Kenneth V. Anthony serves as Associate Professor and Interim Department Head in the Department of Teacher Education and Leadership at Mississippi State University. He teaches social studies courses within the elementary education program. His research interests include the use of primary sources in the classroom, parent involvement in education, and homeschooling. Dr. Anthony is the co-author of Mississippi: Our History, Our Home (2025), the most recent state-adopted Mississippi History textbook for middle and high school students. 

Recent Publications

Anthony, K. & Sansing, D. (2025). Mississippi: Our History, Our Home. Clairmont Press.

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-challenges-here-are-3-ways-they-can-be-overcome-224727

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. & 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. & 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.pdf

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/usingstereographicimagesprimarysourcescivilwaratlantacampaign.pdf

• 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