Mary Lopez has taught US History and American Studies at all levels at Schaumburg High School since 1995. In that time, she has structured the US History curriculum for all levels taught in her district. She has also served as a Reader at the AP Reading for sixteen years, serving as a Question Leader or Exam Leader for the last seven years, including the online Readings in 2020 and 2021. Mary served as a member of the US History Development Committee for the College Board from 2015-2019, helping to guide the direction of the course and constructing the AP Exam. In the last seven years, she has presented in multiple states through the College Board, Organization of American Historians, and National Council of History Education. She has two B.A.s from the University of Illinois, an M.A. in History from DePaul University, and is A.B.D. status in the History Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her areas of academic specialty are American Women’s History and US History since 1763. She has four children, the youngest of whom took AP US History last year and does not want to talk about rubrics with his Mom. She is very excited and a little nervous about being an “Empty Nester” next year.
Mary Lopez is teaching two workshops at Augsburg this summer. See our registration sites with the buttons below.