ASCH will present Teaching History with Courage, a conference for students, academics, and the public on Saturday, April 23. It will:

Encourage and facilitate relationship-building between the Connecticut history and activist communities.

Association for the Study of Connecticut History (ASCH) Spring Conference

The Schedule: April 23, 2022

“Teaching History with Courage”

10: 00 Opening Remarks: Stephen Armstrong, ASCH President

10:15-11:00 Keynote Address: Professor David Blight, Yale University

11:15-12:15 Educator Discussion: Teaching History with Courage

Panel Participants:

Tom Thurston, Gilder Lehrman Center, Yale University

Ashley Daley, Weaver High School, Hartford

Ed Dorgan, Regional School District #10

Charles Newhall, St. John’s Preparatory School, Massachusetts

Allison Norrie, Andrew Warde High School, Fairfield

Tony Roy, President, Connecticut Council for the Social Studies

Kevin Staton, Fairfield Public Schools

12:20-1:00 Accessing Digital Resources in History:

Carl Antonucci, Director of Library Service, Elihu Burritt Library, CCSU

Sharon Clapp, Digital Resources Librarian, Elihu Burritt Library, CCSU

1:00-2:30 Fostering Inclusivity in History and Social Studies Education

Opening Remarks and Introductions: Panel Chair Kelly Marino, Sacred Heart University

1:00-1:30: African History in Global and Local Contexts

Panel Participants:

Caroline Ritter, Texas State University

Nancy Steenburg, University of Connecticut

Jamie Eves, University of Connecticut

1:30-2:00: Hispanic and Latinx Voices in the Curriculum and Archives

Panel Participants:

Paul Ortiz, University of Florida

Elena Marie Rosario, University of Michigan

Jasmin E. Agosto, Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library

2:00-2:30: LGBTQ History from Connecticut’s Past and Beyond

Panel Participants:

William Mann, Central Connecticut State University

Kevin Vrevich, Wesleyan University

Allison Norrie, Andrew Warde High School, Fairfield

2:30-3:45 Disrupting White Supremacy in American History

Opening Remarks and Introductions: Panel Chair Brittney Yancy, Goodwin University

Panel Participants:

Siobhan Carter-David, Association Professor of History & Women’s Studies, Southern

Connecticut State University

Jason Chang, Director of Asian and Asian American Studies & Associate Professor of

History, University of Connecticut

Chris Newell, Passamaquoddy and Co-Founder/Director of Education: Akomawt

Educational Initiative

Nataliya Braginisky, 2021 Gilder Lehrman National History Teacher of the Year,

Metropolitan Business Academy, New Haven

3:45-4:30 Keynote Address: Professor Manisha Sinha, Draper Chair in American History,

University of Connecticut

4:30 Closing Remarks