Introduction
Muffet Trout is an associate professor in the Department of Teacher Education in the School of Education. Muffet started at the University of St. Thomas in 2012 and brings with her more than 25 years of teaching experience spanning pre-school through doctoral level classrooms in urban, suburban and rural settings. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 2010 in Curriculum and Instruction in Social Studies and Teacher Education. Muffet is a Fellow at the Minnesota Institute for Trauma-Informed Education, and she specializes in care theory and effective teaching practices that cultivate relationships. At the University of St. Thomas, she teaches Psychology for Teaching and Learning, Diverse Learners and Families, and Curriculum and Instruction in Social Studies courses. Her writing has focused on relational pedagogies and their effects on teaching and learning and methods for promoting deliberation in K-12 students. Her current work compares teacher candidates in residency programs with those in traditional programs and how they enact cultural relevance, and she is exploring differing narratives used in environmental education and racial narratives used in history education. Muffet grew up near Chicago and has a BA in Diplomacy and World Affairs from Occidental College and an MA in Education from Stanford University.