Chad Smith is the AP® World History teacher at MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas. As a MacArthur teacher, he has taught on-level, honors, Pre-AP®, and AP® classes in both US and World History. He also coaches several academic teams, including Academic Decathlon and UIL Current Events. Chad is also an official reader, grader of the free response portion of the AP® test for the College Board® and has presented at the AP® National Conference.

Chad Smith is teaching one workshop at Augsburg this summer. See our registration site with the button below.

Hello, my name is Dana Melone. I grew up in the Chicago area but went to college in Iowa where I received my BA in Psychology and Education as well as my Masters in Teaching and I am almost done with a Masters in Psychology. I continue to live and teach in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School. In total I have 21 years of teaching experience and 16 of those years have been at Kennedy. I have taught AP Psychology every single day of my career and I truly love it.

I also like to stay very involved in the Psychology community at large. I have worked for the College Board in a variety of ways since 2006. In 2006 I became an AP Psychology Reader and continued to work as a reader during the summer for many years. For the past 8-10 years or so I have also worked as a Table Leader and Pre-Team Table Leader for the AP Psychology reading. I love working as a consultant for the AP institutes and I am very excited. For the past 6 years I have also been a part of the American Psychological Association’s Teachers of Psychology in Secondary Schools committee in roles ranging from member at large to chair of the committee. I also help run the Iowa Teachers of Psychology annual conference and social.

Dana Melone is teaching one workshop at Augsburg this summer. See our registration site with the button below.

Dan Hoppe has been teaching AP U.S. Government and Politics and AP Comparative Government since 2008. He has been a social studies teacher in Stevens Point and Green Bay (WI) for 22 years and he also teaches AP U.S. History. Dan has been a test reader and written test questions for the AP Comparative Government exam and is a College Board national consultant for both AP Government courses, presenting workshops to teachers across the nation since 2014. He has also presented workshops on the use of technology within the social studies classroom at the Wisconsin Council for the Social Studies annual conference and for education majors at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Dan was awarded the Coca-Cola Distinguished Educator Award in 2015 and was named the 2019 Wisconsin History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. He is also an active leader within his school, serving as the student senate advisor and as a basketball and track and field coach.

Dan Hoppe is teaching one workshop at Augsburg this summer. See our registration site with the button below.

Erik Ahlquist has been a high school mathematics teacher at St. Louis Park High School in St. Louis Park, MN for the past 28 years. Erik began teaching AP calculus AB and BC in 1998 and has been an AP Reader for the calculus exam since 2006. Erik has served as a reader for both the operational exams as well as the alternate and international exams. He has served as a table leader and as a question team member. Starting in 2020 Erik has served AP as a question leader for the AB form of the exam. He has enjoyed the opportunity to set the standards and train readers on the scoring guidelines of specific problems, including both secure and operational forms of the AB exam. Erik is currently in the second year of a five year contract as a member of the AP Calculus Test Development Committee. He is responsible for writing and editing both the multiple choice and free response questions that will be administered on future AP Calculus exams. Erik has been part of the AP consulting team since 2021. Erik looks forward to teaching and learning from fellow educators.

Erik Ahlquist is teaching one workshop at Augsburg this summer. See our registration site with the button below.

Greetings from the Windy City! My name is Jeanne Shin-Cooper and I am a social science teacher at Buffalo Grove High School, located in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. I am in my 20th year of teaching. In addition to AP Human Geography, I teach a dual-credit College World Religions.

In regards to the College Board, I have been an AP Reader for 8 years and find the experience rewarding. I completed my Masters in Geography from the University of Oregon. In 2018, I was one of twelve AP Human Geography teachers given a fellowship to travel to South Korea. It was an incredible experience rooted in the importance of geographical naming and toponyms. In addition to Korea, I have traveled to over 25 countries and six continents.

In my private life, I am married to a fellow social science teacher and we have two sons in elementary and middle school. For fun, we mostly play a lot of sports. I am their sideline mama for soccer/hockey/tennis and they are my sideline babies for field hockey. In the last spare moments I have, you can find me on TV for the Big Ten Network as a color commentator for college field hockey games during the fall season.

Jeanne Shin-Cooper is teaching one workshop at Augsburg this summer. See our registration site with the button below.

I love connecting with passionate educators from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. Learning from one another is truly the best professional development there is. Even though I am an experienced teacher, I am always learning from others, and continuing to improve my instruction.

I started the course in the Linn-Mar School district in 2003, and it has grown ever since, allowing me to train additional colleagues for the program. Together we have maintained a passing rate of 88% or better, and consistently score above state and global averages. Our program has even produced two students with perfect scores.
Extensive experience with AP reading has also been advantage in teaching this course. Beginning in 2006, I have served in the roles of reader, table leader, and question leader. These opportunities assisted me the continual development of the AP psychology curriculum and influenced strategies and pedagogical tools.

In addition, I have worked extensively with the pillar model in the new National Standards (published in Feb of 2022), as well as assisted in piloting the Introductory Psychology Initiative (IPI), on which the national standards are based.

Jeanne Turner is teaching one workshop at Augsburg this summer. See our registration site with the button below.

Mr. Emmitt Glynn, III currently teaches AP African-American Studies and AP US Government and Politics in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is a Nationally Board Certified Teacher in Social Studies –History with 30 years of teaching experience. Emmitt was one of 63 teachers nationwide selected to teach the AP African American Studies in Pilot Year 1 (2022-2023) and he was selected to be part of the first cohort of College Board endorsed AP African American Studies Workshop Consultants in 2023 to train teachers in Pilot Year 2 and beyond. Mr. Glynn was a member of the first group of high school teachers and college faculty that participated in the scoring of the first AP African American pilot exam in 2023. He is the first Online Teacher Community moderator for the AP African American Studies course.

Mr. grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and graduated from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he has lived ever since. He continued his education at Southeastern Louisiana University and earned an M.A. in History. He is currently a member of the Southern University History Department where he teaches a variety of history courses including a Black Studies, Louisiana History, United States History, and World Civilizations. He is or has been a member in numerous professional organizations such as The Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Organization of American Historians, The Southern Historical Association, and National Council for the Social Studies. He has presented or served as a panelist at professional conferences throughout his career.

Emmitt Glynn is teaching one workshop at Augsburg this summer. See our registration site with the button below.

Jeff Blair has been a teacher since 1993. He currently teaches at Grandview High School in the Cherry Creek School District, and he is also on the adjunct faculty for Community College of Aurora, instructing for concurrent enrollment courses. He has been an AP teacher (Language and Literature) for twenty-three years and has worked with the AP reading for twenty. Over that time, he has served as a reader, table leader, and, most recently, question leader for the AP English Language exam. He has worked as an AP mentor and has presented at the AP National Conference. He also works for College Board as an AP consultant. Outside of his AP work, Jeff has had work published by NCTE and presented at the NCTE national conference. However, he is most proud of his contributions in his home, spending as much time with his wife and children as their busy lives allow. You can contact Jeff directly at jeffreyjblair@gmail.com.

Jeff Blair is teaching one workshop at Augsburg this summer. See our registration site with the button below.

John Unruh-Friesen has taught AP® Government & Politics since 1997 and has been at Hopkins High School in Minnetonka, MN since 2001. John is a College Board consultant for both AP® United States Government and AP® Comparative Government and has served as a national exam reader. John has loved technology ever since he found an Atari 2600 under the Christmas Tree in 1981 and is always looking for ways to integrate technology into his lessons.

John Unruh-Friesen is teaching three workshops at Augsburg this summer. See our registration sites with the buttons below.

Karen Hyers has taught mathematics at Tartan High School in Oakdale, MN since 1997. Karen began teaching calculus in 1989 at the University of Minnesota while completing her MS and MEd in mathematics. She has taught AP Calculus since 1998.

Karen has been an AP Reader since 2006 and a Question Leader for the past three years. She is an AP Mentor for AB and BC Calculus. Karen has been on the AP Calculus Development Committee and was a member of the Course and Exam Description (CED) writing team. She has recorded AP Daily videos for the BC Calculus and Precalculus AP Classrooms, and created AP Student Practice samples and videos for the AB Calculus AP Classroom.

Karen is the recipient of the 2009 Minnesota Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. She is the Past President of the Minnesota Council of Teachers of Mathematics and has served on the Board of Directors for NCSM: Math Ed Leadership, the Council of Presidential Awardees in Mathematics, and SciMathMN. She is the author of the Teacher’s Edition for the Miranda-Sullivan AP Calculus textbook and on the writing team for NCTM’s upcomingbook on reimagining high school mathematics. Karen represented NCTM on an MAA/NCTM Calculus Policy Task Force to revise the joint position statement on calculus. She is a regular presenter at state, regional and national mathematics education conferences.

Karen’s recent action research focuses on three areas: using Culturally Relevant Teaching to increase success for all students in honors coursework, implementing techniques of Assessment For Learning to enrich student self-reflection, and supporting girls participation in STEM courses.

Karen Hyers is teaching one workshop at Augsburg this summer. See our registration site with the button below.