John Cross

John Cross serves as a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Curriculum Instruction at the University of Alabama at Birmingham's School of Education, holding concurrent Clinical Instructor (December 2021–present) and Visiting Instructor (December 2021–August 2025) appointments.

His educational background includes:

• Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, University of Alabama at Birmingham (2018)
• Master of Science in Educational/Instructional Media Design, University of Alabama at Birmingham (2020)
• Master of Science in Educational/Instructional Curriculum Supervision, Samford University (2022)

Cross specializes in secondary STEM teacher preparation with emphasis on inquiry-based pedagogy. His work integrates curriculum design frameworks and classroom interaction analysis to develop effective mathematics and science educators for grades 6–12, particularly through structured lesson planning methodologies.

He secured a 2022 grant from the Alabama Commission on Higher Education for the UTeach Alabama Expansion program. Cross regularly teaches foundational courses including EHS125 (Inquiry Approaches to Teaching), EHS126 (Inquiry-Based Lesson Designs), EHS326 (Classroom Interactions), and discipline-specific methods courses EHS535 (Mathematics 6–12) and EHS537 (Science 6–12) across multiple annual cycles.