Danielle Izzo-Buckner Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

• Manage and implement QC in 4 Program emphasizing four-year graduation rates and increased intentional advisement practices, building the program’s structure as a new “start-up” within the campus community.
• Develop intervention strategies to increase student momentum and greater student retention.
• Oversee graphic design, website production, and communications alongside marketing: created the “Plan. Earn. Complete.” and “30-60-90-120” campaigns.
• Manage QC in 4 Service Indicators and Student Groups performing mass assign and mass release to track program population.
• Work with team on construction and implementation of four-year Academic Program Maps.
• Supervise and mentor staff to assist with new program and advisement practices and policies.

Bayside, New York

My scholarly interests are rooted in student-centered models and research that empower students to advance their writing dexterity and interaction in the classroom as comfortable and confident users of the English language. Dedicated to working in a diverse educational setting, my primary objective in academia is to teach students in an urban community.

Bayside, New York

• Academic Advisor using intentional academic advisement methods resulting in bi-weekly contact with students in my caseload, including advisement on: class registration, study skills, time management, goal setting.
• Author and creator of the “ASAP Advisement Guide” detailing successful needs-based advisement practices to guide students toward graduation in less than three years. Designed advisement services to address student.
• Develop advisement toolkit and provide training for all new advisors, acting as mentor to new staff.
• Create, staff, and oversee ASAP Peer Mentoring pilot program (starting fall 2016).
• Project Manager for the ASAP Summer and Winter Institute (Orientation) each year.
• Assist in recruitment activities for potential ASAP students and entering cohorts each cycle.

Bayside, New York

• Conducted individual, small group and classroom tutoring sessions; lead tutor trainer.
• Created curriculum for and facilitated writing, reading, and e-portfolio workshops and review classes for learning disabled, native and non-native English Speakers.
• Service Learning Project Associate – developed curriculum while managing high risk students for intensive help in reading through the analysis of art and participation in service.
• In-Class Tutor/Teacher’s Assistant – helped professor in conducting classroom lessons and activities, aid in classroom lecture, monitor student progress, and assist in paper review.

Master’S Degree, English Language And Literature, General

Activities and Societies: Golden Key Honor Society My thesis research focused on the intersections of gender and post-Freud.

Summer Writing Program

Participated in Jack Kerouac School for Disembodied Poetics Summer Writing Program focusing on Beat literature.

Bachelor’S Degree, English Language And Literature, General, Magna Cum Laude

• Certificate of completion, Honors Program Graduate, St. John’s University, 2007 • Student Member on the Board of Directors for Women’s.