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Adam Laats

Professor

CCPA Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership
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Background

Adam Laats taught middle and high school for ten years in Milwaukee. He earned his PhD in U.S. History at the University of Wisconsin—Madison in 2007.

Education

  • MAT, Washington University in St. Louis
  • PhD, University of Wisconsin--Madison

Research Interests

  • History of American education
  • Cultural battles over schooling and school reform
  • Examination of campaigns of conservative evangelical Protestants in both K-12 and higher education
  • History of creation/evolution debates
  • Evolution of conservative thinking about K-12 education
  • Examining the first systematic attempt at urban school reform in American history

Research Profile

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