George Heinrichs inspires students to see history as an evolving mix of stories, ideas, and arguments. An avid outdoorsman, George found his path to teaching in the mountains of New England. After earning a bachelor’s degree in religion at Middlebury College in Vermont, he worked as a hut master at five mountain hostels in New Hampshire, educating hikers on the region’s rich story of humans and the environment. There he saw the deep connections among listening, teaching, and supportive leadership. George began his formal teaching career as a History Teaching Fellow at Phillips Academy Andover, returning as a summer session teacher. Most recently, he was a history teacher at Community School in Sun Valley, Idaho, where he taught 9th-grade World History and two senior electives, Islamic Fundamentalism and Modern Middle Eastern Politics, and Debate and Persuasion. He earned his master’s degree in military history from Norwich University in summer, 2018.