Region 8 ESC is excited to bring Teaching American History to Region 8 teachers.

Teaching American History supports teachers of American History, government, and civics, believing they do the most important work in America.  TAH brings the documents and debates of America's past into the present through free document-based seminars, document collections both online and in print, and other resources.  They are dedicated to making every American History, government, and civics class in America the best. 

Dr. Elizabeth Amato is Associate Professor of Political Science in the Department of Social Science at Gardner-Webb University. Her teaching responsibilities include courses such as Constitutional Law, American Political Thought, African American Political Thought, Presidency & Congress, American Political Parties, Ancient and Medieval Political Philosophy, and Modern Political Philosophy. She also offers special topics courses on the pursuit of happiness, statesmanship, first ladies, women and politics, and the politics of coffee and tea.

Dr. Amato is the faculty adviser for the Pre-Law Society, a club that helps students explore and prepare for a career in law.

Dr. Amato earned her B.A. at Berry College (Rome, GA), her M.A. and Ph. D. at Baylor University (Waco, TX) in political science. Her dissertation, “The Pursuit of Happiness and the American Regime,” takes a politics and literature approach to understanding the pursuit of happiness. Before coming to Gardner-Webb University, she taught at James Madison College at Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI).