People

STAFF

Fred Martin (fred_martin@uml.edu), Professor and Project PI, UMass Lowell
Lijun Ni (lni@albany.edu), Assistant Professor and Project PI, University at Albany
Diane Schilder
Diane Schilder (dschilder@eval-inc.com), Project Evaluator, Evaluation Analysis Solutions, Inc.


Pauline White (pwhite@siena.edu), Teaching faculty and Project Coordinator for Schenectady City District, Siena College
Foozieh Mir (Foozieh_mirderikvand@uml.edu), Project Manager, UMass Lowell
Bernardo Feliciano (Bernardo_Feliciano@student.uml.edu), Graduate Research Assistant, UMass Lowell
Gillian Bausch (gyu@albany.edu), Graduate Research Assistant, UAlbany
Elizabeth Thomas-Cappello (ethomas-cappello@albany.edu), Graduate Research Assistant, UAlbany
Garima Jain (garima_jain@student.uml.edu), Undergraduate Research Assistant, UMass Lowell


Brandi Kwong, Superintendent, Methuen Public Schools
Elaine Santelmann (esantelmann@lowell.k12.ma.us), Coordinator of Science & Social Studies, Lowell Public Schools
Kara Haas (khaas@lowell.k12.ma.us), Instructional Technology Coach, Lowell Public Schools
Edward Lussier (edlussier@methuen.k12.ma.us), Director of Instructional Technology, Methuen Public Schools
Dean Gaudet, (dngaudet@methuen.k12.ma.us), Instructional Technology Specialist, Methuen Public Schools
Kurt Redman, (redmank@schenectady.k12.ny.us), Assistant Director of Teaching and Learning, Schenectady City School District
Jacqueline Rowen, (rowenj@schenectady.k12.ny.us), Technology Teacher, Schenectady City School District

TEACHERS

Project Year 2 teachers listed below. Teachers indicated with an asterisk * served as teacher-leaders during Year 2; ** indicates teacher-leaders in Year 3.

Lowell Teachers:

  • Carl Foss, Bartlett Elementary School
  • Barbara Campbell, Daley Middle School
  • Karen Miranda, Daley Middle School

Methuen Teachers:

  • Jonathan Deshler, Timony Grammar School
  • Sarah Calla, Tenney Grammar School
  • Douglas Patten, Tenney Grammar School

Schenectady Teachers:

  • Mark Graham, Central Park Middle School
  • Jackie Rowen, Oneida Middle School
  • Adam Montross, Mont Pleasant Middle School

ADVISORY BOARD

  • Dr. Joanna Goode, Associate Professor of Education Studies, University of Oregon
  • Dr. Joyce Malyn-Smith, project director at Education Development Corp. (EDC), Waltham, MA
  • Dr. Michael Tissenbaum, Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Lauren Wright, Project Manager for CSforALL’s SCRIPT, New York, NY

ALUMNI

Teachers from Project:

  • Lowell Public Schools: Firas Al-rekabi, Kara Haas, Kevin Joy, Mary Wood, Terence Watterson, Kelley Kiriakakos, Pamela Saucier
  • Methuen Public Schools: Patrick Gordon, Suzanne Beaupre, Kathleen Jeffrey, Stacey Zraket, Amy Foley, Jocelyn Mitchell, Mollie Condon, David Grondine, Judy Flagg
  • Schenectady City Schools: Akili-Abdul Duncan, Adrienna Kudrewicz, Danyelle Ketring, Kelsey LaCourse, Michele Markiewicz, Robert Buell, Chris Collier, Mackenzie O’Neill, Lauren Carson, Dan Kennedy, Nick Zelkowitz, Kevin Dorsey

Project administration:

  • Kathleen Nickerson, Assistant District Director of Educational Equity and Instructional Support, Schenectady City School District
  • Michele Hogan, Director of Grants and Contracts, District Lead, Schenectady City School District
  • Trevor Tripp, Assistant Director of Science and Computer Science, Schenectady City School District
  • Arthur Santos, Technology Integrations Specialist, Lowell Public Schools

UMass Lowell Team:

  • Hsien-Yuan Hsu (Mark), Assistant Professor, School of Education
  • Eliane Motchoffo, Undergraduate Computer Science Student

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