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2025 TOP Study Tours

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In summer 2025, 15 social studies and 15 STEM educators from the United States traveled to Germany as fellows of the Transatlantic Outreach Program (TOP)! Selected from a pool of over 200 applicants, this cohort of teacher-leaders spent 14 days gaining first-hand, in-depth knowledge about the social, political, economic, and cultural landscape of contemporary Germany and engaging in meaningful dialogue with their German hosts.

Below you can meet our 2025 cohort of TOP Fellows, read the tour recaps and access the Fellows' post-tour lesson materials! 

Since 2002, nearly 2,000 educators have traveled to Germany with the Transatlantic Outreach Program.

 

TOP 1 Fellows

  • Josh Amstutz

    Mathematics
    Coordinator of the Academy of Global Studies
    Winton Woods High School
    Ohio, USA

    Josh Amstutz

  • Emma Arett

    Science and Video Game Design
    Solar Preparatory School for Girls
    Texas, USA

    Emma Arett

  • Helen Corveleyn

    6-8th Grade STEM
    Timberlane Middle School
    New Jersey, USA

    Helen Corveleyn

  • Alice Eldridge

    Biology, Environmental Science
    Philomath High School
    Oregon, USA

    Alice Eldridge

  • Andrea Gladden

    CTE / STEM and Project Lead The Way
    East Burke Middle School
    North Carolina, USA

    Andrea Gladden

  • Josh Gonzales

    Science
    Cope Middle School
    California, USA

    Josh Gonzales

  • Lauren Hubert

    Sustainability, Integrated Sciences, Environmental, Anatomy, Biology, French, Earth Science
    Camelback High School
    Arizona, USA

    Lauren Hubert

  • Chris Hwande

    Science
    Ralph M. Captain Elementary School
    Missouri, USA

    Chris Hwande

  • Damon Liang

    Chemistry
    Taft Charter High School
    California, USA

    Damon Liang

  • Jess Noffsinger

    Engineering
    STEM Lab K-8
    Colorado, USA

    Jess Noffsinger

  • Jacqueline Omania

    5th Grade Teacher
    Oxford Elementary School
    California, USA

    Jacqueline Omania

  • Shanna Pierce

    Mathematics
    Wendell Phillips Academy High School
    Illinois, USA

    Shanna Pierce

  • Erin Schmidt

    Biology, Ecology and Forensic Science
    Totino-Grace High School
    Minnesota, USA

    Erin Schmidt

  • Kim Watson

    AP Environmental Science, Biology, Earth and Space Science, Astronomy
    Half Hollow Hills
    New York, USA

    Kim Watson

  • Kathy Wilson

    Science
    Lester J. Gates Middle School
    Massachusetts, USA

    Kathy Wilson

TOP 2 Fellows

  • Sara Crider

    U.S. History, A.P. Macroeconomics, and A.P. U.S. Government & Politics
    J.L. Mann High School
    South Carolina, USA

    Sara Crider

  • Ellen Davis Greenfield

    AICE (Cambridge University) European History, Pre-AP World History, Psychology
    Cooper City High School
    Florida, USA

    Ellen Davis Greenfield

  • Sergio de Alba

    General Education embedded with STEM and Social Studies
    R.M. Miano Elementary
    California, USA

    Sergio de Alba

  • Sarah Gallagher

    Assistant Professor of Education
    University of Charleston
    West Virginia, USA

    Sarah Gallagher

  • Cole Haugen

    7th and 8th Grade Social Studies
    Saint Joseph School
    Nebraska, USA

    Cole Haugen

  • Prince Johnson

    AP Human Geography
    Food and Finance High School
    New York, USA

    Prince Johnson

  • Shayne Klein

    AP United States History, Honors Economics and Personal Finance
    Raleigh Charter High School
    North Carolina, USA

    Shayne Klein

  • Chelsea Loiselle-Johnson

    World History, AP World History, Psychology, History through Baseball
    Sentinel High School
    Montana, USA

    Chelsea Loiselle-Johnson

  • Marisa Olszewski

    AP US History, AP European History
    Seaholm High School
    Michigan, USA

    Marisa Olszewski

  • Chelsea Pozolinski

    Social Studies, Geography, Global Affairs
    Park View Middle School
    Wisconsin, USA

    Chelsea Pozolinski

  • Ben Reiff

    World Cultures, US History, English as a Second Language
    Maine Township High School District 207
    Illinois, USA

    Ben Reiff

  • Sohiba Shakirova

    Social Studies
    ICC School
    New York, USA

    Sohiba Shakirova

  • Lily Walsh

    Intensified Modern World History, US/Virginia History
    Washington Liberty High School
    Virginia, USA

    Lily Walsh

  • Kimmy Webster

    Civics, Geography, Global Issues
    Buckhorn Middle School
    Alabama, USA

    Kimmy Webster

  • Jing Williams

    Professor of Social Studies Education
    University of South Dakota

    Jing Williams