Jack L. Nelson is a veteran educator and scholar whose career spans public schools and higher education in the United States and abroad. In 2001, Jack received the National Council for the Social Studies’ National Academic Freedom Award. He began teaching in Denver, Colorado, and later worked with migrant worker children in Riverside, California. Jack earned his B.A. from the University of Denver, his M.A. from California State University, Los Angeles, and his Ed.D. from the University of Southern California.
We are proud to launch the Kirby Edmonds Fellowship Campaign, one of our most important fundraisers of the year.
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OUR MISSION The Human Rights Educators USA (HRE USA) is a collaborative network to learn, teach, organize, advocate, and innovate for human rights education in the United States.
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A call for proposals for the National Council for the Social Studies conference in December 2026 has been announced! This conference is the annual gathering of more than 5,000 social studies teachers and teacher educators from across the US and world, and offers a unique opportunity to feature your work as an educator and practitioner.
You can submit a proposal aligned with both the conference theme AND the strand of Human Rights Education. In 2025, we had over 60 proposals submitted with 20 HRE presentations accepted for the annual conference.
Proposals are due on February 25, 2026
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Support the 2026 Kirby Edmonds Fellowship Campaign
We are proud to launch the Kirby Edmonds Fellowship Campaign, one of our most important fundraisers of the year.
Help us reach our next milestone, there’s still time to contribute!