Elizabeth Yeager Washington is Professor and Coordinator of Secondary Education and Social Studies Education at The University of Florida. Her research focuses on civic education, democratic citizenship education, and the teaching of difficult history and controversial issues.

Keith C. Barton is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Indiana University, United States. His research focuses on teaching, learning, and curriculum in history and social studies in the United States and internationally. He is co-author, with Li-Ching Ho, of Curriculum for Justice and Harmony: Deliberation, Knowledge, and Action in Social and Civic Education (Routledge).