For 17 years, I was Professor and Chairperson of the Elementary Education Program at Hellenic College, Brookline, MA. Prior to that position, I was Chairperson of the Graduate Program in Elementary Education Program at Fairfield University, CT. Over 40 years ago, I got my start as a substitute teacher in Boston Public Schools and I have been an enthusiastic educator ever since.
I have published extensively about issues of whiteness, racism, urban and teacher education, mindfulness in relation to student teaching, and the use of participatory action research to address issues salient to inner-city youth in the United States and women and war in the North of Ireland. My latest book: Elementary Students Practicing Mindfulness: A Meeting of the Minds was published in March 2019 by Lexington Books.
