Patti Harrold is social studies department chair at Edmond Memorial High School in Edmond, Oklahoma, where she has taught AP European History, AP Art History, AP World History and AP U.S. History. She is a National Board certified teacher and AP reader for European History.
Ms. Harrold has taught for 41 years and has been a College Board consultant for 23 years, presenting at more than 80 College Board and AP workshops and week-long institutes. She has written and edited many AP History publications and has worked with the Teaching American History grant program and served on a History Channel grant committee. She received the College Board’s Southwestern Region AP Special Recognition Award and the 2004 Secondary Teacher of the Year Award from the National Council for the Social Studies. Ms. Harrold holds a BA from Oklahoma City University and an MS from Lamar University.
