Shanna Peeples

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Shanna L. Peeples
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Peeples with Barack Obama, 2015
Born (1965-04-16) April 16, 1965 (age 59)[1]
Occupation(s)Assistant Professor, Education and Social Sciences
Known for2015 National Teacher of the Year
TitleDr. John G. O' Brien Distinguished Chair in Education
Children3
AwardsNational Teacher of the Year
Academic background
EducationHarvard University, West Texas A&M University, University of Texas at Arlington
Academic work
InstitutionsWest Texas A&M University
Websiteshannapeeples.com

Shanna L. Peeples is the Dr. John G. O’Brien Distinguished Chair in Education at West Texas A&M University. She was the 2015 National Teacher of the Year.

Education

Peeples has a B.A. in English from West Texas A&M University (1997), an M.Ed. from the University of Texas at Arlington (2013), and a Ph.D from Harvard University (2020).[2][3]

Career

Peeples had multiple jobs before she began teaching, starting with a 7th grade class.[4] By 2011 she was teaching at Palo Duro High School in Texas.[5][6] In 2015, Peeples was named National Teacher of the Year,[6] and was presented her award by President Barack Obama.[5][7] In 2020 she was named the Dr. John G. O’Brien Distinguished Chair in Education at West Texas A&M University.[8][9]

Selected publications

  • Peeples, Shanna (2019). Think like Socrates : using questions to invite wonder and empathy into the classroom, grades 4-12. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications. ISBN 978-1-5063-9163-2. OCLC 1260211375.
  • Peeples, Shanna (2017-04-06). "School Isn't Uber and Never Should Be". Observer. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  • Peeples, Shanna (Summer 2016). "DARE to go FIRST". Educational Leadership. 73 (9): 10–14 – via EBSCO.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Funk, Mason (April 22, 2021). "Shanna Peeples". Outwords. Amarillo, Texas. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  2. "Dr. Shanna Peeples | WTAMU". www.wtamu.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  3. Hough, Lory. "Shanna Peeples returns to Texas with a renewed sense of self". The Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  4. Ayala, Christine (8 May 2015). "U.S. Teacher of the Year Shanna Peeples: The TT Interview". The Texas Tribune; Austin [Austin].
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Shanna Peeples - Global Teacher Prize". Global Teacher Prize - Varkey Foundation. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Layton, Lyndsey (2015-04-27). "A former disc jockey, pet sitter and journalist becomes Teacher of the Year". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  7. Walker, Tim. "Meet Shanna Peeples, 2015 National Teacher of the Year". National Education Association. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  8. "Dr. Shanna Peeples | WTAMU". www.wtamu.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  9. Downing, Mitchell (27 September 2020). "Shanna Peeples joins the WTAMU Department of Education". University Wire; Carlsbad [Carlsbad] – via ProQuest.