Kristy Brugar

Kristy A. Brugar is an Associate Dean for the OU Graduate College and a Presidential Professor in the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education's Instructional Leadership & Academic Curriculum department. She served as department chair in Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum from 2020-2026. She teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in elementary and secondary social studies education. 

Previously, she was an assistant professor at Wayne State University in Detroit and a middle school social studies teacher in Maryland and Michigan. Dr. Brugar earned her Ph.D. in Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education from Michigan State University. Dr. Brugar’s research focuses on social studies and history education, interdisciplinary instruction involving history/social studies, literacy, and visual arts, and teacher development.

Dr. Brugar is a recipient of the OU Jeanine Rainbolt College of Education Junior Faculty Award (2017), the National Council for the Social Studies, College and University Faculty Assembly Early Career Award (2017), and the OU Robert L. and Nan A. Huddleston Presidential Professor of Education (2018).