History and Advanced Placement United States History at Paducah Tilghman High School. She brings an interdisciplinary approach to teaching American history with the American studies course that she co-teaches, which combines history and literature. Her students complete projects on topics ranging from Ellis Island to local Kentucky history and create exhibits that answer “essential questions” of American history through the use of primary sources. She is involved in many committees and student programs outside of the classroom and exemplifies an “expertise at the craft of teaching.”