Shanna L. Peeples
Peeples with Barack Obama, 2015
Born	(1965-04-16) April 16, 1965 (age 59)[1] Borger, Texas[1]
Occupation(s)	Assistant Professor, Education and Social Sciences
Known for	2015 National Teacher of the Year
Title	Dr. John G. O' Brien Distinguished Chair in Education
Children	3
Awards	National Teacher of the Year
Academic background
Education	Harvard University, West Texas A&M University, University of Texas at Arlington
Academic work
Institutions	West Texas A&M University
Website	shannapeeples.com

Shanna L. Peeples is the Dr. John G. O’Brien Distinguished Chair in Education at West Texas A&M University. She was the 2015 National Teacher of the Year.

Peeples has a B.A. in English from West Texas A&M University (1997), an M.Ed. from the University of Texas at Arlington (2013), and a Ph.D from Harvard University (2020).^[2][3]

Peeples had multiple jobs before she began teaching, starting with a 7th grade class.^[4] By 2011 she was teaching at Palo Duro High School in Texas.^[5][6] In 2015, Peeples was named National Teacher of the Year,^[6] and was presented her award by President Barack Obama.^[5][7] In 2020 she was named the Dr. John G. O’Brien Distinguished Chair in Education at West Texas A&M University.^[8][9]

Peeples has spoken against arming teachers in the classroom^[10] and advocates for LGBT marriage.^[11]

• Peeples, Shanna (2019). Think like Socrates : using questions to invite wonder and empathy into the classroom, grades 4-12. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications. ISBN 978-1-5063-9163-2. OCLC 1260211375.
• Peeples, Shanna (2017-04-06). "School Isn't Uber and Never Should Be". Observer. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
• Peeples, Shanna (Summer 2016). "DARE to go FIRST". Educational Leadership. 73 (9): 10–14 – via EBSCO.

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