Education Department

Graduate Student/UTEP Directory

2017-2018

2017-2018 MAT/UTEP Students MacKenzie Abernethy MAT: English

Preferred name:

MacKenzie

Email:

mackenzie_abernethy

@brown.edu

Hometown: Carefree, AZ

Before MAT: For the past two years in Providence I’ve worked as a curriculum writer and researcher with the Choices Program, as well as assistant to a local non-profit, Frequency Writers. Before that, I taught English abroad with a leadership style that aims to integrate language, politics, and cross-cultural understanding.

Irina Abramov MAT: English

Preferred name: Rina Email: irina_abramov @brown.edu Hometown: Providence

Before MAT: I have spent the last 14 years working in Providence public schools, the last 12 at a small district charter school called Academy for Career Exploration (formerly knowns at Textron Chamber of Commerce Academy). I have developed curriculum for grades 10-12 ELA, Theater, public Speaking and Technical Reading and Writing courses; served as union building delegate; and ran a Latin dance program.

Hayley Beach MAT: Elementary

Preferred name: Hayley Email: hayley_beach @brown.edu Hometown: Latham

Before MAT: Before MAT I was an undergraduate Psychology and Education student at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY.

Molly Condron MAT: Science - Biology

Preferred name: Molly Email: molly_condron @brown.edu Hometown: Cheshire, CT

Before MAT: Prior to the MAT program I was completing my undergraduate degree in environmental science at the University of Vermont.

Michael Creedon MAT: English

Preferred name: Michael Email: michael_creedon @brown.edu Hometown: Medfield, MA

Before MAT: Before the MAT Program, I was teaching English and leading American culture workshops as a Fulbright ETA in Brazil.

Natalie Diehl MAT: History/SS

Preferred name: Natalie Email: natalie_diehl @brown.edu Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

Before MAT: I graduated from Brown in May 2017 as a concentrator in the History department.

Rachel Donnelly MAT: History/SS

Preferred name: Rachel Email: rachel_donnelly @brown.edu Hometown: New Canaan

Before MAT: I spent a year in New York co-teaching 7th and 8th grade social studies in a New York City charter school. Afterwards I decided to move back to my home town in order to save money for grad school by nannying for a six-year-old.

Matthew Dudak UTEP: Science - Physics

Preferred name: Matthew Email: matthew_dudak @brown.edu Hometown: Warrenville, IL

Before UTEP: I am currently (and will continue to be) an undergrad getting an AB at Brown, and participating in the UTEP.

Theodore Follini-Press MAT: English

Preferred name: Theo Email: theodore_follini-press @brown.edu Hometown: London

Before MAT: I have just finished my Brown undergraduate degree, concentrating in classics.

Gloria Garcia MAT: Elementary

Preferred name: Gloria Email: gloria_garcia @brown.edu Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

Before MAT: Before MAT I was still at Brown pursuing a degree in education. However, I spent senior spring studying abroad before coming back right in time for graduation and continuing my time at Brown with MAT.

Bradford Gibbs MAT: History/SS

Preferred name: Brad Email: bradford_gibbs @brown.edu Hometown: New York

Before MAT: Prior to moving to Providence last September with my wife and two children and serving as a long-term substitute teacher, I worked in investment banking and spent the past seventeen years abroad (London, Frankfurt, Johannesburg and Dubai).

Talia Greenberg MAT: Elementary

Preferred name: Talia Email: talia_greenberg @brown.edu Hometown: Brookline

Before MAT: After graduating college in 2015, I spent a year teaching English (grades 1-8) in Taiwan on a Fulbright grant. During the 2016-17 school year, I have been teaching 2nd and 3rd grade general studies while also teaching Judaic studies and music (grades 1-12) part-time.

Emily Hopkins MAT: English

Preferred name: Emily Anne Email: emily_hopkins1 @brown.edu Hometown: Ann Arbor

Before MAT: I finished my MFA in poetry at the University of Pittsburgh in the spring of 2016. Since then I have moved back to New England with my partner and have been working as a veterinary assistant at a local animal hospital.

Diandra Kalish MAT: History/SS

Preferred name: Diandra Email: diandra_kalish @brown.edu Hometown: Pownal, VT

Before MAT: I have been working in educational nonprofits, including UnTabooed, an organization I founded in 2015. I have also been teaching Middle School Debate.

Jessica Karpinski MAT: Elementary

Preferred name: Jessica or Jess Email: jessica_karpinski @brown.edu Hometown: Smithfield, RI

Before MAT: I graduated from Connecticut College in May 2015 with a B.A. in Human Development and a minor in Psychology. For the last 2 years, I have worked in Human Resources and Sales at the Omni Providence Hotel.

Suzanne Keating MAT: Elementary

Preferred name: Suzanne Email: suzanne_keating @brown.edu Hometown: Wakefield, RI

Before MAT: After graduating from Brown in 1989, I worked for a decade as as a journalist in the US and abroad. For the last 17 years, I have been fishing, growing vegetables, reading novels and arguing with the newspaper while intermittently raising my children. Most recently, I have been studying early childhood development at the University of Rhode Island.

Caroline King MAT: English

Preferred name: Caroline Email: caroline_king1 @brown.edu Hometown: Chattanooga, TN

Before MAT: I have been finishing up my undergraduate degree at the University of Georgia, studying English, Sociology, and creative writing. I was an editorial intern at the Georgia Review literary magazine and a tutor at an elementary school in downtown Athens.

Allison Komrower MAT: Elementary

Preferred name: Alli Email: allison_komrower

@brown.edu

Hometown: River Vale, NJ

Before MAT: Prior to the Elementary MAT program, I spent a year working as a first grade teacher in New York City. I also spent a year working in a technology sales position at a company located in Providence called Virgin Pulse.

Kira Leander MAT: English

Preferred name: Kira Email: kira_leander @brown.edu Hometown: Nashville, TN

Before MAT: After graduating from my undergrad in English Lit, I have been working for a nonprofit in Nashville. Nations Academy serves refugee elementary students by working to improve English language skills and helping build safe community.

Jae Kyung Lee MAT: English

Preferred name: Joanne Email: jae_kyung_lee @brown.edu Hometown: Seoul, South Korea

Before MAT: I spent the last four years in Seoul working towards my bachelor's degree in English language and literature. During my undergraduate years, I tutored privately as a part-time job, through which I discovered my desire to pursue teaching as a career.

Jamison Meader MAT: English

Preferred name: Jamie Email: jamison_meader @brown.edu Hometown: South Berwick

Before MAT: Before the MAT program, I studied Comparative Literature (English/Arabic) at Brown.

Anna Meyer UTEP: History/SS

Preferred name: Anna Email: anna_meyer @brown.edu Hometown: Natick, MA

Before UTEP: Anna is a rising senior at Brown. She spent her junior spring semester abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark studying history and child development in Scandinavia.

Roshan Moazed MAT: English

Preferred name: Roshan Email: roshan_moazed @brown.edu Hometown: Brookline, MA

Before MAT: I just graduated this May from Brown University with a Bachelor's Degree in Literary Arts. I transferred to Brown after spending my freshman year at the University of Maryland, where I was first introduced to my love of teaching through the program America Reads America Counts, where I worked as a mentor tutoring first and second graders on their reading and writing in the Prince George County school district.

George Morganis MAT: History/SS

Preferred name: George Email: george_morganis @brown.edu Hometown: Dartmouth, MA

Before MAT: I have been teaching in Japan on the Japanese Exchange & Teaching (JET) Programme since 2015. Before moving to Japan, I lived in Athens, Greece, where I worked on an archaeological excavation.

Taylor Neal MAT: Elementary

Preferred name: Taylor Email: taylor_neal @brown.edu Hometown: Duncan, OK

Before MAT: Before the MAT Elementary program I was teaching 4th grade in Oklahoma City

Ngan Nguyen MAT: History/SS

Preferred name: Ngan Email: ngan_nguyen1 @brown.edu Hometown: Bloomington, MN

Before MAT: I was an undergraduate student at Macalester.

Maureen O’Brien MAT: English

Preferred name: Maureen Email: maureen_obrien1 @brown.edu Hometown: Saint Paul

Before MAT: I worked in advertising in New York City as an editorial director.

David Perry MAT: Science - Biology

Preferred name: David Email: david_perry @brown.edu Hometown: Tiverton, RI

Before MAT: Before the MAT program, I was working in a functional morphology lab helping to develop a new method of studying how footprints are formed so that researchers can be better equipped to study fossilized hominin footprints and make inferences about human evolution and the evolution of bipedalism (walking on two feet).

Charlotte Powning MAT: Elementary

Preferred name: Charlotte Email: charlotte_powning @brown.edu Hometown: Providence

Before MAT: After graduation from Connecticut College, I was an adjunct instructor at Wheeler School. Following that, I taught English in Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan.

Samantha Reback MAT: English

Preferred name: Sam Email: samantha_reback @brown.edu Hometown: Bethesda, MD

Before MAT: I graduated from Brown in 2016, where I studied English and Linguistics. For the past year, I've served as an AmeriCorps VISTA at Breakthrough Providence, a local education nonprofit with a students-teaching-students model.

Maria Rengucci MAT: History/SS

Preferred name: Maria Email: maria_rengucci @brown.edu Hometown: Attleboro, MA

Before MAT: I majored in Anthropology and Religious Studies and minored in Global Studies at Saint Michael's College in Burlington, VT. I studied abroad in Samoa and Italy. The past year I have been volunteering as an AmeriCorps member in Rhode Island!

Roberto Rosales-Mesta MAT: Elementary

Preferred name: Roberto or Robi Email: roberto_rosales-mesta @brown.edu Hometown: Huntington Park

Before MAT: Currently, I'm finishing up my last semester of undergraduate career at Connecticut College. My major is Hispanic Studies with a focus on elementary education and a minor in Italian studies.

Gilad Seckler MAT: English

Preferred name: Gilad (gee-LAHD) Email: gilad_seckler @brown.edu Hometown: Newton, MA

Before MAT: I was an undergrad at Brown.

Elizabeth Sher MAT: English

Preferred name: Liz Email: elizabeth_sher1 @brown.edu Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

Before MAT: Since graduating from Brown in 2008, I've been working as a bookseller and book buyer for independent bookstores—most recently, I was the children's book buyer for Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Mass. I also teach in Changing Lives Through Literature, an alternative sentencing program in Massachusetts.

Kameron Staples MAT: History/SS

Preferred name: Kameron Email: kameron_staples @brown.edu Hometown: Chester, PA

Before MAT: Before the Brown MAT program, I was a Brown undergraduate student that tripled majored in political science, history, and education. I also interned at the Rhode Island State House and the White House.

Gregory Stewart MAT: History/SS

Preferred name: Greg Email: gregory_stewart @brown.edu Hometown: Boston, MA

Before MAT: I was completing my undergrad at Brown.

Emma Storbeck MAT: History/SS

Preferred name: Emma Email: emma_storbeck @brown.edu Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

Before MAT: I was an undergraduate at Brown, concentrating in History and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies!

Sheau-Yuan Wang MAT: Elementary

Preferred name: Kanita Email: sheau-yuan_wang @brown.edu Hometown: Taipei/Bangkok

Before MAT: I was an undergraduate at Brown studying Socio-cultural Anthropology!

Samantha Weiman MAT: History/SS

Preferred name: Sam Email: samantha_weiman @brown.edu Hometown: Edina, MN

Before MAT: For a year and a half, I have held the role of Ethnic Studies Resident for Minneapolis Public Schools, an administrative position coordinating and maintaining the Ethnic Studies Initiative. I've continued my research exploring critical whiteness studies in education, and have been able to share at several local and regional conferences.

Sadie Weinberger MAT: History/SS

Preferred name: Theo Email: sadie_weinberger @brown.edu Hometown: Nevada City, CA

Before MAT: After working at an independent semester school in Northern California for a year, I moved to Providence in the fall of 2016, where I have been working as an after-school teacher and exploring Rhode Island.

Jessica Williams MAT: Elementary

Preferred name: Jess Email: jessica_williams @brown.edu Hometown: Los Angeles, CA

Before MAT: Prior to my admittance into the MAT Elementary program, I was an undergraduate student at San Diego State University focusing in literacy, linguistics, and reading.

Emily Wooldridge MAT: History/SS

Preferred name: Emily Email: emily_wooldridge @brown.edu Hometown: Rural Washington State

Before MAT: I have been studying history and ethnic studies at Brown University. I also worked as a reporter, and taught high school and college students about radio journalism.

2017-2018 UEP Students Zachary Charette UEP

Preferred Name: Zack Email: zachary_charette @brown.edu Hometown: Fall River, MA

Before UEP: Prior to entering UEP, I was a grade 6 geography teacher in the Fall River Public Schools. I also work as an educator and researcher for historic sites along the Boston Freedom Trail, focused on promoting public history initiatives in the historic city.

Kate Donohue UEP

Preferred Name: Kate Email: kate_donohue @brown.edu Hometown: Beverly, MA

Before UEP: Most recently, I worked in talent acquisition for Dallas Independent School District where I created data tracking systems for my team, supported principals with their hiring needs, and designed the teacher selection process. Prior to my work with Dallas ISD, I taught middle school social studies in Eastern North Carolina through Teach For America.

Molly Donovan UEP

Preferred Name: Molly Email: molly_donovan @brown.edu Hometown: Hampstead, MD

Before UEP: For the past five years I’ve been working as a mechanical engineer for a technical consulting firm in the D.C. area, serving clients primarily in the energy industry.

Alyssa Fatal UEP

Preferred Name: Alyssa Email: alyssa_fatal @brown.edu Hometown: Pembroke Pines

Before UEP: I spent half a year working at a newcomer campus for newly arrived immigrants and before that I was working with the political arm of the teachers union in Texas.

Gerardo Garcia UEP

Preferred Name: Gerardo Email: gerardo_garcia @brown.edu Hometown: Fresno, CA

Before UEP: I am working as a secondary math teacher under Teach for America in Providence, an opportunity I am able to continue pursuing during the UEP program because I am completing it over a two-year window. I work mostly with English Language Learners (ELL) and Latinx underclassmen on a daily basis at a new public high school beginning its second year in the fall of 2017.

Katja Hamler UEP

Preferred Name: Katja Email: katja_hamler @brown.edu Hometown: Newton, MA

Before UEP: This past year, I have been a teacher in a first grade ICT classroom at Achievement First Iluminar in Providence. I am also a first-year Teach for America corps member!

Donald Kost UEP

Preferred Name: Donnie Email: donald_kost @brown.edu Hometown: Austin, TX

Before UEP: Before UEP, I was teaching special education Algebra II at Central HS in Providence.

Nirva R. LaFortune UEP

Preferred Name: Nirva Email: nirva_lafortune @brown.edu Hometown: Providence, RI

Before UEP: I have been working in higher education as an administrator for over 10 years. I am currently an administrator for the School of Engineering at Brown University, and prior was the director for the Center for Public Policy, and the Center for Science, Technology and Society at Drexel University. I served on the board of trustees for a charter school in Philadelphia and was a member of the School design team for the Providence Public School district.

Lindsay Lanteri UEP

Preferred Name: Lindsay Email: lindsay_lanteri @brown.edu Hometown: Stratford, CT

Before UEP: For the past two years I worked for City Year, an education non-profit, as an Impact Manager, in which I managed AmeriCorps volunteers and two elementary school partnerships. Prior to that I taught English in Spain for a year and served as a City Year AmeriCorps Member myself in a 5th grade classroom from 2013-2014.

Rebecca Lessard UEP

Preferred Name: Becca Email: rebecca_lessard @brown.edu Hometown: Lewiston, ME

Before UEP: After finishing my undergraduate degree in political science and interdisciplinary studies at Stonehill College, I joined Teach For America. I am currently a 4th-grade science teacher at Blackstone Valley Prep.

Ji Won Lee UEP

Preferred Name: Ji Email: jiwon_lee1@brown.edu Hometown: Gwangju

Before UEP: I graduated in 2015 from University of Washington with a degree in political science and Education studies. My interests lie at the intersection of public policy, leadership and education. I became passionate about education from living and studying in countries including China, the United States, and France. My personal experiences with the community center during my junior and senior year curated my interest in education and my desire to raise awareness for equal education and systemic challenges.

Emily Lysaght UEP

Preferred Name: Emily Email: emily_lysaght @brown.edu Hometown: Glasgow

Before UEP: I graduated from UC Berkeley with a Molecular Cell Biology degree and now work as a biology teacher at Central High school.

Jeanine Mason UEP

Preferred Name: Jeanine Email: jeanine_mason @brown.edu Hometown: Winston-Salem, NC

Before UEP: In August of 2015, I began teaching first grade through Teach for America at Achievement First Iluminar. I will continue to teach for the duration of the UEP program.

Emily Meehan UEP

Preferred Name: Emily Email: emily_meehan @brown.edu Hometown: Duxbury, MA

Before UEP: I am currently teaching 6th Grade ELA at Blackstone Valley Prep Middle School 1 in Central Falls, RI.

Jennifer Polexi UEP

Preferred Name: Jennifer Email: jennifer_polexi @brown.edu Hometown: Orlando, FL

Before UEP: For two years, I proudly served my country as an AmeriCorps worker with Brown University & Serve Rhode Island's National College Advising Corps. Through this organization, I served the students of Charles E. Shea High School college access and peer mentorship.

Erica Prenda UEP

Preferred Name: Erica Email: erica_prenda @brown.edu Hometown: West Greenwich, RI

Before UEP: Erica attended The Catholic University of America in Wash- ington, DC. There, she served as editor-in-chief of the school newspaper and interned for Congressman Jim Langevin. Erica is now a Teach for America corps member and a special education teacher at Central Falls High School.

Martin Quirk UEP

Preferred Name: Marty Email: martin_quirk @brown.edu Hometown: Boston, MA

Before UEP: I am a TFA corps member teaching 8th grade new arrival/newcomer ESL social studies at West Broadway Middle School. Next year I will continue to work at WBMS as a 6th grade ELA teacher.

Esther Rhie UEP

Preferred Name: Esther Email: esther_rhie @brown.edu Hometown: Buena Park, CA

Before UEP: Founding Teacher at Achievement First Iluminar, Providence. Teach For America '15 Corps Member.

Katherine Rieser UEP

Preferred Name: Katie Email: katherine_rieser @brown.edu Hometown: Nashville

Before UEP: For the past three years, I was the Dean of Curriculum and Program at a small charter school called Community Charter School of Cambridge (CCSC), near MIT. For seven years before that, I was a Humanities teacher at CCSC.

Rebecca Salzman-Fiske UEP

Preferred Name: Becca Email: rebecca_salzman-fiske@brown.edu Hometown: West Hartford, CT

Before UEP: After graduating from Bates College, I moved to Rhode Island and began teaching English at Central High School in Providence. I have been at Central for the past two years and will continue teach- ing and learning from my students for the foreseeable future.

Jalisia Taylor-Singleton UEP

Preferred Name: Jalisia Singleton Email: jalisia_taylor-singleton @brown.edu Hometown: Atlanta, GA

Before UEP: For the past three years, I have been teaching 6th through 8th grade gifted science in Atlanta.

Steven Tedeschi UEP

Preferred Name: Steven Email: steven_tedeschi @brown.edu Hometown: Warwick, RI

Before UEP: I've been working alongside a great student body, faculty, staff, and community as a 7th grade social studies teacher at Tiverton Middle School.

Caroline Tedesco UEP

Preferred Name: Caroline Email: caroline_tedesco @brown.edu Hometown: New Canaan, CT

Before UEP: The last three years I have been teaching 5th grade in New Bedford, MA. Teaching in a urban district has helped me to realize that I want to be more involved in education than just in the classroom.

Charlotte Thompson UEP

Preferred Name: Charlie Email: charlotte_thompson @brown.edu Hometown: Bryn Mawr, PA

Before UEP: I taught 7th grade English Language Arts and Linguistic Remediation at a school for students with language-based learning disabilities in the Bay Area.

Tong Tong UEP

Preferred Name: Tong Email: tong_tong @brown.edu Hometown: Hangzhou, China

Before UEP: After I graduated from Bryn Mawr College, I worked at Citizen Schools, a non-profit aiming at closing the achievement gap, and was assigned to a public middle school in Chelsea, MA. I also work as English language tutor and school application consultant for high school international students.

Melitzi Torres UEP

Preferred Name: Melitzi Email: melitzi_torres @brown.edu Hometown: Pawtucket, RI

Before UEP: I spent the last two years working as the 2nd grade math specialist at a high-performing, "intentionally diverse" charter school in Cumberland, Rhode Island.

O’Sha Williams UEP

Preferred Name: O’Sha Email: osha_williams @brown.edu Hometown: Jamaica Queens, NY

Before UEP: I was teaching 10th and 12th grade English to students learning English as a new language in Providence Public Schools. I’m a graduate of the Brown undergraduate program and a volunteer coach with Brown Track and Field.

Boyu Yang UEP

Preferred Name: Ryan Email: boyu_yang @brown.edu Hometown: Tengzhou, China

Before UEP: I just finished my bachelor degree at the University of Hong Kong. I have joint Summer Service Learning Program in rural China in 2013. I had some start-up experience in education-related business as well. I hope to learn more education-related knowledge and find more friends here to promote education reform in developing countries.

Biying Zheng UEP

Preferred Name: Jessica Email: biying_zheng @brown.edu Hometown: Shanghai

Before UEP: I worked at the United Nations on sustainable developmental issues, specifically on education advocacy and climate change.

Education Department Faculty

Kenneth K. Wong Department Chair

The Walter and Leonore Annenber Professor in Education Policy; Professor of Education, Political Science, and Public Policy; Director of Urban Education Policy Program Phone: (401) 863-1486 Email: kenneth_wong

@brown.edu

Dan Bisaccio

Adjunct Assistant Professor Phone: (401) 863-2407 Email: dan_bisaccio @brown.edu

Lisa Cariaga-Lo

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Education; Senior Advisor to the Provost for Academic Development, Diversity and Inclusion

Phone: (401) 863-2407 E-mail: liza_cariaga-lo @brown.edu

Keith Catone

Adjunct Lecturer of Education; Associate Director, Community Organizing and Engagement at Annenberg Institute Phone: (401) 863-7990

Email: keith_catone @brown.edu

Jonathan Collins Adjunct Lecturer, Fall 2017 Phone: (401) 863-2407

Jeanette Epstein Adjunct Lecturer in Elementary Education Phone: (401) 421-8100 Email: jeanette_epstein @brown.edu

Andrea Flores Assistant Professor Phone: (401) 863-5910 Email: andrea_flores @brown.edu

Hilary Levey Friedman Visiting Assistant Professor Phone: (401) 863-2407 Email: hilary_friedman @brown.edu

Ellyn Goldberg Adjunct Lecturer Phone: (401) 863-2407 Email: ellyn_goldberg @brown.edu

Jonathan Goodman Adjunct Lecturer, Summer 2017 Phone: (401) 863-2407 Email: jonathan_goodman @brown.edu

Michael Grady Adjunct Assistant Professor of Education; Interim Executive Director, Annenberg Institute for School Reform Phone: (401) 863-2975 Email: michael_grady @brown.edu

Joan Gujarati Lecturer in Education; Director of Elementary Education Phone: 401-863-2435 Email: joan_gujarati @brown.edu

Patty Houlik

Adjunct Lecturer in Elementary Education Phone: (401) 863-2407 Email: patricia_houlik @brown.edu

Rachel Kantrowitz

Visiting Assistant Professor Phone: (401) 863-5426 Email: rachel_kantrowitz @brown.edu

Matthew Kraft Assistant Professor of Education Phone: (401) 863-3795

Email:

matthew_kraft

@brown.edu

Jin Li Professor of Education and Human Development Phone: (401) 863-9326 Email: jin_li @brown.edu

Andy Moffit Adjunct Lecturer Phone: (401) 529-2084 Email: andrew_moffit @brown.edu

Maureen Nosal Adjunct Lecturer in Elementary Education Phone: (401) 722-9998 Email: maureen_nosal @brown.edu

John Papay Assistant Professor of Education and Economics Phone: (401) 863-5137 Email: john_papay @brown.edu

David Rangel Assistant Professor of Education Phone: (401) 863-5426 Email: david_rangel @brown.edu

Karen Sibley Department Vice Chair

Adjunct Assistant Professor; Vice President for Strategic Initiatives; Dean, School of Professional Studies Phone: (401) 863-2407 Email: karen_sibley @brown.edu

Diane Silva Pimentel Director of Teacher Education; Associate Professor of the Practice Phone: (401) 863-3428 Email: diane_silva_pimentel @brown.edu

Warren Simmons Adjunct Professor of Education Phone: (401) 863-7675 Email: warren_simmons @brown.edu

Laura Snyder Lecturer in Education; Director of English Education Phone: (401) 863-9583 Email: laura_a_snyder @brown.edu

Luther Spoehr Senior Lecturer in Education and History; Director of Undergraduate Studies Phone: (401) 863-9236 Email: luther_spoehr @brown.edu

Tracy Steffes Associate Professor of Education and History Phone: (401) 863-2894 Email: tracy_steffes @brown.edu

Crystal Thomas Adjunct Lecturer, Fall 2017 Phone: (401) 863-2407

John Tyler Professor of Education, Public Policy, and Economics Phone: (401) 863-1036 Email: john_tyler @brown.edu

Christina Villarreal

Lecturer in Education; Director of History/ Social Studies Education

Phone: (401) 863-2407

E-mail: christina_villarreal @brown.edu

Yoko Yamamoto Adjunct Assistant Professor Phone: (401) 863-2407 Email: yoko_yamamoto @brown.edu

Education Department Staff

Carin Algava Assistant Director of Teacher Education Phone: (401) 863-3364 Email: carin_algava @brown.edu

Megan Boben Project Coordinator (Research Focus) Phone: (401) 863-9310 Email: megan_boben @brown.edu

Christina Claiborne

Academic Specialist, UEP Program Phone: (401) 863-3983 Email: christina_claiborne @brown.edu

Ann D’Abrosca Assistant Director of Graduate and Special Programs Phone: (401) 863-3983 Email: ann_d’abrosca @brown.edu

Heather Johnson Academic Department Manager Phone: (401) 863-9688

Email:

heather_johnson

@brown.edu

Annemarie Kennedy

Communications and Graduate Programs Coordinator Phone: (401) 863-5218 Email: annemarie_kennedy @brown.edu

Melissa Marchi Financial/Administrative Assistant Phone: (401) 863-2407 Email: melissa_marchi @brown.edu

Khamden Soch Grant and Academic Program Coordinator Phone: (401) 863-3943

Email: khamden_soch

@brown.edu

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www.brown.edu/education

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- Phone: (401) 863-2600

Fax: [Admissions] (401) 863-7341 Fax: [2nd Floor Offices] (401) 863-3471

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Phone: [Emergency] 4111 Phone: [Appointments] (401) 863-3953

Phone: [General] (401) 863-3953 Fax: (401) 863-7953

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- Phone: (401) 863-2721 Fax: (401) 863-7575

Brown University Public Safety 75 Charlesfield Street Providence, RI 02912

- Phone: [Emergency] 4111

Phone: [Safewalk] (401) 863-1079 Phone: [Routine Calls] (401) 863-3322

Fax: (401) 863-7522

Brown University Registrar J. Walter Wilson, 3rd Floor 69 Brown Street/ Box K

- Phone: (401) 863-2500 Fax: (401) 863-7542