AP U.S. Government and Politics Development Committee

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 United States 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. The AP development committees represent a unique collaboration between high school and college educators.

Committee Co-Chairs

• Precious Hall, St. Lawrence University – Canton, New York 
• Brandon Frederick, Bonney Lake High School – Bonney Lake, Washington 

Committee Members 

• Joshua Kaplan, University of Notre Dame – Notre Dame, Indiana 
• William Lester, Northwestern University – Chicago, Illinois 
• Brian Berger, Shaker Heights City Schools – Shaker Heights, Ohio
• Janette Sierra, Pinecrest Preparatory Middle-High School – Miami, Florida 
• Susan Cole Mullis, Herschel V. Jenkins High School – Savannah, Georgia    

Chief Reader  

Stella Rouse, Arizona State University – Tempe, Arizona 

Chief Reader Designate

Chris W. Bonneau, University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania