Bard, A Place to Think - Master of Arts in Teaching

B.A., Kenyon College; M.A.T., Teachers College, Columbia University; Ed.D., Boston University School of Education. Specialization: adolescent literacy with emphasis on urban education reform and teacher education. Taught middle and high school English; co-founded and directed an alternative high school in Chelsea, Massachusetts; conducted staff development in secondary literacy instruction for the Boston Public Schools. With the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, has consulted in urban districts across the country, including the Seattle, greater Minneapolis, and Newark Public Schools. Recipient of Andrew Mellon Fellowship and grants from the Jacob J. Javits Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Contributor to Great Beginnings: Reflections and Advice for New English Language Arts Teachers and the People Who Mentor Them (1998) and Family Literacy: From Theory to Practice (2003). Presented at conferences for the National Council of Teachers of English, the International Reading Association, and the American Association of Educational Research.