Celebrating four great civics teachers

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The 2023 Excellence in Civic Education Award
Celebrating Great Civics Teachers

The Jack Miller Center is proud to announce that the winners of its annual Excellence in Civic Education Award ([link removed]) are Alan Levine ([link removed]) , Paul Wilford ([link removed]) , and Jesse Perez ([link removed]) . Stephanie Kaufman received an honorable mention.

Each year, the Jack Miller Center celebrates the great educators who are committed to passing down America’s history and founding principles, by recognizing the extraordinary work of one senior scholar and one junior scholar in higher education, and one teacher in K-12 education.

“These educators represent the best of America,” said the Jack Miller Center’s president, Hans Zeiger ([link removed]) . “They inspire wonder in their students—which is absolutely vital for passing our country’s founding principles on to a new generation. They humanize the past and bring debates to life in the classroom. Alan, Paul, Jesse, and Stephanie are model teachers and masters of their profession. I am so grateful to have them in the Jack Miller Center’s network of scholars, and I am proud to be awarding them this prestigious honor."
Our 2023 Award-Winning Teachers:
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Alan Levine, the senior scholar winner, is an Associate Professor of Government and the founder and director of the Political Theory Institute ([link removed]) at American University. For nearly 30 years, Professor Levine has been helping skeptical students see the promise and goodness of America and its founding principles.

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Paul Wilford, the junior scholar winner, is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston College. Professor Wilford has been adept at turning his students into generous interlocutors who are able to engage productively across differences. Through teaching texts such as Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address ([link removed]) , he too has shown students how to engage with America’s ills without losing sight of its great promise.
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Jesse Perez, the K-12 winner, teaches social studies at Shorewood High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In his nine years of teaching, Jesse has noticed a sharp decline in interest in America’s history and founding principles and has worked tirelessly to overcome this apathy. Jesse has been so successful in waking students up to the importance of America’s civic history that he has had students tell him that he inspired them to become teachers themselves.

Stephanie Kaufman, who received an honorable mention, teaches high school government in Sturgis, South Dakota. Stephanie’s students report how she makes civic education compelling by helping students engage directly with the primary source documents of our founding.

JMC salutes these great American educators. We thank Alan Levine, Paul Wilford, Jesse Perez, and Stephanie Kaufman for doing their part to ensure that we win the battle for the soul of the nation.

Through its network of more than 1,000 scholars in the fields of American history and political thought, the Jack Miller Center provides professional development for social studies teachers and builds innovative partnerships between higher education institutions and the K-12 teaching force. More information on the Jack Miller Center is available at
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About the Jack Miller Center
The Jack Miller Center is a nationwide network of scholars and teachers committed to educating the next generation about the foundational texts and ideas of the American political tradition. We are building a movement of educators and citizens to advance the principles of equality, liberty, and opportunity that lie at the heart of the American political tradition.

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