Joel Westheimer is an American-born academic who researches citizenship education.
24 Facts About Joel Westheimer
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Joel Westheimer is a professor at the University of Ottawa in Canada.
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Joel Westheimer was born to Manfred and Ruth Westheimer in Washington Heights, New York City.
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Joel Westheimer pursued his undergraduate studies in engineering at Princeton University, studying electrical engineering and computer science.
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Joel Westheimer was passionate about this exciting new field and the "counter-cultural cachet" that it exuded in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Joel Westheimer studied the connections between society and technology, and took smaller courses in liberal arts, including courses in gender studies.
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Joel Westheimer went on to be the first male student, and first male engineering student, to earn a certificate in Women's Studies at Princeton.
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Joel Westheimer engaged in travel while studying at Princeton, and spent a half-year working as a computer programmer in Argentina.
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Joel Westheimer became interested in the political scene in the country, which was vastly different from the USA.
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Joel Westheimer wrote and played music with Michael Mann, and started a group called "Folksinging" with friend Michael Berkowitz.
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Joel Westheimer taught for a brief period at Stanford, before moving to New York University.
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Joel Westheimer left the USA when he received a position at the University of Ottawa, where he now serves as the University Research Chair in Democracy in Education, and is the education columnist for CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning show.
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In 1987, Joel Westheimer began to teach in the New York City public school system.
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Joel Westheimer taught middle school at an alternative public school, and utilized a variety of methods such as music, politics, and social examples to teach his students.
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Joel Westheimer received his Masters in Design and Evaluation of Educational Programs.
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Rather than returning to teaching, as was his original plan, Joel Westheimer went on to pursue a Ph.
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Joel Westheimer thus took on a teaching position as an assistant professor at Stanford.
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Joel Westheimer was hired as an assistant professor at New York University in 1996, to fulfill a position as a professor of civic engagement, teaching communities, and service learning.
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In September 1999, Joel Westheimer testified at National Labor Relations Board hearings on behalf of NYU graduate students.
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Joel Westheimer had applied for tenure, and although both internal and external reviewers approved his request, it was later revoked due to "insufficient scholarship".
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Joel Westheimer then moved to Ottawa and became an associate professor of citizenship education at the University of Ottawa.
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Joel Westheimer started his position at The University of Ottawa in 2002, where he teaches today as the University Research Chair in Democracy and Education.
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Joel Westheimer's research focuses on social studies education, citizenship education, social justice, and politics and education.
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Joel Westheimer was the co-founder and executive director of a research collective focusing on democracy in education and society, called Democratic Dialogue.