Faculty Biographies
Adrian Agredo
Bard Early College Academy (BECA) Coordinator, BHSEC Manhattan and Queens
M.A.T., Bennington College; B.A. Bennington College. Teacher, Bard Early College Academy, Middle School Humanities, 2008-present; Teacher/Student Teacher, Burr and Burton Academy, Manchester, Vt; Student Teacher, The Beacon School, New York, NY. Specializes in curricular development, mediation, and inter-disciplinary design. Interests include poetry, painting, and running.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x2223
Arnon Avitzer
Faculty
Phone: 845-758-6822
Ayse B. Aydemir
Assistant Professor of Biology, BHSEC Manhattan
B.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University. Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University 2006-2010; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fordham University 2008-2010; Assistant Professor of Biology, Bard High School Early College 2010-present. Awarded Alice L. Jee Memorial Young Investigator Award from the International Bone Mineral Society for research on bone cell differentiation. Has published peer-reviewed scientific articles in the
Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, BONE and a book chapter in the
Biomedical Engineering Handbook (CRC Press, 2006). Research interests include bone cell differentiation, bone mechanotransduction, and inflammatory bone loss.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Thomas Berner
Ethics Adjunct Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Harvard College; J.D., Columbia University Law School. Editor, Columbia Law Review. Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. Teaches seminar in applied ethics in the Interschool Program of New York City Private Schools; taught sections on Ethics, Civil Procedure and Property at the Columbia Law School. Articles published on image advertising and on insider trading. Former member and secretary of the NYC Bar Association Committee on Professional Responsibility; Founding partner of the law firm Berner & Berner, P.C.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Siska Brutsaert
Associate Dean of Studies, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Cornell University; M.S., Kyoto University; Ph.D., Columbia University-Integrated Program in Cellular Molecular Biophysics; Post-doctoral Fellow, Pasteur Institute in Paris, France. Research interests include molecular immunology; signal transduction mechanisms; and epigenetic control of gene regulation.
E-mail: sbrutsaert@bhsec.bard.edu
Phone: 212-995-8479
Jane Budimir
Mathematics and Science Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University; M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota; Ph.D., Chemical Physics, Columbia University; M.A., Mathematics Education, New York University. Areas of research involved many-body effects in condensed phases using techniques of statistical physics. Spent many years in the financial industry working in mathematical modeling and computer systems development. Teaching experience includes undergraduate Chemistry, Columbia University; 8th grade mathematics, East Side Community High School.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x4131
Julia Carias
Language Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., College of Mount Saint Vincent, where she was a member of the Lambda Pi Eta Communications Honor Society; forthcoming M.A., New School for Social Research. An actor who attended the renowned American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. She has overseen the production of numerous commercial, film and theatrical productions. Teaching and research interests include Spanish language and translation; acting; and film production.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Leo Casey
Social Studies Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Antioch College and University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania; M.A., Ph.D., University of Toronto. Previously taught at the University of Toronto; City University of New York; and Clara Barton H.S. Currently Vice President for Academic High Schools; United Federation of Teachers. Director, John Dewey Educational Foundation. 1992 Social Studies Teacher of the Year, American Teacher Awards; outstanding 1993 Secondary School Teacher of the Year, Long Island University. Honored in the
Congressional Record for his work in taking classes of inner city students, entirely of color, to victory in the national We The People civics competition. Has worked on civics education with teacher unions and teachers in Russia, Tanzania and China. Has published widely on politics, education and unionism in
Dissent,
The American Educator,
Rethinking Schools,
New Labor Forum, and other publications.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Tim Casey
Art Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan; L&T Faculty, Bard College
B.F.A., M.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design. Painter; has had solo exhibitions at Pratt Gallery, Gabrielle Bryers Gallery, The Clocktower, and Tomoko Liguori Gallery, New York City, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY. Work included in group shows at Artists' Space, New York City; Margulies-Taplin Gallery, Miami; Lesley Heller Gallery, NYC, and Pierogi Gallery , Sideshow Gallery, and Momenta Gallery, Brooklyn. Reviews in /Arts Magazine, Art in America, New York Times/. Work in collections of National Gallery of Art, Jewish Museum, and other public and private collections. Has taught at Rhode Island School of Design, Tufts University, SUNY Purchase, New York University, Pratt Institute, and Middlebury College.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x2011
Babi Chatterjee
Science Lab Technician, BHSEC Manhattan
B.S., Biology, Northeastern Illinois University; M.S., Applied DNA recombinant technology; New York University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; numerous teaching assistant positions at New York University.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Kyung Cho
English Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Vassar College; M.F.A., University of Iowa. Has taught literature and creative writing at University of Iowa; Borough of Manhattan Community College; and School of Visual Arts.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x5061
David Clark
Language Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., Brown University; M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University. Interests include Latin literature of the late Roman republic and early Roman empire; ancient philosophy; New Testament. Has taught at Columbia University and Oberlin College.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x5081
Clarissa Coffey
Mathematics Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
M.A., Brooklyn College; B.M., Miami University. Has been teaching for twenty years at various academic institutions including Hunter College and Brooklyn Technical High School prior to arriving at Bard High School Early College in 2006.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Judith A Cohen
Science Faculty, Da Vinci Program Director, BHSEC Manhattan
B.S., Queens College; M.S., Brooklyn College. Has taught at Montessori Academy of Brooklyn and Brooklyn Technical High School. Director of education, Girls Club of New York, 1981-82; Executive Director, Women's Survival Space, Brooklyn, 1984-86. Coordinator of Gateway to Higher Education at Brooklyn Tech, a program designed to meet the needs of African-American and Latino/a students who excel in science and math.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Jennifer Cordi
Associate Professor of Biology, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., University of Rochester; Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, Binghamton University (SUNY). Assistant Professor of Biology, Bard High School Early College 2002 - present. Has taught Evolutionary Biology; Botany; General Biology; and High School Biology. Research interests include morphological and anatomical investigations of Middle Devonian fossil plants; phylogenies of vascular plant groups; Network Theory. Member of Botanical Society of America and Society for the Study of Evolution.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x3010
Tabetha Ewing
Associate Professor of History, Bard College; Dean of Studies, BHSEC Manhattan
PhD History Princeton University, MA Princeton University, BA Bard College '89 18th-Century France, Early Modern Europe, French Empire, History of the Book Has taught at Bard College since 2000; Ewing's a book-length manuscript is under review, "War, Diplomacy, & Public Opinion in the Age of High Enlightenment: the Official and Clandestine Media." Current research is on French royal power, extradition, and the emergence of modern, political subjectivity.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Daniel Freund
Assistant Professor of Social Studies, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Reed College; Ph.D., Columbia University. Instructor and Writing Center Fellow at Columbia University, 2001-2007. Academic and research interests include urban, public health; and environmental history.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x4082
Fang Fu
Language Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
A.A., Fuzhou Teachers College, China; B.A., M.A., M.Ed., Columbia University; Ed.D. candidate, Columbia University. Teaching associate at Chinese Language Program at Columbia University; adjunct lecturer at City College and Baruch College, CUNY. Specializes in bilingual/bicultural education and international educational development. Areas of interest include modern Chinese literature and language.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x5081
Christopher Gagstetter
Physical Education Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.S., Physical Education, SUNY Cortland. Physical Education and Health Teacher at Bard High School Early College, 2008-present. Certified personal trainer through the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x2301
Denice Gamper
Science Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.S., St. Joseph's College; M.S., St. John's University. Instructor of science at Bishop Kearney High School, Brooklyn, 1980-2001. Awards include research fellowship for high school science teachers in medicinal chemistry, St. John's University (1998-99); research fellowship for high school science teachers in neurobiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University (1992-93).
Phone: 212-995-8479 x3081
Julia Guerra
Foreign Language Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Cultural Anthropology and Psychology, American University; M.A., Art History and Archeology. Assistant Professor at Maryland College of Art and Design; professor of Humanities at University of Phoenix; teaching assistant at University of Maryland College Park; Assistant Director of Student Records and Registration at Berkeley College; and Lab Assistantship Smithsonian Institution. Specializes in pre-Columbian and colonial history of Latin America.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x3221
Arturo Hale
Science Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City; Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota; M.A., Science Education, Teachers College, Columbia University. Worked many years as a research scientist at Bell Laboratories and OFS Labs in the areas of polymers science, fiber optics, holographic data storage and microelectronics. Involved in science mentoring programs for high school and college students. Holds twenty-four U.S. patents; published three invited book chapters and over thirty scientific articles. Awards include R&D 100 Award for the development of Tapestry Holographic Recording Media (2002). Courses taught include Thermal Analysis of Thermosetting Polymers; Physics with Calculus; Conceptual Physics; 9
th-Grade Physics; High School Chemistry; Science of Light and Color; and Physics of Sound and Music.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Glenn Healy
Adjunct Music Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A. Psychology, Duquesne University; M.A., Psychology, Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research. Faculty member of the Third Street Music School in New York since 2005, teaching percussion and world music. Extensive experience performing, recording, touring and teaching. Taught in three countries, performed in nine. Member of several Rio de Janeiro Samba Schools. Veteran of over twenty carnival performances in Rio de Janeiro with several samba schools. Founder and director of Ginga Pura samba group.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Patricio Hernandez
Language Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Stony Brook University; Ph.D., Stony Brook University. Has taught at Stony Brook University; St. Joseph's College; and now Bard High School Early College. Interests include Latin-American literary history; cinema and urban music of the Americas.
Phone: 212-995-8479
William H. Hinrichs
Language and Literature Faculty, BHSEC Queens
A.B., Comparative Literature, Princeton University; Ph.D., Spanish and Portuguese, Yale University. Taught at St. Mark's School, 1997-2000, the Taft School, 2000-2001, and Yale University, 2005-2007. Member of American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP); and the Modern Language Association (MLA). Research interests include literature and culture of Early Modern Spain, 1500-1700; concepts of authorial property, artistic rivalry and literary continuation in narrative prose.
E-mail: whinrichs@bhsec.bard.edu
Phone: 718-361-3133
Daniel Hsu
Adjunct Professor in Psychology, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Fu Jen Catholic University; M.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University; Ph.D., New York University. Adjunct instructor at New York University, 2004-present. Psychology internship at Gouverneur Healthcare Services, 2007-2008. Academic and research interests in mental health issues of Asian immigrants and sexual minorities.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Lee D. Johnson
English Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
Lee D. Johnson
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; Doctoral Candidate, Yale University. Specializes in Slavic languages and literature. Program supervisor at Smolny College, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2003; visiting assistant professor at Bard College, 2002-03; teaching assistant at Yale, 1995, 1998, 2000-01.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x5061
Zach Layton
Faculty, BHSEC
Phone: 845-758-6822
Michael Lerner
Principal, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., New York University. Has taught at Barnard College, NYU, New School University, and Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. Awards include Best Dissertation in Urban History, Urban History Association (2000). Publications include
Dry Manhattan: Prohibition in New York City (2007). Teaching and research interests include 20th-century United States society and politics; American reform movements; popular culture and U.S.-Pacific relations.
E-mail: mlerner@bhsec.bard.edu
Phone: 212-995-8479 x2282
Jen Liu
Art Adjunct Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
MFA, Fine Arts, CalArts; BA, Oberlin. Adjunct Professor of Art, 2008-present. Received residencies and grants from De Ateliers, Amsterdam; Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, DE; Paul Klee Zentrum, Bern, CH; and most recently, ISCP, NY, 2008-2009. Past exhibitions include Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Castilla y Leon, Leon, ES; ICA London; Aspen Art
Museum, CO; Kunsthaus Zurich, CH. She is represented by Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, and Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool, UK.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Kate Manning
Adjunct Literature Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Yale University. Author of
Whitegirl, a novel (Dial Press, New York, 2002); freelance writer for
Los Angeles Times;
New York Times; Glamour; More. Producer for WNET, New York, 1982-1989. Emmy Award won for Best Series for "Currents" (1985) and for Best Religious Programming for "Faith and Feminism" (1988). Research/interests include race relations; 19
th Century New York City; women's studies.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Pearl Marasigan
Adjunct Dance Instructor, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Hofstra University (Dance). Teaching Artist at Third Street Music School, 2006-present; Teaching Artist at Notes in Motion Outreach Dance Theater, 2007-2009; work-study participant at Peridance International School of Dance, 2003-2009; scholarship student at Bates College Dance Festival, 2003; and Participant of Paul Taylor Intensive, 2002. Awarded Rehearsal Grant from Field Artist Residency Program for upcoming HalloHalloInc production. Has performed for Vissi Dance Theater; Forces of Nature; Beth Soll and Company; Amanda Selwyn Dance Theater; and Tamara Saari Dance Collective. Founding director of HalloHalloInc. Approach to teaching dance is inclusive and is a reflection of the fusion of modern dance, ballet, African and Filipino folk dance.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Rene S. Marion
Social Studies Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., University of Iowa; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University. Assistant professor at Ball State University; visiting professor at Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Guyancourt, France, 1999; Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1998; assistant professor at University of South Dakota. Research interests include social and cultural history of 17
th and 18
th century Europe; food culture; popular politics.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x4081
Thomas Martin
Professor of Art History, BHSEC Manhattan
Thomas Martin
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University. Formerly Associate Professor of Art Department at University of Tulsa. Won the Outstanding Teacher Award for 1999-2000. Author of "Alessandro Vittoria and the Portrait Bust in Renaissance Venice" (Oxford, 1998). Published in the
Burlington Magazine, Revue du Louvre, and other periodicals. Has been awarded fellowships by the Metropolitan Museum; the Delmas Foundation; and in 1997-98 was the Rush Kress Fellow at Villa I Tatti, the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x2042
Bruce Matthews
Bard High School Early College Exchange Fellow
B.A., University of Virginia; M.A.R., Yale Divinity School; Ph.D., New School University. Founding faculty member, Bard High School Early College. Specializes in German idealism and romanticism, philosophical theology, intercultural philosophy. Author,
Life as the Schema of Freedom: Schelling’s Organic Form of Philosophy; translator, Schelling’s
The Berlin Lectures: The Grounding of Positive Philosophy; articles on Kant and Schelling in various journals. Recipient, Hans Jonas Memorial Award; NEH Award; University of Chicago Teaching Award; Fulbright Senior Scholar, University of Tübingen
E-mail:
bmatthew@bard.edu
Phone: 845-758-6822
Bruce Matthews
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Social Studies Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan and Queens
B.A., University of Virginia; M.R.A., Yale Divinity School (
magna cum laude); Ph.D., New School University (
summa cum laude). Has taught at Tübingen University, 2004-05; Hunter College CUNY, 1995-2000; Parsons College, The New School University, 1999. Awards and grants include Fulbright, Senior Scholar (2004-5); Star Foundation Award (2002); Hans Jonas Award (1999); National Endowment for the Humanities Teaching Grant (1997); Yale Divinity School Research Fellow (1991-2); and three awards for excellence in teaching. Has lectured extensively in Europe, as well as Turkey and India. Author of
Life as the Schema of Contract: Schelling's Organic Form of Philosophy (SUNY Press, 2010);
The Berlin Lectures: The Grounding of Positive Philosophy (SUNY Press, 2007). Currently under contract by SUNY Press for his next two projects, an Intellectual Biography of the German philosopher F.W.J. Schelling,
Schelling: Heretic of Modernity, and an anthology of his writings.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x4131
Steven V. Mazie
Associate Professor of Political Science, Social Studies Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
Ph.D., University of Michigan (Political Science); postgraduate work, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; A.B. (
magna cum laude), Harvard College. Has taught at Bard College, 2005; New York University, 2002; and the University of Michigan, 1997-9. Honors include American Political Science Association Best Paper Award in Religion and Politics (2003); Charlotte C. Newcombe Fellowship (2000-2001); National Science Foundation research grant (2000); Raoul Wallenberg Scholarship (1993-94); and three awards for teaching excellence. Author of
Israel's Higher Law: Religion and Liberal Democracy in the Jewish State (Rowman & Littlefield/Lexington Books, 2006). Recent articles published in
Polity; Perspectives on Politic; Field Methods,
Theory and Research in Education; and
Review of Faith and International Affairs; as well as the
New York Times. Areas of specialization include political theory; and public law.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x4082
Benjamin Mikesh
Science Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Mathematics and Physics, Brown University; M.S., Physics, University of Washington; J.D., Harvard Law School. NYC Teaching Fellow; former visiting researcher at Fermilab and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Past research topics include
b-quark tagging algorithms for the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF).
Phone: 212-995-8479
Maryah Nardone
Director of Physical Education and Athletics, BHSEC Manhattan
B.S., Physical Education, CUNY York College. Physical Education Teacher at Bard High School Early College, 2007-present. Certified Gravity Fitness; and Punk Rope trainer.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Jerold Nashban
Mathematics Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
Jerold Nashban
B.A., Yale University; M.A., New School for Social Research; graduate of the psychoanalytic training program of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis. Has taught mathematics at Sarah J. Hale HS, 1980-1994); Brooklyn College, 1995; College of Mount St. Vincent, 1996; Coalition School for Social Change, New York, 1994-1999; Humanities Prep Academy, New York, 1999-2003. State licensed psychoanalyst.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x4131
Wendy Phillips-Kahn
Ethics Adjunct, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Yale University (Philosophy); M.S., Bank Street College; further education studies at Columbia University and New York University. Adjunct in the Horace Mann School theater department. Conducted Shakespeare workshops with the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival; Shakespeare on the Sound; and at the Town School and Cathedral School; conducts teacher training workshops and classes for Ovidiu Rom, an educational program for impoverished children in Romania. Teaches seminar in applied ethics in the Interschool Program of New York City Private Schools.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Elizabeth Poreba
English Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
Elizabeth Poreba
B.A., Wellesley College; M.S.W., New York University; M.A., English Education, New York University. Taught English at Convent of the Sacred Heart, 1979-2000. Poetry has appeared in
Commonweal, Poetry East, and other journals. Contributor to poetry anthology,
This Full Green Hour.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x5061
Kristi Powell-Grenfell
Special Projects Manager, HS Advisor, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Journalism & Communications, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Post-Baccalaureate work, Bank Street College. Former BHSEC-Manhattan Parent Coordinator; Program Associate, New Visions for Public Schools: NSF Middle School Math Standards, Annenberg Small Schools Initiative, and Citibank College Bound/College Fairs. Former NYC Public Schools parent, and parent activist, K-12. New York and Chicago Advertising Media and Market research & sales: Simmons Market Research Bureau, Winston Network, and Interactive Market Systems.
E-mail: kpowell@bhsec.bard.edu
Phone: 212-995-8479 x2282
Katherine A. Randall
Coordinator, Writing Center, BHSEC Manhattan
M.S., Columbia University School of Journalism; B.A., Barnard College. Has worked as editor and writer (full-time and freelance) at various publications.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Zangwill (Sam) Rosenbaum
Mathematics Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.S., M.A., Brooklyn College; M.A., Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., Rutgers University. Publications have appeared in
Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications;
Discrete Applied Mathematics;
Mathematical Social Sciences;
IEEE Transactions on Education; and
Aequationes Mathematicae. Research interests include discrete mathematics; mathematical modeling in the social sciences; and Computerized Adaptive Testing (CAT).
Phone: 212-995-8479
Gabriel Rosenberg
Mathematics Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Rice University; Ph.D., Columbia University. Served as NSF/Gibbs Instructor at Yale University. Has given invited talks at Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Brown; Rutgers; and Harvard; as well as the Albany Group Theory Conference. Research has focused on the subject of group actions on trees.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x4131
Martha Rowen
Language Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., M.A., M.Phil., City University of New York. Adjunct assistant professor in the Foreign Language Department at New York University, 1989-present; has taught at CUNY Graduate Center; Brooklyn College; Fontbonne Hall Academy, Brooklyn; High School of Environmental Studies, New York; Washington Irving High School, New York; Teaneck High School, New Jersey.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x5081
Ben Rubenstein
Mathematics Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Mathematics, Bard College; M.A.T., Mathematics, Bard College. Math Teacher at Bard High School Early College, 2006-present. Director of the Math Learning Center at Bard High School Early College, 2005-2006. Awarded Master Teacher Grant from Math for America for outstanding teaching (2008). Research interests include combinatorial game theory, and Voronoi Tessellations.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Nick Scarim
Third Street Music School Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.Mus., Chicago Musical College, Roosevelt University. Composer: ballets, operas, film scores, chamber and orchestral works commissioned and performed by Yale's Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Michigan Opera Theater, Alice Tully, Avery Fisher Hall, and Town Hall. "A Simple Melody," commissioned by Carnegie Hall, has been performed there by the American Composers' Orchestra and the Orchestra of St Luke's, and by 14 regional orchestras across the U.S. and Canada. Faculty of the Third Street Music School in New York since 1979, teaching composition and chamber music.
Phone: 212-777-3240 x221
Paul Schubert
Visiting Professor, Science Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
Paul Schubert
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Cornell University; B.S. in Chemistry, University of Notre Dame. Former director of Chemical Engineering Research and Development, Merck and Co.; and senior scientist at Pall Corporation; former faculty member at Chemical Engineering Department at Polytechnic University. Research interests have included process scale-up, separations and crystallization.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x3081
Scott Ellison Smith
Art Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Morehouse College; certificate, International Center of Photography. Freelance photographer. Has pursued photographic work in Asia; the Caribbean; and throughout the United States. Cofounder of Red Clay Arts, Brooklyn. Has taught at Acorn Community High School, Brooklyn; and Ballard High School, Seattle.
Phone: 212-955-8479
Harold Snedcof
Adjunct Professor, English Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Colgate University; Ph.D., Brown University. Has served as a Program Officer for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund; Urban Planner for the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency; manager of Corporate Giving for the New York Public Library; Executive Vice President for Columbus Circle Trust Company; and Investment Counsel to White & Case LLP. Currently a Visiting Professor at the Doon School in Dehradun, India. Areas of interest include 19
th and 20
th century American and French Literature; art, literature and cultural artifacts from the 1930's.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Catherine Sokil
Social Studies Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
Ph.D., M.B.A., Kelley School of Business at Indiana University; M.A., Economics, Indiana University; B.A., Economics and Russian and East European Studies, Yale University. Assistant Professor in the Middlebury College Department of Economics, 1987-91; consultant to the World Bank, 1984-89; Pew Case Teaching Fellow at the JFK School of Government, Harvard University, 1989. Co-editor of
Financial Reform in Socialist Economies, published by the World Bank (1989). Currently working with the Council for Economic Education to promote economic education and financial literacy.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Beatrice Stern Birch
English Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo. Has taught at Cayey University College; University of Puerto Rico; Fordham University College at Lincoln Center; Iona College; Cornell University; and Solomon Schechter, Horace Greeley, and Ardsley High Schools, all in New York. Memberships include National Council of Teachers of English; Modern Language Association; and New York State English Council, which named her its 1996 Educator of Excellence.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x5061
Jenny Tibbels-Jordan
Theater Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Intercultural Communications, Eastern University; M.F.A., Acting, Columbia University. Adjunct faculty in theater at Towson University, 2006-08; Artistic Director of Ruffled Feathers Theater Company; member of Lincoln Center Directors Lab, 2009. Has written the play
I Want to Die Here
during semester abroad at the School for International Training in South Africa. Interests include acting, directing, writing, and teaching.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Veronica Vallejo
Visiting Professor of History
Phone: 212-995-4082
Rick Vartorella
English Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., CUNY Empire State College; M.F.A., Ohio State University. Faculty member of Young Writers Workshop at Simon's Rock College, 2004-present; Bard College Workshop in Language and Thinking, 1999-2004); CUNY New York City Technical College, 1997-2001.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x5061
Edward Vernoff
Social Studies Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., New York University; M.I.A., Columbia University; M.A., Ph.D., NYU. Has taught at LaGuardia High School and Seward Park High School, New York; Shanghai Teachers College, China; New York City Technical College. Editor of
Through Chinese Eyes and other books; co-author of
The Penguin International Dictionary of Contemporary Biography; and
The International Dictionary of 20th Century Biography.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Meghann Walk
Librarian, Social Studies Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., C.A.S. candidate, University of Illinois; M.S.L.I.S., Simmons College. Held librarian position at Harvard Countway Library of Medicine Archives; and the University of Illinois. Research interests include philosophies of education; and library pedagogy.
Phone: 212-995-8479
Lori Ween
Dean of Studies, BHSEC Newark; English Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Northwestern University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University. Has taught literature; composition; and comparative literature at Penn State and Spanish at Northwestern. Interests include minority literature; and Latin American
Phone: 212-995-8479