Kenneth V. Anthony is Professor and Department Head in the Department of Teacher Education and Leadership at Mississippi State University. He teaches social studies methods in the elementary education program and maintains active engagement in K–12 classrooms.

His research focuses on teaching with primary sources, parent involvement, and homeschooling, with an emphasis on connecting school and family learning. Dr. Anthony has secured multiple Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources grants and has published widely in social studies education.

He is the co-author of Mississippi: Our History, Our Home (2025), the state-adopted Mississippi history textbook.

Recent publications:

Parent Involvement

Moser, K. & Anthony, K. (2025). Partnerships to Build Educational Capacity: Suitcases to Introduce Young Learners to World Languages and Cultures. The Language Educator, 20(3).

Wildmon, M., Anthony, K., & Kamau, Z. (2024). Navigating through the Barriers of Parental Involvement in Early Childhood Education. Current Issues in Education, 25(1), pp. 1- 23. https://cie.asu.edu/ojs/index.php/cieatasu/article/view/2146

Anthony, K. & Wildmon, M. (2023). Broadening the concept of parent involvement: Home school families as a pattern for traditional school parent involvement. Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning, 17(33), pp. 27- 57. https://jual.nipissingu.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2023/02/v14297.p…

Home Schooling

Anthony, K. & Wildmon, M. (2024. May 07) Homeschooled kids face unique college challenges- here are 3 ways they can be overcome. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/homeschooled-kids-face-unique-college-chall…

Social Studies and Primary Sources

Binford, P., Anthony, K, Miller, N. (2025). It is not a waste of time! The history of guano use in the United States through Visual Discovery. Oregon Journal of the Social Studies, 13(1).

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TJ2jeL wzZZ831cjUEKbAOJc26AByNq/view

Anthony, K. & Epps, V. (2023). Muddy Waters and Langston Hughes Spreading the Blues at Newport and Beyond. Mississippi History Now. Mississippi Department of Archives and History. https://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/issue/muddy-waters

Anthony, K. & O’Connor, E. (2022). Using stereographic images and primary sources to analyze the Civil War’s Atlanta Campaign. Trends and Issues in Social Studies, 28(1). https://fcss.org/images/downloads/usingstereographicimagesprimarysource…

• Ph.D., Secondary Education-Social Studies, Mississippi State University, 2009
• M.A., National Security and Strategic Studies, United States Naval War College, 2023
• M. Ed., Gifted Education, Mississippi University for Women, 1997
• B.S., History, Mississippi University for Women, 1993