Joseph Welch was recently named The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History’s 2018 National History Teacher of the Year and, at 33, is the youngest winner to date. An eighth grade social studies teacher at North Hills Middle School in Pittsburgh, Welch has also been the curriculum chair and project advisor for Project Connect, a sponsor of the National History Day Program for Regional Students and the director of North Hills Middle School’s D.C. Trip Program.