Meghan McGlinn Manfra is an Associate Professor in the Department of Teacher Education and Learning Sciences in the College of Education at North Carolina State University. She attended Elon College as a North Carolina Teaching Fellow and began her career as a high school history teacher. She completed a master’s degree (MA) in history at the University of North Carolina -Greensboro and received her doctorate (PhD) in education at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on social studies teacher education, teacher professional learning, and the integration of digital technologies into instruction. She is the editor of the Handbook of Social Studies Research and author of Action Research for Classrooms, Schools, and Communities. She lives in Raleigh with her husband and two daughters where she loves running the trails in nearby Umstead State Park.

Relevant Publications

Manfra, M.M. (2019). Action research for classrooms, schools, and communities. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/action-research-for-classrooms-schools-and-communities/book246644

Manfra, M.M. (2019). Action research and systematic change in teaching practice. Review Vof Research in Education, 43, 1, 163-196.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3102/0091732X18821132

Manfra, M.M. (2009b). Critical inquiry in the social studies classroom: Portraits of critical teacher research. Theory and Research in Social Education, 37(2), 298-316.

Manfra, M.M. (2009c). Action research: Exploring the theoretical divide between practical and critical approaches. Journal of Curriculum & Instruction, 3(1), 32-46.