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Sara Evers is an Assistant Professor of Teacher Education at Ferrum College, President of the Virginia Council for History Education, and an Educational Consultant for the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program.Her research examines the discourse of historical knowledge, including historical thinking and consciousness, pedagogical decision-making, curriculum history and studies, and technology use. Current projects include curriculum building to support students' engagement in the historical read and a cross-national analysis of Open Educational Resources for teaching women's and gender history.Dr. Evers holds a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction for History and Social Science Education from Virginia Tech. Prior to her doctorate, she taught secondary history in Virginia public schools.

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Winner 2025-2026 NCSS Exemplary Research in Social Studies Award:
Evers, S., Hicks, D., & Shelburne, S. (2025). Whose historical thinking? Representation of women in the Digital Inquiry Group’s Reading Like a Historian world history curriculum. Theory & Research in Social Education, 1–36. https://doi.org/10.1080/00933104.2025.2469495Recent:
Evers, S., Bell, K., & Hicks, D. (2025). Doing Things Differently: Social Studies Preservice Teachers’ Conceptions of and Experiences With Creativity in Teaching and Learning. The Journal of Social Studies Research, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/23522798251357600Evers, S. & Wright-Maley, C. (2025). Simulating with Care: Some thoughts on mitigating the potential for harm in social studies simulations. Annals of Social Studies Education Research for Teachers, 7 (1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.29173/assert92Dissertation:
Evers (2025). Knowing History: A Study of the Construction and Implementation of Historical Knowledge from Theory to Practice. [Doctoral Dissertation, Virginia Tech]. https://hdl.handle.net/10919/129378

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