These dedicated educators play a critical role in the preparation of the Course Description and exam for AP U. S. History. 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 Chair
Christine L. Heyrman, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware

Committee Members
Susan M. Arenson, Middlebury Union High School, Middlebury, Vermont
Betty A. Dessants, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
Stanley W. Murphy, San Diego High School of International Studies, San Diego, California
Christopher J. Olsen, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana
William A. Shelton, Trinity Valley School, Fort Worth, Texas

Chief Reader
Raymond (“Skip”) Hyser, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia

Chief Reader Designate
Ernest F. Freeberg, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tennessee

ETS Assessment Specialists
Uma Venkateswaran
David Wolcott