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Cohort 09:

Andrew Aprile
Graduate Assistant, Music Educator (Manhattan Youth), Musician (mamarazzi)

Research Interest: Multicultural Music Education (with a focus on African music); Application of indigenous knowledge and oral traditions in formal classroom contexts.

Strand: AHSS

Lisa Auslander
Teacher and curriculum developer

Research Interests: Whole child development and data-informed instruction; HIV/AIDS educational policy

Strand: Policy

Olga Calderon
Chief CLT Natural Science at Laguardia Community College

Research interests: Science education, pedagogy in the classroom, science for minority students, careers in science

Strand: SMT

Elizabeth Donahue
Science Teacher and deputy chair at Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice

Research Interests: Teacher voice and involvement in policy, inquiry-based science education, girls in science

Strand: SMT

Annabel D’ Souza
Chemistry teacher at High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture

Research Interests: Teacher education, science learning in the urban classroom, cogenerative dialogues, comparative success of learning science on the international level

Strand: SMT

Kathryn Fangsrud
6th grade English teacher at IS 14S in the Dual Language program

Research Interests: Bilingual education; recruitment of native English speaking families to bilingual programs

Strand: AHSS

Altovise Gibson
Research interests: Arts education, teacher education, teacher narratives, life histories, equity pedagogy

Strand: Policy

Jeremy Greenfield
Teacher and Humanities coach at Bronx Latin

Research Interests: Full service schools; the high school to college transition

Strand: Policy

Noah Heller
Math and physics teacher and director of college counseling at Urban Assembly New York Harbor School

Strand: SMT

Tyrone John
Teaching at Queens Gateway Secondary School, math, data specialist & professional developer

Research Interests: teacher education, virtual manipulatives and its use on a secondary grade level

Strand: SMT

Carolyn King
Instructor of mathematics at Queensborough Community College

Research Interests: Mathematics and higher-order thinking

Strand: SMT

Susan McCullough
Art museum educator

Research Interests: Relationship between formal and informal learning environments; teacher preparation

Strand: AHHS

Christine Olson
Social Studies teacher/Teacher co-director at the James Baldwin School

Research Interests: Teacher preparation for urban schools, performance –based assessment

Strand: AHSS

Chrystina Russell
Principal at Global Tech Prep Middle School in East Harlem

Research Interests: Intersection and influence of public policy on educational practice and policy

Strand: Policy

Jennifer Strycharz
Director Graduate Program in Educational Theatre, The City College of New York, CUNY

Research Interest: Arts Education Policy Reform/Interdisciplinary Arts Integration in the Pre K-12 grade classroom.

Strand: Policy

Ariel Suriel
Bilingual educator at PS/IS 18M

Research Interests: Development of SIFE students within New York City’s bilingual education models

Strand: AHSS

Adrienne Urbanski
Pre-K classroom teacher

Research interests: The History of Progressive Education

Strand: AHSS

Daniel Voloch
Director at CUNY at Home in College

Research Interests: High school to college transition

Strand: Policy

Lesia Wilder
2nd and 3rd grade teacher

Research Interests: Teacher research in science and impact on policy
Strand: SMT

Joanna Yip
College Advisor at International High School at Prospect Heights

Research Interests: College access/career opportunities and development for low-income minority youth, especially girls; connections between educational reform and public policy

Strand: Policy