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AP Summer Institute Faculty
Mary Ellen Ackerman had been the English department chair at Dennis-Yarmouth (MA) Regional High School for 23 years when she retired from public-school teaching at the high school level. She holds a B.A. from the University of Illinois and an M.A. from Colorado State University. Mary Ellen has had a variety of teaching experiences, among them teaching Project Headstart in Chicago, starting an alternative school for juvenile delinquents in Minnesota, and teaching freshman English at Norfolk State University in Virginia. For 22 years, she has been a private educational consultant leading workshops in media literacy, block scheduling, assessment, vertical teaming, and teaching strategies. She has been a teacher trainer in portfolio assessment for the Massachusetts Department of Education and a consultant for the College Board. For three years, Mary Ellen served as a member of the Steering Committee for the AP National Conference. she also has served on the committee for writing leader notes for the College Board manuals. Mary Ellen has facilitated AP English Literature and English Vertical Teaming Summer Institutes in Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, Hawaii, California, Tennessee, Utah, and Washington. She also was an invited presenter at EARCOS, in Kuala Lampur, and at the Tri-Association of American Schools of Central America, in Santo Domingo.
James Bohan
Jim Bohan is a retired assessment specialist and a member of the core team of the Pennsylvania Value-added Assessment System. Jim was also the chair of the core team of the Pennsylvania Standards-Aligned System in Mathematics. He is a veteran of 38 years of high school mathematics teaching and has served as a K-12 mathematics coordinator in two school systems. Jim continues to be an adjunct instructor of mathematics and statistics at several colleges and universities in Illinois and his present home of Pennsylvania. Jim is a consultant to the College Board for AP Calculus and AP Statistics. He has served as a reader for both calculus and statistics and as a table leader for statistics. In addition, he has served on the AP Statistics Test Development Committee. He continues to be a frequent presenter at National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics annual meetings. Jim has published numerous manuscripts dealing with issues of mathematics and statistics education, data-informed decision making, assessment and other topics. In addition, he has published his syllabus in the AP Statistics Teachers' Guide, an AP Statistics Review through Amsco School Publishing and the Mathematics Chapter for the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Curriculum Handbook. Jim has earned an M.A. in mathematics from Loyola University in Chicago, and M.S. in applied statistics at Villanova University in Philadelphia, PA. He has completed a doctoral program in educational leadership from Immaculata University, PA.
Thomas Carroll
Tom Carroll has taught AP Biology for 25 years. He currently is science department chair at the St. Alban's School for Boys, located on the grounds of the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. Tom has been an AP reader for 10 years and has presented numerous one-day and week-long AP institutes throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. He has been teaching the AP Biology course for the Goucher summer institute since 2004. In 2000, he received the Siemens Award for Advanced Placement.
Donald Connor
Donald Connor has taught AP Latin courses since 1971, the last 29 at Trinity School in New York City. He has been an AP consultant since the mid-80's, giving one-day and extended workshops in the greater New York area and in other parts of the country as well. He has been a reader for the AP since 1991, with an occasional break., and also has served on the Test Development Committee from 2000-2004. Donald has been Head of the Classics Department at Trinity since 1984, is currently vice-president of the American Classical League, has served as a regional representative for the Classical Association of the Atlantic States, and has been vice-president of the New York Classical Club. He graduated from Fordham University and earned graduate degrees at Yale.
Bruce Damasio
Bruce Damasio has been a reader for the AP Economics Exam from 1989 to 2009 and conducts numerous training sessions for teachers across the mid-Atlantic region and nation. He had taught for 28 years at Liberty High School in Maryland and was the social studies department chair for 25 of those years. Bruce currently is the past president of GATE, an organization for economics teachers worldwide, and is a two-time board member of the National Council for the Social Studies, as well as a past president of the Maryland Council for the Social Studies. Since 1991, Bruce has worked with the Maryland Council for Economic Education as a teacher trainer and is currently teaching at Towson University in the M.A.T. program and with social studies methods' classes.
Rita Davis
Rita Davis teaches AP French Language and Culture at The Agnes Irwin School in Rosemont, Pennsylvania and has taught Middle and Upper school French. for the last 30 years She was born in Clermont Ferrand France. Rita serves as a consultant to the College Board and presents workshops for new and experienced teachers of AP French after starting as an AP reader in 1991. She is currently an AP French Language and Culture Grader. Rita has written one of the AP French Language Course outlines that is included in the 2008 AP Professional Development guide. She is currently co-president of the Philadelphia chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF).
Alan Feldman
Alan Feldman is a teacher of AP Psychology, high school psychology, history, and mathematics at Glen Rock High School in Glen Rock, New Jersey. Since 1993, Alan has taught dozens of one-day and week-long AP Psychology workshops for the College Board. He also has instructed or co-instructed teaching of psychology workshops at the University of Northern Kentucky, Fordham, Stanford, Texas A&M, Rutgers, and others. Formerly an adjunct professor of psychology at Middlesex County College, Alan currently is an adjunct professor at Bergen Community County College. He has been an AP reader continuously since the exam's inception in 1992 and a table leader since 2003. He was a member of AP Psychology test development committee (2001-2005), a recipient of the Moffet Teaching Award for high school psychology in 1994, and the 2003 Princeton University Distinguished Secondary Teaching award. He has a graduate degree in psychology from Teachers College Columbia University.
Vernon "Ted" Gott
Ted Gott is a certified AP consultant with experience conducting Pre-AP and AP Calculus workshops for the College Board and an AP Calculus reader. He has been teaching all levels of math at Southern High School in Harwood, Maryland for 41 years, serves as the chair of the Math Department, and teaches AP Calculus BC. Ted has been a College Board consultant for 8 years, delivering workshops and summer institutes in all areas of Pre-AP Math and Vertical Teams around the country, including the College Board Annual Conference. He has a B.A. in mathematics from Washington College.
Reg Hahne
Starting his teaching career in Australia, Reg Hahne immigrated to America and continued his teaching career in the Howard County Public School System in Maryland. He is now at Reservoir High School, where he is the Instructional Team Leader for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) cluster. With 35 years as a classroom teacher, Reg's experience covers the gamut of instructional levels and disciplines, from kindergarten through college. Reg has been an AP reader and College Board consultant for over a decade. He was also a member of the AP Development Committee from 2002 to 2006.
Geraldine Hastings
Geri Hastings has been a high school social studies teacher in Baltimore County, Maryland, since 1974, an AP U.S. History teacher since 1983, and chair of the social studies department at Catonsville High School since 1998. The National Council for the Social Studies named her Outstanding Secondary Social Studies Teacher of the Year for 2003-04 and the Daughters of the American Revolution named her Outstanding National U.S. History Teacher of the Year for 2004-05. Ms. Hastings has taught an AP U.S. History Summer Institute since 1995 at Goucher College and has conducted summer institutes at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania, the University of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix, Bellevue, Washington, and Texas Christian University. In addition, she is a question leader for the AP U.S. History Exam grading and a workshop consultant for a number of College Board programs including AP U.S. History, Social Studies Vertical Teams, and SOAPSTONE. She is a member of the AP U.S. History Curriculum Development and Assessment Committee working on the new AP curriculum to be implemented during the 2014-2015 academic year. Geri also serves as a steering committee member for the AP National Conference that will be held in the summer of 2012 at Disney World.
John Hnatow, Jr.
John Hnatow retired from public school teaching in 2008 after teaching chemistry for 36 years at Emmaus High School in the East Penn School District in Emmaus, PA, where he was also chairperson of the science department. John is a Chemistry and Pre-AP Science Education Instructor for APSI Programs at Goucher College and the Lewes Institute. In addition, he is an experienced AP Chemistry and Pre-AP Science consultant, a Chemistry workshop leader, and an AP exam reader, a Table and a Question Leader, and he has served on the Chemistry Development Committee. John is co-chair of the AP Chemistry Redesign Committee, a member of the AP Chemistry Redesign Curriculum Development Committee, and is a member of the College Board's Science Academic Advisory Committee. John is a mentor teacher for New Orleans public and charter schools, and he presents Saturday sessions for the REACH program in New York City. He is a Dreyfus Master Teacher and was team leader of the WWNFF CHEM4 Chemistry team, with whom he presented over 27 weeklong TORCH institutes for chemistry teachers throughout the country. John has presented numerous technology workshops throughout the nation, including TI calculator and CBLTM, LabProTM, LabQuestTM, HypercardTM, Graphical AnalysisTM, Concept Mapping, and Multimedia workshops for science teachers. He has presented numerous topics at American Chemical Society (ACS) meetings, Chemistry Education conferences, and demonstrated in the Flinn-sponsored, "An Incredible Evening of Chemistry," at National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) meeting in Boston. Several notable national awards include the 2004 Discovery Center Science Teacher Hall of Fame Inductee, 1996 Chemical Manufacturer's Association (CMA) Catalyst Award, the 1995 Tandy Technology Scholars Award, and the 1987 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching.
Kevin Howard
Kevin Howard has taught English for 22 years in Fairfax County, VA. Over the past ten years, he has presented College Board seminars on teaching the AP Language and AP English Literature courses, analytical reading strategies, and pre-AP English curriculum and development. He has also been a reader for the AP English Language and Composition exam. Recently, Kevin has worked as part of the REACH and VASS programs, which attempt to bring the rich AP English curriculum to urban and rural high schools. Additionally, he was selected to present a one-day AP English Language workshop at the 2009 National AP convention.
Yu Bong Ko
Yu Bong Ko teaches AP Art History at Tappan Zee High School in New York and is a lecturer in Art History at Dominican College in Blauvelt, New York. As a presenter and session leader at College Board-endorsed AP Teacher Conferences and Summer Institutes since 1995, his travels have taken him to schools, colleges and museums where he has worked with hundreds of teachers from coast to coast. Yu Bong continues to read AP examinations where he has served, since 1994, as reader and as a Table and a Question Leader. Currently, he serves on the College Board's AP Art History Curriculum Review Committee as well as on the Test Development Committee as its Co-Chair, where he was also served as a committee member between 1994-98. A former College Board Advisor to AP Art History Content and Professional Development, Yu Bong has contributed to two Curriculum Modules publications for teachers on thematic and cross-cultural approaches to teaching AP Art History. He is a graduate of Brown and Columbia Universities where he studied Painting, Art History and Art Education.
Ane Lintvedt has taught European and world history at McDonogh School in suburban Baltimore for over 20 years, and is currently the department chair. She has scored both the European and World History AP exams, and has been with the World History AP exam reading as a Table and a Question leader since its inception. She served on the Test Development Committee for the SAT II in World History and on the College Board AP World Redesign Commission. Ane has written instructor's guides and student guides for several of the texts used in AP World History and has written many articles and papers on world history topics and pedagogy. Ane is currently the secretary of the World History Association. She has presented papers at conferences of the World History Association, the National Council for the Social Studies, and the American Historical Association. Currently, she is on the board of directors of World History Connected: An E-journal of Teaching and Learning. (http://www.worldhistoryconnected.org).
Robert Young McMahan
Robert Young McMahan is Professor of Music and Coordinator of Music Theory and Composition Studies, as well as the Accordion major, at the College of New Jersey. A graduate of the Peabody Institute of Music (BM, MM, DMA) and St. John's College (MA), he taught for many years at the Peabody Preparatory School, Towson University, Essex Community College, and other institutions in the Baltimore, Maryland area. He is an award-winning composer, noted and recorded classical accordionist, and published music researcher. He has served as an AP reader and Question Leader for the AP Music Theory Examination since 1997 and has provided numerous AP Music Theory high school consultancies in Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Rafael Moyano
Rafael Moyano teaches at the Berkeley Carroll School in Brooklyn, New York. He is an 18-year veteran reader of the AP Spanish Language exam, having served as a reader, a Table Leader, and, for the past six years, as a Question Leader for the College Board's AP Spanish exams. He is a graduate of SUNY College at Oneonta and received his M.A. in Spanish Literature from the University of California at Davis. For the past 15 years, Rafael has taught AP Spanish Language and Literature courses for secondary school teachers through the Summer Institute at the Taft Educational Center. Rafael also has served as a consultant and editor of several widely-used Spanish Pre-AP and AP textbooks. He is currently an active member of the Curriculum Development and Assessment Committee for the new AP Spanish Literature and Culture exam.
Barbara Murphy
Barbara L. Murphy taught AP English Language and other college-level courses at Jericho High School for over 23 years. She has been a reader of the AP English Language and Composition exam since 1993 and is an AP consultant for AP English Language and Composition. Barbara is also a consultant for the College Board for their Pre-AP programs and is currently a member of the faculty for Syracuse University's Project Advance in English. She is co-author of four books published by McGraw-Hill: 5 Steps to a 5: The AP Language and Composition Exam, 5 Steps to a 5: The AP Literature Exam, Writing the AP English Essay: A Personal Trainer for the AP English Student, and Writing an Outstanding College Application Essay. Two new skills workbooks are planned for a Fall 2012 publication date. After earning her B.A. from Duquesne University and M.A. from the University of Pittsburgh, Barbara did her doctoral course work at Columbia University. She also holds professional certifications in still photography and motion picture production and is one of the founding members of the women's film company, Ishtar Films.
Frazier O'Leary
Frazier O'Leary currently teaches AP English Literature at Cardozo High School in Washington, D.C., and has taught English in the District of Columbia of Columbia Public Schools for 41 years. He also is an assistant professor of English at the University of the District of Columbia. Frazier is an AP reader in literature and a consultant for the College Board in English Language and Literature.
A professor of Spanish language and culture at Manhattan College, and for many years an AP Spanish and history teacher, Raúl Rodríguez has served as instructor of AP Summer Institutes at Goucher College, Stanford University, Manhattan College, and LaSalle University. He has been an AP Spanish exam leader and a World Languages Committee Chair. In addition, he has been a test developer, evaluator, and consultant for the College Board, Educational Testing Service, New York Education Department, and independent programs. Raúl is coauthor of the College Board's Pre-AP Spanish Language Manual and other publications. He currently serves as curriculum specialist in Spanish Literature, Language, and Culture.
Maria Schmidt
Maria Schmidt was the supervisor of social studies K-12 in the Westfield Public Schools in Westfield, New Jersey. She began teaching social studies there in 1972 and authored the curriculum and initiated the high school law-related education program and AP United States Government and Politics course. She is an attorney and former adjunct professor of education at Seton Hall University. Dr. Schmidt has served as a reader, a Table Leader, and Question Leader at the annual scoring of the AP Government and Politics examination and currently serves as a consultant for the College Board, leading AP workshops and summer institutes throughout the United States. She authored the 1993 edition of the Teacher's Guide for Courses in AP United States Government and Politics, and in 2002 and 2005 edited the fourth and fifth editions of Multiple-Choice and Free-Response Questions in Preparation for the AP United States Government and Politics Examination and the accompanying teacher's manual. In 2006, she worked with Congressional Quarterly Press in developing AP U.S. Government and Politics teaching material ancillaries for use with Congressional Quarterly Press U.S. Government textbooks.
Anne Soos
Anne Soos is currently head of the Upper School at Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in Princeton, NJ. In addition to her administrative duties, she teaches one section of AP Environmental Science and other science classes as time allows. She has taught biology and chemistry at both the introductory and AP levels, has taught AP Environmental Science since the program was introduced in 1998, and has been an AP grader in both biology and environmental science. She also has taught summer institutes at Rensselaerville, New York, and Lewes, Delaware. Anne is an AP consultant in both Environmental Science and Biology.
Joann Winkler
A native of Illinois, Joann Winkler is a graduate of Northern Illinois University (BS in Education), and Northeast Missouri State University (MA), with continued studies at the following: Carleton College, Colorado Institute of Art, Drake University, Maryland Institute of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Salzburg College, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Honors are inclusion as a past fellow with the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund program, Who's Who in America, Master Mentor Teacher, and Gold Key winner. In November 2004, Joann was recognized as a World of Difference Instructor at Clinton High, an honor bestowed by fellow staff members. A visual arts teacher at Clinton High School in Clinton, Iowa, Joann has taught AP Studio Art for over 15 years, as well as Introduction to 2D, Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Sculpture classes. She has served as a College Board reader for AP Studio Art for the past six years, and as a Table Leader during the 2004 and 2006 reading. Over the last ten years, Joann has been a frequent presenter of one-day AP Studio Art Workshops for the College Board and five-day summer institutes throughout the country including Columbia College's National AP Summer Institute for the Arts (2004 and 2005). Joann has presented one-day Studio Art Workshops at AP National Conferences (Chicago, Los Angeles) as well as sessions on AP Studio Art at a number of National Art Education Association Conventions (Denver, Chicago, Boston, New York). Additionally, she contributes to apcentral.collegeboard.com and has written lessons including student work for The AP Vertical Teams Guide for Studio Art and AP Studio Art Special Focus: Breadth in the AP Portfolios.
Pamela Wolfe
Pamela Wolfe has taught AP European History for 24 years and AP Human Geography since it was introduced in 2001. She is currently the social studies department chair at the Yeshiva of Greater Washington in Silver Spring, Maryland. A consultant for the College Board for 17 years and scorer for the past 15 years, Pamela has led AP summer institutes at Penn State University, Rutgers University, the College of William and Mary, Chicago State University, and the University of South Florida. She has been a Table Leader and sample selector at the AP European History reading and was on the AP European History Test Development Committee from 2007 to 2011.
Patricia Zober
Patricia J. Zober has over 35 years of experience teaching Advanced Placement Physics at Ringgold High School in Monongahela, Pennsylvania. In addition to her teaching duties, she is the district K-12 Science Curriculum Coordinator. Patricia is an AP Physics Consultant with the College Board, presents one-day, two-day, and week-long AP Physics workshops, was an AP Physics grader, and served as a member of the Selection Committee for the Pennsylvania Governor's School in the Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. In addition, she worked with the Governor's School students with projects as well as half-life and neutron activation experiments. Patricia also presents workshops for Vertical Teams in Science for the College Board. Patricia is a physics consultant to the Holt, Rinehart, and Winston Publishing Company, Prentice Hall, Freeman, and has served on the PRAXIS Validation Committee for the State of Pennsylvania. Patricia has co-authored a series of physics web pages, a physics laboratory manual and an AP Physics B Examination Book to accompany both the College Physics, 7th and 8th ed., as well as the College Physics, 8th and 9th ed. by Serway, Vuille, and Faughn.