The Gilder Lehrman Teacher Advisory Council advises the Institute on programs and resources that best support American history in K–12 classrooms.
Teacher Advisory Council
Teacher Advisory Council Members
CherylAnne Amendola
Montclair Kimberley Academy, NJ
2017 New Jersey History Teacher of the Year
Julian Braxton
The Winsor School, MA
Member, Frederick Douglass Book Prize Committee
Alysha Butler
McKinley Technology High School, DC
2019 District of Columbia History Teacher of the Year
Lindsey Charron
Horace Ensign Intermediate School, CA
2021 California History Teacher of the Year
Kevin Cline
Frankton Jr. Sr. High School, IN
2016 Indiana History Teacher of the Year
Justin Emrich
Olentangy Berkshire Middle School, OH
2016 Ohio History Teacher of the Year
Connie Lopez Fink
University School of Nashville, TN
2018 Tennessee History Teacher of the Year
Daniel Gallegos
Riverside High School, TX
Jose Gregory
Marist School, GA
2021 Georgia History Teacher of the Year
Georgette Hackman
Cocalico Middle School, PA
2017 Pennsylvania History Teacher of the Year
Mary Huffman
Georgia Southwestern State University, GA
2015 South Carolina History Teacher of the Year
Ruth King
Cedar Ridge Elementary School, UT
Rebecca Luebker
Haas Hall Academy, AR
2017 Arkansas History Teacher of the Year
Lois MacMillan
Grants Pass High School, OR
2006 Oregon History Teacher of the Year
Misha Matsumoto Yee
St. Andrew’s School, HI
2022 Hawai‘i History Teacher of the Year
Nathan McAlister
Kansas Department of Education, KS
2010 Kansas History Teacher of the Year
David Mitchell
Masconomet Regional High School, MA
2008 Massachusetts History Teacher of the Year
Gena Oppenheim
Saint Ann’s School, NY
Keisha Rembert
National Louis University, IL
2019 Illinois History Teacher of the Year
N'Dia Riegler
Boston Public Schools, MA
2020 Massachusetts History Teacher of the Year
Ryan Scheb
Cristo Rey Brooklyn, NY
Ziara Smith
University of Virginia Center for Race and Public Education, VA
Peter Vermilyea
Housatonic Valley Regional High School, CT
Matthew Vriesman
East Kentwood High School, MI
2023 Michigan History Teacher of the Year
Rhonda Webb
Georgia Council for the Social Studies, GA
Joseph Welch
North Hills School District, PA
2018 Pennsylvania History Teacher of the Year
Alona Whitebird Medina
Duke University, NC
2021 Oklahoma History Teacher of the Year
Corey Winchester
Northwestern University, IL
2020 Illinois History Teacher of the Year
Karalee Wong Nakatsuka
First Avenue Middle School, CA
2019 California History Teacher of the Year
Sara Ziemnik
Rocky River High School, OH
2017 Ohio History Teacher of the Year