Curriculum Vitae
Education
EdD University of Connecticut, Educational Leadership - May 2022
Dissertation: “Conversations about Race, Power, and Privilege in White Teachers' Classrooms”
MA University of Virginia, Foreign Affairs
Thesis: “Soviet Involvement in the Arab-Israeli Conflict”
BA Catholic University of America, World Politics
Professional Achievements
- Presenter at the Courageous Conversations National Summit
- Diversity Trainer for the Connecticut General Assembly
- Trainer for Connecticut Teacher and Administrator Evaluation
- Trainer for School Climate and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
- Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship, Cultural Anthropology in Costa Rica, 2000
Experience
Director of Teaching and Learning
LEARN, Old Lyme, Connecticut
Director of Human Capital Development: Newington, Connecticut
Newington Public Schools
Coordinator of Professional Learning: Hartford, Connecticut
Capitol Region Education Council
Education Specialist: Capitol Region Education Council
Provide professional learning experiences for Connecticut teachers in the following areas:
o Implicit Bias
o Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
o Supporting LGBTQIA Students
o Adult Learning Theory
o Social-Emotional Learning
o Universal Design for Learning
o Differentiation Strategies
o Instructional Coaching
o Student Motivation
o Gamification
National Presenter: Bureau of Education Research
Presented workshops in Illinois, New Hampshire and Rhode Island
Adjunct Professor: Albertus Magnus College
Middle School Pedagogy
Presentations and Invited Lectures
Keynote: The Social-Emotional Intelligence and the Robot Uprising
Connecticut Technical Schools, September 2019
Keynote: I see you
Connecticut General Assembly Conference, December 2020
Learning Forward National Conference, 2015, 2014
American Council of Teachers of Foreign Language, 2013
New Teacher Symposium, 2013
Phi Delta Kappa’s Conference for Future Educators, 2013