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The Secondary History and Social Studies Ed Program Updates

edb242 | December 19, 2024

The Secondary History and Social Studies Ed program is wrapping up a busy and productive Fall. We hosted several professional development events to serve current teacher candidates and practicing educators. In September Dr. Laura Muñoz gave an excellent talk based on her book Desert Dreams: Mexican Arizona and the Politics of Educational Equality to a packed auditorium. In October, we co-hosted a Saturday workshop on National History Day with the Arizona Historical Society… Read more
A teacher speaking in a history class.

Alexandra Williams and the Curation of “Timber! Northern Arizona’s Logging Legacy”

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Alexandra Williams, a senior majoring in History and Comparative Cultural Studies, led the curation of The Cline Library Special Collections and Archives (SCA) first 2024-25 exhibition entitled “Timber! Northern Arizona’s Logging Legacy”. The SCA chose to encapsulate more than a century of this history in an exhibition using photographs, documents and diary entries from the 19th and 20th centuries, the exhibition outlines northern Arizona’s evolving relationship with its forests. … Read more
Alex Williams standing with a vintage book in front of her.

2025 Teacher of the Year Emmett Burnton

edb242 | December 9, 2024

Emmett Burnton (History BSED ‘15) was named Arizona’s Teacher of the Year award for 2025. For the past nine years, he has taught AP World History and U.S. History Dual Enrollment at Boulder Creek High School in Anthem. Burnton earned his Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education in History from NAU and his Master of Arts in History from ASU. Burnton is the Founder of Duel of Fates, a local business built upon redefining how students study the world history curriculum… Read more
A graphic for teacher of the year 2025.

Updates from the NAU History Club

ls2724 | December 6, 2024

It has been another successful year under the belt of history club! We had the pleasure of bringing in two new officers as well as some new members in fall 2024. The highlights this semester included our annual “Professor Night”, where students at NAU had the opportunity to speak to professors one-on-one to learn more about their work, as well as for professors themselves to advertise to us about their upcoming classes… Read more
Two people talking to each other in history class.

Korryn Penner’s Experience With The Washington Center Internship

ls2724 | November 7, 2024

I had the amazing opportunity this summer, to spend it doing an internship in D.C. Before this, I had never been to D.C. and this was an amazing introduction to the district. I was surrounded by history, both past and in the making, and it was awe-inspiring. If there is one thing I learned during my internship, it is this: there are so many ways to use a history degree. Almost every professional connection I made there knew, or was, a history major… Read more
Korryn Penner is standing in front of the Washington D.C capital.

History Alumni News Fall 2024

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Joseph E. Shaffer III (MA ’86) and his wife Dr. Paula Kapp Greene recently published UNSUNG: Quiet Voices of the US Navy’s EOD Warriors and Their Families (Kindle Direct Publishing, 2022). They generously share 50% of the royalties from sales of the book with the Navy Special Operations Foundation and the EOD Warrior Foundation, both of which are 501(c)(3) non-profit foundations that support the families of the wounded and fallen EOD warriors in all four U.S. military services… Read more
Photo of Lockett Meadow during the fall time.

Sara Presler / History / Class of 2002

ls2724 | November 6, 2024

Sara Presler (B.S. History, ’02) is an attorney and strategic leader in the cannabis industry. Sara is General Counsel for Mohave Cannabis Co. , a multi-state operator engaged in cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and retail operations since 2015. After earning her history degree from NAU, Sara graduated from law school and Michigan State University… Read more
San Francisco Peaks in the background under a blue clouds and clouds and trees in front.