Current involvement in statewide social studies education * Instructional practices team leader: State of Iowa social studies leadership team (2013-Present) -As the instructional practices task team leader, I coordinate work on the state leadership team aimed at identifying and promoting best practices in social studies education. * High school history standards writing team. -I am currently a member of the statewide team tasked with writing new K-12 social studies standards for the state of Iowa. As a member of the high school history writing team, we are in the process of writing new Iowa standards for United States and World History.