Presenter Bio

Kathy Swan

Kathy Swan is a professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Swan served as the project director and lead writer of the College, Career, and Civic Life Framework for Social Studies State Standards and is the co-founder/co-director of C3 Teachers. Dr. Swan has co-authored and edited many books including: Inquiry-Based Practice in Social Studies Education: The Inquiry Design Model (2017; Routledge); Inquiry Design Model: Building Inquiries in Social Studies (2018; NCSS & C3 Teachers); and, Blueprinting an Inquiry Based Curriculum: Planning with the Inquiry Design Model (2019; NCSS & C3 Teachers). Swan recently served as Project Director and Executive Producer of the Making Inquiry Possible film project (makinginquirypossible.org)