Joe Oswald has been teaching United States and Chicago history for over 25 years. He has a master's degree in history from De Paul University, a master's degree in educational administration from Governor's State University, is an International Baccalaureate certified teacher, and has taught an Advanced Placement research course along with a college-credit Chicago history course. Joe has also written a book on the history Chicago's Beverly/Morgan Park neighborhood published by Arcadia Publishing as part of their Images of America series, a home improvement book, and a vocabulary-improvement book.