Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

  • Lapp, S. I., & Bousalis, R. (2023). Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions of the Learning and Teaching of Civil Rights. Athens Journal of Education, online, February 2023, 10. 1-17. https://www.athensjournals.gr/education/2022-4906-AJE-Lapp-05.pdf
  • Rhone, A., Bousalis, R., & Lapp, S. I. (2022), Impact of community historical sites on educators. In Context, 5(2), 1-31.
  • Bousalis, R. (2021). The counterculture generation: Idolized, appropriated, and misunderstood. The Councilor: A Journal of the Social Studies, 82(2/3), 1-26. https://thekeep.eiu.edu/the_councilor/vol82/iss2/3
  • Bousalis, R. (2021) Correlating the perceptions of pre-service elementary teachers and social studies in the elementary curriculum. Journal of Education, 202(4), 385-396. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022057421998324
  • Bousalis, R., Ariza, E. N., & Lapp, S. I. (2021). Language, culture, and instruction in the classroom: An exploratory study of educators of refugee students. The International Journal of Diversity in Education 21(2), 59-78. https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-0020/CGP/v21i02/59-78
  • Furner, J. M., & Bousalis, R. (2020). A lesson plan to address immigration: The importance of connecting mathematics and the social sciences in the classroom. Trends and Issues, Winter/Spring. 1-15.
  • Bousalis, R., Powers, J. R., & Musgrove, A. (2020). Media and historical literacy: Reinterpreting the context of history. The Journal of Literacy and Technology. 21(4), 38-57.
  • Bousalis, R., & Furner, J. M. (2020). Linking middle school mathematics and social studies through immigration issues. Middle School Journal, 51(1), 19-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/00940771.2019.1689777
  • Brown, S. L., & Bousalis, R. (2017). Empowering young minds through communication, creative expression, and human rights in refugee art. “Creative Activity as a Human Right” special issue in Art Education, the Journal of the National Art Education Association (NAEA), 70(4), 48-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/00043125.2017.1317562
  • Bousalis, R. (2016). Establishing sociological imagination before blame in historical events. The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues, and Ideas, 90(1), 8-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/00098655.2016.1233040
  • Bousalis, R. (2016). Portrayals of immigrants in trade books (1880-1930 & 1980-present). Social Studies Research and Practice, 11(2), 17-32.
  • Bousalis, R. (2016). The Name Day: A birthday’s rival. Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 12(2), 17-19. https://doi.org/10.1515/mlt-2015-0015
  • Keefer, N., & Bousalis, R. (2015). How do you get your water?: Structural violence pedagogy and women's access to water. The Social Studies, 106(6), 256-263. https://doi.org/10.1080/00377996.2015.1072793
  • Bousalis, R. (2013). Is ignorance really bliss?: The political de-motivation among elementary to high school students. Trends and Issues, Summer, 52-53.
  • Bousalis, R. (2012). Iranian women: Between education and repression. Social Education, 76(5), 255-257.
  • Bousalis, R. (2010). Elementary Multicultural and Global Education: A Celebration of Countries and Culture, or just Celebration? Ohio Social Studies Review Journal, 46(1), 7-10.

Books

Book Chapters

  • Schoorman, D., & Bousalis, R. (2018). Keyword: Immigration. Chapter 32. Page numbers: 325-334. In Mark Helmsing, Annie McMahon Whitlock, & Daniel G. Krutka (Eds.). Keywords in the Social Studies: Concepts and Conversations. Peter Lang.
  • Bousalis, R. (2018). Teaching social studies to English learners: Reciprocity between teachers and English language learners in the social studies classroom. Chapter 12. Page numbers:148-162. In Eileen Ariza (Ed.) (2018) book Not for ESOL Teachers. Kendall Hunt.

Newsletters

  • Ariza, E., Bousalis, R., Lapp, S., & Zelde, R. (2018). Perceptions of language, culture, and instruction in the classroom: An exploratory study of early to secondary educators of migrant learners/refugee students in Malta and other European countries. TESOL’s (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Refugee Concerns Interest Section (RCIS) Newsletter. 1-4.