Matthew S. HollsteinMatthew S. Hollstein is an Associate Professor of Education at Kent State University. His research interests include civic environmentalism, controversial issues, and developing teachers as listeners to improve practice. His research seeks to improveteacher education and instruction through the inclusion of environmental education to expand teachers’ perception of civic environmental activism. For the last 11 years Matt has been the chair or co-chair of the Environmental and Sustainability Education Community of the National Council for the Social Studies whose goal is to foster the inclusion of environmental and sustainability education in social studies. He teaches in both the early childhood and middle childhood education programs at Kent State University. He taught K12 social studies across Ohio before completing his PhD at Ohio University. Read More Read Less