Beth C. Rubin, a former public school social studies teacher, is Professor of Education and chair of the department of Educational Theory, Policy and Administration at Rutgers GSE.  She uses critical, sociocultural frameworks and qualitative tools to investigate how young people develop, both as learners and as citizens, amid the interwoven contexts of classroom, school, and community. Dr. Rubin joins with educators and youth, drawing on social design methodology, to reimagine social studies and civic education as spaces to disrupt oppression and nurture connection and critical engagement, most recently through the Spencer Foundation funded Civically Engaged Districts Project.