AP Seminar Development Committee

2022-23 Development Committee Members

These dedicated educators play a critical role in the preparation of the Course and Exam Description and exam for AP Seminar. 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. The AP development committees represent a unique collaboration between high school and college educators.

Committee Co-Chairs  

Ernest Morell, Notre Dame University – Notre Dame, Indiana 
Natalie Castillo, Felix Varela High School – Coral Gables, Florida  

Committee Members  

Thomas Roberts, Western Illinois University – Macomb, Illinois  
Sheila Carter-Tod, University of Denver – Denver, Colorado 
Michael Welty, Brophy College Preparatory – Phoenix, Arizona  
Marina Gruis, North Central High School – Spokane, Washington 

College Board Advisor  

Gerardo Gonzalez, Lane Tech College Prep High School – Chicago, Illinois 

Chief Reader   

Alice Hearst, Smith College – Northampton, Massachusetts