AP Comparative Government and Politics Development Committee

Meet the high school and college educators who develop the AP Comparative Government and Politics course and exam.

2024-25 Development Committee Members

AP development committees represent a unique collaboration between high school teachers and college faculty.

These dedicated educators play a critical role in the preparation of the AP Comparative Government and Politics course and exam. They represent a diversity of knowledge and points of view in their fields and, as a group, are the authority when it comes to making subject-matter decisions in the exam-construction process. 

Committee Co-Chairs  

  • Anne Marie Choup, University of Alabama – Huntsville, Alabama
  • Carol Shackelford, Bingham High School – South Jordan, Utah

Committee Members  

  • Megan Hershey, Whitworth University – Spokane, Washington 
  • Mariano Magalhães, Augustana College – Rock Island, Illinois
  • Elizabeth Knight, Junius H. Rose High School – Greenville, North Carolina
  • Mary Jo Bauer, Rockwood Summit High School – Fenton, Missouri
  • Carolyn Galloway, North Cobb High School – Kennesaw, Georgia 

Chief Reader   

Nicholas Clark, Susquehanna University – Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania