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Delandrea Hall

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Teacher Education and Administration

Email: Delandrea.Hall@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2021
    Major: Curriculum and Instruction
  • BA, University of Texas at Austin, 2004
    Major: Government

Licensures and Certifications

  • Principal (Grades EC-12), State Board of Education — Texas Educator Certificate. (2012 - Present).
  • Classroom Teacher, Social Studies (Grades 8-12), State Board of Education — Texas Educator Certificate. (2004 - Present).

Development Activities

  • Workshop, Faculty Development Leave Workshop, Office of the Provost & Division of Academic Affairs, Faculty Success — UNT. United States of America. (April 22, 2025 - April 22, 2025).
  • Workshop, Tuesday Talon Tidbits, Office of the Provost & Division of Academic Affairs, Faculty Success — UNT. United States of America. (March 4, 2025 - March 4, 2025).
  • Workshop, Promotion & Tenure Workshop, Office of the Provost & Division of Academic Affairs, Faculty Success — UNT. United States of America. (February 28, 2025 - February 28, 2025).
  • Workshop, Cultivating Your Network of Mentors, Sponsors & Collaborators, Office of the Provost & Division of Academic Affairs, Faculty Success — UNT. United States of America. (February 10, 2025 - February 10, 2025).
  • Workshop, COE Grant Development Workshop, COE Grants — UNT. United States of America. (January 24, 2025 - January 24, 2025).
  • Workshop, Find Funding Opportunities-Pivot Overview, Division of Research & Innovation, Research Development Team — UNT. United States of America. (January 14, 2025 - January 14, 2025).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • EDCI 4010 - Classrooms as Communities, 1 course.
  • EDCI 4840 - Instructional Strategies and Classroom Management, 1 course.
  • EDEE 3340 - Teaching Social Studies EC 6, 4 courses.
  • EDEE 4890 - Practice Based Research, 1 course.

Teaching at Other Institutions

  • Georgia Southern University, SCED/MGED 4437A/3434A Methods of Teaching Social Science in Secondary Schools, Spring 2024.
  • Georgia Southern University, MSED 8434 Trends & Issues in Middle & Secondary Social Studies, Spring 2024.
  • Georgia Southern University, MSED 6120 Introduction to Middle & Secondary Schools, Fall 2023.
  • Georgia Southern University, SCED 5799 Student Teaching in Secondary Education; Student Teaching in Middle Grades Education [Field placement supervision], Fall 2023.
  • Georgia Southern University, SCED 4739 Student Teaching Residency I [Field placement supervision], Fall 2023.
  • Georgia Southern University, MSED 8331 Trends in the Content Areas, Fall 2023.
  • Georgia Southern University, MSED 6330 Instructional Assessment for Diverse Learners, Summer 2023.
  • Georgia Southern University, SCED 4732 Secondary School Practicum II [Field placement supervision], Spring 2023.
  • Georgia Southern University, SCED 3437A Teaching Social Studies Methods in Secondary School, Spring 2023.
  • Georgia Southern University, MSED 8434 Trends & Issues in Middle & Secondary Social Studies, Spring 2023.
  • Georgia Southern University, MSED 6120 Introduction to Middle & Secondary Schools, Fall 2022.
  • Georgia Southern University, SCED 5799 Student Teaching in Secondary Education; Student Teaching in Middle Grades Education [Field placement supervision], Fall 2022.
  • Georgia Southern University, SCED 4739 Student Teaching Residency I [Field placement supervision], Fall 2022.
  • Georgia Southern University, SCED 3437A Teaching Social Studies Methods in Secondary School, Fall 2022.
  • Georgia Southern Unversity, MSED 6330 Instructional Assessment for Diverse Learners, Summer 2022.
  • Georgia Southern University, SCED 4137 Instructional Assessment for Diverse Learners, Spring 2022.
  • Georgia Southern University, SCED 4732 Secondary School Practicum II [Field placement supervision], Spring 2022.

Directed Student Learning

  • Dissertation Committee Member, Teacher Education and Administration. (2024).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Teacher Education and Administration. (2024).

Awards and Honors

  • Kipchoge Neftali Kirkland Social Justice Award, College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA). (December 2025).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Cornett, A., Hall, D., Fitzpatrick, C. (2025). Ms. Marvel and the Makings of a Superhero. An Inquiry Based Approach for Using Comic Based Stories to Teach Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. 85-106. Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80592-032-820251007
  • Hall, D., Wright-Maley, C., Finley, S. (2024). Evaluating, deconstructing, and re-making sticky economic metaphors: Welcoming the death of trickle-down economics. Critical Empathy as Teacher Education Reform: Dissecting the Principles that Constrain Socio-Historical and Moral Vision. 187-208. Information Age Publishing.
  • Hall, D., Wright-Maley, C., Finley, S.Y. (2024). Evaluating, Deconstructing, and Re-Making Sticky Economic Metaphors. Critical Empathy as Teacher Education Reform. 187-207. Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/979-8-88730-731-220251011
  • Shanks, N., Hall, D. (2022). On the other side of a dream: Community, love, joy and freedom, and economics as it could be. Critical Race Theory andSocial Studies Futures: From the Nightmare of Racial Realism to Dreaming Out Loud. 192-201. Teachers College Press.
  • Shanks, N., Hall, D. (2021). “And I know the money don't really make me whole”: Feminist financial literacy through Hip-Hop Pedagogy. Financialization, Financial Literacy, and Social Education. 172-196. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003020264-10
  • Shanks, N., Hall, D. (2020). Hope in the Dismal Science. Marking the “Invisible”. 107-137. Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-64113-995-320251008

    • Book Review

  • Hall, D., Salinas, C. (2023). Chronicling sankofa: The evolution of the work of James Banks and civic education. Other. 51 (2) 337-341. Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/00933104.2023.2193137

    • Journal Article

  • Haughney, K.L., Massey, C.C., Wall, A., Cornett, A., Hall, D., DuBose, E. (2025). Bountiful Learning in All Places and All Spaces: Planning for Inclusive Place-Based Education With Assistive Technology. Journal of Special Education Technology. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/01626434251379795
  • Patrón-Vargas, J., James-Gallaway, A., Hall, D. (2025). The Hands That Keep History: Black and Mexican Women’s Archival and Epistemological Legacies. Other. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/15327086251347252
  • Cornett, A., Hall, D., Haughney, K., Massey, C., Wall, A. (2024). How Can an Oyster Reveal the Stories of a Place?. Teaching Social Studies in the Peach State. 2 (1) Georgia Southern University. https://doi.org/10.20429/sspeach.2024.020107
  • Cornett, A., Hall, D., Haughney, K., Massey, C., Wall, A., Greer, K. (2024). Revealing the stories of a place: Designing curricula on an island. Teaching Social Studies in the Peach State. 2 (1) Georgia Southern University. https://doi.org/10.20429/sspeach.2024.020103
  • Allen, K.R., Hall, D. (2024). "Take another route 'cause we ain't scared in the South": Lessons from hip-hop social studies educators. Annals of Social Studies Education Research for Teachers (ASSERT). 6 (1) 25-37. Creative Commons.
  • Allen, K., Hall, D. (2024). “Take another route ‘cause we ain’t scared in the South”. Other. 6 (1) 25-37. University of Alberta Libraries. https://doi.org/10.29173/assert76
  • Wright-Maley, C., Hall, D., Finley, S. (2023). Evaporative economics: A truth-telling metaphor to displace the trickle-down lie that just won’t die. Journal of Social Studies Education Research. 14 (2) 1-20. Association for Social Studies Educators (ASSE). https://jsser.org/index.php/jsser/article/viewFile/4788/611
  • Duncan, K.E., Hall, D., Dunn, D.C. (2023). Embracing the fullness of Black humanity: Centering Black joy in social studies. The Social Studies. 114 (5) 241-249. Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/00377996.2023.2174926
  • Hall, D. (2023). “Come as you are. We are a family.”: Examining Hip Hop, belonging, and civicness in social studies. Other. 51 (3) 343-371. Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/00933104.2022.2164233

    • Media Review

  • Hall, D. (2018). Book review: Black Panther [Motion Picture]. The Journal of Social Studies Research. 42 (4) 393-395. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssr.2018.06.004

Presentations Given

    Oral Presentation

  • Wilson, A. (Presenter), Hall, D. (Presenter), Allen, K.R. (Presenter), Tunstall, J. (Presenter), National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Conference, Hip Hop Pedagogy and Social Studies, Boston, MA, United States of America. (2024).
  • Hall, D. (Author & Presenter), The Teaching Black History Conference at University of Buffalo, Ladies First: Women in Hip Hop Herstory, Buffalo, NY, United States of America. (2023).
  • Hall, D. (Author & Presenter), The Teaching Black History Conference at University of Buffalo, Hip Hop State of Mind: Incorporating Hip Hop Pedagogies & Practices in Social Studies, Buffalo, NY, United States of America. (2023).
  • Cornett, A. (Author & Presenter), Hall, D. (Author & Presenter), Haughney, K. (Author & Presenter), Massey, C. (Author & Presenter), Wall, A. (Author & Presenter), DuBose, E. (Author & Presenter), Greer, K. (Author & Presenter), Georgia Council for the Social Studies (GCSS), Exploring Georgia's Barrier Islands: Through the Voices and Mystery of Ossabaw, National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), Athens, GA, United States of America. (2022).
  • Hall, D. (Author & Presenter), Cornett, A. (Author & Presenter), Reidel, M. (Author & Presenter), Adkins, A. (Author), Reyes, A. (Author), Shannon-Baker, P. (Author), Georgia Council for the Social Studies (GCSS), Without it, it’s incomplete: Incorporating narratives of Georgia’s Gullah Geechee community in the classroom, National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), Athens, GA, United States of America. (2022).
  • Shanks, N. (Author & Presenter), Hall, D. (Author & Presenter), Minnesota Council for Economic Education, “Who am I that I don’t get my portion?”: Hip-Hop Education and counternarratives in economics, National Council for Economic Education, Virtual Conference, United States of America. (2022).

    • Other

  • Anh Tran, V. (Coordinator/Organizer), Hall, D. (Moderator), College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA), Community as Rebellion: A Syllabus for Surviving Academia as a Woman of Color, National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2022).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Allen, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Hall, D. (Author & Presenter), Wilson, A. (Author & Presenter), Tunstall, J. (Author & Presenter), Adjapong, E. (Moderator), American Educational Studies Association (AESA) Annual Meeting, Hip Hop as Black Liberatory Practice in Education, Greenville, SC, United States of America. (2024).

    • Paper

  • Blanco, Y. (Author), Hall, D. (Author & Presenter), Shatara, H. (Author & Presenter), College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA), Globally connecting Reggaeton, Hip Hop, and social studies through decolonial language, National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., United States of America. (2025).
  • Hall, D. (Author & Presenter), Salinas, C. (Author & Presenter), American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, Hip Hop to wreck the technique: Mapping culture onto Pedagogical Content Knowledge in social studies, Denver, CO, United States of America. (2025).
  • Reyes, A.J. (Author & Presenter), Shannon-Baker, P. (Author & Presenter), Hall, D. (Author & Presenter), Cornett, A. (Author & Presenter), American Educational Studies Association (AESA) Annual Meeting, Black land matters: Exploring place, history, culture, and education, Greenville, SC, United States of America. (2024).
  • Wilson, A. (Author & Presenter), Hall, D. (Author & Presenter), American Education Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, (Re)making space: Black Hip-Hop geographies in preservice social studies classrooms, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2023).
  • Hall, D. (Author & Presenter), Salinas, C. (Author & Presenter), American Education Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Disrupting the dominant narrative: Teachers of color and Critical Hip-Hop Pedagogy, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2023).
  • Cornett, A. (Author & Presenter), Hall, D. (Author & Presenter), Greer, K. (Author & Presenter), Haughney, K. (Author & Presenter), Massey, C. (Author & Presenter), Wall, A. (Author & Presenter), American Education Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Revealing the stories of a place: Designing curricula on an island, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2023).
  • Wright-Maley, C. (Author & Presenter), Hall, D. (Author & Presenter), College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA), Evaporative economics: Metaphor and the re-storying of trickle-down economics, National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2022).
  • Hall, D. (Author & Presenter), American Education Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, The revolution will not be without Critical Hip-Hop Pedagogy: Disrupting traditional social studies, San Diego, CA, United States of America. (2022).

    • Sharing Session

  • Reidel, M. (Presenter), Cornett, A. (Presenter), Hall, D. (Presenter), Piedmont, E. (Presenter), Barrow, E. (Presenter), College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA), Kicking and screaming: Facing the challenges of teaching social studies methods online, National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2022).

    • Symposium

  • Lewis, T.J. (Presenter), Allen, K.R. (Presenter), Hall, D. (Presenter), College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) Annual Meeting, “The South got somethin’ to say”: The acknowledgement and understandings of racialized conceptions of American citizenship through stories of Southern Hip Hop, National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Annual Conference, Boston, MA, United States of America. (2024).
  • Hall, D. (Author & Presenter), Falkner, A. (Author & Presenter), Kim, E. (Author & Presenter), Cornett, A. (Author & Presenter), Shanks, N. (Author & Presenter), Tillis, G. (Author & Presenter), Montemayor, S. (Author & Presenter), Vickery, A. (Author), American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, The South has a gravity: Teaching social studies in the soul of America, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2024).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, EC-6 Curriculum Committee. (2025 - Present).
  • Other (Course lead that assists other instructors with planning and organizing the course.), Instructional Lead — EDCI 4840, Instructional Strategies & Classroom Management. (2025 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Student Affairs Committee. (2024 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Professional Disposition Ad Hoc Committee. (2024 - 2025).
  • Committee Member, Research, Scholarship, & Creative Activity Committee. (2023 - 2024).
  • Member, Call Me MISTER Program. (2022 - 2024).
  • Member, Faculty Senate, Alternate. (2022 - 2024).

Professional Service

  • Other (Board Member), College & University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) at the National Council for the Social Studies Executive Board Member. (2023 - Present).
  • Other (Reviewer, Book Chapter), Critical Empathy as Teacher Education Reform: Dissecting the Principles that Constrain Socio-Historical and Moral Vision. Information Age Publishing.. (2024).
  • Other (Reviewer, Book Chapter), Hollywood or History? An Inquiry-Based Approach for Using Comic-Based Stories to Teach Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. Information Age Publishing.. (2024).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Teaching and Teacher Education. (2024).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, The Urban Review. (2024).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, College & University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) at the National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference. (2022 - 2024).
  • Committee Chair, Scholars of Color Faculty Forum, CUFA at the National Council for the Social Studies. (2017 - 2024).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Social Education. (2023).