Mark Newman

Mark Newman

Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
National College of Education

Areas of Expertise

History and social studies education; Media, visual culture, visual literacy; Study and teaching of cities

Contact Info

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Campus: Skokie

Email: mnewman@nl.edu

Phone: 224.233.2842

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Biography

Mark Newman is an associate professor of curriculum and instruction at National-Louis University. He is exploring the role of visual media--maps, views, photos, drawings-- in the study of the history of cities, especially Chicago.

Education

Ph.D, History, UCLA M.A., History, Northeastern Illinois University B.A., History, University of Illinois at Chicago

Publications

Picturing Chicago: 1830s-World War I,  What do you see? Exploring the nature of photographs as educational resources," TPS Journal, 2009

Presentations

"The Role of Perspective in studying Visuals as Historical texts," in panel presentation

"Visual literacy in the studies of cities: Interdisciplinary perspectives," International Visual Literacy Conference, 2009, Chicago 

"Studying Cities with Pictures," 2008 National Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Houston, TX

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