Coulter, M. (2016). At the Crossroads of Clinical Practice and Teacher Leadership: Examining the Third Space Dimensions of Teacher Preparation. International Journal of Teacher Leadership, 7(1), 17-36. Wiseman, D., Imig, D. G., Neel, M. A. (2014). US teacher education: Dynamic changes, uncertain results. In M. Assuncao Flores (Ed.), Formação e desenvolvimento profissional de professores: Contributos internacionais. Coimbra, Almedina. Imig, D. G., & Neel, M. A. (2013) Introduction. In J. A. Perry & D.L. Carlson (Ed.), In their own words: A journey to the stewardship of practice in education. Charlotte, Information Age Publishing. Neel, M. A., & Ennis, L. S. (2012). The student, technology, and in loco parentis: Legal challenges in the digital age. International Journal of Technology and Society, 8(1), 123-130. Works in Progress Neel, M. A. & Levin, D., (under review). Learning to Elicit Students Historical Reasoning. Journal of Teacher Education. Cannata, M., Neel, M. A., Rubin, M. (under review). Navigating Flexibility and Fidelity in Scaling Up a Statewide Initiative. American Journal of Education. Neel, M. A. & Hostetler, A., (under review). Hanging by a moment: Navigating difficult political discourse in social studies classrooms. Journal of Social Studies Research. De La Paz, S., Monte-Sano, C., Neel, M. A., (under review). Using case study to analyze diverse students learning in response to a historical writing curriculum. Reading Research Quarterly. Presentations Neel, M. A. (April, 2017). What s Your Response to that? Responsive Teaching Among History Teacher Candidates. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX. Neel, M. A. & Hostetler, A. (April, 2017). Will they Walk Out Thinking Trump is the Same as Hitler? Difficult Discourses, Responsive Teaching, and the Challenges of Novice Social Studies Teachers. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX. Canata, M., Goldring, E., Grissom, J., Laski, M., Neel, M. A., Papay, J., Patrick, S. K., Rubin, M., Schwartz, N., Spillane, J., Taylor, E., & Tyler, J. (May, 2017). Encouraging Compliance without Mandates: The Challenge of Take-Up in a New State-
Sponsored Education Initiative. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX. Neel, M. A. & Palmeri, A. (December, 2016). Managing Tensions: Preparing Elementary Teachers for C3 Social Studies. Presentation at the annual meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies, Washington, DC. Neel, M. A. & Hostetler, A. (December, 2016). Hanging by a moment: Navigating difficult political discourse in social studies classrooms. Presentation at the annual meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies, Washington, DC. Demink-Carthew, J., Grosser-Clarkson, D., Levin, D., Neel, M. A., Valli, L. (February, 2016). Attending to Student Thinking as an Organizing Practice in Teacher Education. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, Las Vegas, NV. Neel, M. A., Perkins, H., Willis, S., Hostetler, A. (March, 2016). Walking Tours. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Tennessee Council for the Social Studies, Franklin, TN. Neel, M. A., McCall, C. (November, 2015). Thinking Historically and Responsive Teaching: Practice-based Teacher Development. Presentation at the annual meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies, New Orleans, LA. Sawyer, R., Neel, M. A., Coulter, M. (April, 2014). Putting a Face on Clinical Practice: A Description and Study of an Emergent Clinical Practice Program. Paper Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA. Neel, M. A. (2014, February). The Who of Clinical Teacher Preparation: Developing Clinical Teacher Educators. Paper Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, Indianapolis, IN. Howey, K., Hollins, E., Imig, D., Neel, M. A., Wiseman, D., & Zimpher, N. (2013, April). The Impact of Clinical Education Strategies on Teacher and Student Learning. Invited Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA. Howey, K., Cibulka, J., Hollins, E., Imig, D., Neel, M. A., Wiseman, D., & Zimpher, N. (2013, March). Preparing Clinical Faculty. Panel Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, Orlando, FL. Neel, M. A. & Imig, D. G. (2012, June). Clinical Faculty and the EdD. Presentation at the biannual meeting of the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate, Fresno, CA. Neel, M. A., & Ennis, L. S. (2012, January). The student, technology, and the law. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Conference on Technology, Knowledge, and Society, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. Grant Awards Awarded Support Program for Advancing Research and Collaboration Grant (SPARC), Amount: $1000, 2014 Courses Taught 2016 Classroom Ecology, Vanderbilt University 2016 Advanced Teaching in Secondary Schools, Vanderbilt University 2016 Teaching Social Studies in Elementary Schools, Vanderbilt University 2015 Advanced Teaching of Social Studies in Secondary Schools, Vanderbilt University
2015 Practicum in Secondary Education, Vanderbilt University 2015 Education Policy and School Reform, Vanderbilt University 2014 Secondary Social Studies Pedagogy (co-taught), University of Maryland 2014 Policy Formation in Education (co-taught with D. Imig) University of Maryland 2014 Knowledge Reasoning and Learning in Secondary Social Studies, University of Maryland 2014 Seminar on School District Leadership (co-taught with D. Imig), University of Maryland 2013 Curriculum and Instruction in Elementary Social Studies, University of Maryland 2013 Special Problems in Teacher Education (designed and co-facilitated), University of Maryland 2013 Knowledge Reasoning and Learning in Secondary Social Studies (TA), University of Maryland 2012 Special Problems in Teacher Education (TA for L. Valli & D. Imig), University of Maryland 2012 Curriculum and Instruction in Elementary Social Studies, University of Maryland Service Facilitator for World Leading Schools Association Nashville Teacher Training Institute, Peabody College (2017) Advisor for Masters Capstone Project, Learning, Diversity, and Urban Studies Program, Peabody College (2017) Mentor for advanced placement student research project, Hume-Fogg High School (2016) Reviewer for SAGE Open (2016) Reviewer for Journal of Teacher Education (2014) Faculty Search Committee, UMD College of Education Graduate Student Organization Representative, UMD Graduate Student Academic Appeals Committee, UMD Faculty Assembly Student Representative, UMD Honors Nominated AACTE 2016 Dissertation of the Year Award Nominated AERA 2017 Division K Dissertation of the Year Award Outstanding Graduate Assistant, University of Maryland Graduate School Dean s Fellowship, University of Maryland College of Education HANBAN China exchange teacher delegate First-Year Teacher of the Year nominee, Shelby County Schools ODK National Leadership Honor Society Chapter president of Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society Blue Key National Academic Honor Fraternity History Department Book Award, Carson-Newman College Hebrew Department Book Award, Carson-Newman College Certifications Social Studies Teacher, grades 6-12, 2005-present, AL
School Administrator, grades K-12, 2010-present, AL Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI), 2011-Present Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Workshop on Networked Improvement Communities Using Improvement Science, 2012 Professional Affiliations American Educational Research Association National Council for the Social Studies Languages Working knowledge of spoken Japanese