Barbara L. Tischler is the Associate Head of Curriculum and Instruction at the Academy of St. Joseph. Previously, she was Head of School at the Speyer Legacy School and the associate head for academic affairs at Trinity School in New York City. She is the author of numerous articles on American culture, the 1960s, and aspects of the anti–Vietnam War movement, along with An American Music (1986) and Sights on the Sixties (1992). She has also taught courses on the U.S. Constitution and U.S. history at Teachers College, Columbia University.