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ICSS Board of Directors 2018

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Executive Director
Dean Cantù
Chair, Department of Teacher Education
Bradley University
1501 W. Bradley Avenue
Peoria, IL 61625
Office: (309) 677-3190
dcantu@fsmail.bradley.edu

President
Mary Beth Henning
Assoc Prof of Social Studies Education
Co-Dir of the Center for Economic Educ
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
mhenning@niu.edu
Office: (815) 753-8591

President-Elect
Co-Editor, ICSS Quarterly
Benjamin Wellenreiter
Assistant Professor
School of Teaching and Learning
Illinois State University, Normal, IL
​brwelle@ilstu.edu

Past-President
Shawn P. Healy
Chair, Illinois Civic Mission Coalition
McCormick Foundation Civics Program
205 N. Michigan Avenue - Suite 4300
Chicago, IL 60601
Office: (312) 445-5174 
SHealy@McCormickFoundation.org

Vice-President
Director of Council Relations
Co-Editor, ICSS Quarterly

Fred Isele
Western Illinois University
WIU-QC, Rm. 252
Moline, IL 61265
Work: (309) 762-9481, ext. 301
Home: (309) 736-7264
FC-Isele@wiu.edu


Secretary
Don Jolly

327 Lockwood Place
Jacksonville, IL 62650
Home: (217) 243-2754
Work: (217) 243-8621
djolly6@gmail.com ​

Treasurer

Jerome Hoynes
711 Oak Street #410
Winnetka, IL 60093
Cell: (312) 203-7766
Work: (847) 509-2649
jhoynes@glenbrook225.org ​

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Historian
Mark Newman
2833 Hartzell Street
Evanston, IL 60201
Home: (847) 475-1659
mnewman@nl.edu 

Web Communications Director  
David McMullen
Associate Professor, Teacher Education
Bradley University
7823 W. Thorngate Drive
Mapleton, IL 61547
Office: (309) 677-3204
mcmullen@bradley.edu

Conference Program Director
John Rathbun
308 James Parkway
Washington, IL 61571
Home: (309) 745-8375
genrebun@aol.com

ICSS Journal Editor
John H. Bickford III
Associate Professor of Social Studies/History Education
College of Education & Professional Studies
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston IL 61920
jbickford@eiu.edu
Members at Large
Gene Burnett
702 Mohave Drive
Pontiac, IL 61764
Home: (815) 844-7352
eaburne@ilstu.edu

Rowena McClinton
SIU Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL
rmcclin@siue.edu

Shelly Singer
14 Hart Hills Road
Barrington Hills, IL 60010
Home: (847) 842-8008
Cell: (224) 622-8820
Home Fax: (847) 842-8428
shellysinger10@aol.com

Bobby R. Summers
Associate Professor
Chair, Department of Political Science
William Rainey Harper College
1200 W. Algonquin Rd.
Palatine, IL., 60067
Office: (I110) 847-925-6746
Fax: 847-925-6043
bsummers@harpercollege.edu

Amy Wilkinson
Program Director
Teaching with Primary Sources
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL 62026
Phone: (618) 650-3777
amwilki@siue.edu

Corie Yow
Glenwood Intermediate School
Chatham, IL
cyow@bcsd5.org

Regional Representatives

Region 1
Andrew Levin
School address:
1200 W. Algonquin Rd.
Palatine, IL., 60067 
alevin@harpercollege.edu


Region 2
Teresa Kruger
9393 Beloit Road
Belvidere, IL 61008
Work: (815) 544-2636
Cell: (815) 985-9776
tkruger@district100.com

Region 3
Barry Witten
Western Illinois University
Horrabin Hall 76 
Macomb, IL 61455
Work: 309-298-1789
BL-Witten@wiu.edu



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Region 4
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Drew Monkemeyer
Concordia Lutheran School
2000 W. Glen Ave
Peoria, Illinois 61614
amonkemeyer@concordiapeoria.com

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Region 5
Cheryl Best
Wolf Ridge Elementary & Junior High
700 West Orange Street
Bunker Hill, IL 62014
Phone: (618) 635-2360
best5@madisontelco.com

Region 6
Robin Williams
Harrisburg High School
Harrisburg, IL
rwilliams@harrisburg3.org
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