about us

About Us

Past Tracker was started in the 2006-2007 academic year by EIU History professor Dr. Debra Reid. This website and project is part of an EIU Presidential Assistantship that seeks to further the educational goals of Illinois by relating primary documents and lesson plans to the teaching standards of the state. Since then, the the website has been designed and managed by History and Historical Administration graduate assistants. Here is a list of past and present graduate assistants that have worked with Past Tracker.

Academic Year Graduate Assistant(s)
2006-2007 Michelle Burton
2007-2008 Catherine Carmen, Daniel Grzesiak
2008-2009 Anthony Bowman, Amanda Evans, Kimberly Grauf
2009-2010 Amanda Clark, Chady Hosin
2010-2011 Patrick McGuire
Summer 2011 Shawn Hale
2011-2012 Elizabeth Sylak
2012-2013 Susan Voskuil