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Graduate School Faculty & Staff

Graduate Faculty Directory


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Richard Feldman

E-mail: rhfeldman@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4488
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, City College of New York/CUNY; MSEd, Bank Street College of Education; PhD, The Union Institute
Practitioner background: as classroom teacher (public and private, elementary and high school)
Academic interests: human development over the life span; literature for young children; social and educational policy; early childhood education

Davia M. Brown Franklyn

E-mail: dayveea@aol.com
212-875-4440
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BS, Ithaca College; MSEd, Bank Street College of Education
Practitioner background: middle school teacher; literacy staff developer
Academic interests: middle school; literacy; advisor/staff developer; technology

Helen Freidus

E-mail: hfreidus@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4533
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, Smith College; MA, New York University; MA, EdM and EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University
Practitioner background: early childhood special education (emotionally-disturbed) teacher; learning disabilities resource room teacher (K-3); early childhood special education clinical practice in reading; junior high social studies teacher
Academic interests: social context of teaching and learning; pre-service and in-service teacher development; literacy development; self-study of teacher education practices

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Lia Gelb

Director, Studies in Education Program
E-mail: liag@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4489
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BS, Hunter College; MSEd, Bank Street College of Education
Practitioner background: teacher of 2's, 3's and 5's
Academic interests: early childhood curriculum; professional development

Susan Goetz-Haver

E-mail: sgoetz-haver@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4692
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, University of Pennsylvania; MA, Teachers College, Columbia University; EdM, Bank Street College of Education; PhD, New York University
Practitioner background: NYC public school teacher - general and special ed; literacy specialist; poet; staff developer
Academic interests: elementary and middle school literacy, curriculum development, teacher development, supporting new teachers in urban schools, especially in crossing boundaries of race and class, children and poetry

Betsy Grob
E-mail: bgrob@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4723
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, Western Reserve University; MSEd and EdM, Bank Street College of Education
Practitioner background: K-1 teacher; Spanish teacher for PreK-4; staff developer in PreK-4, locally and internationally
Academic interests: early childhood education, particularly blockbuilding and social studies

Nancy Gropper
E-mail: ngropper@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4477
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: EdD and MA, Teachers College, Columbia University; BS, University of Delaware
Practitioner background: faculty member and department chair in schools of education; evaluator of educational projects and programs; classroom teacher in preschool and day care
cademic interests: gender issues at the early childhood level; performance assessment; early childhood teacher education

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Lorraine Harner

E-mail: lharner@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4758
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, Barnard College; MA, New York University; PhD, Teachers College, Columbia University
Practitioner background: teacher of ages 2-6; teacher and administrator at college level: assistant dean, program head, professor
Academic interests: child development; parent-teacher relations; language acquisition; family dynamics

Marian Howard
E-mail: marianph@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4706
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, Sarah Lawrence College; MSEd, Bank Street College of Education; MA and EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University
Practitioner background: classroom teacher (K/1st/5th grade); special education teacher; resource room teacher; researcher; museum educator
Academic interests: communities; feminist issues; science, biology and rainforest ecology; Central America; communications

Ann Hurwitz
E-mail: ahurwitz@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4695
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, Columbia School of General Studies; MA, Teachers College, Columbia University; MA, City College of New York
Practitioner background: teaching preschool through 5th grade in public and private programs; director of early childhood programs
Academic interests: early childhood leadership; child development; observation and recording; classroom management; assessment; children's literature; poetry

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Minna L. Immerman
E-mail: mimmerman@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4415
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, Barnard College; MA, Teachers College, Columbia University
Practitioner background: early childhood special education teacher in public schools, with emphasis on teaching students with autistic spectrum disorders 
Academic interests: early childhood special education; students with autistic spectrum disorders

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Nina Jaffe

E-mail: njaffe@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4492
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, Wesleyan University; MSEd, Bank Street College of Education
Practitioner background: public school teacher (classroom and bilingual resource room); professional storyteller; author; arts in education specialist
Academic interests: folklore; storytelling; music and movement; cross-cultural learning through the arts; bilingual education; language and diversity

Nina Jensen
Director, Museum Education Programs
E-mail: ninajensen@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4491
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, Mount Holyoke College; MA, Hunter College, CUNY; MPh, CUNY Graduate School and University Center
Practitioner background: educator in art museums
Academic interests: visitor experiences and learning in museums

Pamela M. Jones
E-mail: pjones@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4660
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: AB, Princeton University; MPA, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs ; MSEd, Bank Street College of Education
Practitioner background: first-grade learning specialist; kindergarten learning specialist; Child Study Team coordinator; third-grade teacher (in an inclusive setting); fifth-grade teacher
Academic interests: reading and literacy; educational research; conflict resolution approaches and/or programs used in schools; community-building in the classroom