Inside Volume16,No.1 Fall2010 The source for news, events and people at Teachers College, Columbia University Inside Inside Welcoming TC hoop dreams...... 6 At work: Stacy Thomas...... 10 the Entering Class, A new head of External Affairs...... 12 TC’s President in China...... 14 All 1,900+ of Them New faculty spotlight...... 18 Should new moms work?...... 22 Despite a tough job market, students are enrolling at TC this fall in record numbers Climate Research: eachers College will welcome more than 1,900 new students this month, the largest incoming class in its history. From career Diversity at TC T changers to new college graduates, people applied in record num- Two faculty members bers for admission to TC for the Summer and Fall 2010 semesters. By early August, tap a range of voices applications for eachers College has mount- admission to the ed many efforts over the past Summer or Fall T decade to improve the climate 2010 semesters had for diversity: It created the Office for reached an all-time Community and Diversity in 2000; high of 6,082, up 4 and it established the Vice President’s percent from 5,861 position to lead that office; it sponsored last year and up 17 training sessions on microaggressions percent since 2006. and harassment. And while career While faculty members Robert

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Continued From Front page T. Carter and Celia Oyler applaud these and other initia- ulty (including adjuncts and instructors), professional and tives, they believe two key elements have been missing. union staff, students and trustees, and receiving extensive First, these efforts have not fully sounded out the commu- feedback. nity itself, tending to involve representatives of different “The theoretical and conceptual approach we’re tak- constituencies but not always capturing a range of voices ing is unique in several ways,” says Carter. “First, we’re from within each of those groups. Second, they have not working in a transformative way, sharing what we’re learn- tapped the abundant research capabilities at the institu- ing as we go along and using both the information and the tion—research that can elevate the conversation beyond feedback we get to inform other phases of the project. But perception and into the realm of objective fact. also, research on diversity climate is typically done more With those concerns in mind, Carter, Professor of narrowly, in terms of the diversity of the faculty or the Psychology and Education, and Oyler, Associate Professor student body. We take the position that diversity issues for of Education, are conducting a three-year, mixed methods the faculty and students aren’t the same, nor are they the study of TC’s diversity climate. They are interviewing more same as those for people in other areas. In addition, it’s one than 200 TC community members, including trustees, thing to deal in perceptions—to say, we think we know senior staff, professional and union staff, faculty (including what the climate looks like—and another to truly map out adjuncts, instructors and lecturers) and students. At the that climate with graphs and charts. Because when you do same time they are mapping the demographics of each of that mapping, and you share it around, then everyone is these groups, quantifying the numbers and percentages of operating from the same base of information.” whites, African Americans, Latino/as, males, females and The goal, Carter and Oyler say, is not to compare TC others within each of those categories. They also are con- to other institutions, but instead to focus on the institu- ducting reviews both of past reports and other documents tion itself and a more widely shared, positive experience about diversity at TC, and of the visual “iconography” on around diversity for people at TC. campus: signs, posters, statues and other imagery that con- To date, the two faculty members have completed a vey non-verbal or encoded messages related to diversity. preliminary draft of the demographic mapping. While Over the past several months, Carter and Oyler have it is too early to share the hard numbers, certain basic been presenting their findings on an ongoing basis to fac- trends are clear.

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Faculty members Celia Oyler and Robert Carter are looking at many factors that affect the climate for diversity at TC—including visual iconography.

Historical photographs of TC appear in PocketKnowledge, an archive “Overall, the majority of executive staff mem- maintained by TC’s Gottesman Libraries. bers and tenured faculty are white, though there At left, students study on the main entrance stairs, summer, 1920. are larger numbers of minorities at the assistant professor level, and overall the majority of union staff members are black and Hispanic,” Carter says. “That’s troubling when you consider both the hiring pool of qualified minority doctorates that’s Students out there, and also when you compare it to the degree to explore the which gender parity has improved. I don’t think that other library’s card catalog on the institutions are necessarily doing a better job. Our society second floor of is able to discuss other kinds of differences among people, Russell Hall, but the conversation about race seems to continue to be May, 1940. difficult.” Carter says he is optimistic about the prospects for A bust of change, given the commitment that the College is making John Dewey, to support this project and other current initiatives around currently in Zankel Hall. diversity. “For me, the investment in this inquiry is significant, because it breaks the pattern of the past,” Carter main- tains. “It’s really charting a new direction. The critical question is, what gets done with what we find, because it has no value if it’s not used. Members of the community information so that we can all be on the same page.” have to insist that it gets used, and leaders have to use it. The Carter/Oyler study is part of a broader diversity The leaders have indicated a willingness to do that by the effort that involves a task force comprising faculty and investment they’ve made in this effort, and in particular, senior administrators. Inside will report on the work of by their commitment to providing everyone with the same the task force in subsequent issues. ❖

8 ALL ARTICLES CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT: www.tc.edu/inside September 2010 3 Fall Enrollment Continued From Front Page changers are well represented among applicants, the aver- age age has fallen, to 27 from 31, also continuing a multi- Incoming! By the Numbers year trend and suggesting that more students are applying

● 1,900 students, chosen from over straight out of college. 6,082 applicants. Despite the national economic difficulties and teacher layoffs in many parts of the country, there has been no ● 6% are pursuing doctoral degrees, 94% let-up in the number of people interested in becoming percent are pursuing master degrees. teachers. This year, TC saw an increase of about 15 percent ● The oldest person is 61, the youngest in applications to its teacher education and certification is 20. programs. “We’re seeing an increase in applications from ● 30% self-identified as non-white or those who want to be in a traditional classroom setting, other race/culture/ethnicity which is quite encouraging for us, especially in today’s job market,” says Thomas Rock, Executive Director of ● 70% are women, 30% are men Enrollment Services. ● Collectively, the entering class Aspiring educators seem eager to pursue gradu- represents 44 U.S. states, the District ate degrees from Teachers College as a way to gain a of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. competitive edge when demand for teachers, along Virgin Islands. with other professions, bounces back. “Some of our ● More come from New York (635 applicants, especially those applying to our teacher cer- students) than from any other state. tification programs, are thinking, ‘I’m required to have New Jersey is second (141 students) a master’s degree to teach anyway, I might as well go to and California is third (132). the best school that I can for this,’” Rock says. “While we ● 16% are citizens of another country cannot guarantee job placement directly, we certainly are hearing from employers, principals and graduates that ● 257 are international students they often secure the job interview, and sometimes even ● Collectively, the entering class the job placement, because of their education and train- represents 58 different countries ing at TC.” other than the United States Graduate school applications often rise in bad eco- ● Among foreign countries, the College nomic times, and the current downturn is no different. received the most applicants this Applications to U.S. graduate schools rose by an average year from South Korea, followed of 3.8 percent per year from 1998 to 2008, with an 8 per- by China (including Hong Kong), cent increase in 2009 alone, according to the Council of Canada, India and Japan. There were Graduate Schools. Applications to graduate programs of also applications from Singapore, education advanced an average of 1.8 percent annually in Pakistan, Mexico, the Philippines, the same decade, although they eased by 0.5 percent in Malaysia and Lebanon, among other 2008 before recovering in 2009. (In 2008, applications to countries. TC bucked the national trend, rising 3 percent.) The economic ill winds are not the only reason for the recent upturn in education enrollment. President

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Obama’s call to service has resonated among recent college graduates, young professionals and mid-career changers. “Many of our applicants express that they want to give back, they want to be of service and that they want to help to improve society through education,” Rock says. “There is no better place to do all of that than at TC.” That was certainly the case for Jay Sobel, who is entering the master’s program in English education. Four years ago, Sobel abandoned a successful career in real estate law to travel the world and start his own online retail business, but he still felt something was missing. He plans to teach high school English in New York City SETTLING IN Orientation or New Jersey, where he grew up. “I’ve just been looking includes a street fair and some high-quality for a career that I can do and enjoy for the rest of my life,” shopping says Sobel, who is 44, “a feeling that I’m connecting to the community, a career I can feel good about.” Many programs at KatyAnna Johnson’s story could not be more differ- the College continue to ent. The North Dakota native became intrigued about accept applications as part TC while still an undergraduate at Concordia College of their rolling admission in Moorhead, Minnesota. But she first served a year as policies, and the final an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer in Baltimore, work- number of applicants will ing at service learning and after-school programs for not be complete until just before the fall semester begins. high school students. Johnson, 23, is pursuing a master’s The record high number of applications this year means degree in International Educational Development with that the College has been able to maintain its highly a concentration in Peace Education. She hopes to work selective reputation, Rock says. “It is encouraging to know for a domestic, non-government organization when she that year after year, we have more applicants who want to finishes. She says her transition to life in New York City be at TC than we can possibly accommodate.” has been easier than in Baltimore, largely because she Colleges that sent large numbers of applicants to TC is living at the International House, which provides a this year include New York University, the University of “built-in community and optimistic vibe.” California at Berkeley, the University of California at Los While someone interested in doing service in edu- Angeles, Cornell, Rutgers, the University of Michigan cation might volunteer for Teach for America or the and the State University of New York at Binghamton. New Teacher Project for a few years, a significant number Among Ivy League schools, applicants were graduates instead are choosing education and teaching as a lifelong of Cornell, followed by Brown, Columbia, Harvard, career. “They are seeking the best possible training to pre- Yale, the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton. pare them for this career track,” Rock says. “Many of them Teachers College is seeing an increase in applicants from recognize, and we affirm, that the best training is right here at Teachers College.” Fall Enrollment Continued on page 9

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ne afternoon about a year ago, Peter Robert women’s basketball team, circa 1896—just five years after Casey, at the time TC’s Assistant Director the sport was invented (they used to play on the fourth of Student Activities, was looking for an floor of Thompson, in the gym that has since been carved excuse to avoid getting back to work after up into offices). He also learned that two other Hall of Ohis lunch break. He started clicking around in Pocket Fame college coaches were TC grads: Howard “Hobby” Knowledge, the online archive created by TC’s Gottesman Hobson, whose 1939 University of Oregon squad won Libraries, and stumbled upon a truly momentous fact: the very first NCAA championship (when the Clarence “Big House” Gaines went to Te ache r s National Invitational Tournament was the College. bigger deal; but Hobson then Just possibly that name may went on to a stellar career at not mean much to you, but to Yale and served on the U.S. Casey and others who eat, sleep Olympic Committee); and the and breathe sports, especially bas- real stunner: the late Adolph ketball, Gaines is the stuff of legend: Rupp, long-time head coach a Hall of Fame coach who ranks at the University of Kentucky, fourth on the all-time career wins third on the career wins list, lists; coach and mentor to Earl holder of four NCAA cham- (“The Pearl”) Monroe; skipper pionships, and—most mem- of the first team from a his- orably—coach in the 1966 torically black college or uni- NCAA championship versity (Winston Salem State game that pitted his all- University, where he ran white starting five against the program for 47 years) to upstart Texas Western, win the Division II NCAA whose five starting play- championship. DOUBLE TEAMING Nabeel Pretty good find for a Ahmad (left) and slow day at work, but Casey Peter Robert Casey are wasn’t finished. During collaborating on several the next half hour, he dis- online sports venues covered a picture of TC’s

6 Inside teachers college Columbia university Entrepreneurial Spotlight Hoop Dreams at TC Two friends, an app and some surprising history make for nothing but ’Net

ers were African American. Texas Western won that ous summer in the stands at the Entertainer’s Basketball game, which has been immortalized in the movie Glory Classic at Rucker Park in Harlem, where New York City Road, by a score of 72–65. schoolyard legends battle NBA superstars. Most sports junkies would have been content to go “We were talking and noted that many people at TC home and brag to their friends—but Casey, who received have an interest in sports, so we should do something with his TC master’s in Organizational Psychology in 2008, is it,” Ahmad recalls. “Although I was on my way out, Peter not your average sports junkie. At the time, he was becom- said, let’s keep in touch.” ing well known in cult circles for microblogging via Twitter As it turned out, Ahmad ended up coming back to courtside from the home games of his favorite childhood TC as an adjunct assistant professor in the Math, Science team, St. John’s. He discovered after further clicking that and Technology Department. (He teaches two courses Clarence Gaines’ son, Clarence, Jr., a former NBA scout, is on the use of mobile phones and other handheld devices alive and well in southern California. He called Gaines, Jr., as an educational tool.) He, Casey and Aly Somani, and they talked for an hour. Among other things, Casey another recent TC grad who worked for the NBA Players learned that Gaines, Sr., like many other black educators Association at the time, collaborated to create—what else? of his era, had come to TC because southern schools were —an iPhone sports trivia app called Junkie Status. TC closed to black students. He also learned that Rupp, who alumni Ian Toledo, a graphic artist, and, Pranav Garg, a was often portrayed as a racist, coached racially integrated programmer and staff member of the Gottesman Libraries high school teams before coming to Kentucky. EdLab group, worked with the team to create the app. But this is only partially a story about TC’s basketball Junkie Status (http://junkiestatus.com), which can be history. It’s also a tale of technology, friendship, entrepre- downloaded for 99 cents (one percent is given to charity), neurial spirit, life in the Big Apple, and the creative uses to differs from other sports trivia quizzes on two counts. which one can put a Teachers College degree. Instead of typical questions that takes a few seconds to In spring 2009, Nabeel Ahmad was waiting to enter process—“Who led the NBA in scoring in 1975?”—it poses Riverside Church for TC’s doctoral hooding ceremonies. chains of questions that, in a modest way, seek to educate. By alphabetical happenstance, Ahmad, who was receiving For example: “Which school did Shaquille O’Neal attend?” his doctorate in educational technology, was first on line, A “shot clock” ticks while you ponder your answers, and and he fell to chatting with the guy in charge of wran- the app responds with a rousing “Swish!” for a correct gling his group—Peter Casey. They’d never spoken before, answer and “Air ball!” for a miss, along with the correct but quickly discovered their mutual love of basketball. Eventually, they remembered seeing each other the previ- Continued on page 8

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Continued From page 7 answer (Louisiana State University). You can then read percentage rating based on the number of right answers. a fun fact about the player in question (e.g., O’Neal has So if you get 7 of 10 correct, your Junkie Status is 70 released four rap albums, with his first going platinum), percent.” The percentages are accompanied by fun graphic before moving on to the next puzzler. images—a patient in a basketball-themed hospital bed if Also, Junkie Status, as its name suggests, rates users’ you score a lowly 40 percent; the patient using a walker if performances rather than simply keeping a log of the you do a little better; and so on. Players can try to achieve highest user scores. the elusive 100 percent Junkie Status in four categories of “Normally, you tell people, ‘I got 10,000 points,’ or play: All Stars, Rookies, International and All Players. ‘I’m number one on the list,’ but how can you prove it?” But, of course, bragging rights are still what it’s all says Ahmad. “Our app gets away from scores. You get a about—so Junkie Status thoughtfully provides users with links to Facebook and Twitter so that they can immediately notify their personal social networks of their ratings (with the fun graphics included). “We let users leverage their own social networks instead of trying to create our own,” Casey says. Junkie Status launched in June and is selling briskly, according to Ahmad. Casey, Ahmad and their colleagues are now working on similar apps for football and other sports. “We’re trying to be like smart coaches and think two steps ahead,” Ahmad says. “The app development isn’t much work once you’ve completed the first one. The time- consuming part is researching all the trivia questions.” Meanwhile, Ahmad and Casey are working on what potentially is a much bigger product: a Web-based personnel management application called Team Chemist (http://www.theteamchemist.com) that will enable NBA general managers to evaluate players they’re thinking about acquiring in trades or via free agency. “We’ve studied players’ personalities and past behavior

8 Inside teachers college Columbia university THE FOLKS THAT BROUGHT THEM HERE Members of the to determine what situations and roles allow them to TC Admission & Financial Aid Team: Back Row, Left perform at their best, and we’ve built that information to Right (Standing) Elizabeth Puleio, Ashley Ewing, into an online tool to help GMs make better decisions,” Nicole Siniscalchi, Morgan Oakes, Karen Wray, Lucy Casey says. “This information is almost entirely in the Villaquiran, Nadine Boston. Front Row, Left to Right public domain—editorials, interviews players have done, (Seated) David Estrella, Tom Rock (Executive Director updates they’ve posted on Facebook and Twitter. What of Enrollment Services), Deanna Ghozati, Nico Mwai you find is that, for example, while nearly all NBA players were standouts at the high school and college levels, not Fall Enrollment Continued From page 5 all helped their teams to win. Whereas a guy like Dwyane Boston University, Boston College, Hunter College, Wade [now with the Miami Heat] took a mediocre Brown University, Spelman College, and Columbia Marquette team all the way to the Final Four. So we’re not University. “These are applicants who are coming interpreting anything, we’re just aggregating.” directly to TC out of these fine institutions,” Rock “If you’re making a multi-million dollar hiring says. “We recruit nationally and internationally, but decision, would you want to know everything you can these schools are particularly important to us in this about the person in question?” Ahmad asks. “You would current application cycle.” be surprised how little information GMs base their Among U.S. applicants, New York State is heav- decisions on. Our goal is to fix that.” ily represented, with nearly one-third, or 29 percent, In July, Ahmad, Casey and David Guralnick—also an of applicants from TC’s home state, followed by New Adjunct Assistant Professor of Technology & Education Jersey, California, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. at TC, and originator of the Team Chemist concept— The top three countries of international applicants attended the annual NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. are South Korea, China and Canada, followed by They got some promising nibbles from people in several India and Japan. TC also received applications organizations, including the New York Knicks. from Singapore, Pakistan, Mexico, the Philippines, “Many of us grew up obsessed with sports,” Ahmad Malaysia and Lebanon. says. “My brother collected every issue of Sports Illustrated Rock noted that the record-high applications and local newspaper’s sports section for ten years. My were the result of a coordinated effort across the mother and I used to give him a hard time about it and College, involving “all of the offices within the tell him how useless it was. But maybe it wasn’t so useless Enrollment and Student Service areas as well as after all.” ❖ the faculty admission committees. The Enrollment Office could never have done it alone.” ❖

8 ALL ARTICLES CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT: www.tc.edu/inside September 2010 9 TC People TC At Work: Stacy Thomas Who She Is In Her Spare Time Stacy Thomas is the Data Entry Clerk in Computing and Information Services. She serves students, faculty When she’s not and staff on a wide variety of issues, from setting working, Thomas passwords to overseeing the implementation of software. spends quality For the past 20 years, Thomas has been one of the Shop time with her fam- Stewards for the Local Teachers College 2110 UAW. ily. “That’s a must,” she says. She also Road to TC volunteers with an After graduating from high school, Thomas, who organization that grew up near the TC campus, enrolled in business does outreach for school. Upon completion of her degree, she learned of sickle cell disease an open position in TC’s student aid office, thanks to a research and aware- tip from a friend who was working in accounts payable ness. In addition to participating in health fairs on at the time. That was 26 years ago, and Thomas, who weekends, Thomas is raising funds for a sickle cell eventually moved to the Center for Computer and walk in September, which she’ll participate in with her Information Management Services Department, hasn’t 20-year-old daughter, who has the genetic blood disor- looked back. der. Thomas, who once considered going into the nurs- Best Part of the Job ing field, says her work with the organization is also a For Thomas, the best part of the job is seeing source of inspiration: “We are blessed, compared to what students who had been frustrated leave her office with so many people go through. I’ve learned to appreciate smiles on their faces. “That means we’ve done our job everything a little more.” right, and that’s what makes me really happy.” Did You Know? She also enjoys the team environment of her office In high school, Thomas had two passions: acting and particularly appreciates her supervisor, George and ROTC, the latter of which she participated for two Schuessler, Director of Academic Computing. “I’ve years. ROTC gave her a strong sense of discipline and worked with George for the entire 20 years he’s been at structure, both of which built confidence. “You had to the College. He’s the best person in the world.” follow orders,” she says with a smile. ❖

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im Gardner has worked in some high-profile posi- “President Obama has said that our economic and tions during his career—policy advisor to New societal health depends on education,” Gardner says, “and Jersey Governor Christie Todd Whitman; editor at great educational institutions such as TC have both the the Philadelphia Daily News; and, most recently, credibility and the responsibility to shed light on the enor- J as special assistant to University of Pennsylvania mously complex issues surrounding education to which President Amy Gutmann. But one of his more satisfy- there are no shortcuts or easy solutions.” ing moments came nearly two decades ago as an edito- “To effectively engage the public, we have to pres- rial columnist for the Asbury Park Press. New Jersey’s ent everything we do—our research in education, health Governor at that time, Jim Florio, had just engineered and nutrition, our ideas for reforming and rethinking the passage of a major education education, and our work with bill, and Gardner responded with our friends and neighbors in a four-part editorial series devoted We have to Harlem and with institutions entirely to the new legislation. articulate“ why a all over the world—in edgy, “It prompted an avalanche of captivating and exciting ways,” letters not only from educators healthy, vibrant TC Gardner maintains. and the general public, but also Gardner describes himself as from the Governor, who respond- is essential to the “a passionate believer in higher ed point by point to his critics,” education” and its critical role recounts Gardner. “It illustrated country’s future—and “preparing future leaders and for me my newspaper’s potential professionals while serving as the for sparking constructive dialogue to the world. conscience of the nation and of on issues that bear directly on our ~JIm” Gardner, society.” He came to Teachers lives.” Associate Vice President, College, he says, because, “When Gardner, who joined Teachers External Affairs it comes to transforming educa- College in July as Associate Vice tion across the lifespan, TC is President of External Affairs, intends to achieve similar where the action is. This is a place with brilliant people, results by representing the College’s work to the press, led by a brilliant, innovative president with a vision for policymakers, alumni and the broader public. charting and strengthening the essential connections

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linking educational theory with policy and practice. “When you contemplate TC’s interdisciplinary breadth, the depth of its various programs, and its influ- ence and impact in New York City, you’re talking about an institution that is ideally poised to be the transformational agent in our society,” he says. In his new role, Gardner, who earned his under- graduate degree from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and spent some time working toward a master’s degree in English and Comparative Literature at Columbia, will lead the full range of external relations and communications for TC. “We are so fortunate to have a creative communica- tions professional of Jim’s stature and experience join our TC team to help position the College for our upcoming fundraising campaign and 125th anniversary,” said Suzanne Murphy, Vice President for Development and External Affairs. “On a personal note, Jim is a warm, witty con- versationalist who looks forward to getting to know the people of Teachers College. He’ll be a great TC citizen.” “If you’ve never set foot here, you know something of our storied history,” Gardner says. “But there’s a lot we can do to reinforce that TC is on the cutting edge right now. How we present ourselves to friends, alumni and other constituents is very important, because the trust they place in us isn’t a given—we have to keep earning it. And to do that we have to articulate why a healthy, vibrant TC is essential to the country’s future—and to the world.” ❖

8 ALL ARTICLES CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT: www.tc.edu/inside September 2010 13 A Homecoming in a Faraway Land TC’s President spends a week in China, renewing and strengthening a century-long partnership ppreciation for the discipline and tra- That relationship began early in the 20th century dition of Chinese education is grow- when a remarkable group of Chinese students enrolled ing throughout the United States. Our at the College, and upon returning to China, adapted two education systems are moving closer TC’s progressive ideals to China’s educational landscape. “Atogether, with China seeking ways to inspire greater creativ- That group—which included Tao Xingzhi, Hu Shi, Zhang ity and independent-mindedness among its students, and Boling and Chen Heqin—are viewed as the architects the United States striving to learn of China’s modern school system. from China’s emphasis on content Subsequently, several TC faculty knowledge and work ethic.” At Teachers members visited China, including With those words, delivered to John Dewey, who delivered more 130 TC and Columbia University College,“ we view the than 200 lectures there over a two alumni in Hong Kong on June year period. 18th, TC President Susan Fuhrman current era as ‘the Fuhrman herself is an old kicked off her weeklong tour of “China hand,” having spent 11 China. Over that stretch, she vis- learning century.’ years building programs between ited three cities, spoke at alumni the U.S. and China during her ~TC President Susan Fuh”rman, events for both TC and Columbia, speaking at the Shanghai Expo tenure as Dean of the University chaired a television panel on the of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School state of U.S.-Chinese educational of Education. She has also served exchange, addressed a roundtable of Chinese education as an advisor on curriculum development to the Shanghai leaders at the Shanghai Expo Forum and gave the keynote Education Commission, and last year was named an honor- address at a symposium in Beijing that commemorated the ary faculty member at Beijing Normal University. unique century-long relationship between TC and China. “Native New Yorkers like me are drawn to cosmopoli-

14 Inside teachers college Columbia university International A Homecoming in a Faraway Land TC’s President spends a week in China, renewing and strengthening a century-long partnership tan centers of creativity and imagination—so we feel very Chinese Educational Development.” much at home in Shanghai,” she told her audience at the However, the College’s institutional involvement in Expo Forum. China has significantly increased under Fuhrman. Recently, Many current TC faculty members have long been TC has partnered with East China Normal University to collaborating with educators in China—especially Mun enable undergraduates at the university who aspire to teach Tsang, founding Director of the College’s Center on to come to TC for intensive preparatory courses. Another Chinese Education. Tsang organized the “Centenary program is bringing Chinese high school students to TC Anniversary” conference at Beijing Normal where for preparation for enrollment at top U.S. colleges and uni- Fuhrman spoke, and he was honored there as an versities. The College is also forging strong ties with the “International Scholar for Excellent Contributions to China Trip Continued on Page 16

LOTS OF NEW FRIENDS TC President Susan Fuhrman (first row, eighth from right) at Beijing Normal University. She spoke there at a conference celebrating TC’s century-long relationship with China.

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China Trip Continued from Page 15 government of Shanghai-Pudong and China’s National “At Teachers College, we view the current era as Academy of Educational Administration. ‘the learning century’—a moment when, perhaps for the first time in history, advances in education theory and practice can make cities more livable, prosperous and sustainable,” Fuhrman said in her roundtable address in Shanghai. She went on to stress the con- nections between the quality of a city’s schooling and its long-term health and viability, citing the landmark work of the late TC faculty member A. Harry Passow in documenting the relationship in the 1960s between Washington’s struggling schools and the city’s gener- ally ebbing fortunes. But while TC has definitely been a leader in work- LEGACY OF EXCHANGE Top: TC Professor Paul Monroe is ing with China, it was clear from the televised panel greeted at Lingnan University, Canton, China, by alumni Fuhrman co-chaired with Dr. Yu Lizhong of East of Teachers College in 1931. Below: Chinese students at China Normal University that U.S.-Chinese educa- Teachers College, 1912. tional exchange is in general alive, well and drawing widespread interest. The event—part of the U.S.-China Future Leaders Program—drew a live audience of some 300 students and educators, both from Chinese institu- tions and top U.S. schools such as Columbia, Harvard, Johns Hopkins and the University of Pennsylvania. Yet TC, with its long history of partnership with China, may enjoy one very important edge in the region over other American institutions: its local alumni base. Among them is Edith Shih (Ed.M., ’78, M.A.,’77), who is Head Group General Counsel and Company Secretary for Hutchison Whampoa Limited, a Fortune 500 company with more than 250,000 employees worldwide. Shih, who is a member of the TC President’s Advisory Council, is working to help the College establish a scholarship fund Given TC’s own urban legacy and the massive num- to bring promising Chinese students to TC. bers of people flowing into China’s major metropolises, “This is an extremely important initiative,” says much of this work has an urban cast. Cheng Davis, who recently joined TC as the President’s

16 Inside teachers college Columbia university Building China’s Future, at TC ineteen of China’s most promising high school students arrived at TC in late May to begin N intense preparation for enrollment in top Amer- ican universities. Called the Pre-College Program at Teachers College, the initiative is TC’s first foray into pre-collegiate preparation. The Chinese students will be based here for seven months, practicing for the Special Advisor for International Advancement, SAT, developing their English language skills and tak- and who helped plan much of the China trip. ing advanced courses in math, physics, chemistry and “China and Asia in general are an enormously American history. The program also educates the stu- important student market.” dents about the U.S. college admissions process and the That TC’s President chose to spend a week vast range of institutions they will be choosing from. visiting the region sends an important signal to The Pre-College Program is a joint effort between alumni and prospective students alike, Davis said, TC, the China Center for International Educational Exchange and the University of International Relations This is an in Beijing. It runs for a full year, with students attend- ing five months of training classes at the University of extremely“ important International Relations prior to their arrival at TC. The TC portion of the program is designed to provide initiative. China a taste of undergraduate life. Students live in TC dorms and, starting in the fall, audit undergraduate courses and Asia in general at Columbia. During this past summer, they honed their English, took writing courses and met in groups with are an enormously guidance counselors. Several of the students’ courses, important student including American Language and Culture, were pro- vided by current and recent TC students. market. “It’s not just about getting them into the school of their choice,” says Portia Williams, TC’s Director ~Cheng Davis, T”C President’s of International Relations. “We’re prepping them to Special Advisor for International Advancement succeed.” To that end, the students will meet one-on-one and further boosts the College’s visibility there. with guidance counselors this fall to figure out which Still, it was clear that TC reputation was colleges suit their interests and to begin making col- already quite strong. lege visits. “We are so grateful to TC,” said Yanan Wang, “This provides a very important opportunity for a former visiting psychology scholar at the College. TC students to work in a program that allows them to Wang and his wife made the 125-mile trip from experience a different culture and to work with some Nanjing, where he is now a professor at Nanjing of the best students in China,” says Williams. “This is a University, to hear Fuhrman speak in Shanghai. “It nation with which we have had and will continue to have was there that we met a lot of amazing people and a long-term relationship, so it’s especially gratifying changed the way we look at the world.” ❖ that we can help prepare its future leaders.” ❖

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ver the course of each year, Inside profiles the ideas of responsibility and the role given to history in College’s annual new cohort of faculty members guiding the present and the future. I have analyzed how O and post-doctoral fellows. In this issue, we in contemporary Argentina, for example, discourses about are pleased to introduce Daniel Friedrich, Assistant the last military dictatorship (1976–1983) are mobilized Professor of Curriculum; and Arshad Ali, Minority to define and bind the democratic citizen and to exclude Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of International those who do not fit. and Transcultural Studies. What are your academic passions? Daniel Friedrich I am passionate about good challenges—and what is Assistant more challenging than defying our own common sense? Professor of Facilitating these disruptions, especially when related to Curriculum, our understanding and enacting of equality, brings life to Department my words. of Curriculum and Teaching Who has been influential in the development of your interests and/or career? What do you As clichéd as it may sound, the two most influential teach? people in the development of my interests are my par- ents—my dad, with his constant search for challenges and This fall, I’ll different ways to make people think; and my mom, with be teaching C&T her empathy, compassion and warmth. 5074: Curriculum Also, recently, Professor Tom Popkewitz served as my and Teaching advisor and friend at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Policy. During the spring, I’ll be leading a seminar The day I arrived in Madison, Tom opened the doors of on Memory, History and Curriculum and teaching his home to me. He treated me as an equal peer, showing Curriculum Theory and History. a commitment to the ideas he develops in his work, in What has been the focus of your research? everyday life. Tom embodies for me what it means to be a committed intellectual and advisor. So far, I have been focusing my research on the ways in which the citizen is produced through different

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Arshad Ali Minority Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of International and Transcultural Studies

What do you teach? I have taught courses focusing on comparative ethnic studies, socio-cultural learning, qualitative research methods, urban education and inequality, student organizing and critical theory/pedagogy in education. ing of the relationship of the personal to the political in Whatever I teach, though, I organize my courses to the lives of young people. Prior to pursuing an academic participate in communities outside of the classroom as a career, I worked with young people in an afterschool pro- central part of the learning. gram focusing on political education and community orga- nizing. We engaged young people in thinking hard about What has been the focus of your research? schooling in critical ways, and also as an opportunity to My current research focuses on the construction of develop the tools to truly educate oneself. the Muslim subjectivity in the U.S. Among other things, I apply lenses of socio-cultural learning theory, critical Can you recall a memorable teaching experience race theory and postcolonial thought to look at how that influenced your career? Muslim college students here form their sense of personal I was 19, working as a mentor in the California Youth identity, nationhood and race. The Muslim in this Authority. One day a young man asked me to help him country is a racialized figure whose identity is situated at with his college application. He was just a bit younger the crossroads of religious, national and racial difference. than me and had been incarcerated for five years. Most More broadly, I believe exploring these tensions between Americans would assume a young man of color spending the sacred and the profane, the secular and theological, his teenage years in a prison facility had no future, but can provide important insight into notions of democracy, thanks to the program and to adults who took an inter- citizenship and political engagement. est in him, he’d been able to envision a different life path Such experiences are why I became interested in engaging What are your academic passions? youth who have been silenced, made invisible and ignored I am interested in developing a greater understand- by our society. ❖

8 ALL ARTICLES CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT: www.tc.edu/inside September 2010 19 STUDENT PROFILE Continued Research FROM Back Cover more than 150 people. Duck’s affinity for working with Good News for New Moms Who Work students dates back to her days as a “Pathfinder” at the University of study co-authored by TC’s Jeanne Brooks-Gunn finds few ill Pittsburgh, where she completed effects of first-year maternal employment. a dual undergraduate major in The question has drawn a lot of attention from research- A business and psychology. She led ers and the media: Do children fare worse if their moms work in the campus tours and participated in first year of life? The answer, according to a major study recently recruiting and event planning— released by the Society for Research and Child Development, is experiences that have stood her essentially “no.” Co-authored by Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, TC’s Virginia in good stead in her current role & Leonard Marx Professor of Child and Parent Development Educa- at TC. “It taught me what student tion, the report has generated international headlines. activities are all about,” she says. Brooks-Gunn and her co-authors, Wen-Jui Han and Jane Waldfo- Duck later studied in Capetown, gel, both Professors at the Columbia School of Social Work, looked South Africa, “an eye-opening beyond the scope of parental employment, to include extensive data experience” that she credits with on parent-child interactions, family income, child care and other kindling her desire to pursue a factors that affect child development. They discovered that while career promoting diversity in early maternal employment carries some downsides, it also offers business. She was drawn to TC by some advantages, such as increasing mothers’ family income along the work of Derald Wing Sue, who with the likelihood that children receive high-quality day care. In has done pioneering research on the tally of advantages and disadvantages that accrue from new microaggressions in institution- mothers working, the net effect on infants is neutral. al settings; Terrence Maltbia, an “This is great news for the overwhelming majority of mothers [80 authority on leveraging diversity percent] who work during their child’s first year of life,” said Brooks- as a strategic asset for corpora- Gunn, who co-directs TC’s National Center for Children and Families. tions; and Lee Knelfelkamp, who “Many parents, women in particular, struggle with the difficult tran- has written about the multi-cul- sition of returning to work, and the new data from our study should tural self in organizations. alleviate some of the parental concerns about the Duck hopes to remain in New negative effects maternal working might have on York after she finishes at TC. child outcomes.” Meanwhile, she continues to find The full study is published in the ways to make campus activities July 2010, volume 75 edition run smoothly. For the Chinese of the Monographs of the Student Association last winter, Society for Research in Child that meant a rescheduled concert Development and may be after all. found online at: “It was in a community church http://www3. three blocks from campus, not in interscience. Milbank,” Duck says, “but, hey— wiley.com/. the show must go on.” ❖

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A Space on the first floor of Thompson Hall, An Upgrade for Campus for Room 139A. A private space where the Mysak Clinic nursing staff and students can On September 1, following a Nursing Mothers relax while pumping, the room is summer of renovations on the first Last year, TC’s Associate Vice equipped with chairs, a table, an floor of Macy Hall, the College Provost Katie Embree received electrical outlet, a sink and proper will unveil its revamped Edward a phone call from a frustrated cleaning supplies. To gain access D. Mysak Clinic for Communica- student, who was also a nurs- to the secure room, please contact tion Disorders. The Center, which ing mother. The student explained the Human Resources Office in 112 serves some 60 clients weekly from that she would often find herself Zankel. neighboring communities, will now on campus late at night, work- “I’m thrilled that the College have a new and larger clinic space ing diligently on her dissertation, has provided this private space,” only to have to go home abruptly, that includes two new therapy says Embree. ❖ because there was no dedicated rooms, a new and vastly improved space on campus for her to expel audiovisual system, central air her breast milk. conditioning, high-level sound- Investigating the situation, proofing, and teleconferencing Embree then began talking to oth- units for online work with children ers in the TC community, only to in other countries. The facility will discover that this concern, a lack now be fully compliant with the of space for nursing mothers, had Americans with Disabilities Act. ❖ been raised before, and a growing number of staff across depart- Putting a Face to ments had already begun working the Name, or Vice to address the issue. An interde- Versa partmental group came together It’s a scenario just about everyone to find a solution. can relate to: you’re accustomed As a result, on June 1, the Col- to saying hello (and more) to a col- lege officially launched its Nurs- league on campus, day after day. ing Mothers Room, located on You chat about kids, vacations, or

8 ALL ARTICLES CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT: www.tc.edu/inside September 2010 21 Welcoming New Employees  Teachers College would like to wel- whatever you’re each reading. But default photos listed are the ones come those who joined its staff you can’t remember her name–or used for TC IDs, though there are during June. Welcome to TC! (If worse, you never learned it–and at options for uploading alternative you were hired in June and are not this point are too embarrassed to images and also for opting out listed, please contact the Office of ask. Now, thanks to the new myTC of the directory altogether. The Human Resources to be included in online photo directory—which photos are only viewable to those an upcoming issue of Inside.) allows faculty, staff and students within the TC community and are to look up colleagues via their not listed on the public site. Elihu Anderson, Public Safety names or departments—those Jolene Lane, Director, Office for Officer II, Public Safety Diversity and Community Affairs, awkward moments are a thing of Amrit Aneja, Administrative has received a tremendous amount the past. Assistant, Center for of positive feedback on the direc- The idea for the myTC directory Technology & School Change began two years ago, when the tory, including from some who use Office for Diversity and Community the directory as a memory aid. “It Teresa Clay, Public Safety Officer Affairs began leading the College- is a tremendous tool for building II, Residential Services/New wide community-building effort, community,” Lane says. “It allows Res Hall asking the question, “What kind us to connect to one another in Sarah Garland, Education of community do we want to be?” positive ways.” ❖ Reporter, Hechinger Institute Of the 19 initiatives proposed to Also new on myTC is the Morgan Oakes, Admission make TC a better place to work and Announcements Channel, a Counselor, Office of Admission learn, the myTC directory was at designated space for campus Audrey Parker, Payroll Manager, the top of the list. CIS staff began announcements, academic Payroll Office working their magic, and this past deadlines and other reminders. April, the project was launched. The Channel is located on the Elisha Rodriguez, Associate Replacing the printed “yellow upper left of every tab on the Controller, Accounting & book,” the online directory can be portal. For more information, visit: Business Services located by logging in to myTC and www.tc.columbia.edu/news/7625 Gerald Woods, Public Safety clicking on “Search & Help.” The Officer II, Public Safety

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Through September 30 Everett Café & The Gottesman Libraries department and program areas. Exhibition: Selected Works from To mark BlogDay, the Gottesman 2:30pm-4:30pm the Ziegfeld Collection Libraries will post stories from major Concurrent Sessions provides invaluable newspapers about the growth and information concerning the student development of blogging within the experience and College resources. Each history of social media. Also be sure to session will run for approximately check out our own Pressible, "a network 45 minutes. Start times are 2:30PM, of sites that are optimized to display and 3:30PM. You are free to attend as many share educational content." News posters sessions as you please. are becoming a popular teaching aid; you Student Services Career Services may ask the library staff for any you'd and Office of Student Activities and like to keep, or—first come, first serve— Programs Discover resources and just help yourself to the poster collection programs provided by the Offices of near the first floor services desk and Career Services and Student Activities enhance your classroom today! & Programs that will assist you during

and after your TC graduate student New Student Orientation experience. 8:00am-11:00am; Cowin Center, First floor of Transfer Credit Find out about the Horace Mann; Check in to receive orientation process and policies concerning transfer materials credits. Representatives from the Office 9:00am–7:00pm 9:00am-9:45am or 10:00am-10:45am of Admission will provide helpful The Offit Gallery TC President Susan Fuhrman, Provost information. The Ziegfeld Collection comprises about Thomas James and Student Senate Teacher Education & Support Programs 350 paintings, drawings, prints and President Michael Swart will welcome Get information and materials pertaining collages made by adolescents aged 10 to 18 students with opening comments. to teacher certification and teaching from 32 countries across the world. The 9:00am-9:45am or 10:00am-10:45am placements. Students completing their Collection was originated in the 1950's Expectations of an Academic Community student teaching or in-service practicum by Dr. Edwin Ziegfeld (1905–1983), the Discuss College policies, particularly should attend this event. creator of the arts and education program FERPA, student code of conduct, Student Experience-Graduate Life at at Teachers College. The artworks were academic integrity and intellectual TC Being a graduate student can present collected after the Second World War property. some unique challenges! Join in this and first exhibited in 1957 in The Hague, conversation with current students as the Netherlands. The artworks within 11:00am-5:00pm they share the secrets of their success. the Ziegfeld Collection were chosen from 6th ANNUAL TC BLOCK PARTY Discussion will be helpful whether you thousands of submissions received from 120th Street between Broadway and are a returning adult student or recently around the world during the 1950s, and Amsterdam completed your undergraduate degree they were ultimately selected for their Enjoy food from around the world program. "ability to capture the ideas, perception, at TC's 6th annual TC Block Party Diversity Discussions Join in an and spirit of the adolescent experience." and meet vendors selling food, music, interactive discussion with students from handbags, home accessories and more! Tuesday, August 31 diverse backgrounds and learn how to 12:30pm-2:00pm News Display: Blogday network within TC. There are many At Academic Orientation, meet 9:00am–11:00pm resources and areas of support. Come faculty and staff members within your

24 Inside teachers college Columbia university share, connect and build new alliances Nivel, from 6-7:30pm in Library Atrium, September 2–9 that will aid your student success. adjacent to the Cafe. News Display: First ATM Opens Juggling Multiple Priorities Meet 9:00am–11:00pm other TC students and learn how they Wine & Cheese Reception featuring Student The Gottesman Libraries, Everett Café juggle family, school, work and other Organizations and the Student Senate The Gottesman Libraries will responsibilities. 4:00pm-6:00pm display headlines about the history Grace Dodge Dining Hall and development of the ATM, now 5:00pm-7:00pm Make the most out of your graduate considered indispensable to most people. Meet other TC students for some relaxed, student experience. Meet members of On September 2, 1969 the automated unstructured fun at the TC Happy Hour at current student organizations and the teller machine made its debut appearance The Village Pourhouse, 108 & Amsterdam Student Senate. Student Organizations by dispensing cash at Chemical Bank in Ave. Meet there or in the Zankel Lobby sponsor academic conferences, produce Rockville Center, New York. The design at 4:45pm to travel together. journal publications and provide is credited to Don Wetzel, an executive networking opportunities Wednesday, September 1 with faculty, administration First Day of Classes Get to know Gottesman Libraries! and students. Learn how to Tickets On Sale get involved on campus and September 2: 12:00noon–1:00pm 9:30am & 4:30pm make the most of your graduate September 3: 1:00pm–2:00pm Office of Student Activities & Programs, experience. September 7: 4:00pm–5:00pm September 8: 1:00pm–2:00pm 160 Thorndike September 9: 6:00pm–7:00pm Mets v. Braves, STOMP!, Wicked, and Live Music: Quinto Nivel September 10: 3:00pm–4:00pm Woodbury Common trip. One ticket per 6:00pm–7:30pm September 13: 11:00am–12:00noon student ID, student must be present with Everett Library Café September 14: 2:00pm–3:00pm own ID, cash only. For more information John Bousquet, keyboard. September 15: 5:00pm–6:00pm about shows, please go to www.tc.edu/ George Cintron, timbales. studentactivites. Take a Library Tour of the Gottesman Ron Figueroa, electric bass. Libraries, built in 1924, renovated in Library Open House Gisela Lluesma, vocalist. Tony the 1970s, and most recently in 2003. 12:00noon–7:00pm Lopez, congas. Angelo Miranda, Learn about new resources and services vibraphone. The Everett Cafe 1st Floor, Gottesman Libraries as you see the many spaces that are here proudly sponsors 1-hour musical The Gottesman Libraries welcomes new for your enjoyment and use, including: performances by musicians, solo and returning students, faculty and staff the café, assistive technology lab, group through to quintets, from the to come and enjoy delicious food and study rooms, reading rooms, Digital lively entertainment, take a tour, chat Teachers College community. Depot, publishing bar, children's litera- with our staff, and experience Pressible, a Whether eclectic blues, Latin ture and curriculum bays, art galleries, new network of sites that are optimized jazz, traditional folk, or classical and larger state-of-the-art classrooms. to display and share educational content. with a gypsy twist, there is All tours are open to members and Open House includes: informative library variety and talent to be enjoyed tours, every hour on the hour from noon as you sip your Starbucks; mingle affiliates of TC. Tours meet at the First until 7:00pm; personable on-the-spot with friends and colleagues; Floor Services Desk. For more informa- research and information consultations; peruse bestsellers and news; or tion, contact Jennifer Govan at (212) creative media installations and gallery simply study. 678-3022 or [email protected]. exhibits; cool Latin jazz, featuring Quinto

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at Docutel, a company based in Dallas 2PM. Early registration preferred online. writer’s block, and other general writing that developed automated baggage- Seats are limited. Arrive 15 minutes early tips. handling equipment. By 1971, ATM’s to confirm your seating reservation. began handling multiple transactions– Cosponsored by the Office of Residential Trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art among them account balances, check Services and Student Activities & Meet in the lobby of Whittier, 1230 deposits, and money transfers–slowly Programs. Amsterdam at 11:00am revolutionizing the banking industry by Experience art and architecture at the eliminating a person’s the need to visit a Compass Christian Koinonia Met! Free admissions with your TC bank for help by a human teller within 7:00pm–10:00pm student ID, but don’t forget to get your normal working business hours. Gottesman Library 305 validation sticker. Validation stickers Come to hang out, munch on tasty food, are available from the Office of Safety THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 and delve into the rich truths of the and Security and Student Activities and Dine at the Boat Basin Café Bible. We welcome members of all the Programs. Co-sponsored by the Offices 5:00pm-7:00pm graduate and professional schools here of Residential Services and Student Groups leave from Whittier Lobby at Columbia. CCK Grad is the graduate Activities and Programs. beginning at 5:00PM division of Compass Christian Koinonia, Dine at one of the NYC’s most scenic a New York, university-based campus SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 restaurants, The Boat Basin along the Christian fellowship. CCK holds weekly Shopping Trip to Woodbury Common Premium Outlets Hudson River, before the Comedy Show. Bible studies on Fridays at 7 pm. Sponsored by the Office of Residential 9:00am-4:00pm Services. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Meet in front of Zankel at 8:30AM Academic Writing Workshop Join us for a shopping excursion to the Friday, September 3 10:00am-12:00noon Woodbury Common Premium Outlets Big Red Bus Tour Cowin Center, Horace Mann Center! For a full list of stores, visit www. 12:00noon-4:00pm Participate in a collaborative workshop premiumoutlets.com/woodburycommon. Meet on 120th Street outside of Zankel. sponsored by The Graduate Writing You can reserve your seat on our Learn the particulars of the local area Center of the Office of Student Activities private, WiFi-capable bus for $10 in 160 with other new students on this fun and and Programs. Workshop provides Thorndike on 9/1/10. Sponsored by the informative guided bus tour of NYC an overview of APA referencing and Office of Student Activities and Programs areas. Tours are scheduled at 12noon and formatting, strategies for overcoming and Residential Services.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 Individuals with disabilities are invited Labor Day Holiday-TC Closed to request reasonable accommodations including, but not limited to sign language Shopping Trip to Bed, Bath and Beyond interpretation, Braille or large print Meet in the lobby of Whittier Hall at 9:00am Your last chance to join us on an excursion to materials, and a campus map of accessible the local Bed Bath & Beyond to pick up those features. Address these requests to the last minute essentials! Don’t forget to bring Office of Access and Services for Individuals money for transportation expenses (Roundtrip by train is $4.50). Co-sponsored by the with Disabilities at (212) 678-3689, keller@ Offices of Residential Services and Student tc.edu, or Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Activities and Programs. at (212) 678-3853 V/TTY, [email protected].

26 Inside teachers college Columbia university 10:00 Shopping Trip to IKEA order enough lunch! 12:00noon–1:00pm. Prospective students Meet in the lobby of New Residence Hall, 517 will meet with faculty members, Dr. W. 121st at 10:00am Live Music: Wadsworth Strings (Classical Trio) Sarah Brazaitis (M.A. Program Director Join us on an excursion to the Ikea store 5:00pm–6:00pm and Lecturer) and Dr. Gina Buontempo in Brooklyn! Don’t forget to bring money Everett Library Café (M.A. Program Advisor and Lecturer) for transportation expenses (Roundtrip The Wadsworth Strings Ensemble who will be providing information about by train is $4.50). Co-sponsored by features music for classical strings, from our M.A. Program and answering any the Offices of Residential Services and the symphonies of Mozart and Haydn, questions students have regarding the Student Activities and Programs. to well known arias from the operas of program. Please RSVP for this event Puccini and Bizet, adding in a selection of online. We look forward to meeting you! Tuesday, September 7 continental Viennese waltzes and French TC Writing Center Opens cabaret. Musicians of The Claremont Monday, September 13 Strings Ensemble have performed TC Aquatic Center Opens Student Insurance 101 collectively at Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall, 12:00noon-1:00pm or 4:00pm-5:00pm Avery Fisher Hall and throughout the TR@TC Information Session 150 Horace Mann Northeast, playing a diverse range of 4:00pm–5:00pm symphonic and chamber music, eclectic Russell Hall 400 Wednesday, September 8 jazz, and gypsy swing. Wadsworth Find out more about the Teaching EdLab Seminar: Wiggio Strings, emanating from the Washington Residents at Teachers College. RSVP 12:00noon–1:30pm Heights area, is a division of Claremont recommended, but not required. Email us 5th Floor, Gottesman Libraries Strings, founded by Vivian Penham, at [email protected]. Dana Lampert is the founder and CEO a graduate of the Juilliard School and of Wiggio, a next-generation online col- Tuesday, September 14 Columbia University. laboration tool with a clear goal: to make Speed Review: Resume/CV/Cover Letter it easy for students to work in groups. Friday, September 10 12:00noon–2:00pm Wiggio is being utilized by groups rang- News Display: Lascaux Cave Paintings Are Grace Dodge Cafeteria ing from in-class study groups and team Discovered project groups to extra curricular orga- 9:00am–11:00pm Center for African Education Fall Information Session and Reception nizations, clubs, labs and class sections. Everett Café Wiggio allows these private groups to 2:00pm–4:00pm communicate through group email, text New International Student Orientation Grace Dodge Hall, Room 179 messaging, voicemailing, video conferenc- 9:00am This Information Session will give stu- ing, conference calling, and online chat. Cowin Center dents the opportunity to learn more Groups also have the ability to store and about upcoming activities, programs and edit files, keep a shared calendar, poll Saturday, September 11 opportunities through the Center for group members and keep track of tasks Open House: Social-Organizational African Education, as well as what TC and assignments. Wiggio launched in Psychology Program faculty and students are doing in the field 2009 and is being used by students and 12:00noon–1:00pm of African Education. A reception follows faculty at over 500 colleges and 200 high Location TBD the 2:00pm–3:00pm information session. schools. Open to all members of the The Program in Social-Organizational university community. If you are com- Psychology at Teachers College, Book Talk with Laura Scheiber & Juan ing from outside the EdLab, please RSVP Columbia University, will hold an open Carlos Reyes: Unequal Fortunes: by September 6th to [email protected] so we house on Saturday, September 11th, from Snapshots from the South Bronx

8 ALL ARTICLES CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT: www.tc.edu/inside September 2010 27 4:00pm–5:30pm “trouble in talking about race,” Stanford leading-edge technical support help desks Russell Hall 306 University professors Hazel Markus in their schools, improving the ability to Laura Scheiber, and Paul Moya, of the Center for use technology to enhance learning, while Ph.D. candidate, and Comparative Studies in Race and also providing a powerful, hands-on 21st Juan Carlos Reyes, Ethnicity, will con- century learning experience for students. Executive Assistant duct an engaging talk MOUSE Squad extends learning beyond to the President of drawn from their newly the help desk by providing events, proj- Teachers College, will read from and published volume ects, competitions, hands-on workshops discuss the compelling book, Unequal Doing Race: 21 Essays and a collaborative online network of Fortunes: Snapshots from the South for the 21st Century youth technology leaders. Open to all Bronx, (Teachers College Press, June (W.W. Norton). Their members of the university community. 2010). The book, which was co-authored acclaimed, edited work begins with a Please RSVP by September 6th to edlab@ with President Emeritus Arthur Levine, conceptual overview of race and ethnic- tc.edu so we order enough lunch! is a highly personal account of two gen- ity as they fit into our everyday lives— erations growing up on the same South “what [they] are, how they work, why September 17 : 12:00noon–1:30pm Bronx Street, forty years apart. Unequal achieving a just society requires us to September 20: 4:00pm–5:30pm Fortunes is a strong call to educators, take account of them.” Professors Markus Workshop: Meet the Firms Prep administrators, citizens, and parents and Moya will focus on eight common Location: TBD about the impact of poverty on children conversations about race and discuss why September 17 and the critical role of education in our these popular conversations are flawed or News Display: Battle of Antietam lives–a plea for schools to take action and incomplete; they will also reflect on the 9:00am–11:00pm pave the way for educational success rath- reasons for and methods in which society Everett Cafe, The Gottesman Libraries er than failure for all American children. may develop productive conversations September 16, 1872 marks the day when The talk will not only touch upon the about race, perceived as an intricate set the armies of Generals Robert E. Lee content of the book, but also provide a of human actions and interactions that and George McClellan met at Antietam unique opportunity to talk candidly with tend to organize, influence, and govern Creek in Maryland, fighting the first one of the research participants about our human thinking. This talk is jointly battle on northern soil. Lasting two days, what it was like to work on such a proj- sponsored by the Office of Diversity the Battle of Antietam is considered the ect, and lessons to be learned for future and Community Affairs; Office of the bloodiest one in American history, with a ethnographers interested in studying Provost, and Gottesman Libraries. Please total of over 22,000 casualties. McClellan urban education. This book talk is jointly RSVP online for this event. did not gain victory over Lee’s army, sponsored by Teachers College Press, but he stopped the Confederates from Office for Diversity and Community September 15 advancing further north, as Lee withdrew Affairs, and Gottesman Libraries. Signed EdLab Seminar: MOUSE Squad across the Potomac River and the Union copies of the book will be available at the 12:00noon–1:30pm declared a draw. The battle paved the way talk. Please RSVP online. 5th Floor, Gottesman Libraries MOUSE is an innovative youth develop- for Abraham Lincoln to declare prelimi- nary justification for the Emancipation Thursday, September 16 ment organization that empowers under- Book Talk with Hazel Markus & Paula Moya: served students to provide technology sup- Proclamation and end the Civil War. Doing Race port and leadership in their schools, while Newspapers from the day document the 4:00pm–5:30pm supporting their academic and career amazing details and impact of the Battle Russell Hall 306 success. The MOUSE Squad program of Antietam, a cornerstone in American With the goal of illuminating our trains and supports students in managing military history.

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Special Pre-Release at International Student Welcome Reception Education and Fellow of the India China Teachers College! 4:00pm Institute at the New School. Constitution Day Program - Film Russell Courtyard Screening and Faculty Panel: Constitution Day Program: Historical Waiting for Superman Monday, September 20 Performance Ins and Outs of Teacher Certification Two Performances: 10:30am & 12:30pm 4:00pm–5:00pm Cowin Center Russell Hall 400 With Christopher Lowell as Benjamin Learn all there is to know about the Franklin teacher certification process and reciprocity. Open to all students seeking Federal Policy Institute teacher certification. Questions? Call 7:00pm–9:00pm 212.678.3502 or email [email protected]. Gottesman Library 306

Tuesday, September 21 Wednesday, September 22 Film Screening & Discussion: EdLab Seminar: Alice Wilder on Business The End of Poverty Development and Innovation 7:00pm–9:00pm 12:00noon–1:30pm Russell Hall 305 5th Floor, Gottesman Libraries Join us for a screening Alice Wilder, creator of Blues Clues, and discussion of The Super Why, Think It Ink It Publishing, End of Poverty (Cinema and Kidos will discuss business develop- 1:00pm–3:30pm Libre Studio), a stun- ment and innovation. Alice will focus Cowin Center ning, provocative documentary, made by on how to follow your passion and find For a nation that proudly declared it award-winning filmmaker Philippe Diaz your element. Open to all members of the would leave no child behind, America and narrated by Martin Sheen, that ques- university community. If you are coming continues to do so at alarming rates. tions our misuse and over-consumption from outside the EdLab, please RSVP by Oscar®-winning filmmaker Davis of the Earth’s resources. The film fea- August 9th to [email protected] so we order Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) tures expert insights from Nobel Prize enough lunch! follows a handful of promising kids winners, acclaimed authors, university through a system that inhibits, rather than professors, government ministers, and Live Music: Aria (Guitar and Vocals) encourages, academic growth. Guggenheim the leaders of social movements on the 5:00pm–6:00pm undertakes an exhaustive review of public history and impact of global poverty. The Everett Library Café education, surveying “drop-out factories” discussion will be led by Jason Mellen, Aria is Augustine Sasso, tenor, and Dan and “academic sinkholes,” and exploring who is pursuing a M.A. in International Licardo, guitar. They have been perform- innovative approaches taken by education Education Development and working ing together in New York on and off reformers and charter schools that have on the Sustainability Education Portal for the past 15 years. They have known refused to leave their students behind. Project in coordination with the Office each other since they were ten years For trailer and film synopsis: www. of the Provost and Dean of the College old and began playing music together waitingforsuperman.com and under the guidance of Assistant in high school. They have played at the Professor Adriana Erthal Abdenur, Postcrypt at Columbia University and Part-Time Job Fair Assistant Professor from the Programs the Piper's Kilt in Inwood. Augustine 1:00pm-4:00pm in International and Comparative has been in many opera productions 150 Horace Mann

8 ALL ARTICLES CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT: www.tc.edu/inside September 2010 29 in New York, including Carnegie Hall Lane at (212) 678-8410 Situated in the Riverdale and SummerStage in Central Park. Dan section of the Bronx, has been playing guitar for 30 years and CCE Fall Career Fair the Hoffmann School taught music to preschoolers at the YM & 11:00am–4:00pm for Individual Attention YWHA of Inwood. Columbia University, Lerner Hall is the subject of an To learn more about this event, please uplifting educational Career Services Networking Event: Fall 2010 visit http://specialevents.cce.columbia. memoir, Ordinary Meet the Firms edu/fall-career-fair-2010. Gifted Children (Teachers College Press, 6:00pm–8:00pm 2010), by Jessica Hoffmann Davis. Ann Gottesman Library Rooms 302-309 Monday, September 27 Hoffmann, her mother, a born teacher News Display: Warren Commission Report and talented, visionary educator who Thursday, September 23 9:00am–11:00pm embraced students in which other News Display: Lewis and Clark Return Everett Cafe, The Gottesman Libraries teachers lacked faith and hope, directed 9:00am–11:00pm On September 27, 1964 the Warren the Hoffmann School for nearly four Everett Cafe, The Gottesman Libraries Commission, comprised of a team of U.S. decades. Believing that all children are American explorers Meriwether Lewis senators, citizens, and a Chief Justice, gifted, Ann Hoffman took them under and William Clark conducted the first produced a report on circumstances her wing, helped them to learn, and overland journey from the Mississippi surrounding the assassination of instilled a love of learning. “‘What would River to the Pacific coast and back, President John F. Kennedy who was shot you like to do?’ she’d ask the children, aiming to explore the territory of the on November 22, 1963. The Commission believing in her heart and mind that Louisiana Purchase—land previously was appointed by Kennedy’s successor children knew exactly what they needed owned by the French. President Thomas Linden B. Johnson, whose administration and that the adult’s job was to listen Jefferson commissioned his private made the results of their report public; carefully enough to follow their lead.” secretary, Lewis, and his army captain, it was reported that the bullets that had Clark on this expedition to learn more killed President Kennedy were fired by Workshop: Resume/Cover Letter about the Northwest. The news display Lee Harvey Oswald from a rifle pointed 6:00pm–7:30pm will feature educational articles about the out a sixth-floor window of the Texas Location: TBD discoveries made on Lewis and Clark’s School Book Depository. In addition the expedition. Commission reported that it had found On-Campus Information Session no evidence that either Oswald or Jack 7:00pm–9:00pm New Employee and Faculty Orientation Ruby, who was charged with Oswald’s Zankel Hall 109 (The Trustees’ Room) Program: An Introduction to Teachers College murder, was in any way conspiratorial. Developed specifically for experienced 10:00am–12:30pm The findings were questioned in ensuing working professionals from a diverse Grace Dodge 449 years, as measures were taken to enhance range of industries, sectors and For more information, contact Jolene the security of government officials— geographic locations, the year-long, Lane at (212) 678-8410. making assassination of a president or intensive Executive Masters Program in vice president a federal offense. Change Leadership is designed to help Friday, September 24 individuals and organizations increase Promoting Mutual Respect and Preventing Book Talk with Jessica Hoffmann Davis: their capacity for initiating, managing Workplace Harrassment: Sexual Harrassment Ordinary Gifted Children: The Power and –MANDATORY for new faculty and staff and sustaining workplace change efforts Promise of Individual Attention 10:00am–12:00noon in increasingly complex and global 5:00pm–7:00pm Grace Dodge 449 environments. Attend this information Gottesman Library 305 For more information, contact Jolene session to find out more about the

30 Inside teachers college Columbia university Calendar program, its admissions requirements Educational Development, with a percussion. As a latin-jazz “vibes” player, and whether it is right for you. specialization in Bilingual/Bicultural Angelo has a strong affinity for the music Refreshments will be served beginning Education. In 2008 she received the of Cal Tjader but he is also a diverse at 7:00pm and the information session second place Outstanding Dissertation drumset player where for example, he will begin promptly at 7:30pm. For more Award from the National Association for is regarded as one of the most versatile information, please contact Frank Golom Bilingual Education. She has published and tasteful drummers on the American- at [email protected]. Please RSVP for nationally and internationally on the Hungarian music scene. Angelo is the this Event. cultural, linguistic, and educational needs Video Services Coordinator at TC and of the Garífuna people in Honduras. gives workshops on sound and video Tuesday, September 28 Joining the book talk is María Torres- production for the CIS department. Workshop: Job Search/Networking Guzmán, Professor of Bilingual Education 3:00pm–4:30pm in the International and Transcultural Thursday, September 30 Location: TBD Studies Department at Teachers College. A Socratic Conversation: What Determines Extensively published in the field, Dr. Achievement? Wednesday, September 29 Torres-Guzmán served as Sponsor on 4:00pm–5:00pm Workshop: General Interviewing Tatyana’s dissertation committee. 2nd Floor, Gottesman Libraries 12:00noon–1:30pm Location: TBD Live Music: T Fleisher Trio (Jazz) Workshop: Salary Negotiation

6:00pm–7:00pm 6:00pm–7:30pm Book Talk with TC alumna Tatyana Kleyn: Everett Library Café Location: TBD Teaching in 2 Languages: A Guide for K–12 Guitarist T Fleisher is a graduate of Bilingual Educators Open House: Social-Organizational Berklee College of Music in Boston. Mr. 5:00pm–6:30pm Psychology Program M.A. Fleisher released a well-received CD, Russell Hall 306 6:00pm–7:30pm “Mirage,” with multi-instrumentalist On Wednesday, Location TBD Paul Briggs and is the singer/song writer/ September 29, Tatyana At TC’s Program in Social-Organizational guitarist for the progressive rock group Kleyn, alumna of Psychology open house , prospective cyber garden who are now completing Teachers College, will students will meet with faculty members, their second CD. He has worked with discuss her new book, Dr. Sarah Brazaitis (M.A. Program a wide variety of artists, including co-authored by Sharon Adelman Reyes, Director and Lecturer) and Dr. Gina Mark Whitecage, Perry Robinson, Teaching in 2 Languages: A Guide Buontempo (M.A. Program Advisor Rick Derringer, Jimmy Cliff and David for K–12 Bilingual Educators Ofelia and Lecturer) who will be providing Darling. Jim Corter has been playing Garcia, Dr. Kleyn’s text is written information about our M.A. Program bass professionally since high school. for the bilingual teacher, addressing and answering any questions students He studied string bass with a number of specific approaches, methodologies, have regarding the program. Please RSVP teachers including the principal bassists and strategies for teaching in bilingual below for this event. We look forward to of the Toronto Symphony, the National classrooms, within social context of meeting you! Symphony, and the North Carolina bilingual education. Tatyana Kleyn is an Symphony, and jazz improvisation with assistant professor at The City College Graduate Writing Center Jerry Coker. He has played with bands of New York in the Bilingual Education Workshops and some noted jazz artists on both and TESOL program. In 2007 she See offerings at coasts. One of TC’s own, Dr. Miranda received her EdD from Teachers College, www.tc.edu/centers/writingcenter/ is an adjunct assistant professor in the Columbia University in International or stop by 46 Horace Mann music department where he teaches

8 ALL ARTICLES CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT: www.tc.edu/inside September 2010 31 The Life of the Party Shanell Duck makes sure that student happenings happen ast year, on the day TC’s Chinese Student Association “Shanell helps to create an environment that is con- was planning to hold its annual concert in Milbank ducive to co-curricular learning,” says Andy Auguste, LChapel, a major snowstorm hit New York City. The Assistant Director of Student Activities and Programs. College shut down, and with Milbank booked for the fore- “The resources she helps provide for student organizations seeable future, it seemed unlikely the event would be equip them with the necessary tools to enhance the stu- rescheduled. dent experience at Teachers College.” Enter Pittsburgh native Shanell Duck, the Student Perhaps the greatest challenge Duck faces is squar- Organization Graduate Assistant. ing the often ambitious goals of student groups with the “I deal with people who often have different outlooks College’s real-world budgets. She points with pride to the on situations, as well as different needs,” says Duck, Association of Latin American Students’ (ALAS) spring who brings a calm demeanor and a background in orga- conference, conducted this past year “on a shoestring”; nizational psychology (she’s a second-year student in the Coalition of Latino/a Scholars’ (CLS) annual sit-down TC’s Master’s program) to the task of allocating rooms, dinner, held in Grace Dodge Hall’s Private Dining Room last money, media equipment and food for more than 40 TC September; and—her crowning achievement—the annual student organizations. Black Student Network’s gala, attended this past year by Continued on page 20