Brian W. Dotts
- Clinical Professor
Educational Theory and Practice
Biography
Resident Instruction
Undergraduate:
- EDUC 2110 Investigating Critical and Contemporary Issues in Education
- EDUC 2110 (Honors) Investigating Critical and Contemporary Issues in Education
- EDUC 2120 Exploring Socio-Cultural Issues in Diversity
- EDUC 2120 (Honors) Exploring Socio-Cultural Issues in Diversity
Graduate:
- EFND 6000 Special Problems in Social Foundations of Education
- EFND 7040 History of Education in the United States
- ETAP/QUAL 8100 Historical Inquiry and Research Methods (this course was created in 2018 by Dr. Dotts upon request, but he teaches only undergraduate courses since 2018 per the current Dean)
- EFND 8060 Social and Political Philosophies of Education
- FYOS 1001 The Education of Winston Smith and Napoleon: Critical Thinking in the Novels of George Orwell (First Year Odyssey Seminar)
Current and Past Editorial Membership
-Journal of Educational Foundations -Education Law & Policy Review -The Journal of Thomas Jefferson’s Life and Times -The Journal of Philosophy and History of Education
University Affiliations
- Faculty Fellow, Center for Social Justice, Civil, and Human Rights
- Affiliate Faculty, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute
- Affiliate Faculty, Qualitative Research Program
- Affiliate Faculty, Education Policy
Contact
Research Summary
Brian W. Dotts, PhD, is a non-tenure-track Professor of Educational Foundations, University of Georgia. He has published peer-reviewed books and papers in the history of American Education, specifically focusing on educational and political theories during the American Revolution and early national period, common school politics during the Antebellum Era, John Dewey and Social Reconstructionism during the early twentieth century, and educational foundations as an academic field. Dotts' research also focuses on multiculturalism and the school privatization movement. His most recent book won the 2020 Society of Professors of Education Book Award.
Dotts has been a member of the University of Georgia’s Graduate Faculty since 2010. Dotts coordinated the College of Education’s Educational Foundations courses from 2010 to 2018. Dotts taught numerous graduate Educational Foundations courses before the deactivation of this academic “program.” Upon the planned deactivation of the former “Social Foundations Program,” Dotts was transferred to the Department of Educational Theory and Practice so the department head at that time could teach educational history courses. Prior to and following the deactivation of this “Program,” Dotts agreed to take on and prepare numerous Social Foundations doctoral students. The last student graduated in 2018. Thereafter, Dotts' graduate work was no longer needed by the College, and he was then required to adhere to his 2009 contract by teaching only undergraduate social foundations courses (EDUC 2110 and EDUC 2120) per the current Dean. Likewise, his research and publishing came to an end in 2020 in order to strictly adhere to his 2009 contract.
Publications
Books
- Dotts, Brian W. (2018/2019)
- London, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2019
- Books
- Holowchak, M. Andrew and Dotts, Brian W. (Eds.)
- Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publishing, 2017
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- Dotts, Brian W.
- Lanham, MD: Lexington Books/Rowman and Littlefield, 2012
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Chapters
- Brian W. Dotts. (2020)
- Gorham, ME: Myers Education Press
- Chapters
- Brian W. Dotts. (2020)
- London, UK: Sage Publications
- Chapters
- Atkinson, Jamie C. and Brian W. Dotts. (2019)
- New York, NY: Teachers College Press
- Chapters
- Brian W. Dotts. (2018)
- United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing Limited. ISBN: 9781787436268. (Reprinted journal article from a 2016 edition of Education & Culture)
- Chapters
- Dotts, Brian W. (2017)
- Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publishing, 2017
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- Dotts, Brian W.
- New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
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Journal Articles
- Dotts, Brian W. (2017)
- Journal Articles
- Dotts, Brian W.
- United Kingdom: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018
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- Dotts, Brian W.
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- Dotts, Brian W.
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- Dotts, Brian W.
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- Dotts, Brian W.
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Awards and Accolades
Society of Professors of Education, 2020
Special Collections Libraries, University of Georgia, 2018
College of Education, University of Georgia, 2016
College of Education, University of Georgia, 2014