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The John Dewey Academy Faculty |
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Faculty |
The John Dewey Academy boasts a highly credentialed faculty. Six have doctorates. Nine have masters degrees. Seven have taught at the college and graduate school level. In addition to academic qualifications, we value maturity and stability. The teaching faculty come from diverse backgrounds and generally arrive at John Dewey with not only extensive post graduate education and teaching experience, but also with outside life experiences that expand their teaching capabilities. Clinical and administrative staff frequently teach classes in their particular areas of interest and expertise. We hire part-time adjunct faculty when indicated, and qualified parents may act as guest lecturers on occasion. Robert Andenmatten - Since 1999. Math, physics and astronomy faculty. B.A. Queens College, M.Ed. Lesley College. Previous experience: CEO and consultant in petroleum transport and storage industry, math and science teacher at Monument Mountain High School and Valleyhead School. Carole Bratter - Since 1985. Vice-president and business manager. B.A. Newcomb College Tulane University, (Phi Beta Kappa) M.A. Teachers College, Columbia University. Previous experience: internship in guidance and counseling, substitute teacher, travel agent, Vice President, Westchester Region of Hadassah. Thomas Bratter - Since 1985. Founder-president, primary clinician and college advisor, psychology faculty. B.A. Columbia College, M.A. Columbia University, Ed.M., Ed.D. (Counseling Psychology) Teachers College, Columbia University. Previous experience: private practice of psychotherapy, adjunct faculty at Columbia University for twenty years, founder/director of six community-based programs, author of more than 150 articles and 4 books on treatment and education of bright, oppositional, self-destructive, and often drug-dependent, adolescents. Edgar Chamorro - Since 2005. Spanish, Greek, Latin, and Latin American history faculty. Licentiate Humanities at Catholic University of Quito, M.Ed. (Counseling) at Marquette University, specialized study program at Harvard University, international teachers program at Harvard Business School. Previous experience: faculty at Central American High School and University, University of Western Florida and Simon's Rock of Bard College, Dean and Secretary General of Catholic University of Central America, Senior Fellow of the Commission on United States-Latin American Relations at the International Center for Development Policy in Washington, D.C. and Special Ambassador to the General Assembly of the United Nations. Nancy Coiner - Since 1999. Dean of Academics and Chair, Humanities and English Departments. B.A. St. John's College Annapolis, M.Phil. Oxford University, Ph.D. Stanford University. Rhodes Scholar. Previous experience: faculty at Stanford, Middlebury, Smith, and Mt. Holyoke Colleges. Andrea Esperat – Since 2007. Dean of Students and primary clinician. B.S. Old Dominion University, M.Ed. (Educational Psychology of the Gifted) University of Virginia. Ph.D. in progress (Clinical & School Psychology), University of Virginia. Internship at the Behavioral Health Center of Carolinas Medical Center. Previous experience: psychotherapy and psychological assessment, research at the National Research Center for the Gifted and Talented, graduate-level teaching in gifted education and psychology (UVA), teaching at Enrichment Programs for gifted and talented children and adolescents. Phil Freund - Since 1989. History and math faculty. A.B. University of Michigan, M.A. Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley. Previous experience: teacher for more than forty years in California, El Salvador, Ghana, Jamaica, Kenya, Massachusetts, Spain, Tanzania, Virginia, and Zambia. Michael Gould - Since 2002. Chair, Foreign Languages. B.A. S.U.N.Y. at Albany, M.A. and Ph.D. Laval University Quebec Canada. Previous experience: faculty at Teaching University of Portland, Portland Community College, Lewis & Clark College, Portland State University, High Schools in Portland and New York State, creator of a home tutoring French Journal. Jim Kuncze - Since 2006. Maintainance assistant. School of Art and Design. U.S. Navy Lithographer. Previous experience: Electrical Trade School; general contractor; Riverbrook Residence fire and medical emergency house parent. First aid and CPR certification. Judy Oates - Since 2006. House parent. BA journalism and public relations, University of Southern California, MA education, Sunbridge College/Waldorf Institute. Harvard credits for ecological and political science field work in Nepal, Europe and the Middle East. Previous experience: Riverbrook Residence fire and medical emergency house parent and mental health clinician. First aid and CPR certification. ServSafe certification pending. John Schneyer - Since 2007. Director of Building and Grounds. Previous experience: Maintenance Manager & Project Manager for large Yoga facility; H.V.A.C. service technician; Maintenance Mechanic for paper equipment manufacture; Lenox Dept of Public Works; hardware store business; greens keeper on a golf course; volunteer Fire Department. CPR certification. Lisa Sinsheimer - Since 2005. Parent Liaison/Admissions/Clinical Consultant. A.B. Princeton University, M.D. University of Texas Medical Branch, Internship and Residency New York Presbyterian Hospital, Fellowship and Chief Fellowship in Psychiatric Oncology Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Certificate in Psychoanalysis Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. Previous experience: private practice in psychiatry and psychoanalysis in NYC, adjunct faculty at Cornell University Medical College and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Parent of JDA alumnus, Class of 2005. Kenneth Steiner - Since 1989. Dean, primary clinician and Chair, History and Philosophy Departments. B.A. University of Wisconsin, M.A. Graduate Faculty New School for Social Research, Ph.D. S.U.N.Y. Binghamton (Philosophy), M.S.W. S.U.N.Y. Albany. Previous Experience: teaching assistant SUNY Binghamton, adjunct Faculty Berkshire Community College, clinician Department of Social Services (Austen Riggs Psychiatric Center), and Berkshire Farms Center for Youth. Sherry Steiner - Since 1989. Fine arts and studio arts faculty. B.A. School of Visual Arts. Previous experience: Gallery Owner, Arts Newsletter Publisher, art teacher, and practicing artist for twenty-five years. Lisa Buttrey-Thomas - Since 2001. Chair, Math and Science Departments. B.S. and Ph.D. S.U.N.Y. Buffalo. Previous experience: faculty at University of Alaska, Fairbanks and numerous presentations and publications in professional chemistry journals. Our teachers have the courage to:
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