Education:
   B.A. University of Iowa
   M.A. University of Northern Iowa
   Ph.D University of Iowa

• Elementary Social Studies
• Curriculum Theory and Development
• Elementary Education
• Iowa History

• The pedagogy of teaching history to elementary students.
• Recruitment and retention of males in the field of elementary
      education.
• Applications of online instruction in the context of teacher education.

• Teaching Elementary School Social Studies
• Curriculum Theory and Development.
• Applications in Elementary Social Studies Teaching.
• Elementary Curriculum
• Classroom Management.

Recent Publications:

• Nielsen, L. (2006, Fall). Female like me. Universitas: Editor Reviewed Journal, 2 (2). Retrieved February 22, 2008, from
  http://www.uni.edu/universitas/fall06/art_nielsen.pdf.
• Nielsen, L. (2006, Spring). James Loewen’s Sundown Towns: A
  Hidden Dimension of American Racism. New York: The New après, 2005. Universitas: Editor Reviewed Journal, 2 (1). Retrieved February 22, 2008, from http://www.uni.edu/universitas/spring06/ lynnnielsen0306.htm.
• Nielsen, L., Hauscheldt, J., Henning, J.(2006) Implementing case
  study methodology in critical care nursing: A Discourse Analysis. Nurse Educator, 31 (4), 153-158.
• Nielsen, L., McCarty, D. (2004). From crisis to community: what elementary principals learned on 9/11. Journal of Research for
  Educational Leaders, 2 (2), http://www.uiowa.edu/~jrel/.
• "Teaching Metaphors among Male Elementary Preservice Teachers: Claiming a Profession Not Intended for Them" in Multicultural Perspectives.
• "Price Laboratory School Citizenship Program: A Qualitative
  Assessment" in the Journal of Social Studies Research.
• "New Study Shows States Returning to Character Education" in
  Character Educator.

• National Council for the Social Studies.
• Iowa Council for the Social Studies
• Cedar Falls Historical Society

• 2008 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, UNI
• 2007 John Haefner Award from the Iowa Council for the Social Studies
• Iowa Social Studies Teacher of the Year--1996 from the Iowa Council
      for the Social Studies.

• Iowa History Online
• Explorations in Iowa History Project
• The World War II Diary and Letters of Cpl. Mary E. Osen