OUR FACULTY

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Amy Hest is the author of more than 35 books for children of all ages. She has an MA in Library Science from C.W. Post College and a BA from Hunter College.

Lily Howard Scott holds a MS in Elementary Education and Literacy from Bank Street College. Her BS from Northwestern University is in Theater and History. Jenny Ingber, PhD, earned her PhD from Teachers College, Columbia University in Science Education and her MA in Teaching Chemistry (7–12) from New York University. Her BS in Biology is from the University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.

Lauren Hyman Kaplan holds an MA in Counseling from New York University and a BA in Psychology from Emory University.

Tara Kirton holds an MSEd in Early Childhood Special and General Education from Bank Street College and an MA in Public Communications from Fordham University. Her BA is from the State University of New York at Albany in English.

Bonnie Levine earned her MSEd in Early Childhood and Childhood General Education from Bank Street College of Education. Her BA is in Women’s Studies/Liberal Arts from SUNY Purchase.

Christine Low has an MS in Social Work from Columbia University. She has been a licensed social worker since graduation. Between 1991 and 2004 she was licensed as a CSW. She received her LCSW in 2004, when that licensing option began.

Genevieve Lowry MS.Ed, CEIM, CCLS has a master’s degree in Education from Fordham University and her bachelor’s degree from Wheelock College in Early Childhood Education and Child Life. Charlene Marchese earned an EdD from Rutgers University in Early Childhood Elementary Education, specializing in Mathematics Education, and a MEd in Leadership in Mathematics Education from Bank Street College. Her BA is in Elementary Education from Rutgers University.

Soyoung Park holds a PhD in Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education from Stanford Graduate School of Education, Stanford, CA. Her MPS is in Early Childhood and Special Education from Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY. She earned her BA in Sociology from Brown University.

Ginny O’Hare Perrin has an MSEd in Special Education from Bank Street College.

Candace Phaire earned her PhD from New York University in the Department of Teaching and Learning and her MSEd in Elementary Education from Brooklyn College. She earned her BA in Political Science from Spelman College in Atlanta, GA.

Ana Lisa Tiburcio earned a Masters in Social Work from the City University of New York’s Hunter College School of Social Work. She also holds a BA in Psychology with a minor in Children’s Studies from City University of New York’s Brooklyn College.

Patricia Watkins has a dual master’s degree in Early Childhood Education and Special Education from Fordham University.

Ronald Woo has an MA in Applied Linguistics/TESOL from New York University and a JD from Brooklyn Law School.