I teach social studies at Scarsdale High School in Westchester and I write picture books and books about social studies education. I love teaching, writing, playing tennis, talking about history, and drinking smoothies.

 

My picture books are:

• Big Bad Wolf and the Masquerade Ball (Apples & Honey Press, 2026)

• The Pirate Rabbi (Apples & Honey Press, 2025)

• Baddest Wolf of All? (Apples & Honey Press, 2024)

• Big Bad Wolf's Yom Kippur (Apples & Honey Press, 2023)*

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*Selected by PJ Library as a Fall 2023 book

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My pedagogy books are: 

• Authentic Assessment in Social Studies: A Guide to Keeping it Real in the Age of AI, 2nd Edition (May 2026)

• Authentic Assessment in Social Studies: A Guide to Keeping it Real 

• The Classes They Remember: Using Role-Plays to Bring Learning to Life 

• Judging for Themselves: Using Mock Trials to Bring Learning to Life.  ​

 

Besides teaching high school and writing, I also am an adjunct professor of social studies education at SUNY Empire State University. I also have a pretty infrequent podcast called Conversations in World History.

 

In the past, I was named a New York City Master Teacher for 2014-2015 and was the recipient of the 2014 Robert H Jackson Center National Award for Teaching Justice. I have guest lectured in various graduate school education courses and led professional development for teachers at places such as NCSS, Revolutionary Learning Conference, Columbia Teacher's College, and Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda. 

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In what now seems like a previous life, I spent two years as a street educator for Projeto Axé, a Brazilian organization that provides education and outreach for street children in Salvador, Brazil. 

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