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SSEC Governance

SSEC is chartered in the state of Indiana as a not-for-profit educational corporation.  SSEC is certified by the Internal Revenue Service and the State of Colorado as a tax exempt 501(c)(3) corporation.  The organization is governed by its By-Laws and by a Board of Directors. 

The SSEC Board of Directors, each member serving for a three-year term, is drawn proportionately from social scientists, social science educators, and other professionals, such
as social studies teachers and/or middle or upper management social science educators. 

2011 SSEC Board of Directors:
Murry Nelson, SSEC President, Professor Emeritus of Education and American Studies, Pennsylvania State University
email: mrn2@psu.edu

Jane Bernard-Powers, SSEC Past President, Professor Emeritus of Education, San Francisco State University
http://www.sfsu.edu/pdirect/195.htm

John Hoge, Retired Professor of Social Science Education, University of Georgia
http://www.coe.uga.edu/esse/faculty/hoge/index.html

Tedd Levy, Past President of the National Council for the Social Studies
email: tedd.levy@sbcglobal.net

Lynette K. Oshima, University of New Mexico, College of Education
email: loshima@unm.edu

Charles Mitsakos, Professor Emeritus, Rivier College, SSEC Treasurer
http://www.charlesmitsakos.com/

James E. Davis, SSEC Executive Director, SSEC Secretary
email: jdavis_ssec@msn.com