Summit Participant Bios and Headshots

Where are the Women? Summit -- investigating why women are vastly underrepresented in U.S. history and social studies curriculum

Saturday, February 13, 2021 from 1:00 pm-3:00 pm EST at: https://www.youtube.com/c/americanmasters

Host

Errin Haines Founder of The 19th Errin Haines is a Founding Mother and Editor-At-Large for The 19th, a nonprofit, independent newsroom covering the intersection of women, politics and policy, and an MSNBC Contributor. An award-winning political journalist focused on issues of race, gender and politics, Errin was previously the Associated Press' National Writer on Race and Ethnicity. She has also worked at T he Washington Post, The Orlando Sentinel and T he Los Angeles Times. Errin was a Fall 2019 Ferris Professor at Princeton University, teaching a class on black women and the 2020 election and a Fall 2020 fellow at the Georgetown Institute of Politics. Originally from Atlanta, Errin is based in Philadelphia with her dog, Ginger.

Land Acknowledgement & Poetry Recitation

Joy Harjo U.S. Poet Laureate, Muscogee (Creek) Nation Harjo’s nine books of poetry include A n American Sunrise, Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings, How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems, and She Had Some Horses. Harjo’s memoir Crazy Brave won several awards, including the PEN USA Literary Award for Creative Non-Fiction and the American Book Award. She co-edited two anthologies of contemporary Native women’s writing including O ur Songs Came Through and Reinventing the Enemy’s Language: Native Women’s Writing of North America, one of the London Observer’s Best Books of 1997. She is the recipient of the Ruth Lilly Prize from the Poetry Foundation for Lifetime Achievement, the 2015 Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America, and the United States Artist Fellowship. In 2014 she was inducted into the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame. A renowned musician, Harjo performs with her saxophone nationally and internationally, solo and with her band, the Arrow Dynamics. She has five award-winning CDs of music including the award-winning album R ed Dreams, A Trail Beyond Tears and Winding Through the Milky Way, which won a Native American Music Award for Best Female Artist of the Year in 2009. Harjo’s latest is a book of poetry from Norton, An American Sunrise. In 2019, Joy Harjo was appointed the 23rd United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold the position. She lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Keynote Address

Martha S. Jones Author, Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All Professor Martha S. Jones is the Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor and Professor of History at The

Johns Hopkins University. She is a legal and cultural historian whose work examines how black Americans have shaped the story of American democracy. Professor Jones is the author of Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America (Cambridge University Press, 2018), winner of the Organization of American Historians Liberty Legacy Award for the best book in civil rights history, the American Historical Association Littleton-Griswold Prize for the best book in American legal history, and the American Society for Legal History John Phillip Reid book award for the best book in Anglo-American legal history. Her latest work published in 2020 is Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Fought for Rights for All ( Basic.) Professor Jones is also author of All Bound Up Together: The Woman Question in African American Public Culture 1830-1900 (University of North Carolina Press, 2007). She is also co-editor of Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women (University of North Carolina Press, 2015, together with many important articles and essays. Professor Jones is recognized as a public historian, frequently writing for broad audiences at outlets including the Washington Post, the Atlantic, USA Today, Public Books, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and Time, the curatorship of museum exhibitions including “Reframing the Color Line” and “Proclaiming Emancipation” in conjunction with the William L. Clements Library, and collaborations with the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, the Charles Wright Museum of African American History, the American Experience, the Southern Poverty Law Center, PBS, Netflix, and Arte (France.) Professor Jones currently serves as a President of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, and on the Executive Board of the Organization of American Historians.

Research Presentation

Lori Ann Terjesen Director of Education, The National Women’s History Museum Lori Ann Terjesen, PhD, is the Director of Education at the National Women’s History Museum where she develops, presents, and oversees programs and projects that interpret the Museum’s mission with special emphasis on the history of

American women. Lori Ann is a nonprofit management specialist and museum educator with a 15-year career in museums and cultural institutions. Previously, she served as the director of education at the Children’s Science Center in Fairfax, Virginia, where she led a team of education staff to support both the Center’s outreach and onsite educational programming, serving more than 80,000 visitors annually. Lori Ann completed her Ph.D. in art history and museum studies at Case Western Reserve University. She received her M.A. in museum studies from Seton Hall University, as well as a post -baccalaureate certificate in nonprofit organization management. She completed her B.A. in art history at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Lori Ann is a graduate of the Leadership Fairfax Institute class of 2016, and was recognized as a “Forty Under 40” honoree by the Leadership Center for Excellence in 2016.

Panel Discussion & Live Chat Audience Q&A

Moderator

Treva B. Lindsey Professor of Women’s & Gender Studies, Ohio State University Treva B. Lindsey, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the Ohio State University. She is the author of the 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic Title, Colored No More: Reinventing Black Womanhood in Washington, D.C. Her forthcoming book is titled A merica Goddamn: Violence, Black Women, and the Struggle for Justice. She is a 2020-2021 ACLS/Mellon Scholar and Society Fellow, and was the inaugural Equity for Women and Girls of Color Fellowship at Harvard University. She is also the author of many articles and book chapters on African American history and culture, and the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, grants and fellowships.

Panelists

Alexander Cuenca Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Indiana University Alexander Cuenca is Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and coordinator of the Middle and Secondary Social Studies Education Program at Indiana University. He served as Chair of the Task Force that developed the N ational Standards for the Preparation of Social Studies Teachers, a nd is currently a member of the National Council for the Social Studies Board of Directors. His research explores how teachers learn, the pedagogy of teacher education, and teacher education policy. Dr. Cuenca has been featured in stories about teaching and teacher education in media outlets such as National Public Radio, St. Louis Public Radio, Associated Press, St. Louis Post Dispatch, and Indianapolis Star. His most recently edited book, T eaching for Citizenship in Urban Schools ( Information Age Press) features strategies that help social studies teachers combine the power of inquiry-driven teaching with a funds of knowledge approach to capitalize on the lived civic experiences of urban youth and children. Prior to working in higher education, Dr. Cuenca was a middle school social studies teacher in Miami, Florida.

Daniel Czitrom Professor of History, Mount Holyoke College Born and raised in the Bronx, Daniel Czitrom is Professor of History at the Ford Foundation at Mount Holyoke College, with special interest in the history of New York City and 20th century America. He is author most recently of N ew York Exposed: The Gilded Age Police Scandal That Launched the Progressive Era (Oxford, 2016; pb, 2018). Czitrom is also the author of Rediscovering Jacob Riis (2008); Media and the American Mind: From Morse to McLuhan ( 1982); and co-author of Out of Many: A History of the American People ( 9th ed., 2020). He served as Historical Advisor for the BBC America historical drama Copper (2012-13) set in Civil War era New York. He has

appeared as a featured on-camera commentator in numerous documentary film projects, including Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip (PBS/American Masters, 2020); Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People (PBS/American Masters, 2018); The Rise and Fall of Penn Station (PBS, 2014); New York: A Documentary Film (PBS, 1999). In 2012, Czitrom was elected to the Society of American Historians, based at Columbia University, which promotes literary distinction in historical writing, and he now serves on its Executive Board.

Molly Murphy MacGregor Executive Director & Co-Founder, National Women's History Alliance As Executive Director and Co-founder of the National Women’s History Alliance for over 40 years, MacGregor has worked with leaders of national women’s organizations to encourage them to celebrate their own organizations’ history as well as to build coalitions to develop programs and events that celebrate the vast array of women’s lives. She also works with curriculum and equity specialists in school districts throughout the country to train teachers in ways to integrate a multicultural women’s history perspective into the school curriculum.

Gholdy Muhammad Associate Professor of Language, Literacy & Culture, Georgia State University Dr. Gholnecsar (Gholdy) Muhammad is an Associate Professor of Language and Literacy at Georgia State University. She also serves as the director of the GSU Urban Literacy Collaborative and Clinic. She studies Black historical excellence within educational communities with goals of reframing curriculum and instruction today. Dr. Muhammad’s scholarship has appeared in leading educational journals and books. Some of her recognitions include the 2014 recipient of the National Council of Teachers of English, Promising New Researcher Award, the 2016 NCTE Janet Emig Award, the 2017 GSU Urban Education Research Award, and the 2018 UIC College of Education Researcher of the Year. She works with teachers and young people

across the United States and South Africa in best practices in culturally responsive instruction. She is the author of the best-selling book, C ultivating Genius: An Equity Model for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy.

Katelin Zhou Co-Founder #DiversifyOurNarrative Katelin Zhou is a sophomore at Stanford University studying Management Science and Engineering with a minor in Political Science. She co-founded #DiversifyOurNarrative because she believes that discussion and education of race in the classroom has tremendous potential to combat racism and create a more empathetic, understanding group of individuals. She is a proud daughter of Chinese immigrants and attended Westlake High School in Ventura County, CA (Conejo Valley Unified School District).

Video Testimonials

Marley Dias Author, Activist and Executive Producer Founder #1000BlackGirlBooks Marley Dias is the witty and purpose-driven 16-year-old founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks and author of M arley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You! whose successful campaign has garnered over 10 billion media impressions. #1000BlackGirlBooks, is an international movement to collect and donate children’s books that feature Black girls as the lead character. Marley launched the #1000BlackGirlBooks drive in November of 2015 with the help of GrassROOTS Community Foundation, leveraging the power of social media to reach a larger audience. The goal was to collect 1,000 books featuring Black women or girl protagonists by February 2016. The story went viral and was picked up by media outlets around the world as well as bloggers, schools, youth-focused organizations and millions of individuals who wanted to participate in the project. Marley has

collected over 12,000 books to-date. Marley has spoken at the White House's United State of Women alongside Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey, The Forbes Women's Summit, United Nation's Girl Up, Inbound, CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion, the Social Innovation Summit, and several others. She was honored with the Smithsonian Ingenuity Award, also known as the “the Golden Globes of Intellect,” in the Youth Category in 2017 for her transformative work in 2016 around representation in literature. Dias was also recognized by TIME, as one of the 25 most influential teens in 2018, and was identified as the youngest member of the Forbes 30 under 30 list to date.

Kelsie Eckert President & Founder, Remedial Herstory Project Kelsie Brook Eckert is an award winning history teacher and President of the Remedial Herstory Project, a project to get women's history into the K-12 curriculum. She has taught high school social studies for the better part of a decade. She was the 2020 Gilder Lehrman New Hampshire Teacher of the year and 2019 Nominee, a 2016 Normandy Scholar, the 2016 Outstanding Graduate Alumni, the 2015 NH National History Day Teacher of the Year, and is President-Elect to the New Hampshire Council for Social Studies (NHCSS). She is on the Education Committees for the National Women's History Museum and the Manchester, NH chapter of the NAACP. Eckert hosts the Remedial Herstory weekly podcast and writes C3 inquiry-based lesson plans for educators based on each episode.

Isa Noyola Deputy Director of Mijente and Co-President of Women's March Board Isa Noyola is a first generation Mexican translatina. She was the former deputy Director at the Transgender Law Center and is currently the deputy director at Mijente, a political, digital, and grassroots hub for Latinx and Chicanx organizing and movement building. She is a seasoned organizer, experienced facilitator, passionate activist, and a national leader in LGBTQ

immigrant rights movement. She also works extensively for the release of transgender women from ICE detention and an end to all deportations. Isa is the co-president of The Women's March board and is one of co founders of San Francisco’s community based organization El/La para Translatinas. She is also on the advisory boards of Familia Trans Queer Liberation, Radical Imagination Family Fund, and the International Trans Fund. She led and organized the first ever national trans anti-violence convening that brought together over 100 activists, mostly trans women of color, to address the epidemic of violence trans communities are facing. She has appeared and profiled on CNN, MSNBC, Democracy Now, Latina Magazine, Quartz, Hello Giggle, Vice, and Broadly. Currently she is featured in The California Museum exhibit "California Women Inspire: Celebrating Women’s Equality in the Golden State.”

Debra Sanchez SVP, Education and Children's Content, Corporation for Public Broadcasting Debra Sanchez is Senior Vice President, Education and Children's Content at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). She develops and oversees children's content investments and educational initiatives at the national level and works closely with local public media stations to enhance their educational services. Prior to joining CPB, she was Vice President, Government Relations, at the Association of Public Television Stations (APTS), and prior to her work in public broadcasting, she was a special education teacher in Arlington, Virginia and Highland, Indiana. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Special Education from Indiana University. Today, she is an active leader and volunteer in her community and in her children’s public elementary, middle school and high school serving as President of the PTA.

Stefanie Wager President, National Council for the Social Studies Stefanie Wager is the Education Partner Manager for the OER Project. Prior to this role, she served at the Iowa Department of Education providing leadership and guidance at the state level for social studies

education. She also taught high school social studies for Des Moines Public Schools and Dallas Center-Grimes Schools and worked at Instituto Thomas Jefferson in Naucalpan, Mexico. In addition, she formerly served as the coordinator of a Teaching American History Grant. She received both a Bachelors and Masters degree from Drake University in Des Moines, IA. Stefanie has been involved in the Iowa Council for the Social Studies since 2010, first serving as co-chair for the Annual Conference, then Vice-President, and now President. She is also currently serving on the National Council for the Social Studies Board of Directors. In that capacity Stefanie has worked on the Strategic Plan Committee, Executive Director Search Committee and the Associated Group Ad-Hoc Committee, among others. She is also a member of CS4. In 2011, Stefanie was named an Emerging Leader in Education by ASCD. Stefanie lives in Grimes, IA with her husband Jake, who is also a social studies teacher, and their two children, Lincoln and Grace.

Curriculum Demonstration

Sarah Dahl 2020 PBS Digital Innovator All-Star Sarah Dahl received her Bachelor’s of Arts in English from Montana State University Billings in 2007 and a Master’s of Science in Public Relations in 2008. After a couple of years teaching communication classes for MSU Billings, she started her teaching career in the small town of Park City, Montana. Here she taught 9th through 12th grade English as the only high school English teacher. Since leaving Park City in 2013, she taught high school English in Livingston, Montana for Park High School for seven years . Most recently she achieved her media literacy certification through PBS in January 2020 and became a 2020 Digital Innovator All star. In the Fall of 2020, she began a new position with the Livingston School District as their first Technology Integration Specialist and has been working this school year with teachers, students, and parents to better engage in technology during this unprecedented year. In her free time, Sarah enjoys spending it with her family engaging in all the outdoor fun Montana has to offer.

Robert E. Garcia 2020 PBS Digital Innovator All-Star Mr. Garcia is a Technology teacher and football coach at Crownover Middle School in Corinth, Texas. He has been a part of the Denton Independent School district for 13 years, and in that time has taught math, physical education, and gateway to technology classes, along with coaching football, basketball, track and cross country. Mr. Garcia was born and raised in Texas and attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock where he received a degree in architecture. After working in the architecture profession for a few years, he was inspired by former teachers and coaches to change his career path. Being in the classroom is exactly where he wants to be and a place where he can spread his passions of learning and design to his students.

Kristina Kirtley Senior Producer, Content & Youth Engagement, WNET Kids' Media & Education Kristina Kirtley is a Senior Producer for Content and Youth Engagement in Kids’ Media and Education at WNET, New York’s flagship public media company. As a former high school English teacher, she spent years working directly with students and now uses her experience in developing meaningful resources and professional development for productions like American Masters, Great Performances, and the history gaming series Mission US. Kristina also leads WNET’s Gen Z media and engagement initiative Youth Collective which aims to amplify youth voice and provide a platform for young people to engage in the important work of building a more ethical world. Kristina is a graduate of Stanford University (BA) and City College (MA) as part of the New York City Teaching Fellows Program.