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Lucien Ellington is Senior Fellow at FPRI’s Wachman Center and UC Foundation Professor of Education at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He holds advanced degrees in history, economics education, and education and is the recipient of scholarship and grant writing awards at his university and has been awarded an Asian Studies Development Fellowship by the East-West Center.
Ellington is founding editor of Education About Asia, an international teaching journal published by the Association for Asian Studies. He has authored three books and numerous articles on Japan and is currently editor of ABC-CLIO’s Asia: A Global Handbook Series. Ellington has also served as a consultant for more than 100 teacher institutes on Japan throughout the United States and co-directed eleven study tours of Japan for schoolteachers. Currently, he serves as the Tennessee coordinator for the Freeman Foundation-funded National Consortium for Teaching about Asia, and is responsible for teaching and supervising courses on the histories of China, Japan, and the Koreas for educators.
Before becoming a university professor Ellington was a high school world history and economics teacher for eight years. Active in history and social science education and educational reform, he served as president of two different state social studies councils as well as national chair of the National Council for the Social Studies Racism and Social Justice Committee. He and a colleague are also responsible for assisting eight Chattanooga-area schools in implementing the Core Knowledge Curriculum. Most recently, Ellington co-edited a volume on social studies reform, Where Did Social Studies Go Wrong, which received national media attention. He also served as associate director of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Center for Economic Education.
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