Kathryn M. Obenchain
Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
70
Citations
388
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
31
Publishing since 1996
Kathryn M. Obenchain studies civic and social studies education, focusing on how children and adolescents—including immigrant and Latiné youth—develop understandings of citizenship, civic engagement, and democratic participation. Her work also examines teacher professional identity, teacher education, and classroom practices for teaching history and social studies, including to English language learners. This research is aimed at improving how civic and social studies content is taught in K-12 schools.
Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, with a gap in 2021-2022 followed by renewed activity from 2023-2025, averaging about 3 publications per year over the last five years.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Volume 6, Issue 3 (2013): Facing the Complexities of Social Issues
Purdue University Press eBooks · 2025
- Exploring teachers’ inclination towards adopting inquiry-based learning in social studies: Insights from teacher professional identity
Teaching and Teacher Education · 2024
- Civic identity: media, belonging, and Latiné youth in the 2020 US presidential election
Identities · 2024
- Empathy & civic engagement: Latiné youth motivating change in an anti-immigrant America
Latino Studies · 2024
- Guest editorial: Rethinking in-service social studies teacher professional development in polarizing times
Social Studies Research and Practice · 2023
- Subjects or Participants? The Development of Ethical Principles in Research Involving Humans in the United States
Psihologia Resurselor Umane · 2020
- SUBJECTS OR PARTICIPANTS? THE DEVELOPMENT OF ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMANS IN THE UNITED STATES
Psihologia Resurselor Umane · 2020
- Intersecting Goals in an Elementary Social Studies Design Project
2019
- ‘We have the right to stand up’: Elementary students’ conceptual understandings of civic virtue and engagement
Education Citizenship and Social Justice · 2019
- Fully Realizing the Civic Potential of Immigrant Youth.
The American Educator · 2018
- Moving Beyond Civic Rituals: Elementary Students’ Understanding of Civic Life in the 2016 Election
2018
- Teaching History and Social Studies to English Language Learners
2017
- Literacy and Social Studies Integration: Using Critical Democratic Literacy to Promote Elementary Students’ Understandings of Civil Disobedience
2017
- Introduction
2017
- Garnering Civic Hope: Social Studies, Expectations, and the Lost Civic Potential of Immigrant Youth
Theory & Research in Social Education · 2016
- English language education×2
- Psihologia Resurselor Umane×2
- Teaching and Teacher Education×1
- Identities×1
- Theory & Research in Social Education×1
- Chrystal S. Johnson
Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Keith C. Barton
Social Sciences · Indiana University
- Brad M. Maguth
Social Sciences · The Ohio State University
- Alexander Cuenca
Social Sciences · Indiana University
- Jan Nespor
Social Sciences · The Ohio State University
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.
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