On the first warmish evening of Spring, the  Community Learning Colloquium Fellows,  their community partners, students, and enthusiastic faculty and staff gathered in the social science center of Trinity College as part of the Community Learning Initiative’s Community Partners Appreciation Event.  The event brought to a close a year of exciting…[Read more]

Finishing up my senior year at Trinity I am seeing the end to a lot of projects, classes, schedules, and commitments. The completion of the Community Learning Fellows’ projects is also quickly approaching, and it is with great pride and excitement for my peers that I see them reach conclusions and complete their yearlong research projects. [...]

I complete a B.A. in Educational Studies in May of 2013. The Educational Studies Program at Trinity is an interdisciplinary course of study, which allows majors to design their own concentrations within the broader scope of Education. My concentration is Urban Education, with additional attention paid to examining the planning, and physical space…[Read more]

In the fall of 2012, “Zoned Out: How Residential Zoning Policy and Housing Are Linked to Schooling in Connecticut” uncovered relationships between residential zoning policy , housing cost, and school performance. Zoning policy is responsible for the planning and development of residential neighborhoods across the state. Consequently, as long as…[Read more]

Be a part of the movement. Rise up and dance to end violence against women – NOW + FOREVER.   In response to Eve Ensler’s “Over It” I am over the fact that my daughter has 33.3% of being a victim. I am over that my family and friends have been victims. I am over their silence. I am over the men [...]

I am titling this  Unglamorous: My Profound Moment of the Ordinary Value in Everyday Life (Everyone in the academy, and at the MLA conference uses semi colons in their titles, it is very fancy, ya know.)  I only write in Times New Roman. When I copy and paste text into a document I change it to Times New [...]

“Poverty is not a learning disability”  - Dr. Noguera The third floor lobby of the Connecticut Convention Center buzzed with nervous energy just before noon on Wednesday morning. We were all excitedly waiting for the doors of Ballroom B to be opened, and we were prepared for Dr. Pedro Noguera , professor of education and urban sociologist, to…[Read more]

“I remember when, I remember when I lost my mind… But it wasn’t because I didn’t know enough I just knew too much” – Gnarls Barkley It took 7,000 words to explain this chart. Making sense of the chart above required a larger computer screen.  I got creative. Coffee, no explanation needed. I may have stood on the table to figure out the…[Read more]

IDPA is a student run organization at Trinity that supports IDP students with social events, and opportunities for community involvement. I am a member of the executive board and with the help of Marnie, Natalia, and Rachael we organized a few events last month that made it to the IDP news letter. Check out this link, to read more about [...]

Okay readers, my creative juices are limited by the complete brain-fry that is occurring as a result of this research project. So, I am asking for your help with picking a title. I need a title. I need a good title. (I am so brain fried I think writing in hot pink is a good idea.)  Pieces That May Help [...]

The first half of a two-semester independent research project needs massive revision . (No joke. Start at square one style edits.) It is due in 16 days. And I am tired, really tired. Yet, I am still writing. Thousands and thousands of draft-level words already written, and I am still writing. And I am tired. Writing and research [...]

My EDU 308 students are writing web essays. I am testing embedding google maps into a WordPress post for them.

View Hartford CT in a larger map

My EDU 308 students are writing web essays. I am testing embedding google maps into a WordPress post for them. View Hartford CT in a larger map

Sometimes pictures share a thousand wordless words. All photos were taken with my iPhone, and most were modified using Instagram.