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Regional Coordinators and NHD in PA Advisory Committe

+++Regions 6, 8, 9 and 11 dates and locations have been posted +++

R5: Counties: Juniata, Mifflin, Huntingdon, Centre, Blair, Snyder
Competition: ***** IMPORTANT INFORMATION*****
Since no Regional Coordinator could be found for the 2010 NHD in PA competition, the region will be split for the year.

Blair, Centre, and Huntingdon Counties will join the competition hosted by Indiana University of Pennsylvania (R4).

Mifflin and Juniata Counties will join the competition hosted by Messiah College (R8).

Snyder and Union County will join the competition hosted by Penn State Hazleton (R6).

If you have any questions please contact your new Regional Coordinators or the State Office.



R1: Counties: Erie, Warren, Crawford, McKean
Competition: TBA

Martha Donkor, Department of History and Anthropology
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Edinboro, PA 16444
Phone: 814-732-1623
E-mail: mdonkor@edinboro.edu  

R2: Counties: Luzerne (except Hazleton School District), Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Pike, Wayne, Wyoming, Monroe, and Sullivan
Competition: TBA

Christyne Berzsenyi, Ph.D. (Main Contact Person)
Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies
Penn State Wilkes-Barre
PO Box PSU
Lehman, PA 18627
Phone: 570-675-9275
E-mail: cab39@psu.edu
Janis Winter, Professional Tutor
Penn State Wilkes-Barre
Phone: 570-675-9232
E-mail: jrw4@psu.edu

R3: Counties: Butler, Mercer, Lawrence, Venango, Forest, Clarion, Beaver
Competition: TBA

David C. Twining, History Department
Westminster College
New Wilmington, PA 16172
Phone: 724-946-6246
Fax: 724-946-7256
E-mail: Twinindc@westminster.edu
 
R4: Counties: Armstrong, Indiana, Jefferson, Clearfield, Cambria, Elk
Competition Date: TBA
Dr. Werner Lippert.
E-mail: lippert@iup.edu or
Dr. Joseph Mannard
E-mail: Joseph.Mannard@iup.edu or
Dr. Elizabeth Ricketts
E-mail: ricketts@iup.edu
History Dept., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Keith Hall
Indiana, PA 15705 

R6: Counties and Schools: Hazleton School District (Luzerne), Schuylkill, Columbia, Carbon, Montour, Lehigh, Northampton and Northumberland
Competition: March 5 at Penn State Hazelton Campus

Michael Kattner
Library Penn State Hazleton
76 University Drive
Hazleton, PA 18202
Phone: 570-450-3115
Fax: 570-450-3182
E-mail: mpk7@psu.edu

R7: Counties: Allegheny, Washington, Greene, Fayette, Westmoreland, Somerset
Competition: TBA
Terri S. Blanchette
Director of School & Family Programs
Senator John Heinz History Center
1212 Smallman Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Phone: 412-454-6373
Fax: 412-454-6030
E-mail: nhdpitt@hswp.org
Web site: Heinz History Center 

R8: Counties: Cumberland, Adams, Franklin, Dauphin, Perry, Fulton
Competition: March 5 at Messiah College

Prof. James LaGrand, History Department
Messiah College
One College Avenue
Grantham, PA 17027
Phone: 717-766-2511, ext. 7381
E-mail: jlagrand@messiah.edu  

R9: Counties: Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon, York
Competition: March 5 and Penn Manor High School
Snow date: March 12

Wendy Toole, coordinator
Phone: 717-201-3896
E-mail: nhdlancaster@gmail.com

R10: Counties: Delaware, Chester
Competition: Immaculata Univeristy
Mary Galligan
Chester County Historical Society
225 North High Street
West Chester, PA 19380
Phone: 610-269-5413
Fax: 610-692-4357
E-mail: sepaNHD@chestercohistorical.org

R11: Counties: Bucks, Montgomery
Competition: March 26 at Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
Melissa Jay, Coordinator of Education and Outreach Programs
Bucks County Historical Society
84 South Pine Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
Phone: 215-345-0210, ext. 125
Fax: 215-230-0823
E-mail: mjay@mercermuseum.org

R12: County: Philadelphia
Competition: TBA
V. Chapman-Smith
National Archives Mid Atlantic
900 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Phone: 215-606-0102
Fax: 215-606-0116
E-mail: phillyhistoryday@nara.gov

The NHD in PA Advisory Committee includes all the Regional Coordinators and the following individuals:
Steve Bullick, Social Studies Supervisor
Mt. Lebanon School District
Coordinator, Three Rivers Region
Pennsylvania Educational Alliance for Citizenship

John Ford, Historian and Consultant

Amy R. Kilpatrick-Fox, Western Regional Educator Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Kevin Lacey, D.Ed, Administrative Director Dauphin County Technical School
James Wetzler (PhD), Education Consultant Program Facilitator, Pennsylvania Education Alliance for Citizenship Director
Jeffrey Zeiders, Social Studies and Family & Consumer Science Supervisor, Mount Lebanon School District