Kathryn Picardo

Kathryn Picardo is a doctoral student in the Teaching of Social Studies program. Her research interests focus on the ways in which classrooms can incorporate difficult histories and controversial issues, and best practices in doing so. More specifically, she explores how an agonistic approach to discussion models can be applied in educational spaces to foster democratic competencies. In 2022, Kathryn served as a Fulbright Teaching Fellow in Finland, where she researched the actualization of competence learning curricula on a national scale. She also teaches high school Social Studies in Livingston, NJ.