Beverly Armento Beverly Jeanne Armento is currently the Research Professor in Social Studies Education and Chair of the Middle/Secondary Education and Instructional Technology Department at Georgia State University in Atlanta. She holds a doctoral degree in Socal Studies Education from Indiana University where she received the Lieber Memorial Teaching Associate Award. Dr. Armento has taught elementary and middle grades in New Jersey, Florida, and Maryland, and has been at Georgia State since 1975. She was selected Alumni Distinguished Professor at GSU in 1985 and Outstanding Georgia Social Studies Educator by the Georgia Council for the Social Studies Educator by the Georgia Council for Social Studies in 1990. Dr. Armentos major areas of professional research and writing are economic education, diversity issues, and excellence in teaching and learning. Dr. Armentos works include chapters in the Handbook of Research on Teaching, the Handbook of Research on Teaching and Learning in Social Studies, and the Handbook of Research on Teacher Education. She is actively leading efforts to reform the nature of teacher education programs and the quality of teaching and learning in urban schools in the Atlanta area. Read More Read Less