Dr. Adam Friedman

Dr. Adam M. Friedman is a Professor of Social Studies Education at Wake Forest University, where he also serves as Director of the Instructional Technology Group in the Office of the Dean of the College.

Dr. Friedman teaches undergraduate and graduate secondary social studies methods, elementary social studies methods, a graduate research course in social studies, and student teaching supervision. He also designed and developed Sports, Culture, and Geography, a First Year Seminar which he has taught on numerous occasions. Dr. Friedman has also directed a summer study abroad program at the Worrell House in London and directed the LENS program in Nicaragua.

His research agenda focuses on how technology resources, particularly digitized primary sources, and more recently XR technologies, can be used to enhance the teaching and learning of social studies, the factors that encourage and barriers that impede their use, and their impact on student achievement. Recent research includes examining the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for State Standards‘ impact on social studies teachers’ instructional design and implementation, as well as teaching religion within social studies. He has published his work in a variety of social studies and technology journals and book chapters, including Theory and Research in Social Education, CITE-Social Studies, and the International Journal of Social Education, and was the co-editor of the book Research on Technology in Social Studies Education.