Experience

Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Dean For Academic Affairs

  • Jun 2018 - Present



Wheelock College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate Professor of Education

  • Sep 2001 - Present

  Teach undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in becoming the nation's next best educators in elementary and inclusive schools;Teach courses that introduce students to the history of public schooling in America, the philosophies of teaching and learning, curriculum development, and education researchTeach a course titled, "Racial and Cultural Identities" that requires students to examine race, social class, gender, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation and ability; course focuses on self in relation to socialization and the impact that social identity group memberships have within the U.S. culture; issues of identity formation and racial identity development are exploredSupervise student teachers in Boston, Brookline, and Cambridge. Show less

• Dean, School of Education, Child Life and Family Studies

  • Jul 2015 - May 2018

  In this role, I work in collaboration with two Associate Deans, one of Education and another of Social Work to advance the work of our school that prepares early childhood teachers, elementary teachers, social workers, child life specialists, juvenile justice advocates and non-profit leaders. I help support and promote the work of the students and faculty across the departments and represent the interests of the school internally and externally.



Boston Public Schools

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Elementary, Inclusive, and Middle School Educator

  • Sep 1986 - Jun 1998

  Taught adolescents in the Learning Adaptive Behavior (LAB) program at the Dearborn School in Roxbury and at the Edwards School in Charlestown for over a decade; Taught at the Holmes School in Dorchester in an inclusive elementary classroom. Taught adolescents in the Learning Adaptive Behavior (LAB) program at the Dearborn School in Roxbury and at the Edwards School in Charlestown for over a decade; Taught at the Holmes School in Dorchester in an inclusive elementary classroom.



McLean Hospital

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Psycho-Educator

  • Jun 1985 - Jul 1987

  Psycho-educator for children aged pre-school through grade 8 in a unique, psycho-educational classroom for children whose early developmental histories included trauma, mental illness, and abuse; Worked alongside psychiatrists, psychologists, and mental health counselors to provide a collaborative approach to schooling and mental health Psycho-educator for children aged pre-school through grade 8 in a unique, psycho-educational classroom for children whose early developmental histories included trauma, mental illness, and abuse; Worked alongside psychiatrists, psychologists, and mental health counselors to provide a collaborative approach to schooling and mental health