Speakers:

Kabria Baumgartner

Kabria Baumgartner is an associate professor of English and American studies and core faculty in the Women’s and Gender Studies Department at the University of New Hampshire, where she was named the 2019 Outstanding Assistant Professor. Her research and writing interests focus on African American history, literature, and culture in nineteenth-century New England. In addition to her award-winning book "In Pursuit of Knowledge: Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America" (New York University Press, 2019), she has published numerous scholarly articles and book chapters, and her op-eds and other popular writing have been featured in the "Washington Post," WBUR’s blog "Cognoscenti," and "Historic New England Magazine." She is a Principal Investigator for the African American Experience in Essex County, MA project. She is writing a biography of the African American lawyer Robert Morris.

Bethany Jay

Bethany Jay earned her PhD in history from Boston College. Prior to coming to Salem State, Bethany was the academic director of several Teaching American History grants. Also trained as a nineteenth-century American historian, Bethany is completing her manuscript entitled Understanding and Teaching American Slavery, an edited collection of essays to provide content and strategies to teach this difficult subject. Bethany regularly teaches HST 702 Methods, Techniques, and Strategies for Teaching History in the graduate program.Associate Professor of History, Salem State University. Understanding and Teaching American Slavery. co-edited by Dr. Bethany Jay, won the 2018 James Harvey Robinson Prize “for the teaching aid that has made the most outstanding contribution to the teaching and learning of history in any field for public or educational purposes.”

Steven Oliver

Steven Oliver is an associate professor of secondary and higher education at Salem State University. Steven is sociologist of education whose research is focused on the ways in which contemplative pedagogy can be used as a catalyst in K-12 teacher preparation and higher education programs for cultivating greater capacity among educators to engage across human differences. Steven earned a Ph.D. in Sociology of Education from New York University, a M.Ed. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Washington, and a BA in International Studies from Antioch College.

Kyera Singleton

Kyera Singleton is Executive Director of Royall House and Slave Quarters. Located in Medford, Royall House is believed to be the only remaining slave quarters in the Northern United States. Singleton is a PhD candidate in the department of American culture at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and currently a dissertation fellow in the history department at Harvard University. She has previously held academic fellowships from Emory University and the American Association of University Women. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in American studies and women’s gender and sexuality studies from Macalester College. Before joining the Royall House and Slave Quarters, served as the Humanity in Action Policy Fellow for the ACLU of Georgia, where she worked on various issues including mass incarceration, reproductive justice and voting rights. And she served as a research fellow for the Charles Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit.

Kat Everett

Kat Everett, M.Ed. is an educator, social justice advocate, curator, activist, writer, spoken word artist. She is a senior level Executive with over 22 years of refined experience in the human/social services field working in a variety of professional settings and levels including grassroots organizations, city, state, and federal entities, public k-12 schools, public and private higher education institutions. Kat brings 10 years of diversity, equity, inclusion education experience cultivating and working with cross-sector teams locally, nationally and globally. Kat has extensive community engagement and facilitation experience. She is skilled in innovative approaches and transformative interdisciplinary pedagogy. Kat is the Co-Founder/ CEO of Power of Self Education (POSE) Inc. a community engagement & advocacy organization that exists to "inspire people and mobilize resources to strengthen communities". She is the founder and curator of COCO Brown, a cultural community center in Haverhill that uses the mediums of art, music, storytelling, and movement to strengthen community relationships and improve social and economic equity. Kat’s personal mission is to “Constantly Cultivate Community”.

Reuben Henriques

Reuben Henriques is History/Social Science Content Support Lead at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Originally from Madison, WI, Reuben taught middle and high school history in the Boston area for six years and has also written curriculum and delivered professional development with a particular focus on AP world history. His current work with DESE focuses on supporting teachers and leaders with implementation of the History and Social Science Framework and civics project legislation in an inclusive and equitable way.

Brian Sheehy

Brian Sheehy is the History Department Coordinator at North Andover High School in North Andover, MA, where he teaches AP European History, AP United States History, Sports of the Past, and Sports in American Culture. He is the 2020 Organization of American Historians: Mary K. Bonsteel Tachau Teacher of the Year Award 2020 winner and Williams College: Olmstead Secondary Teacher of the Year Award 2020 winner. In 2018 he created the North Andover High History Learning Lab, which focuses on enriching and enhancing the history curriculum through object based learning. Brian is also a sports historian who has traveled all over the country giving presentations at conferences, symposiums, historical societies, and museums. He has designed and created professional development for other teachers so that they can incorporate sports-related themes and topics into their everyday history classrooms. Brian is the president of the Essex Base Ball Organization, a nonprofit group that plays base ball as it was played in the 19^th century.

Moderator:

Brad Austin

Brad Austin is an Associate Professor of History at Salem State University, where he teaches modern U.S. history, sports history, the history of New England and slavery, and history education courses. He has served as the chairperson of American Historical Association’s Teaching Prize Committee. He is the author of Democratic Sports: Men’s and Women’s College Sports During the Great Depression (University of Arkansas Press, 2015) and the co-editor of Understanding and Teaching the Vietnam War (University of Wisconsin Press, 2013). He is also co-editor for the University of Wisconsin Press’s Harvey Goldberg Series for Understanding and Teaching History. In 2012, he won the Graduate Studies Teaching Award from the Northeastern Council of Graduate Studies, an organization representing more than 200 universities in the eastern United States and Canada.

Contact:

Beth Beringer

Director of Education Programs, Essex Heritage, can be reached at bethb@essexheritage.org