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

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

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

1995 Adjunct Professor, Wilmington College

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