Dr. John D. Hoge is a Professor Emeritus of Elementary & Social Studies Education at the University of Georgia where he taught for over 20 years.  His research interests have focused on children's history learning and the intersection of history and citizenship education in national and international contexts.  He served as the State Coordinator of Georgia's We the People Program from 2004 to 2009.  In addition to Effective Elementary Social Studies, Dr. Hoge wrote Teaching History for Citizenship in the Elementary School, co-authored Real-world Investigations for Middle and High School Social Studies and has contributed many journal articles to the field of social studies.