Adam Laats

Professor

CCPA Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership

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

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