Dr. Justice is a historian who studies American education. He is Professor and Chair, Department of Educational Theory, Policy, and Administration. His research is wide-ranging, from colonial times to present, engaging a variety of themes at the intersection between the state and its constituent people. This includes problems of religious and cultural diversity, civic identity formation, education in non-schooling settings, and education as an imperial policy. He coordinates the Social Studies Education Program at the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers. He has been the recipient of numerous awards for his teaching and research including, most recently, the 2014 Critics Choice Book Award of the American Educational Studies Association for his anthology, The Founding Fathers, Education, and “The Great Contest.” He is co-author, with Colin Macleod, of Have a Little Faith: Religion, Democracy and the American Public School.