Who we are

The Educating for American Democracy initiative involved a diverse collaboration among over 300 academics, historians, political scientists, K–12 educators, district and state administrators, civics providers, students, and others from across the country. We are extremely grateful for all those who gave of their time, enthusiasm, perspectives, and expertise to the project.

This initiative was led by the Educating for American Democracy (EAD) Principal Investigators—Danielle Allen of Harvard University, Paul Carrese of Arizona State University, Louise Dubé of iCivics, Jane Kamensky of Harvard University, Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg of CIRCLE, Peter Levine of Tufts University, and Tammy Waller of the Arizona Department of Education—with support from the following groups of individuals.

Principal Investigators

Danielle Allen

Director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University

Danielle Allen is James Bryant Conant University Professor and Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. She is a political philosopher and public policy expert, who focuses on democracy innovation, public health and health equity, justice reform, education, and political economy.

She also directs the Safra Center’s Democratic Knowledge Project, a K-16 civic education provider. Her books include Our Declaration: a reading of the Declaration of Independence in defense of equality, Cuz: an American Tragedy, and Talking to Strangers: anxieties of citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education. She has chaired numerous commission processes and is a lead author on influential policy roadmaps, including Pursuing Excellence on a Foundation of Inclusion; Roadmap to Pandemic Resilience; Pandemic Resilience: Getting It Done; and Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century. She was for many years a contributing columnist for the Washington Post, and writes for the Atlantic.

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Danielle Allen is James Bryant Conant University Professor and Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University.

She is a political philosopher and public policy expert, who focuses on democracy innovation, public health and health equity, justice reform, education, and political economy. She also directs the Safra Center’s Democratic Knowledge Project, a K-16 civic education provider. Her books include Our Declaration: a reading of the Declaration of Independence in defense of equality, Cuz: an American Tragedy, and Talking to Strangers: anxieties of citizenship since Brown v. Board of Education. She has chaired numerous commission processes and is a lead author on influential policy roadmaps, including Pursuing Excellence on a Foundation of Inclusion; Roadmap to Pandemic Resilience; Pandemic Resilience: Getting It Done; and Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century. She was for many years a contributing columnist for the Washington Post, and writes for the Atlantic.

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Paul Carrese

Founding Director, School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University

Paul Carrese is the founding director of the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University. For nearly two decades he was a professor of political science at the United States Air Force Academy.

He is author of The Cloaking of Power: Montesquieu, Blackstone, and the Rise of Judicial Activism (University of Chicago, 2003) and co-editor of three other books – on George Washington, constitutionalism, and American grand strategy. His most recent book is Democracy in Moderation: Montesquieu, Tocqueville, and Sustainable Liberalism (Cambridge, 2016). He has held fellowships at Harvard University; the University of Delhi (as a Fulbright fellow); and the James Madison Program, Politics Department, Princeton University. He recently served on the founding advisory board of the Program on Public Discourse at UNC Chapel Hill.

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Paul Carrese is the founding director of the School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University.

For nearly two decades he was a professor of political science at the United States Air Force Academy. He is author of The Cloaking of Power: Montesquieu, Blackstone, and the Rise of Judicial Activism (University of Chicago, 2003) and co-editor of three other books – on George Washington, constitutionalism, and American grand strategy. His most recent book is Democracy in Moderation: Montesquieu, Tocqueville, and Sustainable Liberalism (Cambridge, 2016). He has held fellowships at Harvard University; the University of Delhi (as a Fulbright fellow); and the James Madison Program, Politics Department, Princeton University. He recently served on the founding advisory board of the Program on Public Discourse at UNC Chapel Hill.

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Louise Dubé

Executive Director, iCivics

Louise Dubé serves as the Executive Director of iCivics. As the largest provider in the nation, iCivics champions and re-imagines civic education. iCivics is the winner of many awards including Fast Company’s 2017 Top 10 Most Innovative Education Companies, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.

Previously, Louise served as Managing Director of Digital Learning at WGBH where she helped launch PBS Learning Media, a platform reaching over 1.5 million educators. Before WGBH, Louise had a successful career in educational publishing and instructional technology for over 20 years. Louise won the 2017 People’s Voice award from the Diane Von Furstenberg – Diller Foundation as well as the 2018 Civvys – American Civic Collaboration National award from Bridge Alliance. She was also recognized as a 2019 Donaldson Fellow by the Yale School of Management. Louise began her career as an attorney in Montreal, Canada, and holds a law degree from McGill University, as well as an MBA from Yale University. In the early 1990s, she served as a co-founder of CASES, a New York alternative-to-incarceration program where education helped re-shape lives.

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Louise Dubé serves as the Executive Director of iCivics. As the largest provider in the nation, iCivics champions and re-imagines civic education.

iCivics is the winner of many awards including Fast Company’s 2017 Top 10 Most Innovative Education Companies, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. Previously, Louise served as Managing Director of Digital Learning at WGBH where she helped launch PBS Learning Media, a platform reaching over 1.5 million educators. Before WGBH, Louise had a successful career in educational publishing and instructional technology for over 20 years. Louise won the 2017 People’s Voice award from the Diane Von Furstenberg – Diller Foundation as well as the 2018 Civvys – American Civic Collaboration National award from Bridge Alliance. She was also recognized as a 2019 Donaldson Fellow by the Yale School of Management. Louise began her career as an attorney in Montreal, Canada, and holds a law degree from McGill University, as well as an MBA from Yale University. In the early 1990s, she served as a co-founder of CASES, a New York alternative-to-incarceration program where education helped re-shape lives.

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Jane Kamensky

Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History, Harvard University and Pforzheimer Foundation Director, Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Harvard Radcliffe Institute

Jane Kamensky is Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History & Pforzheimer Foundation Director, Harvard University & Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

Her most recent book, A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley (2016), won four prizes, including the New-York Historical Society’s Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize, and was a finalist for several others. She is also one of the co-authors of A People and a Nation (11th edition, 2017), long one of the leading American history textbooks across the United States. A former Commissioner of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, she currently serves as a Trustee of the Museum of the American Revolution. In addition to her work with the EAD project team, she is a member of the faculty committee of Democratic Knowledge Project at Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center.

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Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg

Director, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University

As Director, Kei leads all of CIRCLE’s research activities while charting a vision of how that research can inform policy and practice to strengthen youth civic engagement. Kei is particularly interested in providing various organizations and communities with research that would help increase civic and political engagement among ethnic minority and immigrant populations.

Kei earned her doctorate degree in 2008 from Loyola University Chicago in Clinical Psychology and has extensive experience in working with youth of diverse backgrounds both as a researcher and a practitioner. Throughout her graduate career, she focused her research on positive youth development, including civic engagement. Prior to joining CIRCLE, Kei taught as Visiting Instructor of Psychology at Knox College, where she became involved as an active collaborator for the Center in Galesburg, a community-based citizen organization. In collaboration with the Center in Galesburg, Kei designed a course in Community Psychology in which she taught college students about various types of engagement and actively involved them in the local community.

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As Director, Kei leads all of CIRCLE’s research activities while charting a vision of how that research can inform policy and practice to strengthen youth civic engagement.

Kei is particularly interested in providing various organizations and communities with research that would help increase civic and political engagement among ethnic minority and immigrant populations. Kei earned her doctorate degree in 2008 from Loyola University Chicago in Clinical Psychology and has extensive experience in working with youth of diverse backgrounds both as a researcher and a practitioner. Throughout her graduate career, she focused her research on positive youth development, including civic engagement. Prior to joining CIRCLE, Kei taught as Visiting Instructor of Psychology at Knox College, where she became involved as an active collaborator for the Center in Galesburg, a community-based citizen organization. In collaboration with the Center in Galesburg, Kei designed a course in Community Psychology in which she taught college students about various types of engagement and actively involved them in the local community.

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Peter Levine

Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Jonathan M. Tisch College at Tufts University

Peter Levine is the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship & Public Affairs in Tufts University’s Jonathan Tisch College of Civic Life. Trained as a moral/political philosopher, Levine has spent most of his career conducting applied empirical research and organizing professional efforts related to civic life in the United States, including sustained work on civic education, voting rights, public deliberation, social movements, and the measurement of social capital.

His nine books include the forthcoming What Should We Do? A Theory of Civic Life (Oxford University Press). He helped to found and then led CIRCLE (The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement), which is now part of Tisch College. He was a co-author of the Civic Mission of Schools report (2003) and the College, Career and Citizenship (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards (2013). He serves on the NAEP civics committee and the boards of Discovering Justice, Everyday Democracy, the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, and Street Law, Inc.

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Peter Levine is the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship & Public Affairs in Tufts University’s Jonathan Tisch College of Civic Life.

Trained as a moral/political philosopher, Levine has spent most of his career conducting applied empirical research and organizing professional efforts related to civic life in the United States, including sustained work on civic education, voting rights, public deliberation, social movements, and the measurement of social capital. His nine books include the forthcoming What Should We Do? A Theory of Civic Life (Oxford University Press). He helped to found and then led CIRCLE (The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement), which is now part of Tisch College. He was a co-author of the Civic Mission of Schools report (2003) and the College, Career and Citizenship (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards (2013). He serves on the NAEP civics committee and the boards of Discovering Justice, Everyday Democracy, the Charles F. Kettering Foundation, and Street Law, Inc.

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Tammy Waller

Director of K-12 Social Studies and World Languages, Arizona Department of Education

Tammy Waller is the Director for K-12 Social Studies and World Languages at the Arizona Department of Education and the co-manager of the statewide Civic Education and Community Engagement Program. She also teaches at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University.

Prior to joining ADE 5 years ago, Tammy taught 7-12th grade social studies for 25 years in various schools in the Phoenix area and coached both Speech and Debate and Mock Trial. She is a state and national trainer for various civic education organizations and is a member of the Council for Social Studies State Supervisors and the National Council for State Supervisors of Foreign Language. A member of both the National Council for the Social Studies and the National Council for History Education, she currently sits on the board of the Arizona Council for the Social Studies. She is a 2000 Arizona Teacher of the Year Finalist and Arizona Law Related Educator of the year.

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Tammy Waller is the Director for K-12 Social Studies and World Languages at the Arizona Department of Education and the co-manager of the statewide Civic Education and Community Engagement Program.

She also teaches at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. Prior to joining ADE 5 years ago, Tammy taught 7-12th grade social studies for 25 years in various schools in the Phoenix area and coached both Speech and Debate and Mock Trial. She is a state and national trainer for various civic education organizations and is a member of the Council for Social Studies State Supervisors and the National Council for State Supervisors of Foreign Language. A member of both the National Council for the Social Studies and the National Council for History Education, she currently sits on the board of the Arizona Council for the Social Studies. She is a 2000 Arizona Teacher of the Year Finalist and Arizona Law Related Educator of the year.

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Executive Committee

Danielle Allen, Director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University
Paul Carrese, Founding Director, School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University
Louise Dubé, Executive Director, iCivics
Michelle M. Herczog, Coordinator III, History-Social Science, Los Angeles [California] County Office of Education
Emma Humphries, Chief Education Officer and Deputy Director of CivXNow, iCivics
Jane Kamensky, Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History, Harvard University and Pforzheimer Foundation Director, Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Director, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University
Peter Levine, Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Jonathan M. Tisch College at Tufts University
Adam Seagrave, Associate Professor and Associate Director, School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University
Tammy Waller, Director of K–12 Social Studies and World Languages, Arizona Department of Education

Steering Committee

Chair:

Louise Dubé, Executive Director, iCivics

Danielle Allen, Director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University
Tim Bailey, Director of Education, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
David Bobb, President, Bill of Rights Institute
Paul Carrese, Founding Director, School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University
Mary Ellen Daneels, Lead Teacher Mentor and Instructional Specialist, Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Sarah Drake Brown, Board Member, National Council for History Education
Tom Gentzel, Executive Director and CEO Emeritus, National School Boards Association
Jarvis Givens, Assistant Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education
James Grossman, Executive Director, American Historical Association
Jeremy Gypton, Teacher Programs Manager, The Ashbrook Center
Michelle M. Herczog, Coordinator III, History-Social Science, Los Angeles [California] County Office of Education
Emma Humphries, Chief Education Officer and Deputy Director of CivXNow, iCivics
Jane Kamensky, Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History, Harvard University and Pforzheimer Foundation Director, Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Director, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University
Averill Kelley, CSIEME Doctoral Student, University of Nevada, Las Vegas & Former Educator, Clark County [Nevada] School District
Carrie Kotcho, A. James Clark Director of Education and Impact, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Kelly Leahy, Assistant Professor & Year-One EAD Project Director, Newhouse School of Communication at Syracuse University & iCivics
Peter Levine, Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Jonathan M. Tisch College at Tufts University
Maria Marable-Bunch, Associate Director for Museum Learning and Programs, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
Ace Parsi, Senior Consultant, Equity Journey Partners
Lawrence Paska, Executive Director, National Council for the Social Studies
Donna Phillips, Director, Academic Innovations, District of Columbia Public Schools
Allen Pratt, Executive Director, National Rural Education Association
Prisca Rodriguez, ELL Educator, District of Columbia Public Schools
Natacha Scott, Director of Educator Engagement, iCivics
Adam Seagrave, Associate Professor and Associate Director, School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University
Rogers M. Smith, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
Adrienne Stang, K–12 History and Social Studies Coordinator, Cambridge [Massachusetts] Public Schools
Alhassan Susso, 2019 New York State Teacher of the Year, New York State Education Department
Laura Tavares, Program Director, Organizational Learning and Thought Leadership, Facing History and Ourselves
Tammy Waller, Director of K–12 Social Studies and World Languages, Arizona Department of Education

American History Task Force

Co-Chair:

Jane Kamensky, Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History, Harvard University and Pforzheimer Foundation Director, Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Tammy Waller, Director of K–12 Social Studies and World Languages, Arizona Department of Education

Valencia Abbott, History Social Studies Educator, Rockingham [North Carolina] Early College High School
Peter Adams, Senior Vice President of Education, News Literacy Project
Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Professor, Department of History at Rutgers University
Amanda Cobb-Greetham, Professor, Native American Studies Department, University of Oklahoma
Donald Critchlow, Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University
Allen Guelzo, Senior Research Scholar, The Council of the Humanities, Princeton University
Madeline Hsu, Professor, Department of History at The University of Texas at Austin
Philip C. Mead, Chief Historian and Curator, Museum of the American Revolution
Lincoln Mullen, Associate Professor, Department of History and Art History at George Mason University
David O’Connor, Education Consultant, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
George Sanchez, Director, Center for Democracy and Diversity at the University of Southern California
Paul Solarz, 5th Grade Teacher, Westgate [Illinois] Elementary School
Adrienne Stang, K–12 History and Social Studies Coordinator, Cambridge [Massachusetts] Public Schools

Content Curation Task Force

Chair:

Natacha Scott, Director of Educator Engagement, iCivics

Tim Bailey, Director of Education, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
David Bobb, President, Bill of Rights Institute
Jennifer Brown, Founder, Empowered Learning, LLC
Mary Ellen Daneels, Lead Teacher Mentor and Instructional Specialist, Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Alexandra Foley, Diverse Democracy Fellow, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University
Korin Forbes, Former K–6 Social Studies Content Specialist, Mesa [Arizona] Public Schools
Michelle M. Herczog, Coordinator III, History-Social Science, Los Angeles [California] County Office of Education
Emma Humphries, Chief Education Officer and Deputy Director of CivXNow, iCivics
Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Director, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University
NDia Morningstar Riegler, Educator, Boston [Massachusetts] Public Schools
Lincoln Mullen, Associate Professor, Department of History and Art History at George Mason University
Ace Parsi, Senior Consultant, Equity Journey Partners
Justin Pottle, Curriculum Lead, Democratic Knowledge Project
Shannon Salter Burghardt, Founding Teacher, Building 21 Allentown, Pennsylvania
Adam Seagrave, Associate Professor and Associate Director, School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University
Laura Tavares, Program Director, Organizational Learning and Thought Leadership, Facing History and Ourselves
Samuel Texeira, Educator, Chicago [Illinois] Public Schools
Matthew Wdowiarz, Educator, Winfield [Illinois] School District

Implementation Task Force

Co-Chair:

Danielle Allen, Director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University
Louise Dubé, Executive Director, iCivics
Frederick Hess, Resident Scholar and Director of Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute

Desmond Blackburn, CEO, New Teacher Center
David Bobb, President, Bill of Rights Institute
David Buchanan, Director of Massachusetts Programs, iCivics
Paul Carrese, Founding Director, School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University
Leo Casey, Executive Director, Albert Shanker Institute
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Distinguished Senior Fellow and President Emeritus, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Tom Gentzel, Executive Director and CEO Emeritus, National School Boards Association
Robert Jagers, Vice President of Research, CASEL
Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Director, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University
Ace Parsi, Senior Consultant, Equity Journey Partners
Lawrence Paska, Executive Director, National Council for the Social Studies
Donna Phillips, Director, Academic Innovations, District of Columbia Public Schools
Allen Pratt, Executive Director, National Rural Education Association
Natacha Scott, Director of Educator Engagement, iCivics
Tammy Waller, Director of K–12 Social Studies and World Languages, Arizona Department of Education

K–5 Task Force

Co-Chair:

Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Director, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University
Jane C. Lo, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education, Michigan State University
Natacha Scott, Director of Educator Engagement, iCivics

Danielle Allen, Director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University
Ann Marie Gleeson, History and Social Science Assessment Developer, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Alexandra Foley, Diverse Democracy Fellow, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University
Jane Kamensky, Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History, Harvard University and Pforzheimer Foundation Director, Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Katherina Payne, Department of Curriculum and Instruction Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
Lynette Stant, 2020 Arizona Teacher of the Year and Teacher, Salt River [Arizona] Elementary School
Rebecca Valbuena, Former Teacher on Special Assignment, K–5, Glendora [California] Unified School District
Aisha Vasquez Jackson, Director, East Tampa [Florida] Academy

Pedagogy for Constitutional Democracy Task Force

Co-Chair:

Emma Humphries, Chief Education Officer and Deputy Director of CivXNow, iCivics
Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Director, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University

Tim Bailey, Director of Education, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Kara Cisco, Social Studies Educator, St. Louis Park [Minnesota] High School
Ilene Berson, Professor of Early Childhood, University of South Florida
Mary Ellen Daneels, Lead Teacher Mentor and Instructional Specialist, Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Doug Dobson, Senior Fellow, Lou Frey Institute
Abby Pfisterer, Education Specialist, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Kimberly Huffman, Social Studies Instructor, Adjunct Professor of Political Science, James Madison Fellow
Averill Kelley, CSIEME Doctoral Student, University of Nevada, Las Vegas & Former Educator, Clark County [Nevada] School District
Magdalena Mieri, Director of Special Initiatives and Program in Latino History and Culture, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Daniel Osborn, Program Director, Primary Source
Ace Parsi, Senior Consultant, Equity Journey Partners

Political Science & Civics Task Force

Co-Chair:

Michelle M. Herczog, Coordinator III, History-Social Science, Los Angeles [California] County Office of Education
Adam Seagrave, Associate Professor and Associate Director, School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University

Danielle Allen, Director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University
Rebecca Burgess, Research Fellow and Program Manager, Program on American Citizenship at American Enterprise Institute
David Bobb, President, Bill of Rights Institute
Meena Bose, Executive Dean, Public Policy and Public Service Programs, Peter S. Kalikow School of Government, Public Policy and International Affairs, Hofstra University
Rosa Brooks, Professor of Law and Policy, Georgetown University Law Center
Cathy Cohen, Professor, Department of Political Science at University of Chicago
Marshall Croddy, Former President, Constitutional Rights Foundation
Joseph Kahne, Dutton Presidential Professor of Education Policy and Politics, University of California, Riverside
Peter Levine, Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Jonathan M. Tisch College at Tufts University
Frank Pisi, Director, History-Social Science, Sacramento [California] County Office of Education
Cathy Ruffing, Senior Director, Teacher Professional Development Programs and Curriculum, Street Law, Inc.
Rogers M. Smith, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
James Stoner, Hermann Moyse Jr. Professor and Director, Eric Voegelin Institute at Louisiana State University
Aisha Vasquez Jackson, Director, East Tampa [Florida] Academy

C3 Working Group

Chair:

David Buchanan, Director of Massachusetts Programs, iCivics

Peter Levine, Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Jonathan M. Tisch College at Tufts University
Lawrence Paska, Executive Director, National Council for the Social Studies
Natacha Scott, Director of Educator Engagement, iCivics
Stefanie Wager, President, National Council for the Social Studies
Tammy Waller, Director of K–12 Social Studies and World Languages, Arizona Department of Education

State Guidance Working Group

Co-Chair:

David Buchanan, Director of Massachusetts Programs, iCivics
Tammy Waller, Director of K–12 Social Studies and World Languages, Arizona Department of Education

Scott Bush, Senior Coordinator of K–12 Social Studies for the TEKS Resource System, Education Service Center Region 13, Austin, Texas
Shaka Dickerson, Dean of Students, DeMatha Catholic High School, District of Columbia
Joy Hatcher, Social Studies Program Manager, Georgia Department of Education
Amit Kobrowski, K–12 Social Science Specialist, Oregon Department of Education
Ted McConnell, Senior Policy Advisor, CivXNow
Michelle McLaughlin, K–12 Social Studies Education Consultant, North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
Fran O’Malley, Project Director, Democracy Project, Institute for Public Administration, Biden School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Delaware
Harris Payne, Retired Director of Social Studies, Nebraska Department of Education
Beth Ratway, Senior Technical Assistance Consultant, American Institutes for Research
Stefanie Wager, President, National Council for the Social Studies

Advisory Council

Martha Barry McKenna, University Professor and Director, The Center for Creativity at Lesley University
Keith C. Barton, Professor of Curriculum & Instruction and Adjunct Professor of History, Indiana University
Elizabeth Bennion, Professor and Campus Director for American Democracy Project, Indiana University, South Bend
Ashley Berner, Deputy Director and Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy, Johns Hopkins School of Education
Laura W. Brill, Director, The Civics Center
Rich Cairn, Director of Emerging America, Collaborative for Educational Services
David E. Campbell, Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy, University of Notre Dame
Chester E. Finn Jr., Distinguished Senior Fellow and President Emeritus, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Rosanna Fukuda, Educational Specialist for Social Studies, Hawaii State Department of Education
Abraham Goldberg, Executive Director, James Madison Center for Civic Engagement
Shawn P. Healy, Senior Director of State Policy and Advocacy, iCivics
Thomas Herman, Director, California Geographic Alliance
Joseph Kahne, Dutton Presidential Professor of Education Policy and Politics, University of California, Riverside
Jill Lepore, Kemper Professor of American History and Affiliate Professor of Law, Harvard University
Jane C. Lo, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education, Michigan State University
Martha Madsen, Executive Director, New Hampshire Institute for Civic Education
Maeva Marcus, Research Professor of Law and Director of Institute for Constitutional Studies, The George Washington University Law School
Stephen S. Masyada, Interim Executive Director, Lou Frey Institute at the University of Central Florida
Elizabeth C. Matto, Associate Research Professor, Center for Youth Political Participation, Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Wendy May-Dreyer, Chair, Texas Civic Education Coalition
Ellen Middaugh, Assistant Professor of Child and Adolescent Development, Lurie College of Education, San Jose State University
Veronica Reyna, Director, Center for Civic Engagement and Associate Chair of the Department of Government, Houston Community College
Alison Rios Millett McCartney, Professor, Towson University Honors College and Department of Political Science
Dick Simpson, Professor, Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Steven A. Steinbach, History Department, Sidwell Friends School, District of Columbia
J. Cherie Strachan, Professor of Political Science, Central Michigan University
Judith Torney-Purta, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland College Park
Janet Tran, Director of the Center for Civics, Education, and Opportunity, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute
Stefanie Wager, President, National Council for the Social Studies
Sherri L. Wallace, Professor, Department of Political Science at the University of Louisville
Andrew Wilkes, Senior Director, Policy and Advocacy, Generation Citizen

Consultants and Staff

Tara Bartlett, Ph.D. Student and Research Assistant, Educational Policy and Evaluation and Participatory Governance Initiative at Arizona State University
Jacob Berkman, Co-Founder, One Allen Communications
Kate Bermingham, Ph.D. Candidate and Instructor, University of Notre Dame
David Buchanan, Director of Massachusetts Programs, iCivics
Amber Cruz Mohring, Owner and Lead Consultant, ACM Consulting
Abigail Dym, Ph.D. Student in Political Science and Education Policy, University of Pennsylvania
Robert Fersh, President and Founder, Convergence Center for Policy Resolution
Alexandra Foley, Diverse Democracy Fellow, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University
Maggie Gates, Manager of Communications and Development, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University
Richard Harris, Communications Consultant, iCivics
Trudy Horsting, Ph.D. Student, School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University
Emma Humphries, Chief Education Officer and Deputy Director of CivXNow, iCivics
Alex Iatrou, CivXNow Fellow, iCivics
Alexis Jones, Assistant Professor of History, Crown College, Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota
Abigail Khouri, CivXNow Fellow, iCivics
Abby Kiesa, Deputy Director, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) and the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University
Kelly Leahy, Assistant Professor & Year-One EAD Project Director, Newhouse School of Communication at Syracuse University & iCivics
Patricia Leslie-Brown, Manager of CivXNow Projects, iCivics
Joe Martin, Marketing and Communications Manager, School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University
Jennifer McAndrew, Director of Communications, Strategy & Planning, Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University
Aileen McQuillen, Senior Marketing Manager, iCivics
Josh Montgomery, Social Studies Methods Instructor, College of Education, University of Wyoming
Matthew Nelsen, Postdoctoral Scholar, The University of Chicago
Zoe Nuechterlein, Junior Curriculum Associate, iCivics
Dylan O’Connor, Student Volunteer, iCivics
Ace Parsi, Senior Consultant, Equity Journey Partners
Peter Pellizzari, Researcher, Harvard University
Natacha Scott, Director of Educator Engagement, iCivics
Stacie Smith, Managing Director, Consensus Building Institute

Stakeholder Listening Session Hosts & Participants

To ensure we received a diversity of perspectives on our work, the Educating for American Democracy initiative held over a dozen feedback listening sessions that included hundreds of participants from across the country. We appreciate the time and efforts of all those who attended a session or partnered with us to host a session. Some of these individuals include:

Peter Adams, Senior Vice President of Education, News Literacy Project
Madison Allen, 11th grade student and 2021 Equity in Civics Youth Fellow, Maryland
Kathy Assini, Teacher and 2014 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year
Revathi Balakrishnan, Teacher and 2016 Texas Teacher of the Year, Round Rock [Texas] Independent School District
Jill Bass, Chief Education Officer, Mikva Challenge
Stuart Baum, Research & Program Associate, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
Angela Belrose, Social Studies and Library Science Curriculum Specialist, Jefferson County [Alabama] Public Schools
Ilene Berson, Professor of Early Childhood, University of South Florida
Michael Berson, Professor of Social Science Education, University of South Florida
David Bobb, President, Bill of Rights Institute
David Bosso, Teacher and 2012 Connecticut Teacher of the Year
Brian Brady, Chief Executive Officer, Mikva Challenge
Cristin Brawner, Executive Director, David Mathews Center for Civic Life
Lindsay Bressman, Executive Director, Civic Spirit
Felix Calederon, 12th grade student and 2020 Equity in Civics Youth Fellow, North Carolina
David Callaway, Education Consultant, Religious Freedom Center
Belinda Cambre, Instructor, University Laboratory School, Louisiana State University
April Campbell, Director, Office of Indian Education, Oregon Department of Education
Miranda Campbell, Student, Louisiana State University
Christina Carrasquilla, Senior Lecturer, Arizona State University
Paul Carrese, Founding Director, School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University
Jen Cassidy, Director, Ohio History Center & Ohio Village, Ohio History Connection
Leah Charles-Edouard, Senior Manager of the Academy for American Democracy, The New-York Historical Society
Melissa Collins, Teacher and 2020 National Teacher Hall of Fame Inductee, Shelby County [Tennessee] School District
Jessica DeHart, Teacher, East Baton Rouge [Louisiana] Parish School System
Serena Denetsosie, Deputy Associate Superintendent, Office of Indian Education, Arizona Department of Education
Eric Descheenie, Advisor, Government & Tribal Relations
Chris Dier, Teacher, Benjamin Franklin High School, New Orleans, Louisiana
Caleb Dunson, Freshman and 2020 Equity in Civics Youth Fellow, Yale University
Kimberly Eckert, Teacher and Director of Education Development, West Baton Rouge Schools and Louisiana Department of Education
Ryan Empson, History Instructor, University Laboratory School, Louisiana State University
Inez Feltscher Stepman, Senior Policy Analyst, Independent Women’s Forum
Alexandra Foley, Diverse Democracy Fellow, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University
Morgan Gibson, 8th grade student and 2021 Equity in Civics Youth Fellow, Massachusetts
Monica Goncalves, Social Studies Teacher, Linden [New Jersey] Public Schools
Nikolas Gonzales, World History Adjunct Professor, Digital Learning Specialist, Bunker Hill Community College History Department, Boston [Massachusetts] Public Schools
Matthew Green, 12th grade student and 2020 Equity in Civics Youth Fellow, Pennsylvania
Jay P. Greene, Distinguished Professor, Department of Education Reform at University of Arkansas
Laura Hamilton, General Manager of Research Centers, Educational Testing Service
Alexandra Henderson, 12th grade student and 2020 Equity in Civics Youth Fellow, Louisiana
Frederick Hess, Resident Scholar and Director of Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
Jolena Hinchman, Middle School Teacher, Great Falls [Montana] Public Schools
John Hobson, Lead Coach for Social Studies, Albemarle County [Virginia] Public Schools
Vicki Hobson, Instructional Coach, Albemarle County [Virginia] Public Schools
Erica Hodgin, Co-Director, Civic Engagement Research Group (CERG) at University of California, Riverside
John Holbein, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Politics, and Education, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia
Michael Hussey, Assistant Director for Education, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
Theodore Johnson, Senior Fellow, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law
Jessica Jolliffe, Assistant Director, Humanities, Austin [Texas] Independent School District
Shannon Jones, 8th Grade History Teacher, Austin [Texas] Independent School District
Luther Joseney, Teacher, Boston [Massachusetts] Public Schools
Joseph Kahne, Dutton Presidential Professor of Education Policy and Politics, University of California, Riverside
Jane Kamensky, Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History, Harvard University and Pforzheimer Foundation Director, Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Julia Kaufman, Senior Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation
Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Director, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University
Camara Kelly, 12th grade student and 2021 Equity in Civics Youth Fellow, Maryland
Caroline Klibanoff, Managing Director, Made By Us, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Carrie Kotcho, A. James Clark Director of Education and Impact, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Nathaniel Kraft, Teacher, Lowell [Massachusetts] High School
Sophie Li, 10th grade student and 2021 Equity in Civics Youth Fellow, Tennessee
Jane C. Lo, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education, Michigan State University
Patrick Madden, Executive Director, National Archives Foundation
Maria Marable-Bunch, Associate Director for Museum Learning and Programs, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
Logan Marsh, 11th grade student and 2021 Equity in Civics Youth Fellow, Michigan
Daisy Martin, Director, The History & Civics Project at University of California, Santa Cruz
Rich Mayorga, Professor, Pima Community College
Marcus McNeil, 11th grade student and 2020 Equity in Civics Youth Fellow, Massachusetts
Michael Q. McShane, Director of National Research, EdChoice
Philip C. Mead, Chief Historian and Curator, Museum of the American Revolution
Viren Mehta, 10th grade student and 2020 Equity in Civics Youth Fellow, California
Magdalena Mieri, Director of Special Initiatives and Program in Latino History and Culture, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Susanne Mitko, Social Studies Teacher, Missouri Supreme Court Civic Education Committee, Committee to Develop Secondary Social Studies Curriculum for the State of Missouri, and Missouri Judicial Performance Review Committee
Iva Moss-Redman, Educator, University of Idaho
Mia Nagawiecki, Vice President for Education, New-York Historical Society
Michael Neagle, Social Studies Educator, Lowell [Massachusetts] Public Schools
Jason Neiffer, Assistant Director, Montana Digital Academy
David O’Connor, Education Consultant, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction
Alissa Oginsky, Manager of Teacher Learning, George Washington’s Mount Vernon
David Olson, Social Studies Teacher, James Madison Memorial High School, Madison, Wisconsin
Derek Olson, Middle School Teacher and 2008 Minnesota Teacher of the Year
Diana Owen, Professor and Director of the Civic Education Research Lab, Georgetown University
Dhruv Pai, 11th grade student and 2021 Equity in Civics Youth Fellow, Maryland
Michelle Pearson, Educator, Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Thornton, Colorado
Anthony Pennay, Chief Learning Officer, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute
Michael J. Petrilli, President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Abby Pfisterer, Education Specialist, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Michael B Poliakoff, President, American Council of Trustees and Alumni
Lee Ann Potter, Director, Professional Learning and Outreach Initiatives Office, Library of Congress
Aiesha Pretlow, Teacher, Jefferson [Alabama] Board of Education
Nina Rees, President and CEO, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Raneen Rehani, 12th grade student and 2021 Equity in Civics Youth Fellow, New Jersey
Steven Rickert, Principal, Tres Rios Service Academy, Tolleson, Arizona
Shaun Rieley, Director of Civics and Veterans Programs, The Philanthropy Roundtable
Madison Rock, Civic Health Senior Program Coordinator, Center for the Future of Arizona
Rachel Roncka, 11th grade student and 2020 Equity in Civics Youth Fellow, Massachusetts
Luess Sampson-Lizotte, VP Product Development, Humanities, Savvas Learning Company
Gary Sandling, Vice President, Visitor Programs, Monticello, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Elaine Santelmann, Coordinator of Science and Social Studies, Lowell [Massachusetts] Public Schools
Angel Santiago, Teacher and 2021 New Jersey State Teacher of the Year
Scott Sargrad, Vice President, K–12 Education Policy, Center for American Progress
Christian Scott, Social Studies Educator, Boston [Massachusetts] Public Schools
Natacha Scott, Director of Educator Engagement, iCivics
Adam Seagrave, Associate Professor and Associate Director, School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University
David Serio, Educator and Public Programming Specialist, Arab American National Museum
Logan Silva, Teacher, Potter Valley [California] Jr./Sr. School
Andy Smarick, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
Kate Soules, Executive Director, Religion & Education Collaborative
Lynette Stant, 2020 Arizona Teacher of the Year and Teacher, Salt River Elementary School, Scottsdale, Arizona
Gabbie Stokes, 12th grade student and 2021 Equity in Civics Youth Fellow, Arkansas
Andrea Thares, Teacher, Riverview Elementary for Great Falls [Montana] Public Schools
Trygve Throntveit, Director of Strategic Partnership, Minnesota Humanities Center
Janet Tran, Director of the Center for Civics, Education, and Opportunity, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute
Tammy Waller, Director of K–12 Social Studies and World Languages, Arizona Department of Education
Terri Welsh, Social Studies Content Specialist, Mesa [Arizona] Public Schools
Martin West, William Henry Bloomberg Professor of Education, Harvard University
K. Allison Wickens, Vice President for Education, George Washington’s Mount Vernon
Sarah Wilson, Director of Education, Autry Museum of the American West
Jennifer L. Wolfe, High School Social Studies Teacher, NBCT, and 2021 New York State Teacher of the Year
Brandy Zollman, Director of Education, Conner Prairie, Fishers, Indiana

How to read the Roadmap

The 7 Themes

The 5 Design Challenges

Implementing the Roadmap in your classroom

About us

Danielle Allen

Director, Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University

Paul Carrese

Founding Director, School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership at Arizona State University

Louise Dubé

Executive Director, iCivics

Jane Kamensky

Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History, Harvard University and Pforzheimer Foundation Director, Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Harvard Radcliffe Institute

Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg

Director, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University

Peter Levine

Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Jonathan M. Tisch College at Tufts University

Tammy Waller

Director of K-12 Social Studies and World Languages, Arizona Department of Education

Funders

E Pluribus Unum: Out of Many, One.

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We the People

Institutional & Social Transformation

Contemporary Debates & Possibilities

Civic Participation

Our Changing landscapes

A New Government & Constitution

A People in the World

The Seven Themes

The Seven Themes

The Five Design Challenges

Motivating Agency, Sustaining the Republic

America’s Plural Yet Shared Story

Simultaneously Celebrating & Critiquing Compromise

Civic Honesty, Reflective Patriotism

Balancing the Concrete & the Abstract

Helping Students Participate

America’s Shared Story

Thinking About Compromise

Honest Patriotism

Balancing Time & Theme