BROWN UNIVERSITY - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Urban Education Policy ( UEP )
Biography
Abigail McClain is a secondary Special Educator at Achievement First Providence Academy Middle School, a public charter school. She began her career in education as a 2021 Teach For America Rhode Island corps member. Abigail is a passionate educator and advocate who is deeply committed to equitable access to education for all learners.
During her first year teaching, leading both math and English intervention classes, Abigail prioritized an adaptive and asset-based approach to instruction while simultaneously maintaining rigor and challenge. She creates academic environments that support the varying learning needs of students by incorporating student choice into all aspects of her teaching. She believes students are best supported when they are at the center of their school experience. While at Brown and beyond, Abigail plans to focus her studies and work on implementing inclusive, culturally-responsive, trauma-informed, and asset-based approaches to support neurodivergent learners.
Abigail received her education at Fordham University in New York City with a B.A. in English and Art History. She also holds a Master's of Education from Rhode Island College. She is eager to begin this new journey by working towards her second master's degree in Urban Education Policy while continuing her work as a teacher. Abigail believes for equitable change to occur at the systemic level, the belief and pursuit for equity must persist at the most fundamental level of teachers and students. Therefore, she is honored to work towards this goal as an Urban Education Fellow at Brown University and as a teacher in Providence, Rhode Island.
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts in Teaching ( MAT )
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts in Teaching ( MAT )
Alea Rubin Evens is originally from Chicago, IL, and is a part of the MAT science cohort. She recently graduated from Georgetown University with a B.S. in Biology and a minor in Education, Inquiry, and Justice. During college, she spent time in D.C. Public Schools science classrooms, serving in both tutoring and teaching assistant roles. Additionally, she worked as a program specialist for the Pivotal Network, a professional learning network for teachers of first-generation and lower-income students. Alea is passionate about facilitating science learning that is culturally sustaining and integrates local communities. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, trying new restaurants with friends, and watching movies.
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts in Teaching ( MAT )
Amanda Li (she/her) recently graduated from Brown University with a B.A. in Chemistry and Education Studies and is now part of the MAT science cohort. During college, she worked as a tutor at Hope High School in a special education classroom, and in past summers, she has worked with middle and high school students as a summer school teacher in her hometown, New York City. Besides her passion for teaching, Amanda also loves reading, finding cool origami designs, video calling with her family, and learning new idioms. Upon graduating from the MAT program, she hopes to use what she has learned to teach chemistry in an accessible and culturally responsive way.
Amy Gaulke (she/her) is currently a senior at Brown University concentrating in Biology A.B. She is a member of the MAT 2025 cohort and a recipient of the Urban Education Fellowship. Amy volunteers with Brown Elementary After school Mentoring (BEAM) and spent the past summer assistant teaching at Nah Ah Shing Schools in Minnesota. Amy hopes to become a high school biology teacher at low-income schools.
Job Titles:
- Vartan Gregorian Assistant Professor
Andrea Flores is a cultural anthropologist who specializes in the anthropology of education. Her research interests primarily center on Latino/a youth's higher educational aspirations and experiences of social belonging.
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts in Teaching ( MAT )
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts in Teaching ( MAT )
Ayanna Tafe graduated from Brown University in 2023, with a degree in Comparative Literature with honors, with a focus on the translation of Latin and French literature. Prior to Brown, she matriculated through the Providence Public School system and is a proud graduate of Classical High School. While an undergraduate student, she was a teaching assistant in a Providence elementary bilingual classroom as a Bonner Community Fellow. During her senior year, she studied abroad at the Sorbonne in their Comparative Literature department.
She is passionate about teaching, language learning, and how the intersection of culture and language can be integrated into the classroom to create equitable spaces for students from varying socio-economic backgrounds. She hopes to use her language skills to become an English or a world language teacher.
Outside of academia, she enjoys playing the flute, drinking coffee, and making Pinterest boards. She is very excited to meet other MAT and UEP students!
Job Titles:
- Adjunct Lecturer in Education, Teacher Residency Site Leader - Blackstone Academy
Job Titles:
- Communications, Recruitment, and Outreach Specialist
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts in Teaching ( MAT ), Urban Education Fellow, MAT Student Ambassador
Celenah Watson (she/her) is a graduate student at Brown University, pursuing her Master of Arts in Teaching in Social Studies. Celenah was born in Detroit, MI, but grew up in Hackensack, NJ, where she attended local public elementary and middle schools. As an undergraduate at Brown University, Celenah assisted with her professors' research on racial disparities in school discipline, ways in which educators can improve student learning and retention in STEM classes, and on school/classroom interventions targeted toward student academic achievement. She spent her final semester at Brown volunteering with a bilingual classroom of 3rd graders at William D'Abate Elementary, a public school in Providence, RI. With her MAT, Celenah is looking forward to being a Social Studies teacher for middle and/or high school students in Providence Public Schools. In her free time, Celenah loves to listen to music, take walks, and Facetime with her nephews.
Job Titles:
- Urban Education Policy ( UEP )
Job Titles:
- Urban Education Policy ( UEP ), Urban Education Fellow
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts in Teaching ( MAT ), Urban Education Fellow
David Rangel is a sociologist of education. He studies the relationship between education and social inequality, with emphasis on the Latinx experience in the United States. In particular, his research examines family-school relations, focusing on how social class, race, ethnicity, and the broader social context structure relations within families, between families, and between families and schools.
Job Titles:
- Adjunct Lecturer in Education, Teacher Residency Site Leader - Central Falls
Diane Silva Pimentel's career has focused on secondary science education, but she works towards creating educational settings that support the growth and success of all students. She began this work as a classroom teacher and continues this work now working with pre-service and in-service teachers. As the Director of the Brown Master of Arts in Teaching program, Silva Pimentel's goal has been to develop a program that prepares our graduate students to meet the multifaceted responsibilities of the teaching profession in a way that positively impacts their students and communities. Specifically in science education, her main interests focus on supporting the participation and persistence of underrepresented students in STEM. She accomplishes this by serving as a faculty member in teacher preparation, creating professional development opportunities for science teachers that support the implementation of reform-based and culturally responsive teaching approaches, and with her scholarly contributions to the field.
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts in Teaching ( MAT ), Urban Education Fellow
- Science )
Doré Young has wanted to be a teacher since 8th grade. This ambition prompted her to use high school as job shadowing and teach at MESD Outdoor School in Oregon, where she sang silly songs and unearthed many earthworms. She was later crowned a Portland Rose Princess and received the Friends of Outdoor School scholarship. At Colorado College, she was the Student Body President, won the Exceptional Engagement in Diversity and Inclusion Award, and totally fell in love with chemistry. Doré is excited to show students that pouring from containers to other containers (one of our most primal human instincts) can serve as a way to a brighter future. Along with being a scientist, she is a choreographer excited to expand her creative horizon Eastward. After completing the MAT program, Doré will stay in Rhode Island as an Urban Education Fellow.
Dr. Jin Li is Professor of Education and Human Development at Brown University. Originally from China, she received her B.A. in German from Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Languages in 1982. She earned her first Ed.M. in education from the University of Pittsburgh in 1988, her second Ed.M. in Administrative Planning and Social Policy in 1991, and her doctoral degree in human development and psychology from Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1997.
Duoyi is also an artist who enjoys exploring various mediums, ranging from traditional oil paint and sculpture to digital illustration. With her research and data analysis skills from her economics background and her creativity as an artist, she is eager to excel in the program and seize this valuable opportunity to move closer to her vision.
Job Titles:
- Urban Education Policy ( UEP )
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts in Teaching ( MAT )
Elliana Reynolds (she/hers) is currently pursuing her MAT in Social Studies at Brown University. Originally from Zion, Illinois, she previously graduated from Brown with two bachelor's degrees: History and Education Studies. During her time there, she volunteered at local schools as a mentor to younger students, conducted early American research, wrote in student publications, and passionately participated in an activist group dedicated to promoting student equity in Providence and at Brown. In her day-to-day life, she enjoys reading, writing short stories, watching period pieces, and discussing and putting into action intersectional feminism. While in and after graduating from the MAT program, Elliana is excited to be a social studies educator rooted in values of social justice, critical thinking, curiosity, empowerment, joy, and community.
Job Titles:
- Urban Education Policy ( UEP )
Emily Greenberg graduated with her Bachelor's degree in English and Education from Brown University in 2019. She taught fourth grade in Nampa, Idaho where she became especially curious about how teacher education programs often recreate systems of violence and how teacher training can be a disruptive and liberatory practice. She currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island, and works in higher education administration. Outside of work, Emily is writing two novels for children inspired by her visions of education beyond the traditional classroom. In her spare time, you can find Emily knitting sweaters, sewing quilts, and reading with her cat.
Job Titles:
- Professor of Practice in
- Professor of the Practice
Emily Kalejs Qazilbash is a Professor of Practice in Education at Brown University. Dr. Qazilbash most recently served as Chief Human Capital Officer in the Boston Public Schools. After beginning her career as a teacher in Baltimore and Boston, she conducted research focused on issues of teacher quality and worked on issues such as educator evaluation, teachers unions, school reform efforts, and Peer Assistance and Review (PAR) programs. She holds degrees from the University of Virginia and the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Job Titles:
- Urban Education Policy ( UEP )
Emily Plummer is from San Diego, California, and moved to Providence during the summer of 2022. She is an elementary school teacher in Central Falls, Rhode Island, and will teach throughout her studies at Brown. Emily became interested in education policy while studying international relations and political science at Simmons University in Boston, Massachusetts. She was able to immerse herself in local politics through various internships at the City of Boston, the Mayor's Office of Women's Advancement, the Massachusetts State Treasurer's Office of Economic Empowerment, and the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Emily's interest in educational equity and passion for working with children motivated her to pursue Teach For America as a postgraduate pathway. As a Teach For America Rhode Island 2022 corps member, Emily began her career in education as a 5th-grade science teacher and quickly found her love in advocating for high-quality, rigorous educational experiences for all students. During Emily's first year of teaching, she also pursued her Master's degree in Elementary Education from Rhode Island College. During her meaningful experience as a first-year teacher, Emily saw firsthand the dire need for increased support and allocation of resources in an effort to close the opportunity gap for students who are disproportionately affected. Through the UEP program, Emily hopes to find out answers to the questions she has run into as an educator in Providence and seeks to be an agent for positive change within the educational system at the local level. Outside of being an educator and graduate student, Emily enjoys facetiming her family in California, staying active outside, and exploring all the things that Rhode Island has to offer.
Job Titles:
- Urban Education Policy ( UEP )
Biography
Originating in a slum called Esqueleto in the city of Duque de Caxias, Brazil, Ezequias embarked on a journey characterized by social impact, personal growth, and an unwavering commitment to anti-racism movements. His path of community engagement started with a course called Social Projects Agent at SENAC when he was a freshman at Polo Educacional SESC High School, where he learned how to plan, organize, and execute impactful projects that ensured access to food and leisure for marginalized communities, laying the foundation for his passion for community involvement. Later, during his studies in Social Sciences and Management and Evaluation of Public Policies at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, he showcased his dedication to community well-being and social progress through his long involvement with Coletivo Nuvem Negra. There, he participated in, organized, and led meetings for black and brown student activists focused on proposing concrete actions to promote human rights and anti-racism both within and outside the college.
In 2019, he was awarded a full-ride scholarship from Brazil's federal government to study Community Development, Urban Communities, Public Policies, and African-American Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). This transformative experience deepened his dedication to uplifting underprivileged communities. Subsequently, after his time at UIUC, he continued his educational journey as a Sociology Teacher, learning how to develop innovative smart-learning active teaching methodologies and honing his pedagogical skills to engage high school students in both traditional classrooms and remote settings. His unwavering commitment to volunteerism relies on his hope to leave a lasting impact on communities in Rio de Janeiro and beyond. He passionately dedicated his time and expertise to empower underprivileged adolescents, participate in the distribution of essential supplies to thousands of families in need, and promote human rights and progressive political perspectives in marginalized areas through organizations such as Instituto Identidades do Brasil, Nós em Movimento, Rede Cruzada, Junior Achievement, and Coletivo Esperançar. In the first semester of 2023, he was invited to work as a Parliamentary Assistant at Brazil's House of Representatives, where he tackled issues such as anti-racism and the defense of the secular state through his skills in promoting community engagement. These diverse experiences have not only enriched his knowledge but also fueled his unrelenting passion to create a more equitable world through education, community involvement, and advocacy.
Ezequias is also a man of passion for creativity through art. As he likes to say, "When I'm not working for change, you can find me immersed in my hobbies like drawing, sculpting, playing the guitar, and singing, turning life's canvas into a melody."
Job Titles:
- Urban Education Policy ( UEP )
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts in Teaching ( MAT )
Currently, Haddie is a full-time graduate student in Brown University's Urban Education Policy program. She is interning at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University and will be focusing on high-impact tutoring with Brown Tutoring Corps. Haddie is interested in the continued research on the outcomes of high-impact tutoring being implemented in the Providence Public School District.
Indira Gil holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction in Mathematics from Florida International University. Dr. Gil has extensive experience teaching mathematics at the middle school, high school, and college level. Her research interests include making mathematics accessible to all students, aiding students in developing their math identities, culturally responsive teaching, supporting teacher agency and advocating for educators.
Job Titles:
- Urban Education Policy ( UEP ), Urban Education Fellow
Job Titles:
- Academic Program Manager
- Student Ambassadors
Job Titles:
- Professor of Education, Professor of Economics
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts in Teaching ( MAT )
John Higgins was born and raised in the foothills of Southeastern Ohio in a river town by the name of Ironton. He graduated from Ohio University with a bachelor's degree in history and political science. During his undergraduate career, he was able to substitute teach in the local school districts, teach Spanish to kindergarteners through a university partnership, and be active in his hometown's historical society. John is honored and humbled to be accepted into Brown's MAT program, where he hopes to learn how to prepare the next generation of students.
Job Titles:
- Director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Associate Professor of Education and Economics
John Papay is an Associate Professor of Education and Economics at Brown University. His research focuses on teacher policy, the economics of education, and teacher labor markets. He has published on teacher value-added models, teacher evaluation, high-stakes testing, teacher compensation, and program evaluation methodology. He has served as a Research Affiliate with the Project on the Next Generation of Teachers and a Doctoral Fellow at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard.
John Palella joins us from Clark University where he was the inaugural postdoctoral teaching fellow in the Center for Gender, Race, and Area Studies. Dr. Palella has been working in history and social studies education since 2002 as a social studies teacher, researcher, teacher educator, and professor. After finishing his M.A. in social studies education at New York University, Dr. Palella then went on to complete a Ph.D. in gender history from the University at Albany, S.U.N.Y. His research and teaching interests are in histories of race, gender, and sexuality; promoting antiracism through storytelling, role playing, and process drama; and teaching LGBTQIA+ history in social studies classrooms.
Job Titles:
- Adjunct Lecturer in Education, Teacher Residency Site Leader - Hope High School
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts in Teaching ( MAT ), Urban Education Fellow
Job Titles:
- Urban Education Policy ( UEP ), Urban Education Fellow
Currently, Josh is a 2021 Teach For America corps member and teaches secondary English Language Arts at Blackstone Valley Prep (BVP). He is honored to receive Brown's Urban Education Fellowship and looks forward to pursuing his MA in Urban Education Policy. "
Job Titles:
- Urban Education Policy ( UEP ), Urban Education Fellow
Julia Upton is a recent graduate from the University of South Carolina, she holds a Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education. Through her involvement in the Ronald McNair internship program, Julia conducted research on implicit bias among educators, specifically focusing on school disciplinary disparities. She is driven by her passion for equity and social justice in education. Her work in multiple undergraduate research labs at UofSC centered around race and equity services, allowing her to work on projects related to racial redlining and energy vulnerability. Julia's ultimate ambition is to return to the classroom and teach, and later work for the Federal Department of Education, advocating for policies that address educational disparities and ensure equal opportunities for all students.
Recognizing the importance of a deeper understanding of policy development and implementation, Julia has set her sights on pursuing a Master's degree in Urban Education Policy at Brown University. She believes that this program will equip her with the knowledge and skills necessary to make a meaningful impact in the field of education.
Job Titles:
- Director of the Master of Arts
- Senior Lecturer, Director of Teacher
Katie Rieser is the Director of the Master of Arts in Teaching program and a Senior Lecturer in Education. Before coming to Brown, she was a lecturer in English Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She spent the first decade of her career as a middle and high school teacher and dean of curriculum in Cambridge, MA. Her research connects teacher education pedagogy with anti-racist best practices in K-12 schools.
Katie received her A.B. in English from Harvard University and her Master's in urban education policy from Brown. She is a Ph.D. student in the Teacher Education and School Improvement program at UMass Amherst.
Job Titles:
- Chicana Writer
- Urban Education Policy ( UEP )
Job Titles:
- UEP Program Director
- Walter and Leonore Annenberg Professor of Education Policy, Professor of Political Science, Professor of International and Public Affairs, Professor of Urban Studies
Kenneth Wong is the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Chair for Education Policy and director of the Urban Education Policy A.M. program at Brown University. He is also a Professor of Political Science and Professor of International and Public Affairs. He has conducted extensive research in the politics of education, federalism, policy innovation, outcome-based accountability, and governance redesign (including city and state takeover, management reform, and Title I school-wide reform).
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts in Teaching ( MAT )
- Member of the MAT Social Studies
Kiana Harriel (she/her/hers) is a member of the MAT Social Studies cohort. She lived in Florida and Rhode Island before moving to Massachusetts for college. In 2019 she graduated from Wheaton College with a bachelor's in anthropology and a minor in Education. Here she served as an anthropology teaching assistant, tutor, and collections assistant for the Wheaton Permanent Collection. After college, Kiana moved to Daejeon, South Korea to teach English as a second language and developed bi-annual enrichment programs for her middle school students. At Brown, she is excited to fulfill her goal of becoming a social studies teacher and inspire her students to be lifelong learners. In her free time, you can find Kiana at a museum, watching Real Housewives, or making art.
Job Titles:
- Urban Education Policy ( UEP )
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts in Teaching ( MAT )
Larkin Denlinger (she/her) was born in Bangalore, India - along with her twin sister! - and moved to the U.S. when she was adopted at the age of one. She grew up in rural New Jersey with a backyard full of pets and a house full of siblings. Larkin attended public schools and then Colby College in Waterville, Maine. She graduated Class of 2022 with a B.A. in Biology and Educational Studies.
As an undergraduate, Larkin was involved with Colby Cares About Kids, Colby Outing Club, Colby Outdoor Orientation Trips, tutoring at the local YMCA, and Colby College Billiards Society. These extracurricular activities focused on her passion for creating community and connection, among both youth and her peers. She also completed two Breakthrough Collaborative summers in Manchester, New Hampshire, and Cambridge, Massachusetts. Both summers she taught chemistry to traditionally underrepresented middle school students in these urban areas. She also advised and organized club activities during this time. Breakthrough was what solidified Larkin's goal to become a teacher.
After graduating, she spent a year as a Science Teaching Fellow at Providence Day School in Charlotte, North Carolina where she served in middle school and upper school science classes.
Larkin is pursuing an MAT in Secondary Biology Education in hopes of becoming a high school biology teacher and sharing her love of the sciences, particularly botany! In her free time, you can find Larkin perfecting the chocolate chip cookie, taking leisurely walks, or relaxing with her cat, Cheddar.
Laura has come to Brown from the University of California, Berkeley where she is completing doctoral work and where she worked in a multicultural urban teacher education program. Laura brings a wealth of both K-12 teaching and administrative experience, along with research interests that range from issues around project-based learning to the use of drama in teaching literacy to preservice teacher performance assessment.
Job Titles:
- Academic Department Manager
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts in Teaching ( MAT )
Leo Gordon (he/him) is a graduate student at Brown University pursuing a Master of Arts in Teaching in the English cohort. Leo loved to read from a young age, checking out dozens of books at a time from the library. As an undergraduate at Brown, he took many literature and writing classes but was ultimately captivated by the theory and practice of equitable and engaging education. After policy research, tutoring local elementary schoolers, and two summers teaching at Generation Teach Providence, Leo is committed to becoming an educator with a special interest in instructing multilingual learners. Outside of school, he loves to play piano, hike, and bike in nature, and play Ultimate Frisbee with the University's men's team, Brownian Motion.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of Education Policy
- Director of the Urban Education Policy a.M. Program
Job Titles:
- Annenberg Associate Professor of Education Policy
Lindsay C. Page is the Annenberg Associate Professor of Education Policy at Brown University and is a faculty research fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Her work focuses on quantitative methods and their application to questions regarding the effectiveness of educational policies and programs across the pre-school to postsecondary spectrum. Much of her work has involved large-scale experimental or quasi-experimental studies to investigate the causal effects of strategies for improving students' transition to and through college. She is particularly interested in policy efforts to improve college access and success for students who would be first in their families to reach postsecondary education. She holds a doctorate in quantitative policy analysis and master's degrees in statistics and in education policy from Harvard University. She earned her bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College.
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts in Teaching ( MAT )
Job Titles:
- Senior Lecturer in Education and History Emeritus
Mahasan Chaney is an Assistant Professor of Education. She received her Ph.D. in Education from UC Berkeley in 2019 and was later a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA) and the Watson Institute at Brown University. Her research and teaching focus on education policy, and the history of education and center on three related policy areas: the racial politics of education, the politics of school punishment, and the ideologies and discourses of federal education reform.
Job Titles:
- Academic Program Coordinator
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts in Teaching ( MAT )
Mark Buckley (he/him) graduated from Brown University with a double concentration in Education Studies and English. He will continue his education at Brown as part of the MAT program. Mark sees teaching as an intersection of his passions for literature, writing, and collaboration. He is excited to learn from his peers, teachers, and everyone involved with the MAT program.
Mark has years of experience in education-related roles, both as a tutor and a summer program co-teacher. Outside of teaching, he has worked on political campaigns and with activist groups in Providence. During his time as an undergraduate at Brown, he contributed to student publications as a writer and editor. In addition, Mark enjoys hobbies such as playing basketball, gardening, and playing guitar.
Job Titles:
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Education, Stark Family Executive Director, Howard R. Swearer Center for Public Service, Associate Dean of the College for Engaged Scholarship
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor of Education and Economics at Brown University
Matthew Kraft is an Associate Professor of Education and Economics at Brown University. His research and teaching interests include the economics of education, education policy analysis, and applied quantitative methods for causal inference. He studies human capital policies in education with a focus on teacher effectiveness and organizational change in K-12 urban public schools.
Job Titles:
- Adjunct Lecturer in Education, Director of Operations and the Brown Learning Collaborative, Sheridan Center for Teaching & Learning
Job Titles:
- Adjunct Lecturer in Education, Teacher Residency Site Leader - Paul Cuffee
Job Titles:
- Urban Education Policy ( UEP )
Job Titles:
- Urban Education Policy ( UEP )
Job Titles:
- Urban Education Policy ( UEP )
Job Titles:
- Urban Education Policy ( UEP )
Job Titles:
- Visiting Assistant Professor
Pierre de Galbert is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Brown University in the education department. His research focuses on language of instruction policies in low- and middle-income countries, and the association between language policies and learning in the early years of formal school. He is particularly interested in the multi-dimensional set of factors that influence both the language policy decisions and their implementation. He is also interested in educational measurement, specifically focusing on literacy acquisition in non-dominant languages.
Job Titles:
- Expert
- Visiting Assistant Professor
Prof. Hilary Levey Friedman is a sociologist and expert on beauty pageants, childhood and parenting, competitive afterschool activities, and popular culture who teaches courses in the Department of Education at Brown University (where she is also an Affiliate of the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy). She holds degrees from Harvard University, Princeton University, and the University of Cambridge.
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts in Teaching ( MAT )
Job Titles:
- Urban Education Policy ( UEP ), Urban Education Fellow
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts in Teaching ( MAT )
Job Titles:
- Urban Education Policy ( UEP )
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- Urban Education Policy ( UEP )
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts in Teaching ( MAT )
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor
- Department Chair, Associate Professor of Education, Associate Professor of History
Tracy Steffes is an Associate Professor of Education and History. Her primary research and teaching interests are twentieth-century United States history, the history of American education, and political and policy history.
Tricia Kelly has extensive experience working with Multilingual Learners as a teacher, program consultant, and curriculum specialist. She has taught in Spanish/English bilingual programs in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island and has served as an MLL Specialist supporting teachers in Providence-based charter schools. She earned her doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University where her research focused on cross-cultural relationships within dual-language programs. Current research interests include ways to infuse asset-based and culturally-affirming practices into integrated programs for Multilingual Learners in K-12 school settings.
Job Titles:
- Vartan Gregorian Assistant Professor
Job Titles:
- Visiting Associate Professor in
Yoko Yamamoto has examined education, families, and children in diverse sociocultural contexts over the last 20 years. Integrating theories and research in psychology, sociology, and education, she has focused on understanding parental beliefs and engagement in their children's education and documenting how educational advantages or disadvantages emerge in association with socioeconomic status, gender, ethnicity/culture, and minority/immigrant status. She currently conducts longitudinal research examining both strengths and challenges in diverse families' socialization and their children's development of learning-related beliefs and attitudes in Japan and the U.S.
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts in Teaching ( MAT )
Job Titles:
- Master of Arts in Teaching ( MAT )