Matt Kennedy, VP of Legislation 
Kirksville High School

Matt Kennedy is a teacher at Kirksville High School who has worked in the field for 10 years. On top of teaching at KHS, he teaches a summer history class for middle school students at the Joseph Baldwin Academy and works with future social studies teachers at Truman State University. He has developed award-winning interdisciplinary lesson materials on data science and gerrymandering and is active in supporting early-career social studies teachers in Northeast Missouri.

Mr. Kennedy teaches Dual Credit U.S. History (better known to his students as "America: The Eras Tour) along with a rotation of electives that include American History in the Kitchen, American History Through Sport, Local History, and American Popular Music History.