Rachel Turner
School of Teacher Education and Leadership
Assistant Professor

Contact Information
Office Location: Price, WIB 239Phone: 435-613-5020
Email: rachel.turner@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Educational Background
Biography
Rachel K. Turner is an Assistant Professor in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum & Instruction at Texas A&M University.
Teaching Interests
Elementary social studies methods, elementary education, classroom management, qualitative methods
Research Interests
Social studies teaching and learning, social studies marginalization, qualitative methods, narrative inquiry
Awards
TEAL Teacher of the Year , 2024
USU School of Teacher Education & Leadership
Intersectional Teaching Fellow , 2021
USU Center for Intersectional Gender Studies & Research
Research Scholar , 2021
USU Empowering Teaching Excellence
- Turner, R., Creating Connection at a Distance: Belonging Practices for Online Courses: Cultivating a Sense of Belonging in Higher Education..
- Turner, R., (2026). Meaningful Social Studies: Designing Integrated Learning with Purpose: Social Studies at the Core: Designing Integrated Learning with Purpose”. National Council for the Social Studies
- Turner, R., (2023). Classroom Management as Community Building: Using Culturally Responsive Pedagogy to Teach Classroom Management to Pre-Service Teachers: Habits of Mind: Designing Courses for Student Success. .
- Turner, R., The “Winds” of Change: A Source Investigation on Immigration.: Hollywood or History: An Inquiry-Based Strategy for Using Film to Acknowledge Trauma in Social Studies.. Information Age Publishing
Publications | Book Chapters
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Fact Sheets
- Turner, R., (2020). A multi-dimensional model: implications for preparing pre-service teachers for culturally responsive teaching. . Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Curriculum
- Turner, R., What questions can we ask about American symbols? : Inquiry and Teaching with Primary Sources to Prepare Students for College, Career, and Civic Life. . National Council for the Social Studies
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Knowles, R., Turner, R., (2025). We don’t read those books: A quantitative study comparing elementary teachers’ book preferences with their aims of civic engagement. Citizenship Teaching & Learning, 20:1, 103-129. doi: 10.1386/ctl_00173_1
- Turner, R., (2024). Combining social-emotional learning competencies and contemporary concerns picturebooks to foster early literacy practices: An interdisciplinary approach. . International Literacy Association, 78:3, 19-25.
- Turner, R., Knowles, R., Cochran, J., (2024). Profile of an Elementary Teacher—How Instructional Strategies Differ across Elementary Classrooms. The Social Studies, 115:4
- Turner, R.K, Deliman, A., Robertson, M.K, (2023). Curriculum Integration Using Picturebooks: Combining Language Arts and Social Studies Standards to Address Controversial Issues. Social Studies and the Young Learner, 36:1, 27-32.
- Turner, R., (2022). Analyzing curriculum models from the 21st century: A focus on integration. Curriculum History, 2022:1
- Turner, R.K, (2021). Teaching with integration: A model to meet curricular goals. Social Studies Texan, 37:1, 43-45.
- Turner, R., (2020). Reflecting the forgotten: Teacher stories prior to the 2018 South Korea Research Trip. Educational Studies
- Turner, R., (2020). Wartime teachers: Stories from the front. Educational Considerations
Professional Journal
- Turner, R., Teaching Social Studies with Integration: A Model to Meet Curriculum Goals. . Iowa Journal of the Social Studies
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.