Faculty & Staff
Jacob Warren
Jacob Warren is an Assistant Professor of Education at Illinois College. He earned his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Arkansas, where his dissertation examined pre-service teacher identity development during the student-teaching experience. His research interests include teacher education, qualitative research, sociocultural theory, critical and social justice pedagogies, and education policy. Before entering higher education, Warren taught secondary English and social studies and worked in curriculum and instructional support roles. His current teaching focuses on teacher preparation, curriculum and instruction, classroom management, and multicultural education.
What do you enjoy most about working with students?
"I enjoy the sense of possibility students bring to the work. Their willingness to imagine schools and classrooms differently keeps me from becoming too comfortable with my own assumptions about what education can be."