Meet Katie Boland

Name:  Ms. Katie Boland

Hometown:  Milford, Connecticut

School:  Trumbull High School, Trumbull Connecticut

Contact: kboland@trumbullps.net  Twitter - @gooberkn

Instagram - @msbolandsclassroom

Education: 

• College of the Holy Cross - BA History, Minor Education (2001)

• Fairfield University - MA American Studies (2009)

• Gettysburg College - MA American History (2023)

Awards & Honors:

• 2023 DAR Outstanding Teaching in American History for Connecticut, Semifinalist for National Award

• 2022 American Lawyers Alliance Teacher of the Year (National)

• 2020 James Madison Memorial Foundation Fellow for Connecticut

• 2018 DAR Outstanding Teaching in American History for Connecticut

• 2017 Gilder Lehrman History Teacher of the Year for Connecticut

• 2013 Trumbull Public Schools Teacher of the Year, Semifinalist for Connecticut

 About This Project:

I am currently pursuing my second Masters in American History at Pace University and taking the Great Depression/New Deal course with Professor Eric Rauchway from University of California San Diego.  My Pace section professor is Traci Sumner.  This is the culminating project for the course. I am always interested in local history connections and after reading Rauchway's Why the New Deal Matters I became curious about New Deal projects within my own state of Connecticut.  With help from the Living New Deal website, I was able to travel around my state this summer learning all about the New Deal. 

"Still Working For America.” Living New Deal, July 1, 2019. https://livingnewdeal.org/.