Arts & Humanities

Graduate Spotlight: Marisa Gallin, English and English Education ☆

Marisa Gallin, a recent English and English Education MA graduate, had practiced law for three years before deciding to teach English. She was drawn to the English and English Education program at Teachers College based on its student-centered approach to teaching, focus on literature and writing, and its progressive nature.

Spotlight on English and Education Ph.D. Student Eve Eure ☆

Eve is a Teaching Assistant for the College Teaching of English course and a first year Ph.D. student. She received her undergraduate degree from Smith College where she was a Portuguese and Brazilian Studies major and has degrees from the University of Chicago in Latin American Studies and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in Fiction.

Conversations From the Classroom: Monica Carvalho reflects on her journey to become a teacher

Now in her last semester of the Teaching of English MA program at Teachers College, Carvalho is student teaching at the Beacon School, a public high school on Manhattan’s upper west side. Because of the school’s reputation for having a high quality academic program (to get in, students must go through a rigorous application process …

Breaking Barriers: English Education Diversity Class Welcomes The Steinhardt School of Education ☆

English Education’s Diversity class, taught by Professor Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, recently welcomed special guests: 26 New York University Steinhardt School of Education undergraduates, along with their two professors, Dr. Suzanne Carothers (Director of the Undergraduate Childhood Program in Teaching & Learning at Steinhardt) and Ms. Susan Browne, (lead teacher at NYC's Children's Workshop school).

Racial Literacy Roundtable: Monday, February 13, 2012 ☆

The Language of Race with Lauren Kelly (English Education Doctoral Student) and Miyo Tubridy (English Education MA alumna), Monday, February 13, 2012, 6-8 pm, Horace Mann 152.

INSTEP program in English Education

For three weeks each summer, Teachers College is home to a group of graduate students from across the country who come together for a three-week session in the Intensive Summer Teacher Education Program.

English Education Professor Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz on Bullying ☆

In a story investigating a spate of violent anti-Asian attacks in an impoverished, culturally mixed South Philadelphia high school, Spot.us (a nonprofit platform to pioneer community powered reporting) spoke to English Education Professor Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz about the underlying causes of bullying. Read her response--as well as the steps this particular school took to make the classroom …

English Education Professor Ernest Morrell on Police Discipline in Public Schools ☆

For the first time, police have released records of the arrests and summons they make at public schools. The results have confirmed fears of civil rights groups that pushed for its release. Laura Keller of NY City Lens (a news website produced by students at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism) tells the story, …

Racial Literacy Roundtable: Monday, December 5, 2011 ☆

Improving Anti-Racist Education for Mixed-Race Participants With Eric Hamako (Pre-Doctoral Faculty Fellow, Ithaca College); Monday, December 5, 2011; 5:30-8:00pm; Horace Mann 140.

Spotlight on English and Education Instructor and Student Lance Witt Ozier ☆

Lance is a Ph.D. candidate in English and Education and is a research associate with the National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools and Teaching (NCREST). He is an instructor in teacher education at Teachers College and at The City College of New York. Lance was a founding advisor at the National Academy for Excellent Teaching …

Racial Literacy Roundtable Session: Monday, November 14, 2011 ☆

Examining the Implications of Internal and External Labels With Iesha Jackson and Wanda Watson (Doctoral students, Curriculum & Teaching) Monday, November 14; 5:30-8:00pm; Horace Mann 140.

“Beyond the Bricks” Screening: 11/8/11, 5-7pm; Grace Dodge 179 ☆

Contrasting Similarities: A Profile of A&H’s Student Teachers ☆

The Arts & Humanities department currently has 190 student teachers in English, Art, Music, Social Studies and ESL classrooms throughout New York City. Their backgrounds, motivations, and post graduation plans are as diverse as the students they work with each day.

Conversations From the Classroom: English Education student teacher Rachel Stern shares her story ☆

For Rachel Stern, teaching is both exhilarating and challenging, but she didn’t find this calling overnight. Having studied English at the University of Michigan, she then moved to Los Angeles in hopes of pursuing a career writing for film and television. Disillusionment soon followed, however, when she found screenwriting in the entertainment industry to be …

Racial Literacy Roundtable with Dr. Chance Lewis ☆

October 10 will kick-off the first session of this semester’s Racial Literacy Roundtables Series (RLRs), originally developed by Professor Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz and English Education MA students Emily Carman (’10), Lauren Gengo (’10) and James Kang (’10) to supplement the English Education diversity class and provide another meaningful platform to talk about teaching in a diverse …

Special Issue of the Journal of Negro Education Co-Edited by TC Professor Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz ☆

English Education Professor Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz co-edited a special issue published by The Journal of Negro Education, the longest, continuous journal published in the U.S. about Black issues in education. The special issue, which will be released in on September 23 and announced at the annual meeting of the Congressional Black Caucus (in Washington, D.C.), is …

New Faculty Profile: Dr. Ernest Morrell ☆

Dr. Ernest Morrell’s move from California to New York signals an exciting addition to both Teachers College and the Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME). Both are pleased to welcome Dr. Morrell, who is taking on a faculty position in the English Education program, as well as the role of director of the IUME. …

Spotlight on Alumna Paige Conn: “I Allow My Passion To Be Incredibly Transparent” ☆

Paige Conn is a ninth grade English teacher at The Young Women’s Leadership School in East Harlem and a James and Judith K. Dimon Fellow. She received her MA in English and Education in 2006, and recently returned to TC to present at the Student Press Initiative (SPI) Summer Institute, where she shared her classroom …

Professor Ruth Vinz and “The Body Project”: SPI Summer Institute Session ☆

On July 11-14, TC hosted the Student Press Initiative (SPI) Summer Institute, where 75+ educators of all disciplines gathered to learn about teaching writing, project-based curriculum, and the process of publishing student work. According to Christine Gentry, SPI Curriculum Consultant and Ph.D. Candidate in English Education, the event program had something of a “braided” focus, …

To Be Heard: Giving young people a voice through poetry ☆

“Power writing is about taking control of your life in this world. It’s about using the power you have that people absolutely do not want you to use.” This quote from To Be Heard director, producer, and teacher Roland Legiardi-Laura sums up the essence of why he and his fellow power writing teachers place so …