Pratt Institute

Education

PhD, Teachers College, Columbia University; Philosopy and Education and Cultural Studies
M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; Instructional Technology and Media in program of Scientific Foundations
B.A., University of Wisconsin Madison; Philosophy and Women’s Studies

Biography

PhD, in Philosophy and Education and Cultural Studies. Teachers College, Columbia University, Columbia Diversity Fellow 2001-2003 PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS: PAPER: “Re-thinking Melancholia: a Response to James Stillwaggon and David Jelinek,” Presented at annual meeting of Philosophy and Education, Cambridge, MA March 2008. Published in PES Yearbook 2008. CHAPTER: “Are We Going to Prom or to Hell? A New Heroine Emerges through the Domination Conflict,”in B.Frymer, M.Carlin & J.M.Broughton (eds.), Cultural Studies, Youth and Education (Lexington Books, 2011). PAPER: “Writ Large: Graffiti and Praxis in Pedagogical Thirdspaces,” Presented at Philosophy and Education Society Annual Meeting, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, April 2006. Published in PES Yearbook 2006. RESEARCH REPORT: “Evaluation of Intel Computer Clubhouse Year Two Report,” co-authored with Tisha Pryor, Katie McMillan Culp and Matt Levine, Center for Children and Technology, New York, NY September 2002. “Visual Spaces: visual culture and youth’s cultural production in informal learning spaces,” Presented at AERA Conference, New York, NY April 2008. “A shared way: multiple narratives of mourning,” Presentation at CUNY Feminist Studies Group Conference, City University of New York, April 2007. “From the street to the screen: the visual and youth-created thirdspaces as sites for change,” Presentation at Cultural Studies Now Conference, East Docklands, London July 2007. “Alternative Narratives: An exploration of how both researchers and students learn in educational thirdspaces,” Presented at Ways of Knowing in Educational Research, Teachers College, New York, NY March 2006. “Making Thinking Visible: Using Online Tools to Initiate Teachers’ and Students’ Thinking,” Co-authored with Dara Wexler. Presented at SITE Conference, Phoenix, AZ, March 2005. “Dewey’s Hegelian Roots,” co-presented in Panel Discussion, “Dances with Dewey,” at Mid-Atlantic States Philosophy and Education Society Meeting, NYU Steinhardt School, New York, NY, October, 2003. “High School Films and the Domination Conflict,” Presented at Villanova Philosophy and Psychoanalysis Conference, Philadelphia, PA, March 2003. CONSULTING, RESEARCH AND INTERNSHIP: CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND TECHNOLOGY, New York, NY March 2004-July 2005 Research Associate on Intel Teach to the Future Workshops on Interactive Thinking Tools Summer 2002 Intern on Evaluation of Intel Computer Clubhouse project. Conducted field research and assisted in the creating of rubric and evaluation of student work. PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York, NY Fall 2003-Spring 2004 Research Assistant with “Intervention for Achievement” Project, Profs. Carol Dweck and Lisa Sorich Blackwell, principal investigators. COLUMBIA CENTER FOR NEW MEDIA TEACHING AND LEARNING, New York, NY January 2001-Fall 2002 Managing Editor of “The Media Machine Project”, an online database of film clips for use in Cultural Studies courses. Project Director: Professor John Broughton. Writer of online course text. Project Director: Marc Meyer. PLAYING 2 WIN, Harlem, N.Y. A community technology center. June 2000-February 2002 Responsibilities Included: writing grants and assisting in fundraising activities. Instruction of classes on computer skills, writing and social issue; curriculum development. HARLEMLIVE, Harlem, N.Y. An online magazine written and produced by youth of color. January 2000-February 2002 Advisor and curriculum developer of, “It’s A She Thang,” Project, the magazine’s girls’ page. This position was funded by a grant from the New York Women’s Foundation AFROPAEDIA, L.L.C., Cambridge, Mass. The first hypermedia encyclopaedia of the African Diaspora, edited by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. & Kwame Anthony Appiah, produced by the Microsoft Corporation. January 1998-July 1999 COMMISSIONING EDITOR, (11/98-7/99). Managing of contracts, correspondence between contributing writers, editors and Microsoft, and maintenance of contributor database. TEXT-PREP LEAD, (1/98-10/98). Hiring, training and daily direction of a team of text-preppers. Served as liaison between Cambridge staff and Microsoft, providing training on the use of software. RESPOND, Cambridge, Mass. Non-profit agency providing advocacy and services to battered women. March 1998-August 1999 Volunteer educator and counselor on teen dating violence. DANE COUNTY ADVOCATES FOR BATTERED WOMEN, Madison, WI, Summer 1994-Spring 1995 Intern in outreach, one-to-one counseling, hospital advocacy program. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND CONSULTATION: CAMPINTERACTIVE, New York, NY. May 2002-September 2002 A summer experience for teens focusing on outdoor living and web site creation. Revised pilot year curriculum and wrote new curriculum for second year of program. HARLEM SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS, New York, NY, June 2002-September 2002 Managed a team of curriculum developers to implement technology into Dance and Theatre programs, in compliance with ARTech grant award. Worked in conjunction with Institute for Learning Technologies, Teachers College. OXYGEN MEDIA, New York, NY, December 2000-May 2001 Created “Link to Think” Curriculum, a program to teach young women about social issues through the production of an online magazine. Provided curriculum, teacher training and consulting. MOUSE.NET, May 2000-December 2000 In collaboration with Playing2Win, piloted the Young Women’s Technology after school project, which produces online magazines on social issues by young women from the New York Public Schools. Developed Curriculum Pilot and revision, taught course, trained future instructors.