Lara Willox, Ph.D.

Professor / Chair / Interim Associate Dean
Department of Educational Technology and Foundations College of Education

678-839-6059
lwillox@westga.edu

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Lara Willox, Ph.D.

Lara Willox is a professor and chair of Educational Technology and Foundations. She is also currently serving as an interim associate dean in the College of Education. Her teaching and research focus on socially just and responsible education. As a social studies scholar she focuses her research agenda on social studies education, transformative education and the inclusion of LGBTQ topics in teacher preparation / K-12 schools. She is active in the National Council for the Social Studies. Prior to completing her doctorate at UNC Chapel Hill, she taught for twelve years in public elementary schools in Charlotte, North Carolina.

  • B.S., Elementary Education, East Carolina University, 1994
  • M.Ed., Elementary Education, University of North Carolina, 2005
  • PhD, Education, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 2011

Spring 2022 Sections

Fall 2021 Sections

Summer 2021 Sections

Spring 2021 Sections

Fall 2020 Sections

Summer 2020 Sections

  • MEDT-8466 (Comp Exam Ed.S Media IT) Section: E01
  • EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E24

Spring 2020 Sections

  • EDUC-2120 (Exp Sociocult. Persp on Div Ed) Section: 04
  • MEDT-8466 (Comp Exam Ed.S Media IT) Section: E01
  • EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E25

Fall 2019 Sections

  • EDUC-2120 (Exp Sociocult. Persp on Div Ed) Section: 01D
  • EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E26

Summer 2019 Sections

  • EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E26

Spring 2019 Sections

  • EDUC-2120 (Exp Sociocult. Persp on Div Ed) Section: 05
  • EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E25

Fall 2018 Sections

  • ECSE-4761 (Teach Con & Proc: SS Dual Cert) Section: 01
  • EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E27

Summer 2018 Sections

  • EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E27

Spring 2018 Sections

  • ECSE-4761 (Teach Con & Proc: SS Dual Cert) Section: 02
  • EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E06

Fall 2017 Sections

  • EDUC-2120 (Exp Sociocult. Persp on Div Ed) Section: 01D
  • ECSE-4761 (Teach Con & Proc: SS Dual Cert) Section: 01
  • EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E08

Summer 2017 Sections

  • EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E08

Spring 2017 Sections

  • EDUC-2120 (Exp Sociocult. Persp on Div Ed) Section: E03
  • EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E10

Fall 2016 Sections

  • EDSI-9923 (Lead for Diversity in 21st Cen) Section: E01
  • EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E21

Summer 2016 Sections

  • EDSI-9941 (Models of School Impr & Reform) Section: E01
  • EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E21

Spring 2016 Sections

  • EDSI-7385 (Spec. Topics in School Improve) Section: E02
  • ECED-8272 (Teacher as Leader) Section: E01
  • EDSI-9903 (Dissertation Mentoring Sec 3) Section: E01
  • EDSI-9923 (Lead for Diversity in 21st Cen) Section: E01
  • EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E22

Fall 2015 Sections

  • EDSI-9902 (Dissertation Mentoring Sec 2) Section: E01
  • EDSI-9941 (Models of School Impr & Reform) Section: E01
  • EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E28

Summer 2015 Sections

  • EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E28

Spring 2015 Sections

  • ECED-8272 (Teacher as Leader) Section: E01
  • EDSI-9998 (Research for Doc Dissertation) Section: E01

Willox, L. & Brant, C. (Eds) (2019). It’s Being Done in Social Studies. Information Age Publishing Inc.

Brant, C. & Willox, L. (2018). Walking the talk: Self-efficacy of social studies teacher educators in teaching about LGBTQ people and events. Oregon Journal of the Social Studies (6)2. [View Publication External Resource]

Brant, C. & Willox, L. (2018). Southeastern teacher educator’s self-efficacy for addressing LGBT issues. Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina (TEJSC)