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Conference Participants

Edward L. Ayers
Hugh P. Kelly Professor of History and
Dean, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
University of Virginia

Keith Barton
Professor of Education
University of Cincinnati

Titus Brown
Professor of History
Florida A&M University

Lizabeth Cohen
Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies and Director of the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History
Harvard University

Charles Dew
Ephraim Williams Professor of American History
Williams College

Michael Dintenfass
Associate Professor of History
University of Connecticut

Sarah Drake Brown
Assistant Professor of Education
Florida State University

Evelyn Edson
Professor of History
Piedmont Virginia Community College

Fritz Fischer
Professor of History
University of Northern Colorado

Lee Formwalt
Executive Director
Organization of American Historians

Noralee Frankel
Assistant Director, Women, Minorities, and Teaching
American Historical Association

Patrice Grimes
Assistant Professor, Curry School of Education
University of Virginia

Tom Harrington
Teacher of Social Studies
Bank Street School for Children

David Hicks
Associate Professor, School of Education
The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Patricia Hughes
Instructional Coordinator, Social Studies
Albemarle County Public Schools

James Huneycutt
Department Chair and Teacher of History
Monticello High School

Robert Johnston
Associate Professor of History
Director of Teacher Education Program
University of Illinois, Chicago

Gary Kornblith
Professor of History
Oberlin College

Phyllis Krutsch
Vice Chair, Board of Trustees
National Council for History Education

Carol Lasser
Professor of History
Oberlin College

Bruce Lesh
Teacher of History
Franklin High School

Charles McCurdy
Professor and Chair, Department of History
University of Virginia

Bill McDiarmid
Boeing Professor of Teacher Education, College of Education
University of Washington

Tracy McKenzie
Associate Professor of History
University of Washington

Andrew Mink
Director of Outreach and K-12 Education, Virginia Center for Digital History
University of Virginia

Anthony Napoli
Education Coordinator
Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History

Johann Neem
Assistant Professor of History
Western Washington University

David Oshinsky
George Littlefield Professor of History
University of Texas at Austin

Julie Park
School of Education
Stanford University

Jim Percoco
Teacher of History
West Springfield High School

Anne Rogers Poliakoff
Senior Program Officer
National Institute for Work and Learning
Academy for Educational Development

David Quigley
Associate Professor of History and Director of Graduate Studies
Boston College

Elaine Reed
Executive Director
National Council for History Education

Joseph Ribar
Editor
National Council for History Education

Eric Rothschild
Teacher of History (Ret.)
Scarsdale High School

Gloria Schuster Sesso
Teacher of History
Half Hollow Hills High School

Peter Seixas
Professor and Canada Research Chair
Director, Centre for the Study of Historical Consciousness
University of British Columbia

Jeff Shepard
Assistant Professor of American Indian & Western History
University of Texas at El Paso

Nancy Haynes Spekman
Research Associate
Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning
University of Virginia

Peter N. Stearns
Professor and Provost
George Mason University

William G. Thomas, III
John and Catherine Angle Professor in the Humanities
Department of History
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Timothy N. Thurber
Assistant Professor of History
Virginia Commonwealth University

Stephanie van Hover
Assistant Professor, Social Studies Education
University of Virginia

Bruce VanSledright
Professor and Head, Social Studies/History Education Program
University of Maryland

Wilson Warren
Associate Professor of History
Western Michigan University

Deborah Gray White
Professor of History
Rutgers University

Linda Sargent Wood
Assistant Professor of History
Arizona State University

Elizabeth Yeager
Associate Professor, Social Studies Education
University of Florida

Michael M. Yell
Teacher of History
Hudson Middle School