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Alexander Cuenca

Social Sciences · Indiana University

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Mid career · publishing since 2008
Educator Training and Historical PedagogyTeacher Education and Leadership StudiesGlobal Education and MulticulturalismInnovative Teaching Methodologies in Social SciencesReflective Practices in Education

Publications

49

Citations

936

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

19

Publishing since 2008

Research summary
AI-generated

Alexander Cuenca studies how social studies teachers are prepared and trained, with attention to inquiry-based teaching methods, teacher licensure and assessment policies, and the role of civic education in supporting democratic societies. His work often uses self-study and policy-analysis methods to examine how teacher education programs operate and how state-level assessments of teaching are designed and reformed. Much of his research focuses on identifying effective core teaching practices for future social studies educators.

Social studies teacher educationInquiry-based teaching and learningTeacher licensure and assessment policyCivic education and democracySelf-study research methods

Publication activity peaked around 2019-2020 and has been more intermittent since, averaging roughly two publications per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 988 mid career Social Sciences PIs within our index
Citations: 936cohort median 317
h-index: 15cohort median 8
Publications / year (recent): 1.8cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~2 · 93% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 17 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 4 publications182019: 5 publications192020: 7 publications720212022: 2 publications222023: 1 publication232024: 4 publications24252026: 2 publications26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 1 collaborator at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 2 collaborators at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 2 collaborators at the same institution2025: 0 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Theory & Research in Social Education×3
  • Springer international handbooks of education×2
  • The Journal of Social Studies Research×2
  • Journal of Teacher Education×1
  • Self-study of teaching and teacher education practices (Print)/Self-study of teaching and teacher education practices×1
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Last updated Sep 1, 2026.

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