Key Contributors and Advisors

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Brian Held

Section Review Questions

Brian Held teaches AP® Economics at Loyola High School in Los Angeles, his alma mater. He holds an MA in Economics from California State University of Los Angeles. He has served as an AP® Macroeconomics reader for the past 10 years, including six as a Table Leader. In 2010, the California Council on Economic Education, CCEE, recognized Held with its Teacher of the Year Award. His students won CCEE’s Capital Markets Contest in 2007.

Laura Adams

Financial Literacy Handbook

Laura Adams is an award-winning personal finance author. She earned a BS from the University of the South and an MBA from the University of Florida. She received the Excellence in Financial Literacy Education (EIFLE) Award from the Institute for Financial Literacy for her book Money Girl’s Smart Moves to Grow Rich. Adams is the author of several e-Books and audiobooks and hosts the “Money Girl” podcast, a top-10 Internet show on iTunes that has been downloaded more than 45 million times.

Melanie Fox

Strive For a 5: Preparing for the AP® Macroeconomics Examination

Strive For a 5: Preparing for the AP® Microeconomics Examination

Melanie Fox currently teaches economics at the University of Louisville after serving as Chair of the Department of Economics and Business Administration at Austin College. She earned her BA and PhD from the University of Houston. Fox has been an AP® Macroeconomics Reader and Table Leader since 2007.

Margaret Pride

Teacher’s Edition, Teacher’s Resource Materials

Peggy Pride holds BA degrees in History and Economics and an MA in Business Education from Southern Illinois University. She taught AP® Economics for 35 years at St. Louis University High School. Her involvement with AP® Economics was long and varied, having served as Table Leader and Question Leader for Micro for 12 years and on the Test Development Committee for AP® Economics from 1999 to 2004. In addition, Pride was the primary author of the College Board publication Advanced Placement Economics Teacher’s Guide. She received the GATE Teacher of the Year Award in 2005.

Richard Rankin

Section Review Questions

Dick Rankin teaches at Iolani School in Honolulu, Hawaii. He holds a BA in Economics from Virginia Military Institute and an MA in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin. Rankin is a former member and College Board Advisor to the AP® Economics Development Committee. He has been a Reader, Table Leader, and Question Leader for the AP® Economics Exams for the past 17 years, has taught AP® Economics for 20 years, and was Course Director for the Principles of Economics Course at the US Military Academy at West Point. Rankin is the 2014 Stephen L. Jackstadt Economics Award Winner.

Eric Dodge

ExamView® Assessment Suite Questions

Eric Dodge is Professor of Economics and Business Administration at Hanover College in Indiana. He received his BA from the University of Puget Sound and his MA and PhD from the University of Oregon. Dodge has been involved with AP® Economics for more than 10 years and has served as Reader, Table Leader, and Question Leader.

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Dianna Miller

Teacher’s Edition, Teacher’s Resource Materials

Dianna Miller earned her BA in Social Studies Education and an MA in History from the University of North Florida. She currently teaches AP® Economics for Florida Virtual School, an online public school in Florida. She was a finalist for the National Online Teacher of the Year Award in 2010 and was the 2011 Florida Council for the Social Studies Trimble Award Winner. Miller has been active in AP® Economics since 2005 as a Reader and Table Leader.

Leslie Paige Wolfson

Teacher’s Edition, Teacher’s Resource Materials

Leslie Paige Wolfson holds a Certificate in Character Education and a Masters in Economics and Finance. She taught AP® Economics for 18 years at The Pingry School in New Jersey, and was the coordinator and instructor for its Financial Literacy program. Wolfson was awarded the Research Fellowship Award and the Woodruff English Faculty Honor Award.

Accuracy Reviewers

Darcy Brodison, Coronado High School, TX

Patricia Brazill, Irondequoit High School, NY

Dixie Dalton, Southside Virginia Community College, VA

David Frank, Bartram Trail High School, FL

Brian Heggood, Stanton College Prep, FL

Holly Jones, The Pennington School, NJ

Rachael Sharpe, Florida Virtual School, FL

James Watson, Independent Contractor, FL