This website was built collaboratively by Professor Kelsie Brook Eckert and Patrick Mignanelli for 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 an award winning history teacher and consultant. She has taught high school social studies for the better part of a decade and is now a Professor of Social Studies Education at Plymouth State University. ​She has taught high school social studies for the better part of a decade. She was 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, and serves on the NH Council for Social Studies board of directors (NHCSS). She developed a lesson plan for the HISTORY Channel on women’s history and maintains the NH HUB for the C3. 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 rock climbing. Recently, Eckert upped the distance and became an ironman. She and her family currently live in Plymouth, New Hampshire. 
kelsie.eckert@plymouth.edu

Patrick e. Mignanelli, Bs SSE

​Patrick E. Mignanelli is a senior social studies education major and political science minor at Plymouth State University. 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) is the first graduate of Plymouth State University with the History and Social Studies Education degree, as well as the first graduate of PSU with a 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.  

THE Advisory TEAM

These upperclassmen student volunteers work tirelessly to vet resources submitted to our website.

Luis Galvez Soza

Luis is an SSE major at PSU and an active member of the Army. Luis will be deploying in the next year before beginning his career as a SSE.

Haydn Huard

Haydn is an SSE major at PSU. He also works as a Community Advisor in the Residential Life Program. He is passionate about education and meeting the needs of all students. 

Harrison Silbert

Harrison is a SSE major at PSU, beginning his student teaching soon. He is a history buff and a wealth of knowledge for future students. 
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