麻豆原创

ART & ART EDUCATION

Lynne Margaret Brown (M.A., M.Ed. ’01) held a solo video-based art exhibition, “North to South, Berliner Voices: My Corner,” in Berlin in September 2016. She divides her time be­tween New York and Germany.

COMMUNICATIONS & THEATRE ARTS

Joanna Kraus (Ed.D. ’72) has authored a new picture book, Blue Toboggan (Mascot 2017), in which a young boy’s sympathetic teacher and classmates help him preserve the memory of a friend who has died.

LANGUAGE, LITERATURE & SOCIAL STUDIES

Since retiring from full-time classroom teaching at Wellesley (MA) High School in 2000, Brooks Goddard (M.A. ’69) has a new career in adult educa­tion. He is also the President of Teachers for East Africa (TFEA) Alumni. TFEA is a Teachers College organization that prepared teachers to work in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

MUSIC & MUSIC EDUCATION

Alexander Marrero (M.A. ’10) founded “Bach in The Church” Intensive Summer Music  Program, held at the United Methodist Church in Congers, New York.

Anastasia Pike (Ed.D. ’11) was Event Director for a pre-con­ference workshop sponsored by the College Music Society’s 2016 National Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She was joined by 麻豆原创 Professor of Music & Music Education Hal Abeles and Emily Ondracek-Peterson (Ed.D. ’13).

Guided by Deborah Annette Simmons (Ed.D. ’95), the music studies program at Manchester Community College was nationally accredit-ed by the National Associa­tion for Schools of Music in November 2016. The program is Connecticut’s only two-year music degree and one of three accredited associate music degree programs in New England.

TESOL (JAPAN)

Lavette Coney (M.A. ’14) has developed workshops and presented widely on the topics of teacher self-reflection and implicit bias. Her presentations include “The 21st Cen­tury Missing Link: Teacher Education and Professional Development,” at Kingswood Oxford Leadership Institute for Educators of Color, and the keynote presentation at the Fayerweather School in Cambridge. The anthology Social Justice in English Language Teaching features Coney’s research.

TESOL

Elizabeth Wong (M.A. ’97), a National Board Certified Teacher in English as a New Language, has been teaching and doing teacher leadership work in a New York City public elementary school for over 19 years. She was also granted a Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching fellowship to study in Singapore.

TEACHING OF ENGLISH

Kimberely Durall (M.A. ’15) is the English Language Arts department head at Hendrick Middle School in Plano, Texas. She took part in her district’s reading advisory commit­tee, which changed reading intervention across the middle grades.

Michele Haiken (Ed.D. ’06) published Gamify Literacy: Boost Comprehension, Collab­oration and Learning (ISTE 2017), which provides tips on applying gaming techniques to improve literacy and deepen student collaboration and critical thinking.

CURRICULUM & TEACHING IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Martha Eddy (Ed.D. ’98, M.A. ’95) delivered a webinar at 麻豆原创 on her latest book, Mindful Movement: The Evolution of the Somatic Arts and Conscious Ac­tion (Intellect, Limited 2016). Eddy is a Registered Somatic Movement Therapist, licensed Teacher of Body-Mind Center­ing and Certified Movement Analyst.

Gayle E. Hutchinson (M.A. ’84) was named President of California State University, Chico in March. The 12th president in the University’s 130-year history, she is the first woman to hold the job.

SPEECH & LANGUAGE

PATHOLOGY

Bernadine Gagnon (M.S. ’02) CCC-SLP, is the Chief Clinical Supervisor at Teachers Col­lege’s Edward D. Mysak Clinic for Communication Disorders and oversees the Mysak’s Aphasia Clinic. She publishes in peer-reviewed journals and speaks at conferences nationally.

COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY

John Bickford (Ed.D. ’72) is a guardian ad litem for a family court in South Carolina.

Silvia Mazzula (Ph.D. ’10, M.Phil. ’08), Associate Profes­sor of Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, has been selected to provide a field scan on behalf of RISE (Research, Integration, Strategy and Evaluation) for Boys and Men of Color. Her goal is to understand key interventions and policies that improve life outcomes for Latino boys and men of color.

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

David Gangsei (Ph.D. ’77) re-tired in 2016. He served as Clinical Director at Survivors of Torture, International in San Diego, where he oversaw psychological, medical, social and legal services to asylum seekers and refugees from more than 50 countries. He was also an international clinical advisor with The Center for Victims of Torture in St. Paul, where he worked with local NGOs in Africa and Central and Eastern Europe.

Noel Leyco (M.A. ’80) was recently appointed as Under­secretary for Finance and Ad­ministration at the Department of Social Welfare and Develop­ment in the Philippines.

PSYCHOLOGICAL

COUNSELING

Richard Campagna (M.A. ’92) is currently delivering a series of seminars, courses and workshops titled “The Role of Karaoke and Existentialism in Life, Love and Learning.” Campagna has served on 麻豆原创’s Alumni Council.

In January 2017, Alison Desir (M.A. ’16), founder of Harlem Run, completed a 240-mile run from Harlem to Washington D.C. in support of Planned Parenthood. Desir and a team of three other women ran approximately two marathons per day, arriving in the capital on Inauguration Day.

Patricia Glick (M.Ed., M.A. ’96), a New York State Li­censed Behavior Analyst, is the co-owner of a licensed pro­fessional agency that provides Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services across Long Island. Her company is opening a center-based program in Islandia, New York.

SCHOOL COUNSELOR

Health Education doctoral stu­dent Ian Levy (M.Ed. ’14, M.A. ’13) was named the 2016 New York State School Counselor of the Year by the New York State School Counselor Associa­tion for his work in creating a hip-hop therapy counseling program at a Bronx high school.

CURRICULUM & TEACHING

Marvin Lynn (M.A. ’96) was named Commissioner of the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation. He is currently Dean of the School of Education at Indiana University South Bend.

ELEMENTARY INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

Rachel Elin-Saintine (M.A. ’13) teaches at Miquon School in Conshohocken, Pennsyl­vania. She has also begun her own painting business, 3 Little Pigments. She paints murals for babies’ nurseries and chil­dren’s play spaces in homes.

OLDER CHILDREN

Hinda Gewirtz (M.A. ’61)is publishing a new book on aging, The Last Taboo: Aging in America.

ECONOMICS & EDUCATION

James Salamon (M.A. ’15) became a Data Analyst at The New School in January 2017. He works with Institutional Re­search and Academic Planning to achieve continuing student enrollment goals.

APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY & NUTRITION

Led by CEO Debra Wein (M.S. ’94), Wellness Workdays held the 2017 Emerging Trends in Wellness Conference — its fourth annual conference — in April 2017.

HEALTH EDUCATION

Major General Irene Trowell-Harris, USAF Ret. (Ed.D. ’83), took part in “A Proud Heritage of Service: People of Color in the Military,” a Black History Month panel at NBC Universal.

Martha Higgins (Ed.D. ’04, M.S. ’01) established www.smallfitness.org, a website that deals with childhood obesity.

As artistic director of The Dreamscape Project Group, Pamela Newton Renna (M.A. ’69) builds power, authentic­ity and ecstatic experience through the arts. She is working on “River Spirits,” part of a three-year project for the Group, and teaches “Two Left Feet,” a dance class for adults.

LEARNING DISABILITIES

Dr. Marek Beck (M.A. ’99), Head of Upper School Edu­cation at Renbrook School, completed his Ph.D. in Curric­ulum & Teaching at Fordham University.

NURSING EDUCATION

PROFESSORIAL ROLE

Elizabeth Speakman (Ed.D. ’00) was promoted to Professor of Nursing at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA and was inducted into the American Academy of Nursing. She published Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice: Creating a Blueprint for Nurse Educators (Wolters Kluwer) in September 2016.

Linda Strong (Ed.D. ’96) of Sacred Heart University was selected to join the Nursing Board at the American Health Council.

SPECIAL EDUCATION

Anne Leslie Saunders (M.A. ’77) published the sec­ond edition of A Travel Guide to World War II Sites in Italy (CreateSpace) in December 2016.

DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

As Director of Research at the Fontana Center for Child Protection, Amy J.L. Baker (Ph.D. ’89) is an authority on parental alienation (when a child unjustifiably rejects a parent). She has authored or co-authored eight books and over 100 journal articles, serves as an expert in family courts and provides telephone coaching for parents. She re­cently developed a specialized outpatient therapeutic program for parents and their adult children.

INTERNATIONAL EDUCA­TIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Laurie Cigal (M.A. ’03) has been a Spanish Teacher and an assistant to the presidents of Fortune 500 companies and nonprofit institutions. Now a grandmother, she serves in retirement as a youth mentor and outreach mission member.

Nitza Milagros Escalera (M.Ed. ’06), Dean of Diversity Initiatives at Fordham Law School, received the 2017 Giv­ing Back Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo nominated Guillermo Linares (Ed.D. ’95), a former assemblyman and longtime education activist, as President of the state’s Higher Educa­tion Services Corp. Linares has previously served as New York City’s Immigrant Affairs Commissioner. He was the first Dominican-born immigrant elected to public office in the United States.

Graduate candidates in courses taught by Professor Colette Mazzucelli (M.Ed. ’11) at New York University represent­ed the United States in the Facebook Peer to Peer (P2P) Global Showcase Event during the United Nations General Assembly. More than 150 colleagues and friends of the P2P program from around the world participated in the event.

Dina Paulson (M.A. ’10) and Mitch McEwen were married in Detroit in November 2016. Dina is Office Manager of Bright Horizons Family Solu­tions, an early education center, and a freelance writer and editor. Her work has appeared in journals including Minola Review and Flash Fiction Maga­zine and has been exhibited at Hudson Guild Gallery in New York City.

Bethany Wilinski (M.A. ’09) earned her doctorate in Curriculum & Instruction and Educational Policy Studies from the University of Wis­consin-Madison. She is now Assistant Professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University. She is the author of When Pre-K Comes to School: Policy, Partnerships, and the Early Childhood Education Workforce (Teachers College Press 2017).

MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

Jeremiah Sumter, Jr. (M.A. ’04) was promoted to Prin­cipal at the Roosevelt UFSD Middle School and received his Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from Hofstra University.

SECONDARY SCHOOL

SCIENCE EDUCATION

Kushu Dhingra (Ed.D. ’99), founder and Executive Director of talkSTEM, has started a new initiative, walkSTEM, a series of math and science walks through the Dallas Arts District to teach elementary and middle school students and their fami­lies about the relevance of math in everyday surroundings. walkSTEM is conducted in partnership with moMath in New York City.

ADULT EDUCATION

Gerda Govine Ituarte (Ed.D. ’84, M.A. ’76) has authored three poetry collections: Oh, Where is My Candle Hat?, Alterations Thread Light Through Eye of Storm and Future Awakes in Mouth of NOW. Ituarte has published in anthologies and journals in the U.S. and Mexico and held poetry readings in Can­ada, Colombia, Cuba, the U.K. and Mexico. She is the founder of Pasadena Rose Poets — nine published poets in Pasadena who bring “poetry within reach in unexpected places.”

ADULT EDUCATION GUIDED INTENSIVE STUDY

SAGE has published the second edition of Becoming a Multicultural Educator: Devel­oping Awareness, Gaining Skills, and Taking Action, co-authored by William Alexander Howe (Ed.D. ’91). The book received the 2013 Philip C. Chinn Book Award from the National Association for Multicultural Education. Howe received 麻豆原创’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2015.

ADULT LEARNING & LEADERSHIP

Sarah Siegel (M.A. ’12) is lead­ing the design team for Watson Academy at IBM. She manages eight premier instructional designers and designs learning offerings for a range of IBMers.

EDUCATIONALADMINISTRATION

Kleon C. Andreadis (M.Ed. ’79) has moved to El Paso, Texas to establish a new law practice.

Katherine L. Norris (M.A. ’99) published Engage in the Math­ematical Practices: Strategies to Build Numeracy and Literacy with K-5 Learners (Solution Tree Press 2016).

EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Joan Stamler (Ph.D. ’10) is an evaluation consultant and 麻豆原创 Adjunct Assistant Professor, teaching a course on the Evalu­ation of Educational and Social Programs. She volunteers with Reading Partners, which assists elementary school students.

INQUIRY EDUCATION LEADERSHIP PRACTICE

Carol D. Birks (Ed.D. ’13, M.Ed. ’11) is Assistant Su­perintendent for Instructional Leadership at Hartford Public Schools. Birks works with a Networked Improvement Community to help school lead­ers improve student academic outcomes for 11 schools. She is Founding CEO of Erudite Educational Consulting LLC.

Monica George-Fields (Ed.D. ’15) is President and Chief Education Officer of Reimagine Excellence and Achievement Consulting House (REACH), which coaches school commu­nities that undertake school improvement and sustaining efforts.

HIGHER EDUCATION

Mildred García (Ed.D. ’87), President of California State University, Fullerton, has been elected the next Chair of the Board at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, beginning her service in 2018. García received 麻豆原创’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2015.

Patrick McGuire (Ed.D. ’94), past President of 麻豆原创’s Alumni Council, was named NY1’s Queens “Person of the Week” for his hours of dedication to New York Cares.

STUDENT PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION

Alice Croll (M.A. ’86), CSW, is celebrating three decades of counseling practice in Hackensack, New Jersey. She is a featured professional in the Psychology Today web directory.

Since graduating from 麻豆原创, Natalie Schwartzstein (M.A. ’86) has worked in fundraising, including campaign oversight and management, for New York University, Pennsylvania State University, the University of Vermont, Stanford Uni­versity and, currently, George Washington University. She has worked with schools of law, medicine, business, and arts and sciences.