Degrees

EdD, Educational Leadership, University of Delaware (2013)

MI, Constitutional Studies (James Madison Fellow), University of Delaware (2000)

BS, Secondary Social Studies Education, St. Joseph’s University (1977)

Experience

2024 & 2026 Social Studies Content Advisory Group, NAEP

2023–Present Co-State Coordinator, National Center for Civic Education Programming

2021–2025 Founder and Chair, Delaware Civics Education Coalition

2021–Present Board Member, Hockessin Colored School 107c

2021–2022 Lead Author, Delaware DOE Civics and U.S. History Model Lessons

2021 Equity Workgroup, Delaware Department of Education

2020–2022 Educator Workgroup, Redding Consortium

2020–2021 State Guidance Working Group, Educating for American Democracy Roadmap

2020–2021 Consultant, National Geographic

2019–2022 Associate Director, Partnership for Public Education, University of Delaware

2018–2025 National Advisor, CCSSO Social Studies Collaborative

2018–2024 Member, Delaware Professional Standards Board

2015–2019 Associate Director, Professional Development Center for Educators, UD

2005–present Project Director on two “Teaching American History” grants

2002–present Executive Secretary, Social Studies Coalition of Delaware

2001–present Director, Delaware Social Studies Education Project, Delaware Center for Teacher Education, CHEP; Curriculum Specialist for the Democracy Project, Institute for Public Administration, University of Delaware

1991–2001 Social Studies Teacher/Coordinator, Brandywine School District

1998–Present: Delaware State Teacher of the Year Selection Committee

1996–1997 Chairperson, Social Studies Assessment Committee – Delaware State Testing Program, “Teacher on Loan” to Department of Education

1995 Adjunct Professor, Wilmington College

1991–Present: Founder/Board of Trustees, Delaware Law Related Education Center

1990, 1991 Teaching Fellow (“Introduction to Law”) University of Delaware Summer College

1979–1991 Social Studies Teacher/Department Chair, Padua Academy

Courses Taught

UAPP667: Democracy Project Summer Institute

POSC102: Civics and Economics for the Elementary Teacher, University of Delaware

EDUC667: ReadHistory Summer Institute, University of Delaware

EDUC 346: Social Studies Methods, University of Delaware

HIST 667: Integrated Social Studies/Reading Summer Institute, University of Delaware

ARSC667: Delaware Social Studies Summer Institute for Teachers Elementary Social Studies Methods, Wilmington College

Research Interests

Education, Civic education, Social studies, Delaware Civic Standards, Professional development for teachers