The Past Present Future team is dedicated to creating educational resources and experiences that help people face the past in order to
make sense of the present so that we can work together to build a better future. |
Katy and the PPF team are happy to provide the following services*:
*Services can be provided virtually or face-to-face. Contact Katy Swalwell for more information about pricing and availability. |
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Katy Swalwell, Founder
A former classroom teacher and professor, Katy Swalwell, Ph.D. is a national expert with two decades in anti-oppressive curriculum and instruction. While her original passion is social studies, she loves working with K-12 teachers and higher education faculty across the disciplines to support equity-based practices, particularly inquiry that engages students in critical, creative thinking. She is the co-editor with Daniel Spikes of Anti-Oppressive Education in "Elite" Schools: Promising Practices & Cautionary Tales from the Field, co-author with Noreen Naseem Rodríguez of Social Studies for a Better World: An Anti-Oppressive Guide for Elementary Educators, and Educating Activist Allies: Social Justice Pedagogy with the Suburban and Urban Elite. |
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Wesley Harris
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Noreen Naseem Rodríguez
Noreen Naseem Rodríguez is an Assistant Professor of Teacher Learning, Research and Practice in the School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research interests include the culturally sustaining pedagogies of Asian American and Latinx teachers and the teaching of so-called "difficult histories" to young learners through children's literature. She was a bilingual elementary educator in Austin, Texas for nine years and is the co-author of Social Studies for a Better World: An Anti-Oppressive Approach for Elementary Educators with Katy Swalwell published by W.W. Norton. |
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Zipporah Smith
Zipporah Smith has been an elementary educator for Des Moines Public Schools (Iowa) for over 15 years. She graduated from Iowa State University and has since obtained her Masters Degree in Education in Culturally Responsive Leadership and Instruction from Drake University. Drawing on her experiences as a biracial student, Zipporah has dedicated herself to anti-oppressive classroom environments and curriculum. In addition, she regularly organizes and facilitates spaces in which educators and administrators can continue to grow in their understanding and practices of anti-oppressive education. She is a certified Be GLAD trainer and co-hosted national Be GLAD webinars on social justice instruction. |
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Katelin Trautman
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