Susan McDonough is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education. She has 14 years of direct experience teaching in area classrooms and has mentored teacher candidates in PreK-12th grade classrooms for over a decade. She is passionately committed to democratic teaching that empowers students through inclusive and participatory educational practices, ensuring deep engagement and student voice in the learning experience.
Education
PhD, Curriculum and Design, University of Illinois
MEd, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois
BS, Illinois State University
Selected Publications
Benchik-Osborne, J., McDonough, S., & Porfilio, B. (2021). SOEs with SFE: Forwarding the Work of Liberal Arts in Democratic Community. Educational Studies, 57(6), 587-606. Retrieved from .
McDonough, S. (2000). Iris Murdoch's Notion of Attention: Seeing the Moral Life in Teaching. Philosophy of Education Archive, 217-225. Retrieved from .
Selected Presentations
McDonough, S. & Benchik-Osborne, J. (April, 2023). “Why and How to Teach Democratically: Teacher Candidate Perspectives from Two MSI Universities”, American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois.
McDonough, S. & Benchik-Osborne, J. (October 2021). Put the Learning in Their Hands: Deliberative Democracy During Morning Meeting in the Elementary Classroom. Critical Questions in Education Conference of the Academy of Educational Studies. Cleveland, OH
(2019). Supporting Inclusive Democratic Teaching and Teachers of Color in the Classroom: Finding Alternative Pathways., Critical Questions in Education Conference of the Academy of Educational Studies
(2019). Democratic Literacy: Schools We Need and Deserve, Critical Questions in Education Conference of the Academy of Educational Studies
(2018). TFA Days: Lessons Learned from Facilitating Alternative Certification in Chicago, Critical Questions in Education Conference, Academy for Educational Studies
Awards and Grants
CASS, Excellence in Teaching Award, ؿζSM, 2020