Our Faculty

María Ahmad Aparicio

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B.A. and M.A., Spanish Language and Literature, Universitat de València (Spain); M.A., Teaching Spanish as a New Language, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija (Spain). Taught in different academic contexts, teaching adults at the Instituto Cervantes (New York, England, Syria, and Poland), College (Brooklyn College, Sheffield University in England), and High School. As a teacher trainer, María organized online and in-person training courses for Instituto Cervantes, the NYC Department of Education, and school districts with dual-language programs. Interests include collaborative learning and Sociocultural Theory.

Jacqueline Allain

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A.A., Bard College; B.A., History, Caribbean Studies, and Sociology, University of Toronto; M.Ed., Curriculum & Instruction (Literacy stream), University of Virginia; M.A. and PhD, History, Duke University. She is a historian whose wide-ranging research and teaching interests span the British and French colonial Atlantic world, slavery and emancipation, feminist political economy, and, more recently, the history of public education in the United States. Publications include “The Historiography of Social Reproduction and Reproductive Labor,” History Compass (2024), “Maria Griffin, et al: Slavery’s Intimate World,” Journal of Women’s History (2022) (winner of the 2021-22 Best Article Award from the Journal of Women’s History and the Duke University Libraries’ Chester P. Middlesworth Award), and “‘They are Quiet Women Now’: Hair Cropping, British Imperial Governance, and the Gendered Body in the Archive,” Slavery & Abolition (2020). Her writing can also be found in the Routledge Handbook of Afro-Latin American Studies, the Adam Mathews Digital primary source collection Interrogating Colonial Documents and Narratives, and Metropolitan Universities journal. She is the recipient of the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching from Duke University, among other awards and fellowships.

James Antonaglia

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Education: B.S. in Physics from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Michigan.

Teaching history: Teacher of physics at BHSEC Queens since 2019.
Areas of research or expertise: Computational physics, statistical mechanics, soft matter, and phase transitions.
Phone extension: 6610

Graciela Báez

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B.A., Spanish Language and Literature / Latin American & US Latino Studies, Fordham University; Ph.D., Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures, New York University. Doctoral dissertation: “Las diosas de América: Concealed Symbols of the Great Mother in Latin American Literature.” Areas of Inquiry include Latin American Literature, Pre-Hispanic Myth in Contemporary Literature, Mutterecht, Indigenous cosmogonies (Andean, Mexican, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Brazilian, Amazonian), Trans-national-Trans-cultural Visual Culture, and U.S. Latino/a Literature and Translation. Taught at New York University and John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY). Former multi-lingual recruiter and executive headhunter with interpreting and translation experience in corporate, academic, entertainment, legal, and diplomatic arenas.

Kate Bell

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Dorota Caetano

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B.A., Mathematics, with Education Minor, City University of New York at Hunter College; M.A. TESOL at Hunter College; 2014 – 2025 Math for America Master Teacher. Prior and current teaching experience: Vanguard High School (math teacher); City College (adjunct professor for Math Methods and Calculus courses); Felicity House (instructor for adult women with autism).

Matt Carlberg

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B.S., Electrical Engineering, Columbia University; M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Teaching Secondary Mathematics, Bard College; 2010 Math for America Fellow.
Previous teaching experience at International Community High School in the Bronx, East Side Community High School in Manhattan, and the University of California, Berkeley, as a graduate student instructor. Publications on 3D modeling of indoor and outdoor environments using camera and laser data have appeared in IEEE conferences, including 3D Processing, Visualization, and Transmission, and the International Conference on Image Processing. Co-inventor on a pending patent for asynchronous digital circuits, including arbitration and routing primitives.

Michael Cetrangol

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B.M., Music Education, Piano and Voice, University of Dayton; M.M., Jazz Studies, Purchase College SUNY, Conservatory of Music.

Teaching appointments include the New York City public school system, the University of Dayton, and the Miami Valley School. Courses taught include Choir, Music Theory, Jazz Ensemble, Music Fundamentals, Improvisation, Piano, and Voice.

Christopher Chilas

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B.A. Mathematics, Cornell University; M.S. Mathematics Education, St. John’s University; New York City Teaching Fellows; 2017 Math for America Fellow. Taught mathematics at the Lehman Alternative Community School and New Roots Charter School.  Worked as an Academic Advisor at the University of Georgia.

Amedella Clarke

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Matthew Cohen

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B.A., Politics, Law, and Society, Bard College at Simon’s Rock; M.A. and Ph.D., Government, The University of Texas. Research on international conflict, international political economy, the relationship between domestic and global politics, political methodology, econometrics, and game theory. His dissertation used statistical analysis and formal models to explore the role of US and Iraqi domestic politics in the 2003 war in Iraq. Served in the Peace Corps in Kazakhstan from 2000 to 2002.

Jean Marie Downey

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Sandra D’Silva

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Former graduate of BHSECQ. Worked as an Admissions Assistant for BHSECQ. Earned a B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in Psychology from The City College of New York. Earned a Master of Science in Teaching from Pace University with a dual certification in Biology and Special Education.  Founder of Immigrant Voice magazine and the HOPE Scholarship. Current Math for America, Master Teacher fellow.

Benjamin Foley

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Lauren Forst

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Kent Freeman

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B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Cincinnati; S.M. & Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, Harvard University; M.A., Mathematics Education, New York University. Chartered Financial Analyst; 2009 Math for America Fellow. Worked for fifteen years in the financial industry. Taught mathematics at Ohio University. Research interests include applications of mathematics to finance and electromagnetic phenomena.

Jack Gaffney

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Martin Garcia-Bravo

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Physical Education Faculty B.S., Physical Education, Queens College; M.S.Ed. in Physical Education, specializing in curriculum, Queens College. Experience teaching swimming as a certified water safety instructor, USA youth basketball coach, and youth soccer coach.

Kavita Gaur

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B.Sc., Agra, U.P., India; M.Sc., Agra, U.P., India; Ph.D., University of Puerto Rico (Bioinorganic Chemistry), San Juan, Puerto Rico. Dissertation topic: Determination of the mode of action of Ti(IV) complexes of iron chelating ligands in the cellular environment and its utility in the designing of new viable Ti(IV) anticancer drugs. Previously, she taught at Washington College, MD, and Rhodes College, TN. Her research work was published in the Journal of Chemical Education, Inorganics, JACS Au, Metallomics, and Coordination Chemistry Reviews. Her research interest lies in the study of metal-based anticancer therapeutics. 

George Georgiou

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John Grauwiler

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B.A. Art History, Bard College; M.A. Special Education, Long Island University; 22 years experience as a Special Education ICT teacher; Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA) advisor; Abled Disabled Alliance (ADA) advisor; co-founder of Gays Against Guns (GAG), a nonviolent, direct action gun violence prevention group.

Alan Greene

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Alan Greene is an Assistant Professor of Social Studies at BHSEC Queens (BHSECQ) and an anthropologist. He studies the Bronze Age peoples of ancient Eurasia, with a specialization in archaeology, economic life, and pottery. His research focuses on social inequality, highland landscapes, and pastoral lifeways in the South Caucasus and the former Soviet Union. Alan’s writing examines the shifts in politics and socioeconomic conditions that accompanied the formation of new polities in that region during the second millennium BCE. At BHSECQ, he currently teaches courses in global history, anthropology, archaeology, materials analysis, and the Year 1 College Seminar, as well as other topical anthropology courses for 10th graders and college students. He advises the BHSECQ mock trial team. Alan is also the co-editor of “Searching for Structure in Pottery Analysis” (2022), a recent volume on new approaches to archaeological pottery analysis, as well as numerous journal articles and research reports on archaeological fieldwork, laboratory analysis, and the anthropological interpretation of the past.

Winston Groman

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Mike Herrod

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Tyler Hicks

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Sc.B., Applied Mathematics, Brown University; M.A., Mathematics of Finance, Columbia University; M.A., Secondary Mathematics Education, City College of New York; 2013 Math for America Fellow.
Prior teaching experience at The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice and Vanguard High School. Worked in financial services for five years as a risk management consultant and equities trading analyst.  Interested in the scope and sequence of the math curriculum, broadening access to and fostering connections among disparate divisions of math.

Stephanie Kadison

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B.S., Neuroscience, Brandeis University; Ph.D., Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Hartwell Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan; Postdoctoral Associate at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Mentored students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) at the University of Michigan; mentored graduate students at Weill Cornell; and taught genetics curriculum in the New York Academy of Science STEM afterschool program to middle school students. Publications have appeared in the Journal of Comparative Neurology, Journal of Neuroscience, Developmental Biology, and as a chapter in the textbook Principles of Developmental Genetics. Research interests include neural crest specification, axon guidance, and neuromuscular junction formation. Fellowships include: Math for America Master Teacher Fellowship (2017-present) and Sci-ed Innovator Fellowship (2019)

Jennifer Kaplan

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B.A., Near Eastern Studies (Arabic language and literature concentration), University of California, Berkeley; M.A. and Ph.D., Comparative Literature, New York University.

Taught Arabic at Columbia University and Comparative Literature at New York University. Editor, Arab Studies Journal, 2002-2007. Fellowship at the American Research Center in Egypt, researching the history of children’s literature in Egypt, 2007-2008. Research interests include contemporary Arabic literature, immigrant literature in France, and representations of childhood.

Katharina Kempf

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Taught English in Oaxaca, Mexico, 2007-2010. Recognized as one of ten Teachers Who Make a Difference by The New York Times in 2016. Coordinator of Undocufriendly BHSECQ and supervisor of the Dream Team, two organizations that support (un)documented immigrant students and their families at BHSECQ. Manages the HOPE Scholarship, which provides financial assistance for undocumented BHSECQ graduates towards finishing their Bachelor’s degree at their next college. Faculty editor of Immigrant Voices, a print magazine and blog featuring writing, art, and music about the immigrant experience from the Bard network. Articles on politics in Mexico have appeared in La Voz, Bard’s Spanish-language magazine. Research interests include U.S.-Mexico relations and indigenous self-governance in Mexico.

Maria Khan

B.Sc. Economics, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Pakistan (2010). B.A. Literature and Politics, Bard College Berlin (2015). MPhil, Arts Education, Ph.D, German Literature and Performance Studies, University of Cambridge (2020). Research interests include Western classical drama, theory and performance, Intercultural theatre, the interaction of Islamic and Western literature, and humanities-based education. Select publications:  Khan and Wagner, “This dust bowl is better than the lofty paradise:” Reconstructing the Foundations of Faith through Storytelling in Muhammad Iqbal’s Javid Nama and G.E. Lessing’s Nathan“, Journal of Literature and Theology, Oxford University Press. Her artistic portfolio can be found here.

Irene Lam

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B.A., American Literature and Psychology, Hunter College; M.S., Education, City College; M.S., Chinese Linguistics, East China Normal University, Shanghai.

Research interests: Social linguistic research and analysis of the signs in New York City; modern Chinese literature. Taught in New York public schools and in the Middlebury College summer language program. Chinese calligraphy writings have been shown at numerous exhibitions in New York City and Canada. Board of Directors of The Association of Chinese Calligraphy in America; Member: Hua Xia Chinese Calligraphy and Overseas Chinese Instrumentalist Orchestra.

Rosa Lee

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B.A., Chemistry, University of Washington; M.Ed Secondary Education in Mathematics, Boston College. Prior teaching experience at Quincy Public Schools in Massachusetts before joining BHSEC Queens.

Jon Leizman

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B.A., Philosophy and Mathematics, St. John’s College, Annapolis; M.A., Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Philosophy and Sports Administration, Union Graduate School. Bacon Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania.

Coached college basketball, soccer, and tennis in California, Florida, and Connecticut. Coached high school basketball, soccer, baseball, and tennis in California and New York. Taught public and independent high school physical education, English, and philosophy in California and New York. Taught philosophy as a fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. Author of Let’s Kill ‘Em: Understanding and Controlling Violence in Sports (University Press of America, 1999); Short Term Trading (McGraw-Hill, 2002).

Shannon Leslie

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B.A., Letters, University of Oklahoma; M.A., Classical Philology, University of Cincinnati. Graduate student instructor at the University of Cincinnati. Adjunct instructor at Xavier University; taught Latin 1-4 at Nottingham and Hamilton West High Schools, Hamilton, NJ—member of the American Classical League; President of the New Jersey Classical Association. Interests include Lucretius, didactic poetry, and Aristophanes.

Sara Machleder

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B.A., Chemistry, Goucher College; Ph.D., Biophysics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Articles published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science and the Journal of Physical Chemistry A. Research interests include the role of dynamics in catalysis and finding new methods for the identification of the reaction coordinate.

Joshua Marshack

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A.B. Anthropology (with College Honors), Washington University in St. Louis; Ph.D., Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis. Professor Marshack is a biological anthropologist who uses our closest living relatives, the great apes, as a jumping-off point to study the evolution of social behavior, elucidate the origins of status changes in humans, and challenge biological determinism and scientific racism. He has published on the social behavior and ecology of wild savanna chimpanzees, as well as on the evolution of lethal aggression. He enjoys working with students seeking answers to big questions about the past to better shape our future. He has conducted fieldwork on wild chimpanzees at a site called Fongoli in the Republic of Senegal and captive research on bonobos at the Ape Initiative in Des Moines, Iowa. Previously, he was Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Grinnell College. He has also taught at Dickinson College, Colgate University, and Washington University. His courses include: US History; Introduction to Anthropology; Primate Behavior and Taxonomy; Human Evolution; Biological Determinism and the Myth of Race; War, Peace, and Human Natures; Anthropomorphisms; and first-year college seminars.

Melissa Marturano

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B.A. Ancient Greek and Latin Literature and Classical History, Boston University; PhD, Ancient Greek and Latin Literature, The Graduate Center, CUNY. Melissa taught ancient literature in translation, receptions of the ancient Mediterranean, Ancient Greek and Roman civilization, writing, and (spoken) Latin for ten years at CUNY (Brooklyn, Hunter, and Queens Colleges) and Ancient Greek and Latin for four years at the Riverdale Country School before coming to Bard Queens in 2021. Her doctoral research explored the representations of sexualized violence, victim-blaming, and lateral violence among women in the Roman poet Ovid’s corpus, parts of which have been published by Bloomsbury Press. She has recently published on the perils of generative AI in education, feminist theory, feminist pedagogy, and feminist receptions of the ancient Mediterranean for Classical Outlook, where she serves on the editorial board. Her current research project focuses on the reception of ancient Greek mythology in the musician and poet Joanna Newsom’s corpus. Since 2024, she has co-directed productions of Antigone and Medea with Bard Greek Play Project, which she also co-founded.

Peri Mason

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B.S., Ecology, University of Georgia; Ph.D., Biology, Wesleyan University.

Her dissertation studied the interactions and defenses of herbivores, plants, and insects. Post-doctoral fellow at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she continued work on the interactions between plants, the insects that feed on them, and the predators, parasites, and pathogens that attack the insects. She has taught both Animal Behavior (at Purchase College) and Evolutionary Biology (at the University of Colorado).

Hannah McFadden

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B.A. Urban Planning, Binghamton University; M.S. Education: Secondary Special Education, Brooklyn College. Hannah began her teaching career with the NYC Teaching Fellows program in 2017. She has been co-teaching ICT, math, and computer science courses at BHSECQ for the past 7 years. She also currently serves as our school’s athletic director and is the coach of our Cross-Country team.

David Meskill

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A.B. cum laude, Modern European History, Harvard University; M.A. mit Auszeichnung, Medieval and Modern European History, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität; Ph.D., Modern European History, Harvard University. Taught at Harvard College, Boston University, M.I.T., Colorado School of Mines, and Dowling College, as well as at several middle schools in an exchange program in Japan. Published the book Optimizing the German Workforce: Labor Administration from Bismarck to the Economic Miracle in 2010. Articles, reviews, and chapters on economics in Germany, the history of psychology, and intellectual history have appeared in the journals Critical Review, Essays in Economic and Business History, German History, The Historical Society, and History of Psychology. He is currently working on a book that proposes a revision of the historical method.

Sean Mills

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B.A., English and Music, Knox College; M.F.A., Fiction, Sarah Lawrence College.

Taught at Hofstra University and Knox College. Copy Chief at Random House; Senior Production Editor at Doubleday; Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Published in Growing Up Gay/Growing Up Lesbian: A Literary Anthology, and in several journals, most recently Hobart and the Emerging Writers’ Network. Currently at work on a novel and a collection of essays.

June Morrison-Jones

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B.Sc., Chemistry, Brooklyn College; M.A., Science Education (Chemistry), Brooklyn College; M.P.H., Health Science, University of North Texas School of Public Health; Ed.M., Organization and Leadership, Teachers College of Columbia University; Ph.D. Health Studies, University of North Texas. Administrative Internship, Teachers College of Columbia University. Worked as academic team leader and served on the curriculum and oral defense committee at Middle College High School at LaGuardia Community College; served as department chair and lead teacher in Dallas Independent School District; served as coach for students preparing for national and international science competitions. Presented papers at conferences on international AIDs (Bangkok, Thailand ) and Infectious disease (Argentina). Publications include “The Role of Geographic Information Systems in Syphilis Prevention and Elimination,” Journal of Urban Health, and “Geographic Information Systems and Case Studies in Health,” Interactive Teaching and Learning across Disciplines and Cultures. Research interests include health disparities, social determinants of health, and the application of geographic information systems to disease management.

Joshua Mukhlall

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B.Sc., Chemistry, University of Guyana; M.A., Chemistry, Queens College; Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, The Graduate Center, City University of New York. Dissertation: “Chiral sulfurization for synthesis of antisense oligonucleotides.” Post-doctoral Research Fellow: research conducted at Queens College (CUNY) and Brookhaven National Laboratory; Project title “Synthesis and Characterization of Cyclic Phosphonium Ionic Liquids.” Taught at Queens College and LaGuardia Community College. Research articles in Inorganica Chimica Acta; Journal of Sulfur Chemistry; Nucleosides, Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids; and Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. Research interest: Investigation of chiral ammonium-based and phosphonium-based ionic liquids for potential use as solvents in stereoselective organic reactions.

Ezra Nielsen

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Ezra Nielsen teaches literature and writing courses. He holds a PhD from Rutgers University and is currently pursuing a master’s in journalism from the  Craig Newmark Graduate School.

Suneeta Paroly

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Dr. Paroly obtained her BS and MS degrees in Zoology from University of Madras, India. She then came to Wesleyan University, CT to pursue her Ph.D. degree in the laboratory of Prof. Michael Weir in the Biology Department. Her thesis research involved studying function of the protein, Ppa during Drosophila embryonic development. She joined the laboratory of Prof. Cathy Mendelsohn at Columbia University, NY for her post-doctoral training. There, she focused on studying genes that are involved in embryonic kidney development in the mouse model. Currently a biology faculty at BHSECQ, Dr. Paroly continues to develop her research interest in cancer biology. She collaborates with the laboratory of Dr. Sanjai Pathak at Queens College, CUNY where her research has focused on studying proteins involved in the development of metastatic cancers. She recruits and engages BHSECQ students in her collaborative research projects at Queens College, especially during the summer months. Dr. Paroly is a recipient of Math for America (MFA) Master Teacher fellowship cohort of 2017.

Vinh Phu Pham

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Vinh Phu Pham holds a B.A. and M.A. in Spanish Language and Literature from Florida Atlantic University and a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Cornell University. He is an artist, scholar, and cultural critic whose work engages Vietnamese contemporary art, the musical legacies of the Republic of Vietnam, Asian American diasporic narratives, queer writing, and postcolonial and memoir writing. His scholarship bridges transnational literary histories with the politics of cultural production. His writing has appeared in The Journal of Vietnamese Studies (JVS), the edited volume Republican Vietnam, 1963–1975: War, Society, Diaspora, Rising Asia Journal, BBC Vietnam, Of Peninsulas and Archipelagos, and the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN). He also served as English editor of the US–Vietnam Review and has taught at Fulbright University Vietnam. At Bard High School Early College Queens, he advises The Quill, the student literary magazine, as well as the Film Club and French Club.

Zach Pickard

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B.A., University of King’s College; M.A. and Ph.D., English, University of Toronto.

He has taught at Tufts, New York University, The New School, and The Cooper Union. Expertise in twentieth-century poetry. Has been published in Twentieth-Century Literature, American Literature, and American Literary History, and has authored a scholarly study of the poet, Elizabeth Bishop.

David Price

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B.S., Mathematics, The University of Chicago; M.A., Teaching of Secondary Mathematics, Bard College; 2011 Math for America NYC Fellow.

Before BHSEC, he taught at The Bronx Academy of Letters and MS 223: The Laboratory School for Finance and Technology.

Laura Schneider

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Suzanne Schulz

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B.A., Bard College; M.A., Asian Cultures and Languages; and Ph.D., Media Studies, Department of Radio-TV-Film, University of Texas at Austin.  Suzanne has received fellowships from the American Institute of Indian Studies, the Fulbright Foundation, the ACLS-Mellon Foundation, and the University Film and Video Association. She has published book chapters and journal articles on the intersection between politics and film in India, and has translated the writing of Hindi writer Amritlal Nagar on film. Suzanne has a background in documentary film production and is currently pursuing an M.F.A. in Integrated Media Arts at Hunter College. She has taught at the University of Texas, Baruch College, and the Language and Thinking Program at Bard College.

Jordan Shapiro

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B.A., History, Columbia College; M.P.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., African History, The University of Michigan.

Taught history at The University of Michigan, University of Oregon, University of California, San Marcos, Queens College (CUNY), and Yeshiva University High School for Boys.

Bill Sherman

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Sc.B., Mathematics and Physics, Brown University; Ph.D., Physics, University of Pennsylvania.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, New York University, 2017 Math for America Fellow.
William Sherman did his PhD research in surface science before switching to what became his main area of interest: structural DNA nanotechnology – using the natural tendency of DNA strands to wind together to build very small structures and machines. He worked in this area as a postdoctoral researcher at New York University, and then as a staff scientist in the Center for Functional Nanomaterials at Brookhaven National Laboratory. His most notable work was building a walking DNA construct that held the world record for the smallest robot. He has one patent and has published in Nature Nanotechnology, Nano Letters, Science, Biophysical Journal, Physical Review B, Journal of Computational Chemistry, and Surface Science. He mentored a prize-winning postdoctoral researcher, a prize-winning high school student, and numerous high school and undergraduate students. Hobbies include social, competitive, and performance ballroom and salsa dancing.

Carrie Anne Tocci

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MA, Poetry/English, City College; MFA, Creative Nonfiction, Teaching Fellow, Georgia College, Ed.M, English Education, Teachers College; Ph.D, Contemporary Learning and Interdisciplinary Research, Fordham University. Thesis: Reading Motivations of Striving Sixth Graders: Expectancy-Value, Attitudes, Preferences, and Engagement. Her poetry and prose have appeared in several journals, most recently in Severance Magazine, Adoptee Voices, The Bangalore Review, Voices in Italian Americana, and The Ocean State Review.

Brittany Wanner

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B.A International Relations and Spanish, French Minor; MS Teaching Urban Adolescents with Disabilities; Bilingual Extension

Before working in the Department of Education, Brittany was a founding member of the Great Oaks Charter School Tutor Corps. She then decided to join the NYC Teaching Fellows to pursue a degree in Special Education. Brittany worked as a middle school bilingual special education teacher for eight years in Washington Heights before joining BHSEC Queens. She is currently pursuing her second Master’s degree in Educational Leadership at Hunter College and aspires to become a school leader.

Stefan Weisman

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B.A., Music, Bard College; M.M., Music, Yale University; Ph.D, Music, Princeton University. Taught at Princeton, Juilliard, and The City College of New York. The New York Times described his music as “personal, moody, and skillfully wrought.” His work has been included in the Guggenheim Museum’s Works & Process series, commissioned by American Opera Projects, Bang on a Can, and featured on The Wendy Williams Show. His opera Darkling toured Europe and was released on Albany Records. His opera Fade premiered in London. The Wall Street Journal said his opera The Scarlet Ibis was “subtly subversive, and its production groundbreaking.” He is a recipient of awards from the MAP Fund Grant, Meet the Composer, SCI, ASCAP, and the American Music Center. Recordings of his work are available from New Amsterdam Records and Albany Records.

Justine Wilson

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B.A, SUNY College at Old Westbury; M.A., Stony Brook University; Ph.D English, St John’s University. Taught at SUNY Old Westbury, SUNY Farmingdale, St John’s University, and New York Fashion Institute of Technology. Areas of specialization include the Graphic Novel, Trauma Theory, and Contemporary American Literature.

Lori Ween

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Graduated with a B.A from Cornell University, an M.A. from Northwestern University, and her PhD from The Pennsylvania State University

Michael Woodsworth

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B.A., History, McGill University; M.A., Journalism, New York University; Ph.D., History, Columbia University. Teaching Fellow, Columbia University, 2006-2012.

Areas of research include New York City history, American political history, Canadian-American relations, and the welfare state. Formerly a newspaper editor, writing has appeared in The Nation, The Daily, and Bookforum, as well as the International Journal of Canadian Studies.

Marina Woronzoff

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B.A., French and Russian, Smith College; M.A., Slavic Languages and Literatures (specializing in linguistics) and Ph.D., Russian Literature, Yale University.

Recipient of Giles Whiting Fellowship in the Humanities; and Edward H. Butler Fellowship. Taught Russian language at Sarah Lawrence College; Russian language and literature at Yale University; published on Anna Akhmatova; worked as editor and writer for edf.org and non-profit foundations preserving Russian culture and history; translator and contributor for New York Review of Books Blog; research interests include feminist criticism; gender theory; Russian women poets.

Regina Zheng

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B.S., Physical Education, Queens College; M.S.Ed. Health Education, Lehman College.

Thomas (Zhengwei) Zhu

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B.A., Secondary Education in Secondary Mathematics, Queens College; M.Ed Math and Bilingual Education 7-12, Queens College. Prior teaching experience at Queens High School for Language Studies before joining BHSEC Queens.