On September 8, New York City’s K-12 students will begin their first day of school. New York University’s Steinhardt School of Education has an array of faculty experts who can provide insight into issues related to back to school - from student stress to charter schools; from the achievement gap to home schooling.
Reporters interested in speaking with any of the professors listed below should contact Jennifer Zwiebel at 212.998.6797 or jennifer.zwiebel@nyu.edu.
MARK ALTER, Department of Teaching and Learning Areas of expertise: curriculum, special education, teacher education
JOSHUA ARONSON, Department of Applied Psychology Areas of expertise: the achievement gap, minority education, women in math and science, standardized testing, improving achievement and education
RICHARD ARUM, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Areas of expertise: law and education, school discipline, school-to-work
LARRY BALTER, Department of Applied Psychology Areas of expertise: back-to-school preparations, bullies, homework & study skills, school refusal/school phobia, empty nest syndrome
SARAH BECK, Department of Teaching and Learning Area of expertise: adolescent literacy
JENNIFER BERG, Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health
Areas of expertise: school cafeterias, back-to-school nutrition, lunch box ideas
SHARRON DALTON, Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health
Areas of expertise: nutrition and childhood obesity
NORM FRUCHTER, Institute for Education and Social Policy Areas of expertise: district-level reform, reducing the achievement gap, analysis of student, school and district outcome data
FLOYD HAMMACK, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Areas of expertise: high school organization and reform
JOSEPH MCDONALD, Department of Teaching and Learning Areas of expertise: school reform, small high schools
DEBORAH MEIER, Department of Teaching and Learning, MetroCenter for Urban Education Areas of expertise: school reform, small schools, schooling and democracy, early childhood education, secondary schools
PEDRO NOGUERA, Department of Teaching and Learning, MetroCenter for Urban Education Areas of expertise: school violence, urban school reform, race and ethnic relations, parent and community involvement
AMY ELLEN SCHWARTZ, Institute for Education and Social Policy Areas of expertise: urban schools, New York City schools, small schools, governance
DOROTHY SIEGEL, Institute for Education and Social Policy Areas of expertise: autism and special education
LESLIE SANTEE SISKIN, Department of Teaching and Learning, MetroCenter for Urban Education Areas of expertise: high schools, school leadership, school reform, urban education, standards and accountability policy.
LISA STULBERG, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Areas of expertise: charter schools, vouchers/school choice, and race and education politics
CAROLA SUAREZ-OROZCO, chair, Department of Applied Psychology
Areas of expertise: immigrant family separations, immigration and the psychology of ethnic minority youth
MARCELO SUAREZ-OROZCO, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Areas of expertise: immigration and globalization, multicultural education
ROBERT TOBIAS, director, Center for Research on Teaching and Learning
Areas of expertise: accountability, testing, teacher education
JONATHAN ZIMMERMAN, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Areas of expertise: bilingual education, creationism and evolution, history of education, multiculturalism, school prayer, sex education, standards and testing
Editor’s note:
NYU’s Steinhardt School is a rich source of ground-breaking scholarship on issues of national and global significance and innovation in research, teaching, practice, and performance. The School prepares students to be educators, academics, musicians, artists, health professionals, counselors, and psychologists, communication specialists, and policy analysts. The Steinhardt School values its location in New York City, where it is engaged in research, partnerships, and community service aimed at improving urban life and the city’s institutions.