Previous Teacher Advisory Councils
The National Humanities Center’s Teacher Advisory Council supports Education programs at the Center for a one-year term of service. Chosen to represent multiple disciplines in the humanities, these teacher leaders accept an active role in the development, evaluation, and promotion of the Center’s educational materials and projects.
Teacher Advisory Council Members, 2024–25
Elizabeth Ault, Shawnee Mission West High School, Overland Park, KS
Dan Barish, Baylor University, Waco, TX
Raven Cathey, Southside High School, Chocowinity, NC
Jodi Fernandez, Peekskill High School, Peekskill, New York
Gregory Gallet, Ridge High School, Basking Ridge, NJ
Deanna Gomez, Bloom Trail High School, Chicago Heights, IL
Matthew Hicks, St. Teresa’s Academy, Kansas City, MO
Guy Hill, Triton High School, Erwin, NC
Kamasi Hill, Evanston Township High School, Evanston, IL
Zoë Holl, Ethel Walker School, Simsbury, CT
Ryan Hurley, Urban Community School, Cleveland, OH
Claudine James, Malvern Middle School, Malvern, AR
Nick Kennedy, Arroyo Grande High School, Arroyo Grande, CA
Jonathan Lancaster, Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ
Angela Lee, Weston High School, Weston, MA
Elizabeth Mulcahy, Augusta County Public Schools, Staunton, VA
Sara Olds, Alameda Middle School, Pocatello, ID
Michelle Rich, Denver East High School, Denver, CO
Samora Sobukwe, Leadership Preparatory Academy, Stonecrest, GA
Luke Sundermeier, Marysville High School, Marysville, OH
Derrick Walker, Cesar Chavez Learning Academies-Technology Preparatory Academy, San Fernando, CA
Teacher Advisory Council Members, 2023–24
Anna Anderson, North Central Texas College, Corinth, TX
Gretchyn Bedard, Crossroads Arts & Science Early College, Statesville, NC
Changa Bey, Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School, St. Louis, MO
Sam Bradford, The Walker School, Marietta, GA
Erik Byker, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
LaShonda Carter, Riverside City College, Riverside, CA
Melissa Cohen, Mott Haven Village Preparatory High School, Bronx, NY
Julianne Farkas, Miami Palmetto Senior High School, Pinecrest, FL
Jessica Friday, Saucon Valley High School, Hellertown, PA
Rachelle Friedman, Lycée Français de New York, New York, NY
Kurt Hargis, Destrehan High School, Destrehan, LA
Rick Holifield, Providence High School, Burbank, CA
Deborah Holland, D’Evelyn Jr-Sr High School, Denver, CO
Merry Lanker, Stephen Decatur Middle School, Decatur, IL
Keneshia Leveridge-James, Brightwood Elementary School, Greensboro, NC
Vincent Pham, International High School at Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, NY
Manoj Thadhani, Syosset Senior High School, Syosset, NY
Juan Walker, Augusta University, Augusta, GA
Sarah Wiseman, Liberty High School, Frisco, TX
Teacher Advisory Council Members, 2022–23
Antonia Alberga-Parisi, Forsyth Central High School, Cumming, GA
Charletta Barringer-Brown, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA
C. Martin Caver, National Louis University, Chicago, IL
Gina Elia, North Broward Preparatory School, Coconut Creek, FL
Aric Foster, Armada High School, Armada, MI
Carl Gregory, Desoto Central High School, Southaven, MS
Don Jenkins, North Whidbey Middle School, Oak Harbor, WA
George Knips, North Brunswick High School, Leland, NC
Rachel Lantz, PORTA High School, Petersburg, IL
Megan Large, South Webster High School, South Webster, OH
Victoria Machado, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
Barbara Markham, Padua Academy, Wilmington, DE
Bernadette May-Beaver, The Lovett School, Atlanta, GA
Michelle Neyrey, Spring Independent School District, Houston, TX
Jessica Odom, C.E. Jordan High School, Durham, NC
Amanda Oswalt, Collin College, Frisco, TX
Hannah Page, Raleigh Charter High School, Raleigh, NC
Kyle Smith, Superior High School, Superior, WI
Sharolyn Stauffer, Star Valley High School, Afton, WY
Kyle Tingley, White Station High School, Memphis, TN
Teacher Advisory Council Members, 2021–22
Michael Alfieri, Mount Saint Joseph High School, Baltimore, MD
Candace Bailey (NHC Fellow, 2019–20), North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC
Josh Cabat, Roslyn High School, Roslyn, NY
Stacie Christensen, Horizon Elementary School, Boise, ID
Hashim Davis, Albemarle High School, Charlottesville, VA
Judi Freeman, Boston Latin School, Boston, MA
Tisha Hooks, Hopkins School, New Haven, CT
Breann Johnston, Cutter Morning Star High School, Hot Springs, AR
Kathy Keffeler, Douglas High School, Box Elder, SD
Myla Liljemark, Seward Middle School, Seward, AK
Jared Morris, Madison County Public Schools, Madison, VA
Justin Olmstead, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK
Elena Samkin, Pinecrest High School, Southern Pines, NC
Amanda Lee Savage, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Erica Shaw, College Now, Concord, CA
Brian Sheehy, North Andover High School, North Andover, MA
Geoffrey Smith, St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School, Sewanee, TN
John Terry, The Westminsters School, Atlanta, GA
Teacher Advisory Council Members, 2020–21
Alysha Butler, McKinley Technology High School, Washington, D.C.
Lindsey Charron, Horace Ensign Intermediate School, Newport Beach, CA
Jennifer Connolly, Preston High School, Bronx, NY
Gerald Evans, Hungary Creek Middle School, Henrico County, VA
Lindsey Galvao, Dana Hall School, Wellesley, MA
Wendy Harris, Metro Deaf School, St. Paul, MN
Breanna Holtz, Fifer Middle School, Camden, DE
Alina Hunt, North Carolina School of Science and Math, Durham, NC
Howard Hunter, Metairie Park Country Day School, Metairie, LA
Jennifer Jolley, Palm Bay Magnet High School, Melbourne, FL
Maureen Lamb, Kingswood Oxford School, West Hartford, CT
Tatiana McKinney-Stokes, Trinity Preparatory School, Winter Park, FL
Geena Molinaro, Harrington Middle School, Mount Laurel, NJ
Jennifer Nichols, Cox Mill High School, Concord, NC
David Olson, James Madison Memorial High School, Madison, WI
Ginger Park, Windsor High School, Ft. Collins, CO
Phoebe Sherman, Theodore Roosevelt High School, Washington, D.C.
Jennifer Stockdell, James Bridger Middle School, Independence, MO
David Tow, Terra Linda High School, San Rafael, CA
Lisa Yau, Francis Scott Key Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA
Teacher Advisory Council Members, 2019–20
Jennifer Ansbach, Manchester Township High School, Manchester Township, NJ
Nathan Antiel, St. David’s School, Raleigh, NC
Camille Napier Bernstein, Natick High School, Natick, MA
Dani Bostick, Handley High School, Winchester, VA
Kevin M. Cline, Frankton High School, Frankton, IN
Ron Eisenman, Rutland High School, Rutland, VT
Jedidiah Gist-Anderson, Mallard Creek High School, Charlotte, NC
Mariel Herzog, Evergreen Academy, Union, IL
Nathan McAlister, Seaman High School, Topeka, KS
Bill Melega, Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, NC
William Nesbitt, Green Hope High School, Cary, NC
Lisa Pennington, Governors State University, University Park, IL
Craig Perrier, Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, VA
Kimberly Perry-Sanderlin, Brogden Middle School, Durham, NC
Duke Richey, The McCallie School, Chattanooga, TN
Irene Sanchez, Azusa Unified School District, Azusa, CA
Jessica Silveri, Reagan Middle School, Haymarket, VA
Amanda Hilliard Smith, Fulton County Schools, Atlanta, GA
William Smith, Southern Regional High School, Manahawkin, NJ
Rhonda Watton, Templeton Middle School, Sussex, WI
Teacher Advisory Council Members, 2018–19
Bonnie Belshe, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, CA
Lauren Boop, Hilburn Drive Academy, Raleigh, NC
Kyle Jones, Sacred Heart Academy, Louisville, KY
Michelle Kaighn, Lenape High School, Medford, NJ
Sara Layton, Mountain Heights Academy, Santa Clara, UT
Judy Lindquist, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Rick Parker, J.J. Daniell Middle School, Marietta, GA
Carl Rosin, Radnor High School, Radnor Township, PA
Skye Shirley, Brookline High School, Brookline, MA
Scot Smith, Robertsville Middle School, Oak Ridge, TN
Patrick Sprinkle, New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies, New York, NY
Carolyn Streets, New Haven Public Schools, New Haven, CT
Melissa Tracy, Odyssey Charter High School, Wilmington, DE
Julie Trotter, Alamance Community College, Graham, NC
Katie Willett, Independence High School, Charlotte, NC
Teacher Advisory Council Members, 2017–18
Victoria Ade, West Morris Central High School, Long Valley, NJ
John Aragona, Cardinal Gibbons High School, Raleigh, NC
Sarah Arnold, Elkhorn Area School District, Elkhorn, WI
Shu-Ying Bonner, Kea’au High School, Kea’au, HI
Jason Chohonis, Cutler Bay High School, Miami, FL
Carly Hill, Fairmont Junior High School, Boise, ID
Teresa Kim, Vista Unified School District, Vista, CA
Jamie Lathan, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, NC
Stephen Kekoa Miller, Oakwood Friends School, Poughkeepsie, NY
Jacqueline Stallworth, Lee High School, Arlington, VA
Vicky Stockton, New York State School for the Deaf, Rome, NY
Jenny Snoddy, Walton High School, Marietta, GA
Pam Su’a, Jordan School District, West Jordan, UT
Cherry Whipple, Austin High School, Austin, TX
Teacher Advisory Council Members, 2016–17
Karen Beranek, Bering Strait School District, Unalakleet, AK
Lisa Dudgeon, Bedford High School, Bedford, NH
Mike Hoffman, Cannon School, Concord, NC
Lee Holder, North Lenoir High School, LaGrange, NC
Patricia Marshall, PORTA High School, Petersburg, IL
Kate O’Mara, Haddam-Killingworth Middle School, Killingworth, CT
Ginger Park, Windsor Middle School, Windsor, CO
Lou Parrotta, Thomas R. Proctor High School, Utica, NY
Alex Russo, North Attleboro High School, North Attleboro, MA
Gayle St. John, Norman High School, Norman, OK
Gail Shaw-Hawkins, Evergreen Continuation High School, Sylmar, CA
Angelann Stephens, Benjamin Banneker High School, College Park, GA
Laura Wakefield, Florida Virtual School, Orlando, FL
Geoff Wickersham, Groves High School, Birmingham, MI