Biography
Dr. Woyshner earned her doctorate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in Teaching, Curriculum, and Learning Environments. She is a historian of education who focuses on the role of voluntary organizations in shaping schools and the curriculum. Her current research examines the ways that African American civic associations served as sites of teaching and learning in Black communities in the first half of the twentieth century. Dr. Woyshner has published widely on the need to diversify the K-12 social studies curriculum, as well as the history of women’s associations in education.
Research Interests
- Black Education
- Curriculum
- History
Courses Taught
Number | Name | Level |
|---|---|---|
ECED 3208 | Social Studies for the Early Years, Pre K-4 | Undergraduate |
EDUC 2103 | Socio-cultural Foundations of Education in the United States | Undergraduate |
Selected Publications
Featured
- Woyshner, C. (2025). Black associationalism and the counterpublic sphere: Civic organizations in the history of African American education. History of Education Quarterly 66 (1), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1017/heq.2025.10081.
- Woyshner, C. (2023). Black civic organizations and the quest for education: The Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, 1898-1954. Journal of African American History 108(3), 576-599. https://doi.org/10.1086/726686.
- Woyshner, C. (Fall 2023). Civic education in informal settings: Black voluntary associations as schools for democracy, 1898-1959. Theory and Research in Social Education, 458-479. https://doi.org/10.1080/00933104.2023.2277438.