*The following students have granted permission for their personal information to be posted on the website

Cohort 06:

 Haiwen Chu

Adjunct Lecturer at Brooklyn College School of Education; Teacher research with Centering Teaching of Mathematics on Urban Youth and MetroMath

Research Interests: English language learners, Latinos, mathematics, and teacher identity

 Erica Chutuape

GTF Fellow, Brooklyn College

Research Interests: One-and-a-half and second generation Asian American students attitudes toward schooling, ethnic/racial identity, assimilation, race, equity, and  justice issues in urban education

 Kirsten Cole

Teacher of art education and teacher inquiry classes at Brooklyn College and Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus

Research Interests: The relationship between families and schools

Jory Dalrymple

Special Ed. Teacher, South Bronx 

Research Interests: Attrition and retention (of teachers)

Ivana Espinet

Teacher of media literacy, social studies and documentary production 

Research Interests: Media education, and after school programs

 Eric Fuchs

Adjunct lecturer in math at Bronx Community College. Active participant in MSPinNYC

Research Interests: Improving math education in urban high schools and community colleges

Nicole Grimes

Middle and High School science educator at a NYC 6-12 college preparatory private school

Research Interests: Teaching and learning in inclusive science classroom using cogenerative dialogues/co-teaching as praxis.

Shana E Henry

Researcher with MetroMath, a NSF funded project

Research Interests: Equity issues in urban education; secondary mathematics education; school structures; and supplementary educational experiences for ‘at-risk’ high school students

Kara Imm

Lecturer, Pace University School of Education

Research Assistant, Urban Math Project Staff, Math in the City (City College)

Research Interests: Teaching and learning of mathematics; equity and social justice in the context of mathematics; teacher education; alternative certification

Samuel E. Jackson

Teacher, LSAMP Researcher Scholar, Lecturer at Queensborough Community College 

Research Interests: Constructing Mathematical Knowledge In Urban Classroom: Using Cogenerative Dialogue To Transform The Teaching And Learning Experiences Of African-Americans And Non-Dominant Students

Fulvia Jordan

Director of Youth Programs, specifically in the area of informal science education 

Research Interests: Globalization and Identity

Joseph Nelson

Adjunct Lecturer in Educational Foundations & Counseling at Hunter

 Research Interests: Race and Equity in Urban Education

Liza Pappas

Research Associate, Education Law Center

Research Interests: Community and Youth Organizing; Participatory Action Research; institutional violence of standardized testing

Malgorzata Powietrzynska

Administrator in an adult, post secondary education setting.  SUNY Brooklyn Educational Opportunity Center

Research Interests: Adult education administration with emphasis on minority students

 Jennifer Primosch

Art educator and artist with experience in the classroom setting as well as with experiential education

Research Interests: Historical contexts of art education in New York City, and the transformative effect of art on New York City youth

Rondi Silva

Humanities teacher at CUNY Prep Transitional High School, a college prep program for out-of-school youth in the Bronx

Research Interests: Issues facing out-of-school youth

 Amanda Winkelsas

Teacher of middle school English Language Arts at Frederick Douglass Academy, a public 6-12 college preparatory school in Harlem

Research Interests: Teacher education, attrition, and retention

Cohort 07:

Shannon Allen

Research Interests: Adult Education. Right now, interested in researching CUNY’s Accelerated Studies in Associated Programs or ASAP. I am interested in learning about the successes this program has proven to be and how the adult basic education system can partner with this effort in order to help GED graduates make a successful transition into community college if they choose to do so.

Strand: POL

Laura Ascenzi-Moreno

Research Interests: Bilingual Education, Multiple Literacies, Development of Teacher Knowledge, Community-Based Schools, & Governance

Strand: AHSS

Part-time teacher-mentor and curriculum coach

Jeremy Benson

Research Interests: Critical Pedagogy and its applicability to addiction recovery programs

Strand: AHSS

Currently a Musician

Mitch Bleier

Research Interests: How can we structure the use of formal (classrooms), informal (museums and science centers) and unstructured (parks, natural areas, city streets, etc.) learning environments to support learners as they develop and practice the skills, habits and mindsets that will enable them to take a scientific (inquiry-based) approach to making sense of their world?

Strand: SMT

Science educator at CCNY; science guy at the Bronx New School

Karen Bonsignore

Research Interests: Technology, teaching and leaning in the 21st Century topics, and teaching methodologies to improve students engagement.

Strand: SMT

Chairman, Health Services Administration Department Director, ePortfolio Project
New York City College of Technology

Helen Creedon-O’Hurley

Research Interests: Science Education, Teacher Education

Strand: SMT

Erin Croke

Research Interests: Higher education, adult education, P-16 issues, college/community partnerships

Strand: POL

Director of Program Development and Evaluation- Office of the University Dean for Health and Human Services City University of New York

Gene Fellner

Research Interests: the interface between social justice, ambiguity, imagination and critical thinking and how those get incorporated into literacy teaching.

Strand: POL

Currently a literacy consultant to the Newark Public Middle Schools and a literacy instructor at New Jersey City University.

Nelson Flores

Research Interests: The new small schools and how they support and/or undermine the education of immigrant students using participatory action research

Strand: POL

ESL teacher at Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies in the Bronx

Claire Fontaine

Research Interests: Efficacy of alternative pathways to teaching; Investigating feasibility of hybrid teacher-artist/teacher-researcher/teacher-writer/teacher-administrator models as way to improve retention; Educational applications of web 2.0; Oral histories

Strand: POL

Scott Gallagher

Research Interests: history of education, the comparative benefits of coeducational classes vs. single-gender classes.

Strand: SMT

Noah Golden

Research Interests: Teacher support for Critical Literacy Education, which may include teacher education, curricular templates, ongoing participatory action research, inquiry groups and mentoring/support structures

Strand: AHSS

* English teacher, Arturo Schomburg Satellite Academy High
School
* Adjunct Instructor: Teaching of English program, Teachers College

Greta Hawkins

Research Interests: the widening education achievement gap between Whites and Blacks, and the attitudinal differences of Blacks, primarily African American males with labeled disabilities, and Whites toward education largely account for the ineffectiveness of solutions already implemented. I want to investigate how the attitudes of both groups have an impact on one another, essentially pushing members of one group to greater attainment of education and members of the other to educational ruination.

Strand: POL

M.S. 113, Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Lead Teacher, Special Education and General Education

Kara Hudon

Research Interests: Math curriculum in the high schools, and whether it is appropriate as is, if it is helping or hurting our students, and if it is preparing them for what they will need in college and their future careers. I am also leaning towards a technology aspect of the curriculum as well.

Strand: SMT

Math teacher at William Cullen Bryant High School in Queens, NY

Chris Johnson

Research Interests: The impact of conservative and corporate philanthropy on public education at the K-12 level, particularly via charter schools.

Strand POL

Director of Sponsored Programs at Queensborough Community College

Dorota Koczewska

Research Interests: Preparing special education students in middle and high schools for independent learning (concentration in Mathematics) through co-generative dialogue

Strand: SMT

Director of Mathematics - District 75 Citywide Program

Rachel Lambert

Research Interests: Critical Special Education, Special Education Policy, Constructivist and Socio-cultural Mathematics Education, Progressive Schools

Strand: SMT & POL

Reynaldo "Rey" Llena

Research Interests: Exploring Emotions, Co-generative Dialogue and
Co-teaching as Tools in Improving Science Test Performance: A
Person-Centered Approach

Strand: SMT

* Regents Chemistry Teacher- Marie Curie High School (Bronx)
on medical leave up to June 2008
* Adjunct Lecturer: Manhattan College & CUNY-Lehman College
* Tutor (high school & college level) elitetutors.net

Jacqui Lubitz

Research Interests: How can school communities/classrooms teach students to be agents of change? The pros and cons of producing students as agents of change and how can some ideas be incorporated into regular education or special education programs? What obstacles does such a goal face?

Strand: AHSS

Roland Lucas

Research Interests: Multicultural Education, Science and Math curriculum enhancements utilizing technology for both learning and delivery; micro and macro policy factors driving inequalities in urban education; organizing for equality in urban education.

Strand: SMT

High School Math Teacher

Edwin Mayorga

Research Interests: Developing a spectrum for understanding forms of teacher-activism, community organizing and social movements; social justice education/curricula; and youth political socialization

Stand: POL and AHSS

Formerly an elementary school teacher in New York City; Currently an instructor and intern supervisor at Hunter College and NYU Steinhardt School of Education; Member of the New York Collective of Radical Educators (www.nycore.org)

Denise McNamara

Research Interests: Science Education Policies. Well my first inclination was to study teacher certification changes vs. curricula changes - for instance, science teachers must be certified in a specific content area now (Chemistry for instance) but the trend in the middle schools is to spiral science (all content on each grade level) - what are the implications when these two policies are implemented in tandem?

Strand: POL

Secondary Science Instructional Specialist - NYC Department of Education

Dayna Navaro

Research Interests: Special Education

Strand: AHSS

Special Education teacher at a public school in Brooklyn, teaching math and science to 7th grade students

Cristian Solorza

Research Interests: Equity issues & policy in urban education; dual language and ESL pedagogy; dialects in the classroom; translanguaging/hybrid language practices; healthy development of our emergent bilinguals; teacher leadership; role of the school administrator in the urban public school

Strand: POL

Lecturer and advisor, Dual Language/Special Education Programs, Bank Street College of Education

Marcos Stafne

Research Interests: Informal Learning through the use of Spectacle and Immersive Environments

Strand: AHSS

Director, Public Programs & Traveling Exhibitions - New York Hall of Science

Miriam Tager

Research Interests: Access to Early Childhood Education

Strand: POL

Director of a preschool in NYC

Zoila Tazi

Research Interests: Early childhood education and its impact on eradicating the achievement gap for Latino immigrant students. Ultimately the connection I hope to make with the research is to express policy implications for school districts serving immigrant populations

Strand: POL

Principal - Roosevelt School - Ossining UFSD www.ossiningufsd.org

Judy Touzin

Research Interests: Urban males and their approach to schools and schooling/ urban schools and their approach to urban males (with a focus on males who have low socioeconomic status) and how these approaches relate to academic achievement; school leadership and how it relates to teacher retention/attrition

Stand: AHSS

Currently a 3rd grade teacher in Harlem (District 5).

Mark Wolfmeyer

Research Interests: History of math education in US schooling; culture and teacher/student identity in math classrooms; the philanthropy and politics affecting educational policy; alternative educational spaces/movements

Strand: SMT

Current Job: Mathematics Educator

Jennie Yi

Research Interests: Asian American student engagement and achievement in schools.

Strand AHSS

Teacher- High School Social Studies. Taught at BN Cardozo HS in Bayside from Sept 1993 to June 2007. Currently at Great Neck South High School

 


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