Contact Information

283 Lindquist Center North
Teaching and Learning
College of Education
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1529

Tuesday 1:30-2:30
Thursday 3:00-4:00

• Northwestern University, (BA in History and 7-12 Social Studies Certification)
• The Ohio StateUniversity (MA in Secondary Social Studies)
• The Ohio State University (Ph.D. in Social Studies and Global Education)

• Teaching and Learning
• College Coordinator for International Students and Programs
• Faculty Sponsor, Teacher Education Convocation
• Faculty Sponsor, International Day
• Executive Committee, International Programs
• Executive Committee, UI Center for Human Rights
• State Director, “We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution” Program

• 7-12 Social Studies Certification, State of Illinois

• 1976-1991: Secondary Social Studies Teacher (Chicago and Suburbs)
• 1991-1994: Graduate Teaching and Research Associate (The Ohio State University)
• 1994-1995: Post-Doctoral Fellow (The Mershon Center at The Ohio State University)
• 1995-present: Professor of Secondary Social Studies Education (The University of Iowa)

• American Educational Research Association
• National Council for the Social Studies
• John Dewey Society
• National Society for the Study of Education
• Phi Delta Kappa

• Social Studies and Democratic Citizenship Education in Post-Communist Countries
• Cross-Cultural Understandings of Social Studies and Democratic Citizenship Education
• Infusing Global Perspectives into the Curriculum
• History and Foundations of Social Studies Education
• Qualitative Methods for Cross-Cultural Research

• Misco, T. J., & Hamot, G. E. (2007). Post-Soviet moral education: The case of Kyrgyzstan. International Education Journal, 42(2), 155-173.
• Hamot, G. E., Lindquist, D. H., & Misco, T. J. (2007). Breaking historical silence through cross-cultural collaboration: Latvian curriculum writers and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Fellows. Educaitonal Studies, 36(2), 48-69. 
• Shokoohi-Yekta, M., & Hamot, G. E. (2007). How civically competent are students with learning disabilities in inclusive classrooms? Journal of Psychological Science, 5(20), 376-389.
• Hamot, G. E., Shokoohi-Yekta, M., & Sasso, G. M. (2005). Civic competencies and students with disabilities. Journal of Research in Social Studies Education, 29(2), 34-45.
• Hamot, G. E. (2005). From comrade to citizen. Democracy at Large, 1(4), 11-13.
• Hamot, G. E., Patrick, J. J., & Leming, R. S. (Eds.). (2004). Civic learning in teacher education: International perspectives on education for democracy in the preparation of teachers: Vol. 3. Bloomington, IN: Social Studies Development Center of Indiana University. 
• Hamot, G. E. & Bishop, J. J. (2001). Democracy as a cross-cultural concept: Promises and problems. Theory and Research in Social Education, 29(3), 463-487.
• Misco, T.J., & Hamot, G.E. (2001). An alternative framework for ethics instruction in social studies education. Education and Culture, 17(1), 29-35.

• Introduction and Practicum: Social Studies
• History and Foundations of Social Education
• Student Teaching Seminar: Social Studies
• Infusing a Global Perspective into the Curriculum
• Opportunities in Education