Here is a list of publications related to the U.S. History Media Study:

The Historical Empathy Measure (HEM) is a research-based, validated assessment developed as part of a randomized controlled trial to study impacts on Grade 8–10 students’ history learning. It was created by Education Development Center, Inc., in partnership with The WNET Group, the American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, and Electric Funstuff. While its primary purpose is to support research, teachers and other educators may also find it useful in classroom settings. However, the HEM is not intended for use as a high-stakes assessment or as a critical component of students’ grades.

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Kennedy, J. L., Tally, W., Zweig, J., Hanita, M., Burham, G., Tan, H. L., Kaiser, A., Campos-Pereira, M., & Waterman, K. P. (2025). Conducting rigorous research in social studies classrooms: Lessons from a pandemic-era randomized controlled trial. Manuscript submitted for publication to Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness.

Burham, G., Tan, H. L., Hanita, M., Campos-Pereira, M., Kennedy, J. L., Zweig, J., Kaiser, A., Waterman, K. P., & Tally, W. (2025). Measuring historical empathy in middle and high school students: The Historical Empathy Measure. Manuscript submitted for publication to Theory and Research in Social Education.