Katy Connolly is RQI’s education program coordinator. She designs content for the program’s professional development offerings and manages RQI’s archive of educational resources. She also coordinates RQI’s collaborative partnerships with teachers to ensure that all programmatic work authentically represents and is shaped by the experiences of educators.
Recently, Katy played a key role developing a suite of online resources and professional learning modules for a 3-year Teaching with Primary Sources grant from the Library of Congress. Over the years, she has presented to educators across the country, including to the National Council of History Education, the University of Notre Dame, and the Maine Department of Education — often speaking about how to incorporate inquiry learning and question formulation across academic disciplines and age groups.
Katy graduated from Boston University with a bachelor’s degree in English education, where she spent most of her time teaching and tutoring high school students. With her background in education, she has always been passionate about collaborating with educators to design pedagogy and classroom environments that allow students to drive their own learning.