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2017 HSS Adoption Panel Assignments

The following recommendations are for the History–Social Science (HSS) Subject Matter Committee Teleconference Meeting on March 27, 2017. Panel facilitators will be assigned at that meeting.
Reviewer Training: April 25–28, 2017
Doubletree Hotel, Sacramento
Panel # Panel Members Facilitator CDE Staff Publishers/ Programs

1

Tamara Alexander*
Robert Bassett
Nancy Gaines
Sarah Greif
Gayathri Lakshmipathy
Julie Law
Dave Neumann*
Heidi Page
Nancy Rogers-Zegarra
Rachel Weber
R. Sandie Woods

[member of the IQC or another person appointed by SBE]

Carol Singleton
Renee Ousley-Swank
Terri Yan

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Kids Discover California Social Studies (K–6)

2

Michelle Becker
Nina Bentson
Patricia Birk
Angela Chavez
David Donahue
Patrick Grimaud
Steven Hackel*
Howard Hendricks*
Amita Shah

[member of the IQC or another person appointed by SBE]

Gloria Dobson
Cyndi Hammonds

Pearson Scott Foresman & Prentice Hall, California History-Social Science myWorld Interactive (K–5)

3

Robert Darrow
Bethany Hopkins*
C. Scott Miller
Carlos Moreno
Nancy Quam-Wickham*
Susan Smith
Linda Spincola
Kelly Villalobos
Andrea Walton

[member of the IQC or another person appointed by SBE]

Bryan Boyd
Ashley Mitchell

McGraw-Hill, California Impact (K–5)

4

Cheri Anderson
Kate Bowen
Jeelanne Gouda
Susan Green*
Arlene Harris
Susan Kitson
Heera Kulkarni
Maribel Martinez
Karen McBrien

[member of the IQC or another person appointed by SBE]

Jesse Medina
Anton Piskulyov
Nancy Plasencia

Teachers’ Curriculum Institute, Social Studies Alive! California Series (K–5)

5

Lakshmi Aradhya
Christopher Chapple*
Sandeep Dedage
Linda Kidd
Michelle Martinez
Karen Orpe
Stacey Pettit
Juan de Santiago
Jennifer Spence
Michael Ward*

[member of the IQC or another person appointed by SBE]

Susan Hardesty
Alejandro Hernandez

Studies Weekly, California Studies Weekly – Social Studies (K–6)

6

Gina Baragone
Sabina Chaar
Ronald Davis*
William Dyke
Kristina Flores
Rahuldeep Gill*
Albert Hewlett
Kieley Jackson
Karen Mackley
Peter Paccone

[member of the IQC or another person appointed by SBE]

Jim Long
Joe Thompson

National Geographic Learning, Nat Geo World History (6–8)

Discovery Education, Discovery Education Social Science Techbook (6–8)

7

Eric Amen
Lyndie Aquila
Hatem Bazian*
Adam Erickson
Vanessa Escalante
Amy Hale
Arvind Iyer
Namrata Mohan
Jason Nice*
Margaret Robbins

[member of the IQC or another person appointed by SBE]

Deborah Franklin
Susan Sweeney

McGraw-Hill, California Impact (6–8)

8

Michelle Baptista
Joan Dusa*
Michael Headley
Harjit Kaur
Mark Levine*
Jennifer Ponzio
Karen Richey
Tyler Rust
Carolyn Torres
Tracy Wilson

[member of the IQC or another person appointed by SBE]

Kristen Cruz Allen
Rhonda Runyan

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Social Studies World History (6–8)

9

Carol Coopersmith
Lynda Escalante
Matthew Herbst*
Christopher Lewis
Marisa Mallory
Ravi Rajan*
Shellby Ribakoff
Anita Tucker
Richard Vanden Bosch

[member of the IQC or another person appointed by SBE]

Lisa Grant
Tracie Yee

Pearson Prentice Hall, California myWorld Interactive History (6–8)

10

Eric Anderson
Francine Bettger
Steve Bsharah
Gerald Larson*
Christopher Martone
Robert Medrano
Jessica Merschtina
Gabriela Sosa
Darrell Winger
Janeen-Marie Zambo

[member of the IQC or another person appointed by SBE]

Lisa Leiplein
Janet Mann

Teachers’ Curriculum Institute, History Alive! California Series (6–8)

First Choice Educational Publishing, E Pluribus Unum: The American Pursuit of Liberty, Growth, and Equality, 1750-1900 (grade 8)

* Indicates a Content Review Expert (CRE)

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