Vivian Awumey coordinates Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS). She works with the TPS educational consortium, comprised of 20 universities, school districts and educational non-profits, to design and implement this national program.

Her professional background is in education, human resources development and management.

Since 1981, Vivian has worked on a number of education and organizational development projects in the U.S. and abroad.

She joined the Library in 2006.

Mary A. McFarland, currently an education consultant, has experience as an elementary, secondary, and university educator; social studies coordinator, K-12, and director of professional development for a large suburban district in St. Louis County , Missouri .

In 1989-90, she served as president of the National Council for the Social Studies. She has presented workshops and lectures in the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, South Korea, and Latvia on effective history/civics education; planning, instruction, and assessment; higher order thinking; uses of technology; integrating primary sources into the curriculum; Teaching for Understanding; and trends in American education.

Dr. McFarland has developed curriculum for the Annenberg Foundation, authored an online course, written numerous articles, was a co-author of a K-8 social studies series, served as facilitator in WGBH/Annenberg professional development videos, for the American Bar Association, and for the Library of Congress's Teaching with Primary Sources Project.

She has served as consultant to the states of Maine and Maryland , and currently instructs online courses, Teaching for Understanding, (sections for Chinese, Scottish, and International educators) for WIDE World developed at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Sheridan Harvey is a reference specialist in women's studies at the Library of Congress where her primary jobs are to assist researchers in finding the best resources from the vast collections of the Library and to ensure that all appropriate women's materials are acquired.

In her 26 years at the Library, she has organized many women's history events including a two-day symposium that included both women Supreme Court justices (http://wwwloc.gov/rr/women/awprogram.html), a monthly women's history discussion group, lectures, and films. In an effort to promote the Library's collections, she served as a co-editor and co-author of American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States (Library of Congress, 2001) and the companion website ( http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/ ). She uses primary sources in her online talks about "Rosie the Riveter: Real Women Workers in World War II." (http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/journey/rosie.html) and the Online Programming for All Libraries program on the 1864 diary of Mary Ringo (http://www.opal-online.org/Ringo20070321.htm ).She regularly gives presentations on the Library's women's history collections and using primary sources.

Dr. Harvey received her BA from Radcliffe College, a Ph.D. in English history from Indiana University, and an M.L.S. from Catholic University.

Michael J. Brna is director of the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program at California University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Brna served as co-chair for the Library of Congress Digital Collections and Educational Curriculum Transitional Advisory Board and he currently serves as a member of the TPS newsletter editorial committee.

Prior to this position, Dr. Brna was the Executive Director of the Mon Valley Renaissance program at California University of Pennsylvania, where he was active in workforce, economic, small business, and community development. He has written over 125 business plans for entrepreneurs, helping them to secure in excess of $5.5 million for business startups or expansions.

Dr. Brna earned his Ph.D. at Penn State University , where he graduated from the Workforce Education and Development doctoral program with an emphasis in Training & Development and Human Resources. He earned both his B.S. Finance and M.B.A. degrees with honors from California University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Brna is also the founder of InspirePA, an organization with a mission of inspiring individual and organizational excellence in order to raise the collective well-being of all. He is an accomplished public speaker, small group facilitator, and life coach who works with individuals and small and large groups in various settings.

Sue Wise is the associate director of the Waynesburg University Teaching with Primary Sources Program where she develops and delivers professional development for K-12 and university educators both face-to-face and online. Curriculum focused on promising practices in using primary sources in the classroom includes: It’s No Laughing Matter: The Point of the Pen, centered around political cartoons, Sights and Sounds of the Civil War, which uses photographs and music from the era, and Ambassadors in the Field, aimed at disseminating best practices for teaching with primary sources. Sue serves on the Library of Congress Ambassador Program advisory committee and the ad hoc advisory committee for online programming.

A graduate of Waynesburg University with a B.A. in Elementary Education, she has had the opportunity to work with teachers at several regional schools and has completed a service learning project through the Bowlby Library children’s department. Sue is also certified as a tutor through the College Reading and Learning Association and is pursuing her Master of Education degree.

Stacie Moats is an Educational Resources Specialist in the Library’s Educational Outreach Division, working primarily with the Teaching with Primary Sources program. Before joining the Library, Stacie conducted qualitative research for museums nationwide as a Research Associate at Randi Korn & Associates, Inc. Her past work experience includes teaching and managing the National Building Museum 's educational outreach programs. Stacie received her Master's degree in Museum Education from The George Washington University. During her studies, she worked with the Smithsonian's Early Enrichment Center ( SEEC ) and George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens.

Monica Garcia Brooks is currently the Associate Dean of Libraries at Marshall University and the Program Coordinator for Public Library Technology (PLT) at the Marshall Community and Technical College . Concentrating primarily on curriculum development and delivery of e-courses for an online program that targets the public library workforce in West Virginia , she also provides recruitment, retention, and advising support for PLT students at various stages in the program of study.  Providing library technology training for an existing and future workforce, the PLT program was recognized by the Southern Growth Policies Board as a 2005 Innovator Award Winner.

Involved at the campus level, Dr. Brooks provides regular campus faculty training and development opportunities as the long-standing campus copyright compliance representative, chair and co-founder of the Faculty Women’s Association, member of the university’s Faculty Development Committee for Online and Multimedia Instruction, and new member of the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program for the Eastern Region.  Ongoing service initiatives consist of faculty governance as the 2007-09 faculty representative for the Institutional Board of Governors, founding board member for the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia and the newly established Oral History Project, 2008 conference organizer and regular presenter for the Appalachian Studies Association, and 2007-08 vice-chair/chair-elect of the WV-Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries.

Research interests include higher education personnel administration, library science-- especially curriculum development, race, gender, & ethnicity issues in Appalachia , the migration of Mexicans to WV, and online course delivery methods, design, and instruction. Personal projects encompass some unique areas such as the history of the Good Housekeeping Stran-Steel Home from the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair Homes of Tomorrow exposition (to be showcased at the Museum of Modern Art during 2008), and La Carpa Garcia: Mexican-American Tent Show, 1914-1947, previously exhibited at the Witte, Hertzberg, and Bullock Museums in San Antonio, Texas from 1998 to 2006.

Paul Moessinger, Ph. D., is an adjunct faculty member in Secondary Education at Waynesburg University . He has also been on the faculty of California University of Pennsylvania, and Carlow and Chatham Universities where his duties included teaching and supervising student teachers. He is retired from the Pittsburgh Public Schools where he taught at Langley and Schenley High Schools . At Schenley he was the Instructional Teacher Leader in Social Studies. He also taught Modern European History and Theory of Knowledge in the International Baccalaureate Program and was an Assistant Assessor for the Theory of Knowledge course.

He also teaches about terrorism and multiculturalism for teachers at various Intermediate Units in Western Pennsylvania . His interest in the personal and social characteristics of individuals who participate in hate groups and terrorist activities grew out of his dissertation and long time interest in extremist behavior.

Ann B. Canning, retired Professor of Education, Ann earned a B.A. degree in history from the University of Richmond in 1963, a M.A.T. degree in Social Studies Education from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1965 and an Ed.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1983. Ann has been a teacher since 1965 when she taught social studies classes in Waukegan , Illinois High School. She joined the Education Department at Waynesburg College in 1990 to teach social studies methods and technology integration courses in both elementary and secondary pre-service teachers. In 1998-99, Ann worked with the “Information Literacy Tools for the 21 st Century” project at Duquesne University connecting K-12 librarians and teachers with Internet databases. In 2004, Ann joined the Library of Congress Adventure of the American Mind program at Waynesburg College as Associate Director.  She retired from fulltime teaching in 2005 but continues to teach online courses and develop digital resources for the Waynesburg University Teaching with Primary Sources Eastern Regional Program.

Barbara Kirby is the director of the Waynesburg University Teaching with Primary Sources Program and has served the institution since 1992. She heads the University’s Center for Research & Economic Development and has secured funding for and administered many projects associated with technology education, teacher professional development, workforce education, and community development. She has been actively involved in adult education administration for over 20 years.

Barbara organized several technology education programs in the region, including Teacher Technology Camps, the Waynesburg University Technology Literacy Corps and Mobile Technology Vehicle (MTV) targeted at technology education in rural Pennsylvania , Educator in the Workplace, and Integrating Technology in the Classroom Summer Program for K-12 teachers. She is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh Urban Studies program and has a Masters of Business Administration from Waynesburg University .