Graduate School of Education

Graduate School Faculty

Directory

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Nancy Nager

E-mail: nnager@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4470
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, Brandeis University; MSEd, Bank Street College of Education; PhD, Yeshiva University
Practitioner background: early childhood educator
Academic interests: developmental psychology; professional development of teachers; technology in early childhood education

Francisco Najera
Director, Bilingual Education Programs
E-mail: fnajera@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4530
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, CUNY; MA, City College/CUNY; PhD, Graduate Center, CUNY
Practitioner background: bilingual teacher (elementary and intermediate); staff developer; administrator (elementary)
Academic interests: second language acquisition and its effect on literacy development

Diane Newman
Director, Childhood Special Education Programs

E-mail: dnewman@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4547
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, Queens College/CUNY; EdM, Pennsylvania State University; PhD, Northwestern University
Practitioner background: special education teacher; supervisor of education evaluators
Academic interests: diagnosis of learning difficulties; literacy in special education

O


Katherine O'Donnell

E-mail: kod@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4469
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BS, SUNY/Buffalo; MA, University of Minnesota; EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University
Practitioner background: elementary school teacher; undergraduate teacher and administrator
Academic interests: adult development; processes of supervision; learning organizations; relational practices; program design; international programs; the arts as ways of knowing

Margaret (Terry) Orr
Director, Future School Leaders Academy
E-mail: morr@bankstreet.edu 
212-875-4546
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, Denison University; MA, Teachers College, Columbia University; PhD, Columbia University
Practitioner background: research and development in schools, districts, and community organizations on educational programs, and in higher education institutions on leadership preparation
Academic interests: leadership preparation and development; school restructuring and improvement

Karina Otoya-Knapp
E-mail: kotoyaknapp@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4545
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA and MA, University of Chicago; PhD, University of California - Los Angeles
Practitioner background: teacher of math and computers, 3rd grade, high school Spanish
Academic interests: critical inquiry in teacher development; teacher research in higher education settings; public urban education and social justice issues

P

Frank Pignatelli

E-mail: fpignatelli@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4710
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA and MA, City College of New York/CUNY; MPhil, PhD, Teachers College, Columbia University
Practitioner background: junior high school teacher; school district and central administrator; school-university liaison; staff developer
Academic interests: philosophy of education; politics of education; activist research; urban school reform; ethics; educational leadership

Troy Pinkney-Ragsdale
Director, Child Life Program

E-mail: tpinkney@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4473 (phone)
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BS, West Virginia State University; MA, Ohio State University
Practitioner background: director of therapeutic recreation for skilled and assisted-living facilities; director of early intervention program; director of child life for pediatric facilities within various major hospitals
Academic interests: leadership initiatives in child life; diversity issues as they relate to healthcare and education; literacy initiatives; healthcare (particularly pediatrics); early intervention; grandparenting

Denise Prince
Director, Early Childhood Leadership Program

E-mail: dprince@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4585
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BS, City College of New York/CUNY; MSEd, Bank Street College of Education
Practitioner background: teacher and director of early childhood programs; program planner in NYC early intervention program
Academic interests: early childhood education; professional development; school reform; parent involvement; inclusive education

R

Madeleine Ray

212-875-4462
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, Hunter College, CUNY

Rena Rice
E-mail: renarice@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4508
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, Barnard College of Columbia University; MSEd, Bank Street College of Education
Practitioner background: director of public and private not-for-profit early childhood centers
Academic interests: family-school-community partnerships; parenting education; home-based child care; family support; early childhood education

Olga Romero
Chair, Dual Language/Bilingual and Special Education Department

E-mail: olgar@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4468
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, Hunter College/CUNY; MPh, CUNY Graduate School and University Center; PhD, CUNY Graduate School and University Center
Practitioner background: elementary and middle school teacher in bilingual and monolingual classrooms; bilingual speech/language pathologist; bilingual speech/language evaluator
Academic interests: language development and disorders; bilingualism; dual language and bilingual education, preparation of teachers of color; language of learning-disabled adolescents

Mimi J. Rosenberg
Co-Director, General and Special Education Childhood and Middle Childhood Programs

E-mail: mrosenberg@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4544
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, University of California-Riverside; MA, Hunter College; EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University
Practitioner background: teacher of English as a foreign language in Spain; junior and high school teacher in NYC Public Schools; private learning specialist with 4th-12th graders
Academic interests: language and literacy; social studies; collaboration

Susan Ruskin-Mayher
Director, Middle School General Education Program

E-mail: sruskin-mayher@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4780
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA and MS, City College of New York/CUNY; PhD, New York University
Practitioner background: language arts teacher (junior high)
Academic interests: reading and literacy; urban education; social studies education

S

Gil Schmerler

Director, Leadership for Educational Change Program
E-mail: ace@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4709
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, Amherst College; MA, EdM, and EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University
Practitioner background: high school English teacher; director of public alternative high school; principal of independent middle and high schools
Academic interests: small schools; middle schools; teacher leadership; service learning; team building

Patricia Sherman
E-mail:  psherman@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4667
Education: BA, University of California, Berkeley, Political Theory; MA, Fairleigh Dickinson, Human Development; MS, Psychology, New York University; Ph.D, Counseling Psychology, New York University
Practitioner Background: elementary educator; educational consultant; founder/director alternative elementary school. Background in psychology: early childhood play therapy including parental therapy.
Academic interests: child development; history of education; professional development of teachers

Rima Shore
Chair, Weismann Center for Educational Leadership
Chair, Educational Leadership Department
E-mail: rshore@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4478
212-875-4753 (fax)
EducationPhD, Columbia University

Marcia Singer
Project Director, Autism Spectrum Annotation
E-mail: msinger@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4496
212-875-4753 (fax)
EducationEdD, Teachers College, Columbia University
Practioner background: NYC Special Education Principal;  Special Education Teacher
Academic interests:  Autism Spectrum, Educational Leadership, Program Development

Jon D. Snyder
Dean, Bank Street College 
E-mail: jsnyder@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4466
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA, Washington State University; MA and MEd, Washington State University; EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University
Practitioner background: public elementary school teacher; curriculum and staff developer
Academic interests: teacher learning; conditions that support teacher learning; relationships between teacher learning and student learning

Cristian Solorza
E-mail: csolorza@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4553
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BS, Cornell University; MSEd, Bank Street College of Education
Practitioner background: dual language elementary school teacher, grades 4-5; teacher leader in the New York City public schools
Academic interests: language development; dual language pedagogy; dialects; diversity; Spanish language learners; urban education; ESL; teacher leadership

Andrea (Penny) Spencer
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
E-mail: aspencer@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4602
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BA and EdM, University of Maine; PhD, University of Connecticut
Practitioner background: program director in private special education settings; administrator in a regional education service center
Academic interests: special and alternative education for children with emotional, learning and behavioral problems

Susan Stires
E-mail: sstires@bankstreet.edu
212-875-4542
212-875-4753 (fax)
Education: BS, West Chester State University; EdM, Boston University; EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University
Practitioner background: elementary school teacher and resource room specialist; staff developer
Academic interests: writing development and pedagogy; children's literature; first and second language development