Jeff Swisher is a 2024-2025 Teach Plus Indiana Senior Policy Fellow, a history teacher at Griffith Jr./Sr. High School, and President-Elect of Indiana Council for the Social Studies. He is an experienced educator and technology expert, holding prominent roles across various educational institutions where he taught subjects ranging from American history to computer science, and even led extracurricular initiatives such as the Middle School Coding Club and Mock Trial. He served as the lead transition coordinator for the migration of Google Classroom to Schoology for the city of Hammond. Throughout his career, he has received multiple awards for his dedication to teaching and technology, such as the Borland Trainer of Year, BusinessObjects Trainer of Year, NWI Times Teaching Award and Gilder Lehrman Institute’s 2024 Indiana History Teacher of the Year. He holds a BA in social studies education and an MA in American history from Purdue University. He also studied Computer Science and Mathematics at Taylor University.
