Mr. Payson was formerly Vice Chairman of Time Warner Inc. and a member of its Board of Directors. Prior to the merger of Warner Communications and Time Inc., Mr. Payson held the position of Office of the President and General Counsel of Warner Communications since 1970, its General Counsel since 1973, and a Director since 1976. Mr. Payson was an integral member of the senior management team who built this major worldwide entertainment/media company over twenty years
Mr. Payson is a Director of Panavision Inc (NYSE); Delta Financial Corp. (NYSE), and Classic Communications Inc., (NASDAQ). He is also a Director of Global Decisions Group, LLC a provider of real-time information services to financial institutions; and Carl Marks & Co. Inc, a merchant banking company. He also serves on the Board of the following Philanthropic Organizations including; Maimonides Medical Center as Chairman, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund as Co-Chairman, Howard University, the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York University, NYU Law Foundation, Tulane University, The Jewish Museum, NYC and the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB).
In June 2000, Mr. Payson was appointed as a Director of Nassau County Interim Finance Authority (“NIFA”) as the designee of New York State Controller H. Carl McCall.
Friday, April 27, 2007
Brenda Phifer Shrobe
Brenda Shrobe is currently the Human Resources Officer and Administrator at the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University and has held that position for over fifteen years.
She is also a licensed Family Therapist and trained at Ackerman Institute for the Family in New York City.
Before being elected as Parent Representative to the Ross Global Academy Charter School Board, she formerly served as a board member of Little Red School House Elisabeth Irwin High School and former chair of the Task Force on Diversity at LREI.
She is President of the Alumnae Association at Ackerman Institute for the Family and serves in that role on Ackerman’s Board of Directors.
Brenda is grandmother to Ayanna Susan Jackson, a sixth grader at RGA, and is fully committed to the mission of Ross Global Academy Charter School.
She is also a licensed Family Therapist and trained at Ackerman Institute for the Family in New York City.
Before being elected as Parent Representative to the Ross Global Academy Charter School Board, she formerly served as a board member of Little Red School House Elisabeth Irwin High School and former chair of the Task Force on Diversity at LREI.
She is President of the Alumnae Association at Ackerman Institute for the Family and serves in that role on Ackerman’s Board of Directors.
Brenda is grandmother to Ayanna Susan Jackson, a sixth grader at RGA, and is fully committed to the mission of Ross Global Academy Charter School.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Robert Torres, ED.M
Robert has taught both K-12 students and teachers since 1988. From 1991-93, he taught elementary school as a Teach For American (TFA) corps member. In 1993 he served as a faculty member at TFA and in 1994 he joined the organization’s national headquarters as president of the national faculty. In 1995 he launched and served as the executive director of The Learning Project, a not-for-profit organization that would design new schools in Houston, Texas and New York City. There he designed and directed The Learning Project One Middle School in the Lower East Side, which after three years enabled 58% of students to score at or above grade level in reading and 69% in math, making it the second highest scoring middle school in District One. In 1999 he joined Clearpool, Inc where he served as director of education and designer of the Clearpool Children's Charter School. In the summer of 2002, Robert launched designbydesign, a not for profit education school design consulting group that coaches principals and teachers on structural and instructional school design issues.
Concerned with the alarming rate of poverty in the United States and its impact on marginalized communities, from 1994-2000 Robert wrote and produced an auto-biographical cinema-verité documentary film on the impact of poverty on his Puerto Rican family in New York. The film, Nuyorican Dream, premiered at the Sundance 2000 Film Festival, was acquired by and aired on HBO, and has won numerous awards in the United States and abroad. The documentary offers blunt observations and statistics about the legacy of colonialism, the inadequate inner-city educational system and discrimination. Currently, Robert is executive producing The Fourth Purpose, a documentary film about the historical purpose and present day outcomes of the American compulsory school system. Robert has presented on media, education, race and poverty at Harvard University’s Forum, Amherst College, Wellesley College, New York University, Rutgers University, Hunter College, Bard College, Audrey Cohen College, California State University at Los Angeles, University of San Francisco, Williams College, The Taft School, Packer-Collegiate, The Independent Film Project and at El Puente Academy High School.
Robert completed his bachelors with a double major in English and Spanish literature form Oberlin College. Additionally, he completed a Masters in policy and school administration at Bank Street College of Education and was a Stanford University Research Fellow. Currently Robert is pursuing a doctorate focused on media and education at New York University.
Concerned with the alarming rate of poverty in the United States and its impact on marginalized communities, from 1994-2000 Robert wrote and produced an auto-biographical cinema-verité documentary film on the impact of poverty on his Puerto Rican family in New York. The film, Nuyorican Dream, premiered at the Sundance 2000 Film Festival, was acquired by and aired on HBO, and has won numerous awards in the United States and abroad. The documentary offers blunt observations and statistics about the legacy of colonialism, the inadequate inner-city educational system and discrimination. Currently, Robert is executive producing The Fourth Purpose, a documentary film about the historical purpose and present day outcomes of the American compulsory school system. Robert has presented on media, education, race and poverty at Harvard University’s Forum, Amherst College, Wellesley College, New York University, Rutgers University, Hunter College, Bard College, Audrey Cohen College, California State University at Los Angeles, University of San Francisco, Williams College, The Taft School, Packer-Collegiate, The Independent Film Project and at El Puente Academy High School.
Robert completed his bachelors with a double major in English and Spanish literature form Oberlin College. Additionally, he completed a Masters in policy and school administration at Bank Street College of Education and was a Stanford University Research Fellow. Currently Robert is pursuing a doctorate focused on media and education at New York University.
Courtney Sale Ross
Courtney Sale Ross is an educational philanthropist and Chair of Ross Institute for Advanced Study and Innovation in Education, New York City and Founder of Ross School, East Hampton.
Ross Institute for Advanced Study and Innovation in Education serves as an incubator for 21st century education. It facilitates Ross School's entry into public school systems, acts as a catalyst for research in areas such as Globalization in Education, Mind, Brain and Education and Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Cultural Understanding. Ross Institute's Inter-University Consortium was founded in 2004. It is a network of universities whose schools of education will utilize Ross School as a lab school, and through teacher training the partners' findings will be disseminated to public education, primarily in underserved areas.
Founded in 1991 Ross School teaches the whole child for the whole world. The school's multi-disciplinary curriculum presents global cultural history as an outwardly-expanding spiral, enabling multiple perspectives onto past and current history. Ross School serves children from age 2 through the 12th grade. In the 2006-2007 academic year the school enrollment will number almost 550 students.
In 2006, the New York State Board of Regents approved the charter for the Ross Global Academy which is a collaboration with New York University’s Steinhardt School of Education and New York City’s Board of Education. The charter school is scheduled to open in New York City in fall 2006.
Courtney Sale Ross’ philanthropy is focused on education, emphasizing the underserved, globalization, and U.S./China relations. Ross has given to major universities across the United States including Harvard University, New York University, the University of Southern California and Skidmore College. At New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Ross created the Courtney Sale Ross Scholarship Fund for aid to minority women. At NYU's Steinhardt School of Education, Ross' daughter, Nicole, established the Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Education and Globalization Chair.
Ross' giving extends to the People's Republic of China where she has endowed museums with contributions related to education and research. At the Shanghai Museum, Ross created the Courtney and Steven J. Ross Multi-Media and Communications Center, an interactive theatre designed for use by international scholars.
Ross serves on boards with special emphases on education, wellness and international relations, including New York University, the Asia Society, the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California, the Committee on U.S./China Relations, and the United Nations Association of the United States of America.
Prior to her work in education, Courtney Sale Ross founded a contemporary art gallery in Dallas, Texas. Thereafter, New York State Governor Hugh Carey appointed Ross to curate a state-wide exhibition celebrating two centuries of art in New York. Ross followed this by producing an accompanying documentary film 'The Big Picture' and then with a six-part documentary series on the 'New York School' artists, 'Strokes of Genius.' In 1990, Ross was executive producer on the feature film, 'Listen Up! The Lives of Quincy Jones' which received enthusiastic notices in the international press.
Courtney Sale Ross is a graduate of Skidmore College where she was awarded an honorary doctoral degree in 1991. She is the widow of Steven J. Ross, former Chairman and CEO of TimeWarner and the mother of one daughter, Nicole Ross.
Ross Institute for Advanced Study and Innovation in Education serves as an incubator for 21st century education. It facilitates Ross School's entry into public school systems, acts as a catalyst for research in areas such as Globalization in Education, Mind, Brain and Education and Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Cultural Understanding. Ross Institute's Inter-University Consortium was founded in 2004. It is a network of universities whose schools of education will utilize Ross School as a lab school, and through teacher training the partners' findings will be disseminated to public education, primarily in underserved areas.
Founded in 1991 Ross School teaches the whole child for the whole world. The school's multi-disciplinary curriculum presents global cultural history as an outwardly-expanding spiral, enabling multiple perspectives onto past and current history. Ross School serves children from age 2 through the 12th grade. In the 2006-2007 academic year the school enrollment will number almost 550 students.
In 2006, the New York State Board of Regents approved the charter for the Ross Global Academy which is a collaboration with New York University’s Steinhardt School of Education and New York City’s Board of Education. The charter school is scheduled to open in New York City in fall 2006.
Courtney Sale Ross’ philanthropy is focused on education, emphasizing the underserved, globalization, and U.S./China relations. Ross has given to major universities across the United States including Harvard University, New York University, the University of Southern California and Skidmore College. At New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Ross created the Courtney Sale Ross Scholarship Fund for aid to minority women. At NYU's Steinhardt School of Education, Ross' daughter, Nicole, established the Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Education and Globalization Chair.
Ross' giving extends to the People's Republic of China where she has endowed museums with contributions related to education and research. At the Shanghai Museum, Ross created the Courtney and Steven J. Ross Multi-Media and Communications Center, an interactive theatre designed for use by international scholars.
Ross serves on boards with special emphases on education, wellness and international relations, including New York University, the Asia Society, the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California, the Committee on U.S./China Relations, and the United Nations Association of the United States of America.
Prior to her work in education, Courtney Sale Ross founded a contemporary art gallery in Dallas, Texas. Thereafter, New York State Governor Hugh Carey appointed Ross to curate a state-wide exhibition celebrating two centuries of art in New York. Ross followed this by producing an accompanying documentary film 'The Big Picture' and then with a six-part documentary series on the 'New York School' artists, 'Strokes of Genius.' In 1990, Ross was executive producer on the feature film, 'Listen Up! The Lives of Quincy Jones' which received enthusiastic notices in the international press.
Courtney Sale Ross is a graduate of Skidmore College where she was awarded an honorary doctoral degree in 1991. She is the widow of Steven J. Ross, former Chairman and CEO of TimeWarner and the mother of one daughter, Nicole Ross.
Jennifer Chidsey Pizzo
Jennifer L. Chidsey Pizzo joined the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania in January 2006 as the Director of K-12 Initiatives, leading projects that support GSE’s university-school partnerships such as the new Penn-affiliated international studies high school, co-directing SPARK! and seeking grants and other support for Penn GSE initiatives in the public schools.
Formerly, Jennifer served as Director of Education and Outreach for Ross Institute in New York City and Director of Curriculum and Assessment and member of the Leadership Council (Head of School team) for Ross School in East Hampton, New York. There she worked with faculty and mentors to refine the Ross curriculum and disseminate Ross practices to partner schools, such as Tensta Gymnasium in Stockholm, Sweden and oversaw efforts to create a network of Ross Model schools through such endeavors as designing the Ross Global Academy, a New York City K-12 charter school.
Jennifer was also Dean of Science at Ross School. She has taught science in elementary, secondary and post-secondary students in public and private schools located in urban and suburban settings in Chicago, Dallas, Boston, Iowa City, Baton Rouge, East Hampton, New York and Philadelphia. She has also supported the professional development goals of K-12 faculty through coaching and courses offered in many professional settings, most recently at Ross Institute and with the Asia Society.
Chidsey Pizzo is currently ABD for a Ph.D. in science education at the University of Iowa; completed graduate studies in critical and creative thinking at the University of Massachusetts in Boston and in geoscience at the University of Iowa; completed a B.S. in biology and was certified to teach secondary science at Northwestern University. She has held the positions of Curator of Science Education at the Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science and Director of Education at the Iowa City Area Science Center. She has received academic awards for teaching excellence and serves on the Board of Ross Global Academy and the Blue Ocean Institute.
Formerly, Jennifer served as Director of Education and Outreach for Ross Institute in New York City and Director of Curriculum and Assessment and member of the Leadership Council (Head of School team) for Ross School in East Hampton, New York. There she worked with faculty and mentors to refine the Ross curriculum and disseminate Ross practices to partner schools, such as Tensta Gymnasium in Stockholm, Sweden and oversaw efforts to create a network of Ross Model schools through such endeavors as designing the Ross Global Academy, a New York City K-12 charter school.
Jennifer was also Dean of Science at Ross School. She has taught science in elementary, secondary and post-secondary students in public and private schools located in urban and suburban settings in Chicago, Dallas, Boston, Iowa City, Baton Rouge, East Hampton, New York and Philadelphia. She has also supported the professional development goals of K-12 faculty through coaching and courses offered in many professional settings, most recently at Ross Institute and with the Asia Society.
Chidsey Pizzo is currently ABD for a Ph.D. in science education at the University of Iowa; completed graduate studies in critical and creative thinking at the University of Massachusetts in Boston and in geoscience at the University of Iowa; completed a B.S. in biology and was certified to teach secondary science at Northwestern University. She has held the positions of Curator of Science Education at the Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science and Director of Education at the Iowa City Area Science Center. She has received academic awards for teaching excellence and serves on the Board of Ross Global Academy and the Blue Ocean Institute.
Richard E. Halperin
Since 2000, Mr. Halperin has been a Principal and Chief Operating Officer of Quellos Group, LLC. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Halperin was Executive Vice President and Special Counsel to the Chairman of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc., where he served as Chief of Staff to Ronald O. Perelman. During his tenure from 1984 to 2000, he created and headed the Perelman family office and was a Senior Executive of the multi-billion dollar diversified holding company, also serving as President of the Revlon Foundation, the MacAndrews & Forbes Foundation and the Perelman Family Foundation. Previous to joining MacAndrews, Mr. Halperin was Administrative Assistant to the Attorney General of New York State Robert Abrams, serving on the Executive Staff and as a State Prosecutor from 1979-1984. Prior to that he served as Press Secretary to Congressman Peter Peyser(R-NY) and as a speechwriter for Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis and then as a lobbyist for the Massachusetts Bar Association. More recently he was on the Transition Committee for Governor George Pataki(1994) and serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Citizens Budget Commission and is on the Executive Committee of Boston University's College of Communication. He is also on the Board of Trustees at the Rye Country Day School. Mr. Halperin holds a BS cum laude in Communications from Boston University and a JD from the New England School of Law.
Nicolas W. Combemale
CFO, Ross Institute for Advanced Study and Innovation in Education, age 43
Since September 2006 Mr. Combemale has served as CFO of the Ross Institute for Advanced Study and Innovation in Education. In addition he has been nominated to the Boards of Ross School in East Hampton, NY and Ross Global Academy Charter School in Manhattan.
From 2001-2006 Mr. Combemale has served as CFO of Morriss Center School “MCS”. He became involved through his role as a Trustee of MCS when it became evident that MCS faced significant financial difficulties. He stepped in as CFO in order to turnaround the financial and administrative performance of the school. In 2003 he played a leading role in merging the school with The Morriss Center for Arts and Sciences which pledged a major multi-year gift to underwrite the operations of the school. In 2003 he also designed and launched a new cultural program, “Morriss Center Dance” as the cultural centerpiece of The Morriss Center for Arts and Sciences in conjunction with leading members of New York City Ballet.
From 1998-2001 Mr. Combemale was involved is various private technology and real estate investment opportunities.
Prior to this he was Chairman and CEO of Alper Holdings USA, Inc., a diversified holding company, from 1993 to 1997. In 1993 Alper Holdings USA was formed to acquire First City Industries which was then in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. After gaining control of First City Industries the two companies were merged and the resultant entity was brought out of bankruptcy. From 1993-1996 over $700,000,000 of assets were divested in order to stabilize the company around its core manufacturing and real estate entities. Starting in 1996 a roll up was commenced to create the largest independent water based printing ink company in the world.
This followed a career on Wall Street in investment banking. Prior to his tenure at Alper Holdings USA, Inc., Mr. Combemale served as a managing director at VMI Securities, Inc. from 1991-1992. VMI Securities was boutique investment banking and securities firm specializing in cross border M&A, corporate finance, and securities trading. From 1989-1991, he was a Vice President in the investment banking division at Nomura Securities International, Inc., and from 1984-1989, he was a Vice President at Paine Webber International, Inc. Additionally, at various times from 1992-1997, he has served on the boards of Cambridge Lee Industries, Inc., Scovill Fasteners, Inc., Arcar Graphics LLC, Progressive Ink LLC and Industrial and Apparel Fasteners, Ltd. (South Africa).
Since September 2006 Mr. Combemale has served as CFO of the Ross Institute for Advanced Study and Innovation in Education. In addition he has been nominated to the Boards of Ross School in East Hampton, NY and Ross Global Academy Charter School in Manhattan.
From 2001-2006 Mr. Combemale has served as CFO of Morriss Center School “MCS”. He became involved through his role as a Trustee of MCS when it became evident that MCS faced significant financial difficulties. He stepped in as CFO in order to turnaround the financial and administrative performance of the school. In 2003 he played a leading role in merging the school with The Morriss Center for Arts and Sciences which pledged a major multi-year gift to underwrite the operations of the school. In 2003 he also designed and launched a new cultural program, “Morriss Center Dance” as the cultural centerpiece of The Morriss Center for Arts and Sciences in conjunction with leading members of New York City Ballet.
From 1998-2001 Mr. Combemale was involved is various private technology and real estate investment opportunities.
Prior to this he was Chairman and CEO of Alper Holdings USA, Inc., a diversified holding company, from 1993 to 1997. In 1993 Alper Holdings USA was formed to acquire First City Industries which was then in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. After gaining control of First City Industries the two companies were merged and the resultant entity was brought out of bankruptcy. From 1993-1996 over $700,000,000 of assets were divested in order to stabilize the company around its core manufacturing and real estate entities. Starting in 1996 a roll up was commenced to create the largest independent water based printing ink company in the world.
This followed a career on Wall Street in investment banking. Prior to his tenure at Alper Holdings USA, Inc., Mr. Combemale served as a managing director at VMI Securities, Inc. from 1991-1992. VMI Securities was boutique investment banking and securities firm specializing in cross border M&A, corporate finance, and securities trading. From 1989-1991, he was a Vice President in the investment banking division at Nomura Securities International, Inc., and from 1984-1989, he was a Vice President at Paine Webber International, Inc. Additionally, at various times from 1992-1997, he has served on the boards of Cambridge Lee Industries, Inc., Scovill Fasteners, Inc., Arcar Graphics LLC, Progressive Ink LLC and Industrial and Apparel Fasteners, Ltd. (South Africa).
Mary Brabeck
Mary M. Brabeck, Ph.D. joined The Steinhardt School of Education as dean in October 2003. The Steinhardt School houses approximately 6000 students and 240 full time faculty in education, psychology, the health sciences, music, art and communication. A leader in the field of applied psychology, Dr. Brabeck was the dean of Boston College’s Lynch School of Education from 1996-2003 and a professor of counseling and developmental psychology at Boston College from 1980-2003. Dr. Brabeck is chair and fellow of APA (Divisions 7, 17, 35 and 52). She has published more than 90 journal articles and book chapters. Dean Brabeck’s research interests include intellectual and ethical development, values and conceptions of the moral self, human rights education, professional and feminist ethics, and inter-professional collaboration. Her most recent edited books are Practicing Feminist Ethics in Psychology. (2000, Washington DC: APA) and Meeting at the Hyphen: Schools-Universities-Professions in Collaboration for Student Achievement and Well Being. 102nd Yearbook of the National Society for Study in Education, Part II (2003, Chicago: University of Chicago Press). Dean Brabeck serves as a member of the American Psychological Association’s Board of Educational Affairs, Standing Hearing Panel of the Ethics Committee and Chair of the BEA Task Force on Applications of Psychological Science to Teaching and Learning. She is a member of the Carnegie Corporation’s Teachers for a New Era Research Coordinating Council, the Board of Directors of the National Church Leadership Roundtable and a member of the Board of Directors of the National Society for the Study of Education. Dean Brabeck served as chair of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education 2004-05 and as a member of the Holmes Partnership Board of Directors. She has received numerous awards including an Outstanding Achievement Award from the University of Minnesota, a Leadership Award from the American Psychological Association Committee on Women in Psychology and the Kuhmerker Award from the Association for Moral Education.
Degrees Held
• M.A. Saint Cloud State University)
• B.A. University of Minnesota)
• Ph.D. University of Minnesota)
Awards
• Service Award (Boston Higher Education Partnership)
• Honorary Member (Golden Key Honor Society)
• Kuhmerker Award (Association for Moral Education)
• Honorary Member (Alpha Sigma Nu-Jesuit Honor Society)
• Teaching Excellence (Boston College School of Education)
• 2006 : University of Minnesota Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award
Publications
• Curriculum Vitae (view)
• Sirin, S., Brabeck, M. M., Sirin-Roges & Satiani, A. (2003). Validation of a measure of ethical sensitivity and examination of the effects of previous multicultural and ethics courses on ethical sensitivity. Ethics & Behavior.
• Brabeck, M. M. & Shirley, S. (2003, January). Excellence in education schools: An oxymoron? Phi Delta Kappan, 368-372.
• Brabeck, M. M. and Rogers, L. (2002). Human rights as a moral issue: Lessons for moral educators from human rights work. Journal of Moral Education, pp. 167-182.
• Brabeck, M. M., Rogers, L. A., Sirin, S., Henderson, J., Bevenuto, M., Ting, K., & Weaver, M. (2000). A measure to assess ethical sensitivity to instances of racial and gender intolerance in schools: The Racial Ethical Sensitivity Test (REST). Ethics & Behavior, 119-137.
• Walsh, M. E., Brabeck, M. M., Howard, K. A., Sherman, F., Montes, C. & Garvin, T. (2000). The Boston College-Allston/Brighton Partnership: Description & Challenges. Peabody Journal of Education. 75, (3), 6-32.
• Walsh, M. E., Brabeck, M. M. & Howard, K. A. (1999). Interprofessional collaboration in children's services: Toward a theoretical perspective. Children's Services: Social Policy, Research and Practice, 2, (4), pp. 183-208.
• Brabeck, M. (1999). Between Scylla and Charybdis: Teacher Education's Odyssey. Journal of Teacher Education, 50, (5), pp. 346-351.
• Kenny, M. E., Lomax, R., Brabeck, M. & Fife. (1998). Contributions of maternal and paternal attachments to continuity and change in psychological well-being in middle adolescence, Journal of Early Adolescence, pp. 221-243.
• Hurd, T., & Brabeck, M. (1997). The ethic of care as revealed in college texts, 1970-1990: An empirical examination of alpha and beta bias. Teaching of Psychology, pp. 159-167.
• Brabeck, M., Walsh, M., Kenny, M. & Comilang, K. (1997). Interprofessional collaboration for children and families: Opportunities for counseling psychology in the 21st century, The Counseling Psychologist, 25, 615-636.
• Brabeck, M. & Ting, K. (1997). Context, Politics and Moral Education: Comments on the Misgeld/Magendzo Conversation about Human Rights Education. Journal of Moral Education, 26, (2), 147-149.
• Johnson, C. E., Stewart, A. L., Brabeck, M. M., Huber, V. S., & Rubin, H. (2005). Interprofessional Collaboration: Implications for combined-integrated (C-I) doctoral training in professional psychology. Journal of Clinical Psychology.
• Shartrand, A. & Brabeck, M. M. (2004). An examination of collaborative research in light of the APA Code of Ethics and feminist ethics. In M. Brydon-Miller, P. Maguire and A. McIntyre (eds.). Traveling Companions. Westport, CT: Praeger, pp. 137-156
• Brabeck, M. M. (2006). Transformative Hope. In K. M. Thies and J. F. Travers (Eds.). the Handbook of Human Development for Health Care Professionals. Thorofare, NJ: SLACK Inc., pp. 477-485
• Brabeck, M. & Latta, R. (2006). A feminist perspective on ethics in human ecology. In J. R. Miller, R. M. Lerner, L. B. Schiamberg, & P. M. Anderson (Eds.), Human Ecology: An Encyclopedia of Children, Families, Communities, and Environments. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio.
• Brabeck, M. M. and Brabeck, K. M. (2006). Women and relationships. In J. Worrell & C.D. Goodhart (Eds.) Handbook of Girls and Women’s Psychology Health: Gender and Well-bing Across the Life Span. Oxford University Press, pp. 208-217.
• Brabeck, M. (2005) Innovate or Perish: New Approaches Urban Education (and why they are needed). FADICA
Courses
• undergraduate and graduate moral development
• undergraduate and graduate personality theories
• graduate psychology of women
• undergraduate and graduate gender roles
• undergraduate and graduate educational psychology
• undergraduate and graduate psychology of learning
• undergraduate child development
• undergraduate counseling psychology
• graduate behavioral counseling
Editorial Boards
• Journal of School Choice, Editorial Board Member
• New Ideas in Psychology, Editorial Board Member
• Society of Psychology of Women Book Series, Editorial Board Member (Editor, 2002-2005)
Research Interests
• values and conceptions of the moral self
• professional and feminist ethics
• intellectual and ethical development
• gender and culture
• interprofessional collaboration
Degrees Held
• M.A. Saint Cloud State University)
• B.A. University of Minnesota)
• Ph.D. University of Minnesota)
Awards
• Service Award (Boston Higher Education Partnership)
• Honorary Member (Golden Key Honor Society)
• Kuhmerker Award (Association for Moral Education)
• Honorary Member (Alpha Sigma Nu-Jesuit Honor Society)
• Teaching Excellence (Boston College School of Education)
• 2006 : University of Minnesota Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award
Publications
• Curriculum Vitae (view)
• Sirin, S., Brabeck, M. M., Sirin-Roges & Satiani, A. (2003). Validation of a measure of ethical sensitivity and examination of the effects of previous multicultural and ethics courses on ethical sensitivity. Ethics & Behavior.
• Brabeck, M. M. & Shirley, S. (2003, January). Excellence in education schools: An oxymoron? Phi Delta Kappan, 368-372.
• Brabeck, M. M. and Rogers, L. (2002). Human rights as a moral issue: Lessons for moral educators from human rights work. Journal of Moral Education, pp. 167-182.
• Brabeck, M. M., Rogers, L. A., Sirin, S., Henderson, J., Bevenuto, M., Ting, K., & Weaver, M. (2000). A measure to assess ethical sensitivity to instances of racial and gender intolerance in schools: The Racial Ethical Sensitivity Test (REST). Ethics & Behavior, 119-137.
• Walsh, M. E., Brabeck, M. M., Howard, K. A., Sherman, F., Montes, C. & Garvin, T. (2000). The Boston College-Allston/Brighton Partnership: Description & Challenges. Peabody Journal of Education. 75, (3), 6-32.
• Walsh, M. E., Brabeck, M. M. & Howard, K. A. (1999). Interprofessional collaboration in children's services: Toward a theoretical perspective. Children's Services: Social Policy, Research and Practice, 2, (4), pp. 183-208.
• Brabeck, M. (1999). Between Scylla and Charybdis: Teacher Education's Odyssey. Journal of Teacher Education, 50, (5), pp. 346-351.
• Kenny, M. E., Lomax, R., Brabeck, M. & Fife. (1998). Contributions of maternal and paternal attachments to continuity and change in psychological well-being in middle adolescence, Journal of Early Adolescence, pp. 221-243.
• Hurd, T., & Brabeck, M. (1997). The ethic of care as revealed in college texts, 1970-1990: An empirical examination of alpha and beta bias. Teaching of Psychology, pp. 159-167.
• Brabeck, M., Walsh, M., Kenny, M. & Comilang, K. (1997). Interprofessional collaboration for children and families: Opportunities for counseling psychology in the 21st century, The Counseling Psychologist, 25, 615-636.
• Brabeck, M. & Ting, K. (1997). Context, Politics and Moral Education: Comments on the Misgeld/Magendzo Conversation about Human Rights Education. Journal of Moral Education, 26, (2), 147-149.
• Johnson, C. E., Stewart, A. L., Brabeck, M. M., Huber, V. S., & Rubin, H. (2005). Interprofessional Collaboration: Implications for combined-integrated (C-I) doctoral training in professional psychology. Journal of Clinical Psychology.
• Shartrand, A. & Brabeck, M. M. (2004). An examination of collaborative research in light of the APA Code of Ethics and feminist ethics. In M. Brydon-Miller, P. Maguire and A. McIntyre (eds.). Traveling Companions. Westport, CT: Praeger, pp. 137-156
• Brabeck, M. M. (2006). Transformative Hope. In K. M. Thies and J. F. Travers (Eds.). the Handbook of Human Development for Health Care Professionals. Thorofare, NJ: SLACK Inc., pp. 477-485
• Brabeck, M. & Latta, R. (2006). A feminist perspective on ethics in human ecology. In J. R. Miller, R. M. Lerner, L. B. Schiamberg, & P. M. Anderson (Eds.), Human Ecology: An Encyclopedia of Children, Families, Communities, and Environments. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio.
• Brabeck, M. M. and Brabeck, K. M. (2006). Women and relationships. In J. Worrell & C.D. Goodhart (Eds.) Handbook of Girls and Women’s Psychology Health: Gender and Well-bing Across the Life Span. Oxford University Press, pp. 208-217.
• Brabeck, M. (2005) Innovate or Perish: New Approaches Urban Education (and why they are needed). FADICA
Courses
• undergraduate and graduate moral development
• undergraduate and graduate personality theories
• graduate psychology of women
• undergraduate and graduate gender roles
• undergraduate and graduate educational psychology
• undergraduate and graduate psychology of learning
• undergraduate child development
• undergraduate counseling psychology
• graduate behavioral counseling
Editorial Boards
• Journal of School Choice, Editorial Board Member
• New Ideas in Psychology, Editorial Board Member
• Society of Psychology of Women Book Series, Editorial Board Member (Editor, 2002-2005)
Research Interests
• values and conceptions of the moral self
• professional and feminist ethics
• intellectual and ethical development
• gender and culture
• interprofessional collaboration
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