Scott Gelber
Assistant Professor of Education
Office: Doll's House 202
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2-4 PM; Fridays by appointment
Phone: 508-286-3671
Fax: 508-286-3640
Email: gelber_scott@wheatonma.edu
Degrees
Ph.D., M.A., Harvard University
B.A., Columbia University
Research Interests
History of Education; College Access; School Desegregation. I am currently working on a book-length project on the American Populist movement and state universities during the late nineteenth century.
Teaching Interests
Secondary School Curriculum & Instruction; Historical, Philosophical, & Sociological Foundations of Education; U.S. Social, Cultural, & Intellectual History
Courses: Schooling in America (ED 250), Secondary School Curriculum (ED 391), Seminar in Teaching Methods (ED 395), Student Teaching Practicum (ED 396)
Selected Publications, Creative Work or Performances
"The Crux and the Magic: The Political History of Boston Magnet Schools, 1968-1989," Equity and Excellence in Education 41(4) (November 2008), 453-66.
"Pathways in the Past: Historical Perspectives on Access to Higher Education,"
Teachers College Record 109(10) (October 2007), 2252-2286.
"The Social Contract of the Public University," Essay Review, History of Education Quarterly 47(3) (August 2007), 368-376.
"A Hard-Boiled Order: The Reeducation of Disabled World War I Veterans in New
York City," Journal of Social History 39(1) (Fall 2005), 161-180.