Howard Levin, Urban School's Director of Technology, taught history for 10 years prior to joining Urban in 1999. Howard was an interviewer for the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History program, a Steven Spielberg funded project that interviewed thousands of survivors throughout the world. He combines his oral history experience with technical knowledge to help assure a successful final project. Howard also leads an annual week-long workshop for educators who want to learn to apply the techniques of Telling Their Stories to their own schools. Howard attends all interviews and is the primary contact for the class. More information at: www.howardlevin.com

Zackaria Gaines is Urban’s 2007-08 Teaching Fellow. He supports the course with a new emphasis on student writing.

Deborah Dent-Samake taught the course for the first 5 years, teaming with Howard throughout. She helped develop both the content and methodologies used in the class. Deborah is currently pursuing a degree in Social Work with an emphasis on using storytelling for therapy.