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Educating Harlem, Histories of Learning and Schooling in an American Community ☆

The Department of Arts and Humanities would like to invite you To a Public Lecture by Dr. Khalil Muhammad, the Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Grand Simplification: Historical Illiteracy in the Age of Mass Incarceration Wednesday, April 24th Lecture: 4-6pm in Room 179 Grace Dodge Hall Reception immediately following in …

Posted a month ago by Gretchen

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Cheng-Ling Alice Chen, Recipient of the Dean’s Grant for Student Research ☆

Alice Chen, 2012 recipient of the Dean’s Grant for Student Research, knew from an early age that she wanted to be a teacher. After living in Texas for four years while her father earned his PhD, Chen went back to her home in Taipei, Taiwan with a proficiency in English that set her apart.

Posted 10 months ago by marieweller

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Graduate Spotlight: Janice Marciano Nimetz, History and Education ☆

Janice Marciano Nimetz graduated this May with her PhD in History and Education. Nimetz has taught piano at the Emma Willard School for several years and plans to continue teaching there. Nimetz, who has also studied Musicology, hopes to find more places of intersection for her two passions: music and history.

Posted 10 months ago by Lydia Kim

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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.

Posted 10 months ago by Lydia Kim

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Graduate Spotlight: Gillian Esquivia-Cohen, Bilingual/Bicultural Education ☆

For the past two years as a student in TC’s Bilingual/Bicultural Education program, Gillian Esquivia-Cohen has been working with child immigrants, new-arrivals to U.S. classrooms, and researching traumatic immigration (trauma that results from severe psychological stress either immediately before, during, or immediately after the immigration process.) Traumatic immigration is much more common than educators and …

Posted 11 months ago by Liz Hoelzle

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Graduate Spotlight: Tali Cherizli, Arts Administration

Tali Cherizli graduated in May with a Masters in Arts Administration, and subsequently began an internship at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France. Prior to attending Teachers College, Tali was the Director of Film and Media at the Israeli Consulate.

Posted 11 months ago by marieweller

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Graduate Spotlight: Michael Tillman, Teaching of Social Studies ☆

Michael Tillman graduated with his Master’s degree in Teaching of Social Studies and “loved every last minute of it.”

Posted 11 months ago by Liz Hoelzle

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Graduate Spotlight: Daniel Mann, Applied Linguistics ☆

Daniel Mann graduated this May with his Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics. Looking back at his time at TC, one of the biggest take-aways for him is the ability to relate to a variety of people on different levels.

Posted 11 months ago by Liz Hoelzle

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Graduate Spotlight: Erika Pekar, Art and Art Education ☆

Erika Pekar graduated from Teachers College in May with a Masters in Art and Art Education. Prior to earning her degree, Erika received a Master’s in Elementary Education from Scranton University.

Posted 11 months ago by marieweller

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Graduate Spotlight: Guillermo Marini, Philosophy and Education ☆

Guillermo Marini, a PhD graduate in the Philosophy and Education program, has been busy teaching Multidisciplinary Analysis of Education and Philosophy and Education in Chile at the School of Education of the Universidad Catolica de Chile, where he plans to continue working post-graduation.

Posted 11 months ago by Liz Hoelzle

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Studio Learning and Non-Art Graduate Students: A worthwhile match?

Olga Hubard, Assistant Professor of Art Education at Teachers College, is rethinking what it means to get a graduate education. Her current study, entitled Studio learning and non-art graduate students: A worthwhile match? investigates the benefits of studio art courses for students who are not in an art related field of study.

Posted 12 months ago by marieweller

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Student Spotlight: Christine de Michele ☆

Singer-songwriter, interdisciplinary artist and Master’s of Music Education student, Christine de Michele, blurs the lines between art forms, musical genres and performance practices. Join her on a visual and musical journey at her Master’s Recital Fast Forward Play Pause on Friday, May 11th at 7 p.m. in Milbank Chapel.

Posted 12 months ago by Pressible

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Research Spotlight: History and Education’s Cassandra E. Virgin ☆

This past fall, Cassandra Virgin traded in her finance career at Goldman Sachs for a spot in the History and Education Master’s program.

Posted 13 months ago by Amy Wolf

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Conversations from the Classroom: Revisiting Marisa Militello’s student teaching experience

In the fall, we looked at TESOL student Marisa Militello’s experience as a student teacher in an elementary ESL classroom. Now in her final semester at TC, Ms. Militello has been student teaching at the secondary level.

Posted 13 months ago by Liz Hoelzle

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Student Spotlight on Research: Suzi Bigliani ☆

Suzi Bigliani is currently completing her Masters in Arts Administration at Teachers College, Columbia University. Prior to attending Teachers College she worked in business and client development at Christie’s Auction House.

Posted 13 months ago by marieweller

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Teacher-Student Talk ☆

Teachers in training are often told what they need to do to effectively deliver information to their students. But how does that actually look? How does it sound? The how is exactly what TESOL/Applied Linguistics doctoral student Sarah Creider is seeking to uncover through her research.

Posted 13 months ago by Liz Hoelzle

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Spotlight on Research: Jane Hoellman Kahn

Jane Hoellman Kahn is a New York City based artist and educator. She is the founding art teacher of Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens. In December 2011, she defended her dissertation in Art Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Posted 13 months ago by marieweller

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Culturally Responsive Teaching

Ashley Taylor’s research has brought her into four Social Studies classrooms in newcomer schools across New York City. Through her interviews with teachers and observations of classes comprised of English Language Learners, Taylor has sought to investigate how Social Studies and citizenship education is conceptualized and implemented to culturally and linguistically diverse students.

Posted 13 months ago by Liz Hoelzle

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Parents As Researchers: Musical Lessons From Our Children ☆

Recently, TC's Associate Professor of Music Education Lori Custodero was published in the Huffington Post's internet newspaper.

Posted 13 months ago by Amy Wolf

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Spotlight on Philosophy and Education Alumna Shaireen Rasheed ☆

Shaireen Rasheed is the Associate Professor of Education at C. W. Post Long Island University. She received her undergraduate degree from Stony Brook University in Philosophy, did her Master’s work at The New School in Philosophy, and earned her Ph.D. from TC’s Philosophy and Education program with a concentration in Urban Policy.

Posted 13 months ago by Amy Wolf

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