Biography
Joel Breakstone is Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Digital Inquiry Group (DIG). He directed the Stanford History Education Group from 2013 to 2023. He leads DIG's efforts to research, develop, and disseminate free curriculum and assessments. This work has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, and The Wall Street Journal. His research has appeared in a range of journals, including Educational Researcher, Misinformation Review, and the Journal of Educational Psychology. He completed a Ph.D. at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. Before Stanford, he taught high school history in Vermont.