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Ph. D., Lesley University
M. Ed., University of Vermont
B.S., Columbia University

Undergraduate Education Coordinator

Areas of Expertise: history and philosophy of early childhood education, early writing and emergent literacy, project-based curriculum development, the role of the arts in learning

Research Interests: cross-national currents in child-centered education, the teacher-child relationship, women teacher-writers, cooperative preschools, children as researchers, outdoor education, qualitative research methods, collaborative biography

Committees/Service:
Department Evaluation Committee, Co-chair (2009 - present)
Excellence in Teaching (2009-2013)
Curry College Curriculum Innovation Committee on Global Awareness

Recent Presentations, Publications, and Grants:
"The Dance of Ideological Transmission: Pestalozzi and the English Infants' Schools," a paper presented at the annual International Standing Conference on the History of Education, Geneva, Switzerland, summer, 2013.