Faculty Profiles

Dr. James Duplass

Dr. James (Jimmy) Duplass, Professor emeritus 

Duplass headshot

Email: duplass@usf.edu
Office: USF Tampa campus, EDU 302V 

Jimmy Duplass graduated from De La Salle high school in New Orleans and was appointed as a faculty member at Saint Louis University, Loyola, Penn State University and the University of South Florida.  He has served as an assistant to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Saint Louis University, Associate Provost at Wayne State University, and the Campus Executive Officer at Penn State Altoona and University of South Florida at Fort Myers.

Education

  • Bachelor of Science in Education Loyola University New Orleans, LA
  • Master of Education in Counseling Loyola University New Orleans, LA
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Education Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO 

Research Interests

  • Philosophy & Foundations of Education
  • Philosophy of Social Studies Education
  • Ideology and Personal and Civic Identity
  • Curriculum and Instruction in Social Studies Education

Teaching

  • SSE 7730: Philosophy of Social Studies Education
  • SSE 7945: Applied Research in Social Science Education
  • SSE 6636: Trends and Issues in Social Studies Education
  • SSE 6617: Trends in K-6 Social Science Education
  • SSE 5641: Reading & Basic Skills in the Content Area
  • SSE 5331: Found Curriculum & Instruction of Social Studies Education
  • SSE 4600: Read & Basic Skills Social Studies Education
  • SSE 4333: Teaching Mid Grades Social Sciences
  • SSE 4313: Teach Elem K-6 Social Studies
  • EME 2040: Introduction to Technology for Educators
  • Philosophical Foundations of Education

Selected Publications

Books

  • The Essence of Teaching Social Studies: Methods for Secondary and Elementary Teacher Candidates. NY: Routledge, 2018
  • The Idea of a Social Studies Education The Role of Philosophical Counseling, NY: Routledge, 2018. 
  • Teaching Elementary Social Studies: Strategies, Standards, and Internet Resources (3rd Ed.). CA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2010.
  • The Elementary Teacher’s Guide to the Best Internet Resources, coauthored with B. Cruz. Upper Saddle River NJ: Prentice Hall, 2007.
  • Social Studies on the Internet (3rd Ed.), coauthored with M. Berson, B. Cruz, and H. Johnston. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2007.
  • Middle and High School Teaching: Methods, Standards & Best Practices. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
  • Teaching Elementary Social Studies: What Every Elementary School Teacher Should Know. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
  • Crescent City Short Stories. New Orleans, LA: Creole Press, 1992.

Articles

“Teaching Justice as a Personal Virtue and Civic Value: What’s an Elementary School Teacher to do in a Highly Politicized Environment?” The Councilor A Journal of the Social Studies, Vol. 72, No. 2 (2014): 1-13.

“Ideology: The Challenge for Civic Literacy Educators,” Journal of Civic Literary, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2014): 1-18.

“Social Studies and the Common Core State Standards: A Lesson on the Settlement of the Caribbean,” Oregon Journal of the Social Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2013): 69-77.

“Teaching History: Strategies for Dealing with Breadth and Depth in a Standards-based Environment,” coauthored with M. Pearcy. The Social Studies, Vol. 102, No. 3, (2011):. 110 -116.

“NCATE Professional Dispositions: What’s a Social Studies Education Professor to Do?” coauthored with B. Cruz. The Social Studies. Vol. 101, No. 4, (2010): 141-151.

“Making Sense of ‘Race’ in the History Classroom: A Literary Approach,” coauthored with B. Cruz. The History Teacher. Vol. 42 No. 4, (2009) pp. 426-440.

“Creating Effective Citizens: Unique Opportunities for Gifted Education through the Social Studies” coauthored with C. Sheffield. Gifted Education International, Vol. 25, (2009): 237-245.

“Social Studies: In Search of a Justification.” The Social Studies Record, Vol. 47, No. 2 (Spring/Summer 2008): 45-51.

“Elementary Social Studies: Trite, Disjointed, and in Need of Reform.” The Social Studies, Vol. 98, No. 4 (July/August 2007): 137-144.

Current Research Projects

In 2022, Professor Duplass was named a Fulbright Scholar. He will serve as a consultant to the Latvian Ministry of Education tasks force on creating the countries first national standards for civics education and conduct seminars for graduate students preparing to be school leaders and university level teacher educators in the pedagogies that enhance democratic ethos.