A message from KATH President, Carolyn Dupont:
Thanks for visiting the KATH website! KATH is a community of history educators from all sectors of the profession; we offer both networking and professional development opportunities that will enhance the quality of history teaching in Kentucky.
One of our most important services is our annual conference, held every fall at a different Kentucky institution. This year's conference will be September 12 on the "Campus Beautiful," Eastern Kentucky University. Our keynote speaker, Dr. Daisy Martin of the Stanford History Education Group, is well-qualified to address our conference theme: "The Unnatural Nature of Historical Literacy." Other conference sessions are in planning phases—but all will be calculated to provoke us to reevaluate our basic assumptions about history teaching.
KATH is pleased to encourage Kentucky’s history students by offering four student paper awards: the Anita Sanford Tolson Award for high school students, the Thomas D. Clark Award for undergraduates in American history, the Ray Betts Award for undergraduates in non-U.S. history, and the George Herring Award for graduate-level papers. All papers must be written by a student at a Kentucky institution. Please follow the links under “mission” to learn more about these awards.
Hope to see you on September 12!
Yours for history education,
Carolyn Dupont
2008-2009 KATH President
Lecturer in History, Eastern Kentucky University

Daisy Martin, Ph.D., is the Co-director of the National History Education Clearinghouse (