Published Journal Articles Blinded Review [Journal acceptance rates are reported in brackets below as available]
Buchanan, L. B., Hilburn, J., Ward, C. F., & Journell, W. (2020). Examining internal displacement through the Rohingya crisis. The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, DOI: 10.1080/00098655.2019.1709404 Buchanan, L. B., & Fox, S. G. (2019). On mirrors and windows in teacher education program materials: A content analysis of human demographics in one picture book collection. Multicultural Perspectives, 21(4), 189-201.
Buchanan, L. B., & Ward, C. F. (2019). Green Book: Media Review. Journal of Social Studies Research, 43, 421-424.
Hilburn, J., Buchanan, L. B., & Journell, W. (2019). Teaching DACA with documentary film. Social Studies Journal, 39(1), 61-70.
Buchanan, L. B., Tschida, C. M., Bellows, M. E., & Shear, S. B. (2019). Positioning children’s literature to confront the persistent avoidance of LGBTQ topics among elementary preservice teachers. Journal of Social Studies Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssr.2019.01.006
Buchanan, L.B., Moody, A., Fox, K. And Hargrove, T. (2018). Professional learning communities as teacher educator professional development: Articulating the impact on pedagogy and student learning. Learning Communities Journal, 10, 67-85.
Shear, S.B., Sabzalian, L., & Buchanan, L.B. (2018). Affirming Indigenous sovereignty: A civics inquiry. Social Studies & The Young Learner, 31(1), 12-18.
Buchanan, L. B., Kemmerer, C., Kaluzny, J., & Hill, R. (2018). War, polio, and family hardships: Examining life stateside in WWII through Blue. Social Studies and the Young Learner, 30(4), 17-23.
Tschida, C. M., & Buchanan, L. B. (2017). What makes a family? Sharing multiple perspectives using an inclusive text set. Social Studies and the Young Learner, 30(2), 3-7.
Buchanan, L. B., Tschida, C. M., & Brown, S. N. (2016). Me on the giant map: Utilizing National Geographic’s giant maps in the elementary classroom. Social Studies and the Young Learner, 29(2), 21-27.
Buchanan, L. B., & Hilburn, J. (2016). Riding la Bestiá: Preservice teachers’ responses to documentary counter-stories of U.S. immigration. Journal of Teacher Education, 67(5), 408-423. [5-7%]
Hilburn, J., & Buchanan, L.B. (2016). Teaching immigration through film. Middle Level Learning, 57, 2-7.
Hilburn, J., Journell, W., & Buchanan, L. B. (2016). A content analysis of immigration in traditional, new, and non-gateway state standards for U.S. History and Civics. The High School Journal, 99, 234-251. doi: 10.1353/hsj.2016.0008 [25-30%]
Tschida, C. M., & Buchanan, L. B. (2015). Tackling controversial topics: Developing thematic text sets for elementary social studies. Social Studies Research and Practice, 10(3), 40-56. [11%]
Buchanan, L. B. (2015). Elementary preservice teachers' navigation of racism and whiteness through inquiry with historical documentary film. Journal of Social Studies Research, 40(2), 137-154. [15%]
Buchanan, L. B. (2015). “We make it controversial:” Elementary preservice teachers’ beliefs about race. Teacher Education Quarterly, 42(1), 3-26. [11-13%]
Buchanan, L. B., & Crawford, E. (2015). Preparing elementary educators to teach for sustainability: Opportunities and challenges for teacher educators. Social Studies Research and Practice, 10(2), 135-158. [11%]
Buchanan, L. B., & Tschida, C. M. (2015). Exploring the five themes of geography using technology. The Ohio Social Studies Review, 52(1), 29-39. [45%]
Buchanan, L. B. (2014). Fostering historical thinking about the U.S. Civil Rights Movement: Using documentary film in elementary social studies education. The Social Studies. 1-10. [46%]
Buchanan, L. B. (2014). From Freedom Riders to The Children’s March: Civil rights documentaries as catalysts for historical empathy. Social Education, 78(2), 91-95. [20%]
Journell, W., & Buchanan, L. B. (2013). Confronting educational politics with preservice teachers: Reactions to Waiting for Superman. Action in Teacher Education, 35(4), 252-271. [15-20%]
Buchanan, L. B. (2013). Social studies, literature, and the Common Core: Using children’s literature to harness conceptual social studies thinking and ELA skill development. Oregon Journal of the Social Studies, 1, 56-63. [47%]
Journell, W., & Buchanan, L. B. (2013). Fostering political understanding using The West Wing: Analyzing the pedagogical benefits of film in high school civics classrooms. Journal of Social Studies Research, 37, 67-83. [10-15%]
Buchanan, L. B. (2012). Becoming an educational researcher: Exploring the earliest experiences. Educate: The Journal of Doctoral Research in Education, 12, 11-22. [60%]
Buchanan, L. B. (2012). Creating critical conversations: Investigating the utility of the Socratic dialogue in elementary social studies methods. Teacher Education and Practice, 25, 221-234. [15%]
Journell, W., & Buchanan, L. B. (2012). Making politics palatable: Using television drama in high school civics and government classes. The Social Studies, 103, 1-11. [46%]
Buchanan, L. B. (2011). Discussion in the elementary classroom: How and why some teachers use discussion. The Georgia Social Studies Journal, 1, 19-31. [40-50%]
Buchanan, L. B., & Beeson, M. W. (2011). Using George Ella Lyon’s “Where I’m from” to teach time, continuity, and change and individual development and identity in the elementary social studies methods course. The Ohio Social Studies Review, 48, 13-20. [45%]
In Press Journal Articles Blinded Review.
Buchanan, L. B., Sikma, L., Liao, C., & DaVita, J. (in press). Non-traditional models of applied learning in teacher education through K-12 school-university partnerships. Journal of Applied Learning in Higher Education.
Co-Edited Book, Peer Reviewed.
Shear, S. B., Tschida, C. M., Bellows, M. E., Buchanan, L. B., & Saylor, E. E. (2018). Making Controversial Issues Relevant for Elementary Social Studies: A Critical Reader. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. (A two part reader of research and practice related to teaching controversial issues in elementary classrooms and elementary teacher education).
Book Chapters.
Buchanan, L. B. & Ward, C. F. (in press). Whiteness narratives on miscegenation in the South: Loving v. Virginia as a medium for examining racism in the South. In A. Hawkman & S. B. Shear (Eds.) Marking the invisible: Articulating Whiteness in social studies education.
Buchanan, L. B. (2018). Digital immigrant as first year faculty: How I improved my university teaching through embracing technology. In A. Kemp (Ed.), Dignity of the calling: Educators share the beginning of their journeys. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Tschida, C. M. & Buchanan, L. B. (2018). Elementary preservice teachers’ beliefs related to using LGBT literature in the elementary classroom. In S.B. Shear, C.M. Tschida, E. Bellows, L.B. Buchanan, & E.E. Saylor (Eds.), (Re)Imagining elementary social studies: A controversial issues reader. pp. 111-128. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Tschida, C.M. & Buchanan, L.B. (2017). What makes a family? In J. Balantic, A. Libresco, & M. Battenfeld (Eds.), Notable books, notable lessons: Putting social studies back in the K-8 curriculum. (pps. 75-78). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
Publications, Non-Refereed Book Chapter. Shear, S. B., Tschida, C. M., Bellows, M. E., Buchanan, L. B., & Saylor, E. E. (2018). Introduction. In S.B. Shear, C.M. Tschida, E. Bellows, L.B. Buchanan, & E.E. Saylor (Eds.), (Re)Imagining elementary social studies: A controversial issues reader. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Journal Article, Invited. Roseboro, D., Lewis, S., Buchanan, L. B., Higgins, H., Schlichting, K., & Brinkley, B. (2014). Immersion in the field: The elementary block network in the Watson College of Education. The Journal of the National Association for Professional Development Schools, 7(2), 13-18.