This website was built collaboratively by Professor Kelsie Brook Eckert and Seniors in the Social Studies Education Program at Plymouth State University. You can learn more about this program at the button below.

Prof. Kelsie Brook Eckert, MEd sse

Kelsie Brook Eckert (she/her) is the Coordinator of Social Studies Education at Plymouth State University, the President of the Remedial Herstory Project, and a Board Member for the New Hampshire Council for the Social Studies. She  taught high school social studies for the better part of a decade becoming the 2020 Gilder Lehrman NH Teacher of the year and 2019 Nominee, a 2016 Normandy Scholar, the 2015 NH National History Day Teacher of the Year. In her work for RHP, she has developed dozens of lesson plans on diverse women's history, hosts a weekly podcast on women's history, and is the Project Director for the RHP YouTube video series.
She has a Masters in Social Studies Education and was the recipient of several academic awards including Graduate Assistant of the Year, and Outstanding Graduate Alumni Award. 
Eckert has traveled all over the world including Mongolia, China, Mexico, and Europe.  In college, she was a varsity soccer and lacrosse player and choreographed ballet for the school's dance production.  After college, Eckert took up triathlons and back country skiing. Recently, Eckert upped the distance and became an 3x ironman. She and her family currently live in Plymouth, New Hampshire. 
kelsie.eckert@plymouth.edu

Patrick e. Mignanelli, Bs SSE

​Patrick E. Mignanelli was a senior social studies education major and political science minor at Plymouth State University who graduated in 2022. He is a member of the Phi Alpha Theta (history) and Pi Sigma Alpha (political science) national honor societies. During the summer of 2021, Patrick attended the University of Miami Summer Legal Academy, a selective undergraduate legal studies program. A first-generation college student, Patrick is passionate about the issue of educational equity and hopes to pursue a career as an educator and education scholar serving historically marginalized communities.

Audrey May Decker, BS HI and SSE

​Audrey May Decker (she/they) was a senior in the Bachelor of Science in History.  Her passion for the past, specifically history education resulted from her experience tutoring for the AVID program in high school.  She has worked closely with professors in the HI and SSE department at Plymouth State to recruit students to the major, while engaging students to become more interested in history.  Active in her community at PSU through her work with Residential Life as a Community Advisor, Audrey May finds great reward in serving others. Her work on this project comes from her inspiration to help new teachers find their footing in the wide world of social studies as they enter the workforce post graduation.  
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