J.B. Mayo, Jr.
Assistant professor
CTL Multicultural Teaching and Learning Fellow
Ph.D., University of South Florida
Social
studies education
168 Peik Hall
612-625-2534
mayo@umn.edu
Office hours: by appointment only
Preferred method of contact: e-mail
I am an assistant professor in social studies education. I hold a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from the University of South Florida, where my focus of study was gender and sexuality within the social studies, specifically on the formation and impact of gay straight alliances in secondary schools and the challenges faced by gay teachers in Florida’s secondary classrooms. I am a former middle school teacher of six years in two Virginia localities. My research interests also include multicultural education, global education, and the teaching of history, especially modern U.S. history from the 1960s to the present.
I currently have two projects underway: A study of gay-straight alliances (GSAs) in area secondary schools and an evaluative study of the GLBTA Mentor Program here at the University of Minnesota. In both studies, I am interested in learning how the existence of GLBT-friendly organizations affects the larger communities in which they are located. In addition, I hope to discover how members of the various GSAs and of the Mentor Program are influenced by their participation in these programs.
Selected publications
Mayo, J.B. (2008). Gay teachers’ negotiated interactions with their students and (straight) colleagues. The High School Journal, 92(1), 1-10.
Mayo, J.B. (2007). Negotiating sexual orientation and classroom practice(s) at school. Theory and Research in Social Education, 35(3), 447-464.
Mayo, J.B. (2007). Quiet warriors: Black teachers’ memories of integration in two Virginia localities. Multicultural Perspectives, 9(2), 17-25.
Current courses
- CI 5137—Multicultural Gender-Fair Curriculum
- CI 5743—The Social Sciences and the Social Studies
Courses taught
- CI 5150—Global Perspectives in the Secondary Classroom
- CI 5742—Advanced Methods of Teaching the Social Studies
- CI 5744—Seminar: Reflecting on Professional Development in Social Studies Education
- CI 5762—Developing Civic Discourse in the Social Studies
Revised September 2009
