2026 Digital Summer Educator Institute

Adin Dobkin

Author and Professor at City University of New York

Adin Dobkin is a writer and teacher based in Brooklyn, New York. His first book, “Sprinting Through No Man's Land,” was named a 2022 coup de coeur by the American Library in Paris. His second book, “These Bones Can Speak,” will be released by Little A in January 2027. Adin teaches at the City University of New York.

Dr. Raymond Doswell

Executive Director, Greenwood Rising Black Wall Street History Center

Dr. Raymond Doswell is a seasoned public historian, educator, and museum executive with close to 30 years of experience. He has collaborated with regional and national entities such as museums, filmmakers, governmental organizations, public museums, manufacturers, colleges and schools, advising and directing projects on history and culture. This work includes managing and advising the development of permanent and traveling history exhibitions. He has also traveled extensively as a public speaker on topics of African American history. He was appointed Executive Director of the Greenwood Rising Black Wall Street History Center in January 2023. Before that, he served as Vice-President of Curatorial services at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, where he managed exhibitions, archives and educational programs from 1995-2022.

Clive Harris

Co-Owner and Guide, Battle Honours

Clive Harris, the co-owner and guide of Battle Honours, served in the Royal Signals and Hertfordshire Constabulary before starting his career in military history in 1998. He is currently preparing his Ph.D. in association with the National Army Museum.

Harris holds badge number 33 within the Guild of Battlefield Guides. His areas of expertise include The Retreat of 1914, The Gallipoli Campaign, The London Blitz and the Italian Campaign of 1943/44. He was the 2021 Douglas Haig Fellow, is a member of the British Commission for Military History and is a proud Freeman of the City. A keen sports fan, he is also the historian for Charlton Athletic Football Club. 

During the WWI centennial, Harris was an advisor to the UK Government and has been featured in numerous media over the last 20 years, including the BBC. His published works include “Walking the London Blitz,” “A Wander through Wartime London” and “The Greater Game.”

Dr. Chris Juergens

Senior Curator, National WWI Museum and Memorial

Dr. Chris Juergens was hired at the National WWI Museum and Memorial in 2024. He develops, refines and interprets the collection, plans exhibitions, conducts scholarly research and supports public programming. Juergens holds a Ph.D. in History from Florida State University.

Dr. Ansgar Molzberger

Senior Lecturer, German Sport University Cologne’s Institute of Sport History/Olympic Studies Centre and Scientific Director, German Sport University Cologne’s Carl and Liselott Diem Archive

Ansgar Molzberger, born 1972, studied sport science, Scandinavian literature and linguistics, philosophy and sport history at the German Sport University Cologne, the University of Cologne and Stockholm University. He has a Ph.D. in sport history and is Senior Lecturer at the German Sport University Cologne’s Institute of Sport History/Olympic Studies Centre – focusing in particular on the Olympic Movement, Scandinavian sport history, the history of sport science and sports archives and museums. He is the Scientific Director of the German Sport University Cologne’s Carl and Liselott Diem Archive and was previously Curator of the German Sport & Olympia Museum.

Chris Serb

Independent Historian and Author

Chris Serb is a Chicago-based freelance writer who specializes in sports history, Chicago history and general features. He is the author of three books, including “War Football: World War I and the Birth of the NFL,” which won the Professional Football Researchers' Association's Nelson Ross Award as best football history book of 2019.