African American/Black Content Development
To create units of study based on framework developed, including repository of African American/Black resources and materials for lesson planning.
Documents
Scope & Sequence
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Reference List
African American/Black and Puerto Rican/Latino Course of Studies
REFERENCE LIST
(Updated June 22, 2021)
African American/Black Content Development Committee Members
SERC Liaison: Paquita Jarman-Smith

Dr. Stephen Armstrong
Social Studies Consultant, CT State Department of Education

Steven Balkaran
Instructor, African American Studies, Central CT State University

Dr. Felton Best
Director of African American Studies Central CT State University

Dr. Daniel J. Broyld
Assistant Professor, African American History, Central CT State University

Dr. David Canton
Director of African American Studies, University of Florida (Formerly at Conn College)

Dr. Stacey Close
Professor, African American History, Eastern CT State University

Dennis Culliton
Executive Director and Co-Founder, The Witness Stones Project

Dr. Benjamin Foster, Jr.
Adjunct Professor, African American Studies, Central CT State University

Meghan Hatch-Geary
English Teacher and 2020 Teacher of the Year Woodland Regional High School, Regional School District 16

Subira Gordon
Executive Director, ConnCAN

Donald Harris
State Board of Education, Member CT Commission on Equity and Opportunity

Dr. Edward Joyner
Retired Professor, Board of Education Member, New Haven Public Schools

LeTanya Lawrence
Consultant, State Education Resource Center (SERC)

Dr. Jason Mancini
Executive Director CT Humanities

Rashanda McCollum
Executive Director Students for Educational Justice (SEJ)

Gwen Eaddy Samuel
President and Founder CT Parents Union