Kate Shuster, Ph.D, is an education researcher, author and project manager based in Montgomery, Alabama. She manages the Teach Hard History project, produces podcast and films, and evaluates education initiatives and promotes debate education. She has written widely influential reports about the state of history education and several textbooks. She forms and leads interdisciplinary teams to produce innovative K-12 teaching resources, including critical efforts to teach the history of slavery and struggle in what is currently the United States of America. Kate consults widely with non-profits an interpretive centers to bring cutting-edge research into classrooms and communities, and works to bring sustainable and effective educational projects to scale. She has trained thousands of educators in more than a dozen countries and taught at five universities.