Liz facilitates the design, implementation and evaluation of formal & informal learning environments. Her recent work includes program evaluation of USDA and NSF-funded STEM programs in community colleges, military colleges and universities.

Joint appointment in English Ed and Literacy Ed

Teaching CT 5037, Literacy, Culture, and the Teaching of Reading, a doctoral level course for students in the Literacy Specialist Program.

Co-director for the Pedagogy in Cinema Society, Research Assistant, and member of FERA.

Conducted qualitative research in New York City public schools participating in the ISA program (Institute for Student Achievement) www.studentachievement.org. Facilitated interviews with teachers, administrators, staff, students, and parents regarding the ISA principles of college preparatory instruction, distributed counselling, continuous organizational improvement, professional development, parent involvement and extended day programs. Observed and documented meetings, classes, and school events. Responsible for coding research and composing a comprehensive, non-evaluative, descriptive feedback report synthesizing evidence of the ISA principles in schools.

Teach 2900I, 2202/2204I - Seminar in Educational Research to graduate students in the Elementary and Early Childhood Education programs.

I taught Bilingual Language Arts to grades 6-8 for a year and taught all subjects in a fourth grade classroom the second year.