Graduate School of Education

Graduate School Faculty

Directory

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A

Roberta Altman
E-mail: raltman@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4724
212-875-4753 (fax)

Bernadette Anand
E-mail: banand@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4428
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, Caldwell College; MA, Providence College; EdD, New York University
Practitioner background: classroom teacher (3-12); middle school principal; founder of Renaissance School (NJ)
Academic interests: small schools; school innovation/improvement; language arts literacy; interdisciplinary curriculum; middle schools;
de-tracking

B

Nancy Balaban
E-mail: nbalaban@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4713
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, Wellesley College; MSEd, Bank Street College of Education; EdD, New York University
Practitioner background: early childhood education (ages 3-4); educational consultant
Academic interests: early childhood education; infants and toddlers; separation issues

Nilda Bayron-Resnick
E-mail: nresnick@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4543
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, College of New Rochelle; MS, Long Island University; EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University
Practitioner background: bilingual special education classroom teacher; educational diagnostician; administrator in diagnostic hospital clinic; educational therapist; consultant
Academic interests: bilingual education; special education; counseling psychology; psychoeducational assessment; homeless children and their families

Leslie Bedford
Director, Leadership in Museum Education Program
E-mail: lbedford@bankstreet.edu
Education: BA, Vassar College; MAT, Harvard University; PhD in Museum Studies, Union Institute and University
Practitioner background: secondary school teacher; museum educator, exhibit developer, senior administrator and consultant; professional development for arts organizations
Academic interests: doctoral candidate in museum studies with focus on exhibitions and imagination

Marilyn Bisberg
E-mail: learning.advocate@verizon.net
646-326-5065
Education: M.S. Early Childhood Special Education - Bank Street College of Education
Practitioner Background: Preschool Special Educator, Early Intervention Practitioner and Special Education Itinerant Teacher, Adjunct Professor Fordham University, Fieldwork Supervisor.
Academic Interests: Special Education, Infants/Toddler development, Learning, Development, Assessment

Valentine Burr
E-mail: vburr@bankstreet.edu
Education: BA, Wesleyan University; MS Special Education, Wheelock College
Practitioner background: Upper elementary-middle school teacher in residential and day schools for children with severe emotional and behavioral disabilities; and high school teacher and curriculum director in public school inclusion program
Academic interests: Special education, inclusion, universal design, supporting early adolescents with disabilities

C

Sue Carbary
Director, Early Childhood Special Education Programs
Director, Infant and Parent Development and Early Intervention Programs

E-mail: scarbary@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4509
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, Fordham University; MSEd and EdM, Bank Street College of Education
Practitioner background: early childhood special educator; program director of home/community-based special education program; currently in private practice: consultation, educational therapy
Academic interests: early childhood special education; inclusion; observation and assessment; supervision

Nancy Cardwell
E-mail: ncardwell@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4688
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, St. John's University; MSEd, Bank Street College of Education; CAS and EdM, Harvard University
Practitioner background: classroom teacher (preK-2); K-12 staff developer in the areas of curriculum, child development, and creating developmentally appropriate learning environments
Academic interests: interaction of learning and identity; social development and social justice in urban public schools; shifting roles of teachers in private and public schools; effects of trauma on learning; classroom relationships between black women teachers and black girls

Virginia Casper
E-mail: vcasper@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4703
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, California College of Art; MA, New York University; PhD, Yeshiva University
Practitioner background: work with typically and atypically developing children (newborns to adolescents, especially ages 0-3) and their families in research and early intervention settings
Academic interests: early attachment; parenting; lesbian and gay issues in education

Carol Choye
E-mail: cchoye@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4638
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: EdD, University of San Francisco

Stan Chu
Director, General Teacher Education Programs
(for assistant teachers and interns)
E-mail: schu@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4499
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, San Jose State University; MSEd, Bank Street College of Education
Practitioner background: classroom teacher (grades 1-10), including middle school science and math; teacher educator; international educator
Academic interests: science and math education; international education; curriculum development in progressive education settings (public and independent)

Marvin T. Cohen
E-mail: mcohen@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4711
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BS, University of Wisconsin; MBA, University of Michigan; MSEd, Bank Street College; EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University
Practitioner background: K-8 math teacher; K-8 curriculum coordinator
Academic interests: mathematics education in the middle school years; technology as a tool for increasing learning opportunities; learning in diverse settings

Barbara Coleman
Associate Dean for Administration
E-mail: bcoleman@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4472
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BS, Springfield College; MA, Teachers College, Columbia University
Academic interests: enrollment management; student affairs

Carmen L. Colón
E-mail:
ccolon@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4616
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BBA,  Pace University; MS, Bank Street College of Education
Practitioner background: early childhood education (ages 3-4); After School Spanish teacher; Adjunct Professor at Bank Street College of Education; Summer Fieldwork Supervisor
Academic interests: early childhood education; bilingual education; special education; curriculum development

Don S. Cook
Director, Tiorati Workshop for Environmental Learning
E-mail: dscook@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4494
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, Grinnell College; MA, Teachers College, Columbia University
Practitioner background: junior high and high school teacher
Academic interests: science education; environmental education; geography; inquiry learning; nature studies; birding

Luisa Liliana Costa Garro
E-mail: lcosta@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4689
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, National University of La Plata, Argentina; MA, Louisiana State University; PhD, Graduate Center, CUNY
Practitioner background: English teacher in first-grade dual language program (in Argentina; high school English teacher (in Argentina); ESL instructor on college level
Academic interests: dual language programs; linguistics; teaching of reading and writing in Spanish and in English as a Second Language; methodology in teaching a second language

D

Ellen M. Delaney
E-mail: delaney@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4535
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BS, SUNY-Oneonta; MA, EdM and EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University
Practitioner background: classroom teacher; group care teacher; home/parent educator; Head Start consultant (special education and early childhood)
Academic interests: early childhood; early childhood special education; teacher thinking

Margaret Martinez DeLuca
Director, Urban Education Semester
E-mail: mdeluca@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4699
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: MSEd, Bank Street College of Education

Barbara Dubitsky
Director, Leadership in Mathematics Education Program
E-mail: dubitsky@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4712
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BS, Pennsylvania State University; MS and EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University
Practitioner background: mathematics consultation to schools and school districts; public school teacher (grades 4-6); middle school math teacher and math coordinator
Academic interests: mathematics; technology in education

E

Lynne Einbender
E-mail: leinbender@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4754
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BFA, Pratt Institute; MS, Queens College/CUNY; EdM, Teachers College, Columbia University
Practitioner background: staff developer for reading and writing project; educational researcher; high school English teacher; undergraduate instructor
Academic interests: curriculum development; professional development; reading and literacy