Dr.  Jada Kohlmeier is the Humana Foundation Germany-Sherman Distinguished Professor and Program Coordinator of Social Science Education at Auburn University. She is the Director of the Persistent Issues in History Network (www.pihnetwork.org), a professional network of hundreds of social studies teachers hosting fifty wise practice cases of inquiry-based lessons. Her research focuses on teacher and student learning. She has investigated professional development models, primarily Lesson Study, designed to encourage problem-based inquiry and discussion facilitation in social studies contexts. She has also published extensively on student learning including historical, civic, and ethical reasoning. She has published articles in Theory and Research in Social Education, Journal of Social Studies Research, Social Studies Research and Practice, The Social Studies and Social Education. Dr. Kohlmeier is currently co-project director of the C.L.E.A.R. Thinking project, a $2 million, three year project funded by the U.S. Department of Education to conduct virtual lesson study with over 40 teachers across the United States.