recognition

Teacher of the Year
Akron Early College | 2023

Shining Apple Award
Akron Public Schools | 2023 & 2020

High Arts Festival Award
for poem Father's Day +20 | 2018

Creative Community Fellow
National Arts Strategies| 2017

Washington Post article on Rebooting Social Studies
by Valerie Strauss | 2017

Teach Talk 2016
Akron Art Museum | 2016 

Teaching Fellow
Brown University | 2015

Public Citizen of the Year
National Association of Social Workers | 2015

Phyllis Layton Perry Educator of the Year
National Committee of International Visitors | 2012

Ohio Master Teacher
Title granted in 2010

Excellence in Education
Ohio Magazine | 2007 

ABOUT REBOOTING SOCIAL STUDIES

Press

• Momentum, writer
• Education Week, writer
• Ohio Magazine, recognition
• Akron Beacon Journal, recognition for leadership and international travel
• Akronist.com, recognition for community service

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Interviews

Spoils of Akron podcast

New Day Cleveland, Channel 8

1590 WAKR with Jason Sokol

Live at Lakeside, Channel 3 

1590 WAKR talking Rebooting Social Studies

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Explaining OPEN M's CWC program on My Beautiful Home.

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