Phone: 828-227-3349
Email: rbinkley@wcu.edu
Office Address: Killian 224B

Education

• Ph.D., The University of Illinois, Curriculum & Instruction; Social Studies Education, 2004
• M.S., Eastern Illinois University, 1999
• BA. Abilene Christian University, 1976

Research Interests

Dr. Binkley cares about the teaching of social studies in grades K-8.  In particular, his research centers on the importance of addressing race, class, gender, religion, and sexuality in teaching for social justice.

Publications and Presentations – Selected List

Refereed Writing

• Binkley, R. (forthcoming).  ‘We can’t change the world if we just keep it to ourselves’: How do preservice teachers see teaching for social justice when they participate in a national program promoting student activism? Chapter submitted for edited book: (Hickey, G. & Lanham, D., (Eds.) ‘Even the janitor is white’: Educating for Cultural Diversity in Small Colleges and Universities. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
• Binkley, R., Keiser, M., & Strahan, D. (forthcoming)) Connected coaching: How three middle school teachers responded to the challenge to integrate social studies and literacy. The Journal of Social Studies Research.
• Bricker, P., Sachs, S. & Binkley, R.  (2010). Using citizen scientists to measure the effects of ozone damage on native wildflowers in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and beyond.  Science Scope (33)8, 12-19.
• Binkley, R. (2008, Winter).  Crossing borders: Helping pre-service teachers to confront differences.  North Carolina Middle School Association Journal (24)1. 

Presentations at Professional Meetings

• Case, E., & Binkley, R. (2010, September). Preparing students in pre-service programs to be allies for LGBTQ students in the schools. Panel presentation at the September, 2010 North Carolina Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators, Raleigh, NC.
• Binkley, R. (2010, May).  We can’t change the world if we just keep it to ourselves: Pre-service teachers learn to teach for social justice. Presentation at the Annual Regional Conference of Professional Organization of Middle Level Educators, Boone, NC.
• Saurino, P., Binkley, R., Collman, E., & Chatham J. (2010, February).  How writing and illustrating graphic novels contribute to fourth–graders’ perceptions of themselves as readers and writers. Roundtable presentation at the 2010 Eastern Educational Research Association Regional Conference, February, Savannah, GA.
• Binkley, R., Pollifrone, F., Hundley, R., & Pollifrone, H. (2010, November).  Be the change you want to see in the world: Starting a peace education program in middle school and high school.  Presented at the 2010 Conference of the National Council for the Social Studies, Denver, CO.
• Oldendorf, S., Green, C., Hartwick, J., & Binkley, R. (2009). Symposium: Religion in the schools and the social studies curriculum—Research, perspectives, and issues. (Invited panelist at the College and University Faculty Assembly for the National Council for the Social Studies 89th Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
• Keiser, M., Strahan, D., & Binkley, R. (2008). Connected coaching; How three middle school teachers responded to the challenge to integrate social studies and literacy. Presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, New York.
• Binkley, R., Groome, B., & Hedt, M. (2006).  Using peer biographies to build community. Presented at the Invitational Education International Annual Conference, Asheville, NC.