Erica Hodgin

Affiliated Researcher

Erica Hodgin is the Director of Civic Education at Facing History and Ourselves, and an affiliated researcher with the Civic Engagement Research Group (CERG). Previously, Erica was the Co-Director of CERG where she partnered with educational leaders and key stakeholders on state, district, and school-wide reform efforts to promote youth voice, high quality and equitable civic learning, and a broad vision of social studies. Erica co-created civic learning resource collections such as Educating 4 Democracy, a website with teacher resources and videos, as well as the Digital Civics Toolkit for educators. Erica’s research focuses on the distribution, quality, and influence of youth civic learning and digital civic learning opportunities. She has authored articles in School Administrator, Social Education, Theory and Research in Social Education, and the Journal of Digital and Media Literacy as well as numerous book chapters. Erica received her Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from Mills College and completed her dissertation on the ways cultural humility can enable teachers to build effective relationships with students across racial and cultural differences. Erica also taught English Language Arts and History-Social Science courses and served as an instructional coach at the middle school and high school level. 

Publications

• California’s Commitment to K-12 Civic Learning: A 2022 Assessment

• Educating Toward a Multiracial Democracy in California

• Accessing the State of Media Literacy Policy in U.S. K-12 Schools

• Blended Spaces: Reimagining Civic Education in a Digital Era

• Educating About Elections in a Partisan Age

• Is Responsiveness to Student Voice Related to Academic Outcomes? Strengthening the Rationale for Student Voice in School Reform

• Talking Politics Online: Educating for Online Civic and Political Dialogue

• Breaking New Ground with California’s State Seal of Civic Engagement: Lessons from Year 1

• Civic Education in a Politically Polarized Era

• Reclaiming the Democratic Purpose of California’s Public Schools

• Fulfilling the Democratic Aims of Education: A Systemic Approach for Generating Learning Opportunities for Students’ Informed Participation in Civic and Political Life

• Young Adult Voting Skyrocketed in 2018. What Can We Do To Make It Happen Again?

• Participatory Politics and the Civic Dimensions of Media Literacy

• Judging Credibility in Un-Credible Times: Three Educational Approaches for the Digital Age (in Unpacking Fake News)

• Misinformation in the Information Age: What Teachers Can Do to Support Students

• Educating Youth for Online Civic and Political Dialogue: A Conceptual Framework for the Digital Age

• Redesigning Civic Education for the Digital Age

• Redesigning Civic Education for the Digital Age: Participatory Politics and the Pursuit of Democratic Engagement