Board & Staff

Critical Explorers was incorporated in 2006 and received its 501 (c) (3) non-profit status in 2007. The seven members of its active board of directors are researchers and practitioners in curriculum and pedagogy and have long experience in schools. Its advisory board includes experts in community development and in education, including research, teacher education, school reform, and child and adolescent development.

Board of Directors:

Eleanor Duckworth, President

Susan Jean Mayer, Vice President

Chris Lowry, Treasurer

Scott Barksdale

Lisa Schneier

Advisory Board:

Ruth Ellen Fitch, President and CEO, Dimock Community Health Center

Mel King, Founder, South End Technology Center

Deborah Meier, Founding Principal, Mission Hill School

Steve Seidel, Faculty Director, Arts in Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Collaborating Teachers:

Lynn Brown (Slavery & Reconstruction)

Kathy Drew (Industrial Revolution)

Ellen Fitanides (Greek & Persian Wars)

Lynette Goulet (Greek & Persian Wars)

Kerri Lorigan (Greek & Persian Wars)

Lisa McDonagh (Greek & Persian Wars)

Staff:

Alythea McKinney, Founder and Volunteer Director

Rebekah McKinney, Volunteer Organizational and Fund Development Consultant

Contractors:

Curriculum Development:  Alythea McKinney

Web + Print Design:  Adam Katz  |  Atomik Design

Web Development:  Ian Shultz and Otto Warner  |  Forward, Inc.