Curriculum Vitae
SUZANNE C. CAROTHERS
160 Claremont Avenue Apt. 3D
New York, New York 10027
(212) 662-9799
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Education
Ph.D. New York University. School of Education, Health, Nursing and Arts Professions.
Department of Curriculum and Instruction. New York, New York. April 1987
University of Minnesota Institute of Child Development
Selected as a Fellow for 1982 Career Growth Fellowship Program
Funded by The Bush Foundation
Placement with the Minnesota State Education Department Minneapolis, MN
January – June 1982
M.S. Bank Street College of Education. New York, New York.
Early Childhood Education
June 1973
B.A. Bennett College. Greensboro, North Carolina. Nursery Kindergarten Education. January 1971
Present Position
Professor
September 1999 - present
New York University
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
Department of Teaching and Learning
New York, New York
Served as Director of the Undergraduate Childhood/Childhood Special Education Program, August
2005 to May 2012. Served as Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Teaching and
Learning, September 2005 to August 2010. Have taught courses on undergraduate, graduate, and
doctoral levels. Chaired and advise doctoral students’ dissertations.
Currently teaching
undergraduate courses in Human Development and Inquiries into Teaching. Conduct Integrating and
Student Teaching Seminars. Supervise student teachers in their field placements. Serve as a Faculty
Affiliate to the N YU Child and Family Policy Center. Currently through the Center, am the CoPrincipal Investigator on a Brooke Astor Funded Project, Precursors to Reading Readiness: Using
Authentic Assessment to Individualize Classroom Instruction .
Visiting Professor
New York University
School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
Department of Teaching and Learning
New York, New York
September 1998 - August 1999
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Associate Professor
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January 1996 – August 1998
September 1989 – December 1995
The City College of New York
The City University of New York
School of Education
New York, New York
Taught graduate level early childhood education courses and conducted undergraduate student
teaching seminars as well as did field supervision of student teachers in the Department of
Education, the Elementary Education Program. Secured grant to establish programmatic development
of The Frank and Theresa Caplan Endowment for Earliest Childhood and Parenting Education.
Developed programs for parents, children, and child care workers under the grant in collaboration
with community agencies.
Administrative and Research Experience
Adult Literacy Program Director
Office of the Mayor City of New York
250 Broadway New York, New York
December 1985 - July 1989
During Mayor Ed Koch’s administration, served as liaison between the Mayor’s Educational Advisor
and the New York State Education Department for the purpose of making funding decisions, contract
compliance monitoring, policy making, program development, and program marketing of the New York
City Adult Literacy Initiative. Also in this capacity, developed and coordinated the educational
activities with the Mayor for his own “adopted class” of the citywide Adopt-A-Class Program, a
mayoral initiative with the public schools.
Staff Training Specialist
New York Urban Coalition and
New York City Board of Education
99 Hudson Street New York, New York
October 1983 - November 1985
Supervised and facilitated the continuous training of the comprehensive school improvement planning
process at the high school level. Provided staff development in-service workshops in early childhood
education and in using writing as a tool of learning. Developed and coordinated the Parent Leadership
Program.
On-Site Researcher
University of Washington
Center for Law and Justice
Seattle, Washington
July 1982 - July 1983
Monitored program, administered instruments, gathered data, wrote monthly reports, wrote a Case
Study of the school, and assisted in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships between
the research site, Eastside High School in Paterson, NJ and the University of Washington.
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Global Teaching Experience
Dean’s Research Travel Colloquium: Ghana, West Africa
NYU Steinhart
Fall 2007
Theme: Education in the Context of Change: “Who Gets? Who Provides? Co-constructed and led the
course with a colleague which involved 23 undergraduate students who traveled to Ghana during
January 2008 intersession.
Dean’s Research Travel Colloquium: Senegal, West Africa
NYU Steinhardt
Fall 2005
Theme: Translating Educational Ideas and Practices in Senegal. Co-constructed and led the course
with a colleague which involved 30 undergraduate students who traveled to Senegal during the 2005
Spring Break.
Summer Abroad Program in Dakar, Senegal
NYU Steinhart
West African Research Center
June 2003
Co-constructed, coordinated and led the Program to Dakar during the summer of 2003 with a
colleague. Taught the six-credit Program designed for education and psychology graduate students.
All students took a three-credit course in Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Child and Adolescent
Development with an option to take an additional three credits in Teaching for Multicultural
Understandings or three credits in Cross Cultural Research Methods.
NYU Astor Fellows 2000: Paris
Summer Institute for New York City
Pre-K and Kindergarten Teachers
July 2000
Co-constructed, coordinated and led the 1999 Astor Fellows Program destination Paris with two
colleagues. We developed the application process, reviewed the applications, selected the Fellows, and
planned the activities in which the Fellows participated.
Master of Arts Program Austria
Collaborative Program between the Austrian Ministry of Education/
Cultural Affairs and City College of New York
University of Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
June- July 1997
Designed and taught English 1780: Special Topics in Language Literacy: Ways of Studying Women
Ethnography at Work. Also taught Education 72715: Teaching Writing in Secondary Schools.
Additional Teaching and Teacher Education Experience
Summer 2013 - Present
Adjunct Professor
Teachers College Columbia University
Summer Principals Academy
New York, New York
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Teach ORLA 6020 Intercultural Awareness: Cultural Diversity as a Leadership Imperative and
ORLA 5017 Team and Organizational Behavior.
Dean’s Research Travel Colloquium: Journey South
NYU Steinhardt
Fall 2001
Theme: The Journey to Brown v. the Board of Education: Before and After the Desegregation of
Schools in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Designed and led a study experience to give
undergraduate students an opportunity to visit with and learn from people whose lives were
personally affected by the desegregation of schools, before and after the 1954 Supreme Court case.
The 13 participating students traveled during the January 2002 intersession.
Sesame Street Pre-School Education Program Trainer
March 1998 – March 2001
Children’s Television Workshop
Community Education Services
New York, New York
Conducted training sessions with family childcare providers and day-care teachers in using Sesame
Street as an educational resource for preschoolers.
Adjunct Professor
September 1994 – December 1994
Marymount Manhattan College
Sociology Department
221 East 71st Street
New York, New York
Taught Sociology 298, Ways of Studying Women.
Associate to the Institute
August 1984 – August 2004
Bard College
Institute for Writing and Thinking
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Taught writing in the Language and Thinking Program, a required course for all incoming freshmen.
Conducted writing workshops for teachers on site and in the field for the Institute.
Teacher of Early Childhood Education
September 1972 – June 1978
Bank Street School for Children
Bank Street College of Education
Taught three and four year olds, planned and executed group parent meetings. Teacher trainer of
Bank Street’s graduate students and learning disabled young adults from New York University’s ParaEducator Center.
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Kindergarten Teacher
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February 1971 – August 1971
Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Education
Educational Component of Model Cities
Charlotte, North Carolina
Taught an experimental group of pre-school inner-city children, provided school orientation within
learning situations conductive to broad self expression.
Publications
The Foreword in New Visions of Collective Achievement: The Cross-Generational Schooling
Experiences of African American Males. Darrell C. Hucks, Sense Publishers, 2014.
Preparing Teachers to Teach Black Students: A Story about a Journey to Teaching
Excellence in Teacher Education and Black Communities: Implications for Access, Equity and
Achievement, Eds., Y. Sealey-Ruiz, C. W. Lewis & I. A. Toldson. Information Age Publishing, 2014.
Aventuras en la Comunicatción: Leer, excribir, hablar y escucla: Guía para los maestros
Aprender a leer, escribir, hablar y escuchar dentro y fuera del aula. (Adventures in Communications –
Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening: Discovering Where Reading, Writing, Speaking, and
Listening Live In and Beyond the Classroom) Suzanne C. Carothers, author. Sesame Workshop, 2005.
Read and Rise Facilitators’ Guide Preparing Our Children for a Lifetime of Success: A
Workshop Series for Parents and Caregivers. Suzanne C. Carothers, author. Scholastic Inc., 2003.
Catching Sense: Learning from Our Mothers to be Black and Female , in Families in the United
States: Kinship and Domestic Politics. Eds., Karen V. Hansen & Anita Ilta Garey. Temple University
Press, 1998.
Taking Teaching Seriously, in To Become A Teacher: Making A Difference in Children’s Lives.
Ed., William Ayers, Teachers College Press, 1995.
Cooking, in Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Education.
Fromberg, Garland Publishing, 1992.
Eds., Leslie Williams and Doris
Love As Seen By Others, in The Living Pulpit. Vol. 1, No. 3. July – September 1992.
Catching Sense: Learning from Our Mothers to be Black and Female , in Uncertain Terms:
Negotiating Gender in American Culture. Eds., Faye Ginsburg & Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing, Beacon Press,
1990.
Good Learning: As Inspired By Good Teaching, in Information Update, a Literacy Assistance
Center Publication. New York City, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 4-5, April 1987.
Contrasting Sexual Harassment in Female and Male-Dominated Occupations, co-author Peggy
Crull, in My Troubles Are Going to Have Trouble with Me: Everyday Trials and Triumphs of Women
Workers. Eds., Karen Sacks and Dorothy Remy, Rutgers University Press, 1984.
Experimenting with Foods: Opportunities for Concept Development , in The Creative Process.
Ed., Charlotte Winsor, Bank Street College Publications, March, 1976.
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Curriculum Development Publication Materials
Teacher to Teacher a 12-Part Videotape Staff Development Series for Adult Basic Education
Teachers. Featured teacher in Tape # 1, Every Student Has a Story: Developing a Community of
Learner, New Readers Press, Fall 1989.
Participated in the development of a two-part filmstrip, Childcare Shapes the Future: AntiRacist Strategies. Filmstrip was awarded, Best Filmstrip, in the category of Human Relations by the
1984 National Education Film Festival. The Council on Interracial Books for Children, New York, NY.
Winter and Spring 1982-1983.
Developed the Discussion and Activity Suggestions for the Teacher Guide of a ten-filmstrip
Curriculum Program, Grades K-4 entitled, And Then What Happened? Produced by The Council on
Interracial Books for Children, New York, NY. 1983.
A Column entitled Let’s Cook, published in 3 To Get Ready, Vol. 1 Nos. 3 and 5 (test issues
disturbed in Fall 1978 in selected major newspapers), Bank Street College Publications.
A two-part teacher training filmstrip, Why Dramatic Play? (12 minutes) and What Are
Children Learning When They Play? (15 minutes). The filmstrips help teachers identify the
importance of play in developing classroom curriculum for children three through seven years of age.
Made in collaboration with others, Bank Street College Publications, April 1977.
A teacher training filmstrip, Children Can Cook (20 minutes). The filmstrip helps teachers
understand the thinking and process involved in planning for the developmental needs of young
children by using cooking activities as the core curriculum. Bank Street College Publications.
Rationale for the filmstrip Children Can Cook, unpublished thesis in the Bank Street College of
Education Library 1973.
Links to Curriculum and Professional Materials Development Participation
Mind in the Making Learning Modules for Early Childhood Teachers was produced by the
Families and Work Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization that studies the
changing workforce, family, and community.
Participated in the development of Module 10 and 11 The Role of Memory in Early
Learning
https://vimeo.com/14935681 (access password suzanne)
https://vimeo.com/25877961?from=outro-local (first 2 minutes)
A Retrospective on High School Reunions: The First Years Last Forever
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellen-galinsky/a-retrospective-on-highs_b_731738.html
Posted 9/20-/2010
Read and Rise Parent Circles
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7ihno_read-and-rise-parent-circles-bysuz_shortfilms
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Professional Organization Service
AERA Co-Chair of Division K (Teacher and Teacher Education) Section 3: Focus on the Lives of
Teachers (teacher knowledge, thinking, dispositions, perspectives, ideology, reflective practice,
teacher research, and the moral dimensions of teaching).
2013 - Present
Service on Boards
The Robert Bowne Foundation, Inc.
Trustee and 1st Vice President
New York, NY
The Literacy Assistance Center
Member of Board of Directors
New York, NY
Riverside Language Program, Inc.
Member of Board of Directors
New York, NY
Honors and Awards
January 2012
Nominated for the 2012 University Distinguished Teaching Award
NYU Steinhardt
June 2002
Recipient Community Leadership Award
Thirteen/WNET New York
New York, New York
May 2001
Recipient of an Honorary Doctorate
Bank Street College of Education
June 1990
Recognized for service as a Mentor in
The Leadership Institute
New York State Education Department
Office of Continuing Education
Albany, NY
April 1981
Recipient of a 1981-1982 Lenna Lake Fellowship
Business and Professional Women’s Foundation
Washington, DC
January 1981
Recipient of a 1981-1982 Fellowship
Black Analysis Doctoral Fellowship Program
Funded by The Bureau of Head Start
New York, NY
March 1979
Recipient of a 1979-1980 Dissertation Year Award
The National Fellowship Fund
Funded by the Ford Foundation
Atlanta, GA
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June 1978
Recipient of a 1978-1979 Fellowship
The National Fellowship Fund
February 1978
Finalist in The Danforth Fellowship Competition
St. Louis, MO
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Consultation Experiences
Extensive additional experiences for more than 35 years conducting professional development
workshops with an education and a process writing foci; presenting papers and presentations on
educational and women’s issues; and, giving keynote speeches. A selected sampling of these
experiences follow.
Papers, Presentations and Activities on Educational Issues
Presenter, Early Childhood Principals Institute. CUNY’s Principals Forum. Topic: The Role of the
School Leader in Fostering Effective Home School Relationships: Understanding the Preschool Child, Curriculum, and the Larger Context of Learning. CUNY Graduate Center. New
York, NY. March 23, 2015.
Presenter, 2015 Forum on Children and Families, Using Authentic Assessment to Promote
Preschoolers’ Reading Readiness. Topic: Opportunities to Support Reading Readiness in the
Classroom – A Learning Environment Rich with Possibilities for Young Children: Re-envisioning
the Teacher’s Role. NYU Child and Family Policy Center. New York, NY. February 9, 2015.
Panelist, Served as a member of an Expert panel for the Partnership Grants Competition – Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Ottawa, ON, Canada. December, 2014.
Presenter, 2014 Forum on Children and Families, Using Authentic Assessment to Promote
Preschoolers’ Reading Readiness. Topic: Supporting Reading Readiness in the Classroom . NYU
Child and Family Policy Center. New York, NY. October 27, 2014.
Lecture, Teachers College, Columbia University, Youth, Media and Educational Justice Seminar. Topic:
Looking Inward as a Critical Tool of Understanding for Shaping our Work with Others . New
York, NY. September 15, 2014.
Panelist, The Schomburg Center’s Summer Education Institute 2014. “Black History 360°: Connecting
Stories from the Individual’s Past to Shed Light on Opportunities for Our Collective Future,”
Topic: Teacher Education and Black Communities: Implications for Access, Equity, and
Achievement. New York, NY. July 18, 2014.
Presenter, 2014 Forum on Children and Families, Utilizing Authentic Assessment with Preschoolers:
Implications for Practice. Topic: Importance of Data Accuracy: Why Does It Matter? NYU
Child and Family Policy Center. New York, NY. June 19, 2014.
Presenter, AERA 2014 Meeting – The Power of Education: Research for Innovation in Practice and
Policy. Open Session: Finding Your Voice at AERA 2015: An Open Forum with Division K
Section Co-Chairs. Philadelphia, PA. April 7, 2014.
Chair, AERA 2014 Meeting – The Power of Education: Research for Innovation in Practice and Policy.
A Roundtable Session: Context in Teaching. Philadelphia, PA. April 7, 2014.
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Chair, AERA 2014 Meeting – The Power of Education: Research for Innovation in Practice and Policy.
Paper Session: Big Conversations on Early Childhood Praxis. Philadelphia, PA. April 4, 2014.
Consultant, Bank Street College of Education, conducted an Early Childhood External Review:
Exploring the Role of Play as an Instructional Tool in the Bank Street Graduate School
Curriculum. New York, NY. Report submitted, April, 2010.
Workshop Presenter, Georgia Early Reading First Symposium. “Encouraging Young Children’s Love for
Language and Reading,” Topic: Read and Rise: Encouraging Young Children’s Love for Language
and Reading. Atlanta, GA. January 9, 2010.
Workshop Presenter, NAEYC 18th National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development.
“Play: Where Learning Begins.” Topic: Read and Rise – A Workshop Series for Parents and
Caregivers: Encouraging Children’s Love for Language and Reading. Charlotte, NC.
June 17, 2009.
Workshop Leader, The Thirteenth Regional Head Start Association Annual Meeting and Training
Conference: Celebrating the Head Start Legacy for the New Millennium. Topic: After Head
Start. . . Then What? San Juan, Puerto Rico. October 27, 1999.
Panelist, U.S. General Services Administration Forum for Regional Child Care Coordinators,
New Frameworks for Excellence. Panelist included T. Berry. Brazelton et al. Panel Discussion
Topic: Building Quality Across the System . Boston, MA. September 16, 1999.
Curriculum Consultant, in the Development of TV 411. A public television series that first aired in
1998 which was designed for adults at the pre-GED level who are in need of reading, writing,
and mathematics skills. TV 411 is a series of 30-minute television shows broadcast on PBS and
cable stations modeled after popular television genres. The show's major themes are
parenting, money, and health. Summer 1999.
Conference Facilitator and Planner, Hazen Foundation Grantees Conference. Theme: “Investing
in Our Children: Advocacy and Organizing for School Reform.” Drake Hotel,
New York, NY. October 6-8, 1995.
Planner and Participant, Adult Literacy Media Project. An All Day Workshop: “Television and
Adult Literacy: Developing a National Television and Video Based Adult Literacy Service.” The
Ford Foundation, New York, NY. May 18, 1994.
Workshop Leader, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Conference: “Perspectives in Children’s
Literature.” Topic: Materials to Combat Racism, Sexism and Other Anti-human Values in
Children’s Books. April 7, 1984.
Speaking Engagements
Keynote, Lutheran Social Services Professional Development Conference – Early Childhood Advisory
Group. Speech entitled: The Family, Community, School Connection. Bronx, NY. June 6, 2014.
Keynote, The NYC DOE’s Division of Equity and Access Empowering Boys Initiative Summer Institute.
Speech entitled: Feast for Our Children. New York University. August 27 2013.
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Guest Speaker, High School Graduation Ceremony, Forsyth Satellite Academy. Remarks entitled : In
Celebration of your Achievement: Your Journey to Success Has Begun. New York City
Department of Education, New York, NY. June 25, 2013.
Panelist, The NYC DOE’s Division of Equity and Access and the Empowering Boys Initiative 2013
Closing the Gap Series: Culturally Relevant Pedagogy – Race, Practice and the Achievement
Gap. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture November 26, 2012.
Pre-Conference Speaker, the Kentucky Reading Association 2012 Conference, “Literacy as Lifestyle.”
Remarks entitled: Promoting Literacy as Lifestyle by Encouraging Young Children’s Love for
Language and Reading. Lexington, KY, October 18, 2012.
Panelist, Conference on Collaboration for High Quality Early Childhood Education. Sponsored by the
Bronx Early Childhood Education and Higher Education Consortia. Remarks entitled:
Contextualizing the Issues. Mercy College, Bronx, NY. April 24, 2012.
Speaker, Lift Every Voice Event, The Atlanta Speech School, “Universal Literacy for All Georgia’s
Children: Creating a Great Start for Our Youngest Children.” Remarks entitled: 0 to 3 Going
on 4: Who Am I, What I Need, Why Does it Matter? Atlanta, GA. March 30, 2012.
Keynote Speaker, 14th Annual Montag Family Community Lecture Series, The Atlanta Speech School.
Speech entitled: Extraordinary Literacy Learning Opportunities for Your Child, Your School
and Your Community. Atlanta, GA. March 29, 2012.
Panelist, A NYC-AEYC Policy Forum. Early Childhood Assessment: What it Means for Practitioners,
Program and Children. Remarks entitled: Assessment in What Way, for Whom and Why? New
York, NY. February 11, 2012.
Educational Consultant, To the “Can I Read to You,” DVD Produced by Ten Mayflower Productions in
association with NBC Universal. For the NBC Affiliate: Lehigh Valley WFMZ- TV Allentown,
PA – News Sunrise Segment. Appeared live with local News Anchor to discuss the literacy
values of an innovative educational and entertaining DVD series in which young children listen
to stories read to them by other children. Allentown, PA. August 30, 2011.
Panelist, A Congressional Briefing on the Importance of Literacy in the 21 st Century: Guidance for
ESEA Reauthorization –Using Innovation to Drive Literacy Achievement Ensuring All Students
Meet College and Career Ready Standards. Remarks entitled: Beyond the Schoolhouse Door:
Engaging Families and Communities in Literacy Development . Washington, DC, Senator Dirksen
Office Building. May 12, 2011.
Keynote Speaker, 2011 Closing the Achievement – Early Childhood Math and Literacy
Development Strategies for Black and Latino Boys, Speech entitled. Re-imagining
Accountability for Learners in the Early Childhood Years: Promoting Literacy Learning for
Black and Latino Children. Department of Education, Thurgood Marshall Academy for Learning
and Social Change. New York, NY. January 25, 2011.
Keynote Speaker, Georgia Early Reading First Symposium. “Encouraging Young Children’s Love
for Language and Reading,” Speech entitled. Encouraging Young Children’s Love for Language
and Reading. Atlanta, GA. January 9, 2010.
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Keynote Speaker, Scholastic. The 2009 Book Summit: Reading. Learning. Achieving: The Role of
Books in Ensuring Academic Success. Speech entitled: “Where Does Literacy Live in the Lives
of Children? Phoenix, Arizona. February 10, 2009.
Keynote Speaker, Georgia Association on Young Children, 42 nd Annual Conference: “Together for
Children,” Speech entitled. “Together with Children and Families: Where Does Literacy Live in
Their Lives within Their Communities?” Gwinnett Civic Center, Duluth GA. October 10, 2008.
Keynote Speaker, National Urban League, “Project Lead: Preparing Urban Leaders for the Future,
2008 Whitney M. Young, Jr. Urban Leadership Development Conference,” Speech entitled.
“Literacy that Makes a Difference in the Lives of Children and Families within Our
Communities.” Memphis, TN. September, 2008.
Keynote Speaker, United Federation of Teachers Early Childhood Conference: Child-Initiated
Learning: How Play Works. Speech entitled: Child Initiated Learning: How Play Works in the
Lives of Adults Who Teach Young Children. UFT Teacher Center. New York, NY. March 31,
2008.
Keynote Speaker, Thirteen/WNET New York 14 th Annual Literacy Day: Advocacy and Technology
to Enhance Adult Education. Speech entitled: The Tools of Advocacy: Technology with Grasp
to Reach Potential Far Beyond. New York, NY. April 19, 2004.
Keynote Speaker, The Children’s Defense Fund Freedom’s Schools Orientation and Training
Meeting. Speech Entitled: Family Literacy: Linking Families and Communities in Partnership.
Haley Farm Knoxville, TN. February 21, 2004.
Keynote Speaker, National Urban League Professional Development Conference : An Urban
League Renaissance: Reflection, Renewal and Reconnection : New Orleans, LA.
November 20, 2003.
Speaker, Sesame Workshop Educational Outreach Strategic Planning Meeting. Speech entitled:
Reaching Beyond Our Reach: Educational Outreach Revisited . Ethical Culture Society, New
York, NY. July 21, 2003.
Keynote Speaker, Partners for Success: Linking Communities, Families and Schools – School of
the 21st Century Conference. Sponsored by the Yale University Bush Center in Child
Development and Social Policy. Speech entitled: Where Does Literacy Live in All of Us? New
Haven, CT. July 17, 2002.
Keynote Speaker, San Francisco Unified School District, Child Development Program Professional
Development Day. Speech entitled: Hand in Hand: New Paths Toward Excellence.
San Francisco, CA. April 26, 1996.
Professional Development Activities
Co-Consultant, with Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz for The New York City Leadership Academy Workshop
Series. Equity and Excellence in Educating Children: A Leadership Imperative . New York, NY.
Fall 2014.
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Worked in Collaboration with colleagues in the Division of International Initiatives & Partnerships
Academic Interests at Bank Street College of Education on a project with Open Society
Foundations (OSF)/Open Society Initiatives in South Africa (OSIWA) and the Liberian
Ministry of Education – an early childhood initiative to prompt community-based preschool and
lead a course in Early Childhood Development for beginning preschool teachers at the
university level in Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa. Assisted in the development of materials
to be used in the professional development sessions. June – July 2014.
Co-Lead Consultant, with Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz at Teachers College Columbia University on the
Empowering Boys Initiative Pilot, Office of Equity and Access. Black and Latino Male
Initiative, New York City Department of Education, $200,000 grant, Fall, 2012 – Fall 2013.
Consultant, Teaneck Public Schools on the Bryant Initiative. Teaneck, NJ. Fall 2006 – Spring 2007.
Program Evaluator, Teaneck Public Schools Even Start Family Literacy Program at Bryant
Elementary School. Teaneck, NJ. Spring – Fall 2004.
Consultant, Graham Windham’s Harlem Center. Planned and conducted The Living with Children
Series for family child care providers. New York, NY. June 23 and 29, 1998.
Consultant, The Susan Wagner Preschool Program. Planned and coordinated a Professional
Development Program for regular and special education preschool teachers. Bronx, NY.
Summer 1996.
Consultant, Montgomery County Public Schools, Teacher Professional Development Experience, Early
Childhood Unit. Conducted a series of workshops for 2 nd and3rd Grade Teachers. Topic:
Cooking: A Tool for Integrating Developmentally Appropriate Practices in the Classroom
Curriculum. Rockville, MD. March 9-11, 1994.
Papers, Presentations and Activities on Women’s Issues
Presented Paper, at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, “Composition in the
Center Spaces: Building Community, Culture, Coalitions.” Panel theme: Catching Sense: ‘AfraFeminist’
Rhetoric of Education, Literacy and Mothering. Paper entitled: Learning to be Black and Female: Stories
from African American Mothers and Daughters . Chicago, IL. March 24, 2006.
Presenter, The Crystal Quilt Counseling Services for Women. Topic: Mothers and Daughters:
A Complicated Bond from the View Research on Black Mothers and Daughters. New York, NY.
May 3, 2003.
Presented Paper, Southern Anthropological Society Meeting. Panel Topic: Constrained or Sustained?
Women’s Experience of Aging, Embodiment and Power. Paper entitled: The Socialization of
Caring: Reclaiming Women’s Models at a Child Health Clinic . Decatur, GA. February 26, 1999.
Writing Workshops
Workshop Leader, Stillman College, The Mellon Project for Faculty and Curriculum Development in
the Liberal Arts. Conducted a three day in-service workshop for faculty. Topic: Writing as a
Tool of Thinking and Learning Across the Curriculum . Tuscaloosa, AL. August 5-7, 1996.
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Workshop Leader, Bard College, Institute for Writing and Thinking. Conducted an in-service
workshop at Bard for teachers at the Peace Academy. Topic: Teaching Writing and
Thinking. Annandale-the-Hudson, NY. June 8-9, 1996.
Workshop Leader, Bard College, Institute for Writing and Thinking. Conducted Summer Workshop.
Topic: Teaching Writing and Thinking. Annandale-the-Hudson, NY. July 10-14, 1995.
Community Speaking Engagements
Speaker, First Reform Church of Jamaica. Crisis in Education Conference: From Problems to
Solutions, Speech entitled: Seeing the Possibilities in a Feast for Our Children. Jamaica, NY.
November 23, 2013.
Guest Panelist, Convent Avenue Baptist Church, African American History Month Celebration. Theme:
“African Americans Struggle for Citizenship in the United States” Roundtable Discussion on
The Color Purple. New York, NY. February 6. 2009.
Guest Speaker, Fifth Grade Moving-up Exercise, Children’s Workshop School. New York City
Department of Education, New York, NY. June 22, 2007.