Elizabeth (she/her) is a Ph.D. Candidate in TLPL with a specialization in Teacher Education and Professional Development. She studies digital media literacy and civic education with a focus on how students can better find social and political information they can trust online. A former middle school social studies teacher, Elizabeth earned her B.A. in Politics from Ursinus College and her M.S.Ed. in Teaching, Learning, and Leadership from the 乐播传媒 of Pennsylvania.
Reynolds, E. C. (2025). Embedding online evaluations in social studies: A comparative case study of teachers鈥 goals and approaches. Theory and Research in Social Education. 1鈥29.
Reynolds, E. C. & McGrew, S. (In press) 鈥淔rom personal experience, it鈥檚 true!鈥: Students鈥 digital evaluations on relevant issues. Journal of the Learning Sciences.
Reynolds, E. C. & McGrew, S. (In press). Developing reliable epistemic processes for civic life: A response to 鈥淏eyond 鈥榶elling at them鈥: Exploring the impact of a political simulation in polarized times.鈥 Democracy and Education.
Clark, C.H. & Reynolds, E. C. (2025). In AI we trust? In C. H. Clark & C. Van Kessel (eds.) AI in Social Studies Education: Tools for Thoughtful Practice with Generative Artificial Intelligence. Teachers College Press.
McGrew, S., Reynolds, E. C., & Glass, A. C. (2024). The problem with perspective: Students鈥 and teachers鈥 teasoning about credibility during discussions of online sources. Cognition and Instruction.
McGrew, S., Merroth, L., Zuspan, S., Buhrman, S., & Reynolds, E. (2022). Teaching Students to Evaluate Online Information Through Current Events. Social Education, 86(6), 386-391.
In progress:
McGrew, S. & Reynolds, E. C. (Revise and resubmit at American Education Research Journal). Discussing credibility and corroboration: Differences in students鈥 reasoning about digital sources and claims.
Reynolds, E. C. & McGrew, S. (In progress). Teaching for democracy amidst mis- and disinformation. In C.H. Clark and C. Van Kessel (eds.) Teaching Democracy Now. Teachers College Press.
TLPL741: Curriculum, Teaching, and Assessment in Secondary Social Studies