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Roger B. Beck, Ph.D.
Roger B. Beck is Distinguished Professor of African, World, and 20th Century World History at Eastern Illinois University.
Having taught at international schools in Tokyo, Paris, and London, Dr. Beck also supervised student teachers and taught
Social Studies Methods at Eastern for many years. In addition to a long teaching career at high school, college, and graduate
school levels, Dr. Beck has published extensively, including authoring The History of South Africa and co-authoring the
college world history text A History of World Societies. He has also published more than 100 book chapters, journal articles,
and book reviews. He is a recipient of two Fulbright fellowships, and is an active member of the African Studies
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Linda Black, B.A., M.Ed.
Linda Black teaches World History at Cypress Falls High School in Houston, Texas, and has had a distinguished career
in education as a teacher of world history, American history, and Texas history. In 1993–1994, Mrs. Black was named an
Outstanding Secondary Social Studies Teacher in the United States by the National Council for the Social Studies. In
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of that council, the Texas Council for the Social Studies, and the World History Association. She served on the College
Board Test Development for Advanced Placement World History from 1995 to 2003.
Larry S. Krieger, B.A., M.A., M.A.T.
Larry S. Krieger is the social studies supervisor for grades K-12 in Montgomery Township Public Schools in New
Jersey. For 26 years he has taught world history in public schools. He has also introduced many innovative in-service
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Phillip C. Naylor is an associate professor of history at Marquette University and teaches European, North African, and
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where he inaugurated a “transcultural approach” to the teaching of the traditional survey. He has authored France and
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supervision. Ms. Shabaka has been a teacher, a curriculum coordinator, and a supervisor of social studies in the Detroit
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Studies. Ms. Shabaka is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship at the Hebrew University in Israel and has served as an
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