Paulette Pepin

Education

Ph.D., Spanish medieval Church history, Fordham University

Connecticut state certification in secondary social studies education

Other

Joining the faulty in 1994, Paulette Pepin is currently an Associate Professor and Chair of the Education Department.  Dr. Pepin brought her expertise in history and social studies education to the Education Program, where she also supervises secondary social studies student teachers and has scored BEST portfolios. Dr. Pepin has designed and implemented the secondary social studies strategies course and, in addition, is a member of the History Department where she teaches undergraduate and graduate history courses. In the field of social studies education, she has presented papers on “Inquiry Lesson-Medieval Hispania: A Source of Representative Government,” and "Teaching United States History: A Creative Method" as well as pursuing scholarship in the field of medieval Spain. She is currently working on revising the western civilization curriculum with a focus on incorporating Iberia’s unique and significant contributions to western intellectualism and knowledge as well as a biography of a 14th century Castilian queen, María de Molina. As an enthusiast for Connecticut history, she will be part an editorial team, who are updating Bailey’s History of Danbury to be published in 2010. She is Sub-Editor, Medieval History, The Historian, a scholarly journal of Phi Alpha Theta, National History Honor Society and a member of the National and Connecticut Council for the Social Studies.