Shanna Peeples
American educator (born 1965)
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Shanna L. Peeples (born 16 April 1965) 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.
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Shanna L. Peeples | |
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Peeples with Barack Obama, 2015 | |
| Born | April 16, 1965[1] Borger, Texas, United States[1] |
| Occupations | Assistant Professor, Education and Social Sciences |
| Known for | 2015 National Teacher of the Year |
| Title | Dr. John G. O' Brien Distinguished Chair in Education |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | National Teacher of the Year |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Harvard University, West Texas A&M University, University of Texas at Arlington |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | West Texas A&M University |
| Website | shannapeeples.com |
Education
Peeples has a BA in English from West Texas A&M University (1997), an M.Ed. from the University of Texas at Arlington (2013), and a PhD 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 Amarillo, 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]
Peeples has spoken against arming teachers in the classroom[10] and advocates for same sex marriage.[11] Peeples has stated that she is a lesbian.[3]
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.