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Research Gate: Jing Williams

Refereed Journal Articles

• Williams, J. A., & Gapp, S. (2025). NCSS Notable Trade Book lesson plan: Gifts from the garbage truck. Social Studies Research and Practice ​(special issue). https://doi.org/10.1108/SSRP-06-2025-0027 
• Cha, B., & Williams, J. A. (2025). Empowering global citizens beyond nationalism: Teaching the 'comfort women' history through human rights education in South Korea. Human Rights Education Review (Special Issue: Global Citizenship Education and Human Rights Education), 8(3), 375-389. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/25355406.2025.2555995 
• ​Williams, J. A. (2025). The future role of the International Assembly: What is its responsibility to contribute to a more humane future? Journal of International Social Studies (30th year anniversary special issue), 15(1), 59-75.
• Williams, J. A., & Cha, B. (2023). “Comfort women:” The contention of historical narratives. Oregon Journal of the Social Studies (special issue), 11(2), 96-116.
• Williams, J. A. (2023). Eurocentric or global? Two world wars in U.S. history textbooks. Oregon Journal of the Social Studies, 11(1), 18-32.
• Williams, J. A., & Pirlet, C. (2021). Developing global awareness and empathy through the teaching of the Nanjing atrocities. Oregon Journal of the Social Studies, 9(2), 12-23.
• Williams, J. A., & Johnson, M. (2020). Comfort women: Enhancing students’ global awareness through human right education. The Social Studies, 111(5), 226-233. https://doi.org/10.1080/00377996.2020.1749016
• Williams, J. A., Reeves, D. C., & Wright, P. (2019). Civil War drummer boys: Integrating music into social studies. Middle Level Learning 65, 2-7.
• Williams, J. A. (2019). HERstory: When we were at war. Social Studies and the Young Learner, 31(3), 24-28.
• Williams, J. A., & Reeves, D. (2017). If musical instruments could talk: Musical instrument artifacts in the social studies classroom. Oregon Journal of the Social Studies, 5(1), 57-72.
• Doppen, F.H., An, J., & Diki, K. (2016). Why student teachers go global. Journal of Social Studies Research, 40(2), 85-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssr.2015.05.002
• An, J.  (2015). Micro-study reveals flaws in pedagogy: A study of social promotion in Tianjin, China. International Education, 44(2), 23-43.
• Doppen, F.H., & An, J. (2014).  Student teaching abroad: Enhancing global awareness.  International Education, 43(2), 59-72.

Refereed Books

• Williams, J. A., & Keefer, N. (Eds.). (2026). Teaching about global wars: Pedagogical practices in the secondary social studies classroom. Information Age Publishing.
• Williams, J. A., & Kim, P. (2025). Teaching conflict-related sexual violence through human rights education: The case of the Japanese military’s “comfort women.” National Council for the Social Studies.
• Williams, J. A., Cruz, B. C., & Rapoport, A. (2024). Teaching with a global perspective: Approaches and strategies for secondary social studies teachers. National Council for the Social Studies.

Refereed Book Chapters 

• Williams, J. A., & Cruz, B. C. (2026). What are the human and environmental costs behind fast fashion? In N. B. Sardone (Ed.), Hollywood or history: An inquiry-based strategy for using film to teach geography. Information Age Publishing.
• Williams, J. A., & Cruz, B. C. (2026). Examining the cost of fast fashion: Cultivating ethical consumerism through an inquiry-based transdisciplinary approach. In T. Lucey (Ed.), Holistic financial literacy education: Laying the groundwork. Routledge.
• Williams, J. A., & Keefer, N. (2026). Introduction. In J. A. Williams and N. Keefer (Eds.), Teaching about global wars: Pedagogical practices in the secondary social studies classroom. Information Age Publishing.
• Williams, J. A., Pirlet, C., & Johnson, M. (2022). Teaching the Nanjing Safety Zone to introduce human rights. In L. M. Harris, M. Sheppard, and S. A. Levy (Eds.), Teaching difficult histories in difficult times: Stories of practices (pp. 41-51). Teachers College Press.
• Williams, J. & Johnson, M. (2020). What were the psychological motivations of Nanjing Safety Zone Committee? In B. Maguth and G. Wu (Eds.), Inquiry-based global learning in the K-12 social studies classroom (pp. 72-82). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429331497-9  
• Williams, J., & Gapp, S. (2017). Counting on Grace. In A. S. Libresco, J. Balantic, & M. Battenfeld (Eds.), Notable books, notable lessons: Putting social studies in the K-8 curriculum (pp. 45-54). ABC-CLIO.
• Williams, J. & Johnson, M. (2017). The Nanjing safety zone: The dilemma of creating a protective wall. In R. Diem and M. Berson (Eds.), Mending walls: Historical, socio-political, economic and geographic perspectives (pp. 161-176). Information Age Publishing.

Refereed Online Publication

• Williams, J. A. (2025). Taking grades (stress) out of learning. Faculty Focus. https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/educational-assessment/taking-grades-stress-out-of-learning 

Guest Editor

• Williams, J. A. (2020). Guest editor's note research on international social studies education. Journal of Social Studies Research, 44(4), 323-324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssr.2020.08.001

Proceedings

• Williams, J. A. (2025). Difficult histories in South Korea. In Proceedings of Korea Society for Social Studies Education Spring Conference. Seoul, South Korea. 
• Williams, J. A. (2022). Two world wars and American imperialism in the Philippines: U.S. history textbook analysis. In Proceedings of Asia Peace and History Institute Academic International Conference. Seoul, South Korea.

Edited Books

• Williams, J. A. (2019). Hometown’s fallen: Discovering the human aspects of wars (Vol. II). Pressing Matters. 
• Williams, J. A. (2018). Hometown’s fallen: Discovering the human aspects of wars. Pressing Matters. 

Invited Book Chapter

• Williams, J. A. (2018). Elmer J. Wallace. In J. A. Williams (Ed.), Hometown’s fallen: Discovering the human aspects of wars (pp. 12-35). Pressing Matters. ​

Invited ​Book Reviews

• Williams, J. A. (2019). Review: (Re)Imagining elementary social studies: A controversial issue reader. Teachers College Records. https://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentId=22794​

• Williams, J. A. (2018). Review: The global education movement: Narratives of distinguished global scholars. International Journal of Social Studies. http://www.iajiss.org/index.php/iajiss/issue/view/20
• Williams, J. A. (2018). Review: Best practice in social studies assessment. Teachers College Records. http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentId=22263

Invited Educational Publications

• Williams, J. A. (2024). “Comfort women: Then & Now” Scavenger Hunt. Comfort Women Action for Redress and Education (CARE). (Education materials used by high school students during the “comfort women” exhibition at the Museum of Social Justice, Los Angeles, CA.)
  
• Williams, J. A. (2024). “Comfort women” source set. Comfort Women Action for Redress and Education (CARE). https://www.international.ucla.edu/cks/care
  
• Williams, J. A. (2023). Learning about comfort women through memorials. Comfort Women Action for Redress and Education (CARE). https://www.international.ucla.edu/cks/care
  
• Williams, J. (2022). Backward design and learning outcomes. Graduate Teaching Series Handbook. Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of South Dakota. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MYgqPtOKG3cw7z5OLaJnXUJ3VaYnnRB5Ug0JuPct380/edit?usp=sharing
  
• Williams, J. (2021). International Assembly. Social Education, 85(6), 321-322. https://www.socialstudies.org/social-education/85/6/part-1-who-we-are
  
• Williams, J. A., & Johnson, M. (2021). Lesson plan on comfort women. Center for Korean Studies, University of California at Los Angeles. https://www.international.ucla.edu/cks/care
  
• Williams, J., & Williams, B. (May 22, 2018). Elmer J. Wallace: The only fallen coast artillery colonel during WWI. Legiontown Online. Available at: https://www.legiontown.org/ownwords/5082/elmer-j-wallace-only-fallen-coast-artillery-colonel-during-wwi
  

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