Experience

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  Institute for Liberatory Innovation

  • U-32 School District

  • Equity Scholar in Residence

    • Aug 2019 - Present
    • U-32 School District

    This action research project seeks to determine if the Equity Scholar in Residence model will result in an increase in the willingness and confidence of school staff to engage issues of equity, and an increase in their knowledge about equity and inequity.

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  Saint Michael's College

  • Lecturer

    • Aug 2011 - Present

    Courses include:Foundations in Gender StudiesMen and Masculinities

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  University of Vermont

  • educator

    • Aug 2006 - Present

    Lecturer in Education, Social Work & Integrated StudiesCourses include:• Challenge of Multiculturalism for Education and Social Institutions. • Reading and Writing Our Lives: Human Development Through Stories. • Race and Racism. • Girls to Women. • Gender & Sexual Identities. • Contemporary Issues in Parenting. • Social, Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education. • Multiculturalism. • Modes of Inquiry: Education for Creativity, Justice, Joy & Thinking.• Modes of Inquiry. Ethical & Moral Issues in Education.

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  Goddard College

  • Core Faculty

    • Aug 1989 - Jun 2011

    Individualized Bachelor of Arts Degree Program. Supervised, advised and assessed interdisciplinary programs of independent study:• Social Justice studies• Oppression and social identity • Autobiography and memoir, reflecting identity development and social and political awareness• Feminist history, psychology, aesthetics, literature & theory• Gay, lesbian and transgender history, literature and politics• Creative writing • Engaged Critical Writing• Educational philosophy, all levels.Facilitate seminars and short coursesSocially Responsible Business & Sustainable Communities Master of Arts Program. Visiting Faculty. Supervised, advised and assessed individualized graduate studies and thesis projects:• Non-profit development and leadership • Living local economies• Identity development in social justice, activism and social changeTeacher Education Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts Degree and Licensure Program. Visiting Faculty. • Facilitated individualized studies with cohort of five urban students of color working toward teacher licensure.Faculty Service:• Interim Co-Director, Individualized BA Program. Appointed by the dean to lead the faculty, inclusive of program development; design and coordination of bi-annual program residencies. • Program Start-up Faculty Mentor/Coach.Appointed by the Dean to mentor new program director and faculty in progressive pedagogy and curriculum design.• Progress Review Committee Chair. Chair three-member faculty review panel for assessment of individual students’ progress toward meeting undergraduate degree criteria, and advising students regarding learning goals and strategies to complete degree requirements.• Undergraduate Curriculum and Assessment Reform Committee Chair. • Community Life Work Group. Appointed by the president to three-member team charged with re-imaging community and student life functions at the College. • Interim Lead Faculty, Individualized BA/MA Program.