AP European History Development Committee

Meet the high school and college educators who develop the AP European History 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 European History 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  

  • Adam Arthur Blackler, University of Wyoming – Laramie, Wyoming  
  • Catherine Desmond, Dwight Global – New York, New York  

Committee Members  

  • Matthew Mitchell, Sewanee: The University of the South – Sewanee, Tennessee
  • Jennifer J. Popiel, Saint Louis University – St. Louis, Missouri
  • Bridget Newbury Federspiel, Stivers School for the Arts – Dayton, Ohio
  • Jennifer Lopez, Baton Rouge Magnet High School – Baton Rouge, Louisiana 
  • Daniel Corradino, Miami Palmetto Senior High School – Pinecrest, Florida

Chief Reader   

Clark Hultquist, University of Montevallo – Montevallo. Alabama