Current Student Profiles
- HyeSun An
Undergraduate University: Gyeongin National University of Education, South Korea
Undergraduate Major: Elementary Education
Previous Work Experience:
1) Previous Employer/ Job Title: HanSan Elementary School
Brief Description of Career Goals : I’m really excited about EDSP program. I hope to enroll in a PhD program after I graduate.
Email: ha754@nyu.edu
- Hee Jin Chung
Undergraduate University: Seoul National University
Undergraduate Major: English Education
Brief Description of Career Goals : After graduation, I am planning to continue my studies in education policy. My utmost interest is multicultural education and would like to become a part of creating and promoting equal opportunities for all students regardless of their racial, ethnic, socio-economic, and cultural background.
Email: hjc363@nyu.edu
- Catherine Corbin
Undergraduate University: University of California, Santa Barbara
Undergraduate Major: Psychology, Minor in English
Previous Work Experience:
1) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Santa Barbara School District, Special Ed Assistant
2) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Santa Barbara School District, A-OK Program Leader
3) Previous Employer/ Job Title: City of Tracy, Recreation Leader II
Brief Description of Career Goals : As of right now I hope to enroll in a Ph.D. program in Fall 2012. I wish to continue with education and study policy at the research level. I am open to working for the government, a non-profit organization, or at a university conducting research and teaching
Email: cmc714@nyu.edu
- Annice Correia
Undergraduate University: Providence College
Undergraduate Major: Social Science. Public and Community Service Minor
Previous Work Experience:
1) Previous Employer/ Job Title: NYU EDSP/ Graduate Student Coordinator
2) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Old Rochester School District / Substitute Teacher and Track and Field Coach
3) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Colorado Common Cause / Voting Rights Coordinator
Brief Description of Career Goals : I’m very excited about the EDSP program and hope that it will help to direct my strong passion and skills set towards education equity. I would love to work with school on a local level, perhaps as a consultant, while still impacting macro education policy.
Email: ac3287@nyu.edu
- Yuxing Deng
Undergraduate University: Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
Undergraduate Major: Accounting
Previous Work Experience:
1) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Liunguaphonr (China) Co. Ltd / Study Advisor
2) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Price Water House Coopers CPAs Co. Ltd / Student Advisor
3) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Zhongnan University of Economics and Law ?Student Advisor
Brief Description of Career Goals : to be an analyst working in international organizations or an administration higher education institutions, to contribute to the practice of policy making and implementation in the field of education
Email: yd387@nyu.edu
- Yuzhen Deqing
Undergraduate University: Peking University
Undergraduate Major: International Politics
Brief Description of Career Goals : My goal is to be a policy analyst and maker in government and international organizations to improve the effectiveness and fairness of education outcomes. I believe education is a way to protect children from violence and an essential factor to promote security. My research interests are education issues concerning race, humanitarianism, political violence and social stratification.
Email: yd487@nyu.edu
- Lexie Groner
Undergraduate University: East Carolina University
Undergraduate Major: Music Performance, secondary in Psychology
Brief Description of Career Goals : I am interested in curriculum development, standardized testing and better ways of testing student’s progress in school. I am also very interested in music in schools and how music affects cognition and learning.
Email: alg513@nyu.edu
- Matthew Harrington
Undergraduate University: Johnson & Wales University
Undergraduate Major: Hospitality Management
Previous Work Experience:
1) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Brooksby Village – Project manager
Brief Description of Career Goals : I do not have future career goals at this time. I plan on working very hard to learn as much new knowledge as possible. My goal is to further create a philosophy of life and have that work guide me in my life and career. I will cultivate and continue to question the things I encounter and take the new knowledge gained and make it pervasive in my everyday life.
Email: mdh389@nyu.edu
- Marissa Hiruma
Undergraduate University: New York University
Undergraduate Major: Economics
Previous Work Experience:
1) Previous Employer/ Job Title: NYU Langone Medical Center – Division of Educational Informatics – Project Coordinator
2) Previous Employer/ Job Title: NYU Langone Medical Center: Graduate Medical Education Project Coordinator
3) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Do Something – Projects Intern
Brief Description of Career Goals : After graduation, I hope to be involved with policy analysis as is particular relates to New York City’s public schools. More specifically, I am interested in the achievement gap and its affect on the life trajectories of those affected students. With a background in economics, I’m particularly interested in determining how the effects of school policies today affect the labor economics of tomorrow.
Email: mth255@nyu.edu - Mingqi Jing
Undergraduate University: Capital Noraml University, Beijing, China
Undergraduate Major: English Language and Literature
Previous Work Experience:
1) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology - Assistant Education Administrator
2) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Hanban (Confucius School Headquarter) - Volunteer Chinese Teacher
3) Previous Employer/ Job Title: EF Education Beijing Headquarter - Intern
Brief Description of Career Goals : I’m interested in applying comparative education theories to (China’s) education reform. My long-term goal is to become a professional policy analyst and policy maker in the policy/ planning/ Asia study department in a university in Asia, or similar positions in Asian social science institutions, or government sectors.
- Stuart Klanfer
Undergraduate University: University of Colorado
Undergraduate Major: Music
Previous Work Experience:
1) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes - Clinician
2) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Miami-Dade Public Schools - Substitute Teacher
3) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Miami-Dade Public Schools - Music Teacher
Brief Description of Career Goals : It is my career goal to be a policy analyst in an education non-profit or governmental organization. My particular areas of interest are teacher recruitment, development and evaluation as well as accountability measures. I hope to be part of a team that continually searches for solutions to issues facing our public schools.
Email: klanfer@gmail.com
- Dongmo Li
Undergraduate University: Heilongjiang University, China
Undergraduate Major: Editing and Publishing
Previous Work Experience:
1) Previous Employer/ Job Title: New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. - Part-time Teacher
2) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Harvard Summit for Young Leaders in China (HSYLC) - Teaching Assistant
3) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Jingzhou Daily, China - Intern Editor
Brief Description of Career Goals : It is my goal to improve the appropriateness and effectiveness of education in multiple contexts. I also intend to have a career as a policy maker devoted to establishing concrete methods and policies, with which to improve grassroots-level education that, in turn, will alleviate the state of education in our country and worldwide.
Email: dl1889@nyu.edu
- Mengwei Luo
Undergraduate University: University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
Undergraduate Major: Public Administration
Previous Work Experience:
1) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Shanghai Allways Business Consulting Co., Ltd. - HR
2) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Zhushan Town Government - Administrative Assistant and Research Assistant
3) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Shanghai Yangshupu Power Plant - Financial Assistant and Administrative Assistant
Brief Description of Career Goals : I want to work in think tanks, consulting, grant-giving or public-relations departments in selected private organizations.
Email: evil.mw.l@gmail.com
- Eric Oxford
Undergraduate University: College of the Holy Cross
Undergraduate Major: Sociology
Brief Description of Career Goals : I am very passionate about K-12 education policy and reform. I hope to better develop my knowledge of which educational systems and policies work best in schools. I hope to someday become a school superintendent/chancellor or open my own charter school.
Email: Epoxfo11@gmail.com
- Lisa Castillo Richmond
Undergraduate University: Marquette University
Undergraduate Major: Public Relations, Minor in Marketing and Spanish
Previous Work Experience:
1) Previous Employer/ Job Title: The “I Have A Dream” Foundation, Vice President - Program
2) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Junior Achievement of New York , Senior Vice President - Program
3) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Junior Achievment of New York (Prior Positions): Vice President, Community Partnerships - Senior Director, Collaborations – Manager, Program
Brief Description of Career Goals : Lisa has spent several years of her career working in education and focused on equipping young people with the academic and life skills necessary to excel in college and career. Through the Education & Social program at NYU and her work in the field, Lisa hopes to continue to increase her personal impact and the collective impact of the education reform and youth development communities to eliminate the achievement gap that persists in this country between low-income students and their higher-income peers. Through hard work, innovative policy and programming, and by coming together to share resources and talent, she believes this big goal can be achieved in the near term.
Email: lcr235@nyu.edu - Corey Savage
Undergraduate University: University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Undergraduate Major: Psychology and Biology
Graduate University: University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Graduate Major: M.Ed. Secondary Education
Previous Work Experience:
1) Previous Employer/ Job Title: United States Department of Education, Office of Communications and Outreach - Intern
2) Previous Employer/ Job Title: New York Charter Incubator- Intern
Brief Description of Career Goals : Through my time teaching during my teacher education program and the time I spent Ghana, I realized the mass changes that needed to be made in education both in the U.S. and abroad. I concluded that I wanted to be involved at a more macro level of education. I want to remain in academia here in the U.S. analyzing policy, teaching the next generation of researchers, and consulting education reform abroad.
Email: coreybsavage@gmail.com
- Sara Shumway
Undergraduate University: Eastman School of Music
Undergraduate Major: Piano, Music Education
Previous Work Experience:
1) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Project Manager, Education Outreach, U.S. Dept. of State, U.S. Embassy in South Africa
2) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Teacher, grades pre-K through 5 at a DC public school
3) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Teacher, grades 8-12 at a private prep school in Brooklyn, NY
Brief Description of Career Goals : I hope to work in an environment where I can interpret data critically and responsibly (while of course keeping sight of the real people behind the numbers) and advocate for high quality education for all kids and teens, regardless of poverty or geography.
Email: sds448@nyu.edu
- Nekisha Smith
Undergraduate University: Rutgers University
Undergraduate Major: English, Minor in Business Administration
Previous Work Experience:
1) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Phillips Van Heusen / Communications Coordinator
2) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Prudential Financial/ Disability Claims Manager
3) Previous Employer/ Job Title:
Brief Description of Career Goals : I currently work for KIPP Academy Elementary School as an Office Manager. I was previously a Data Analyst intern for KIPP NYC last summer. I would love to pursue a career in school operations, preferably doing data analysis.
Email: njsmith@nyu.edu
- Toru Taguchi
Undergraduate University: Soka University of America
Undergraduate Major: BA in Liberal Arts / Concentration in Social and Behavioral Science
Brief Description of Career Goals : My career goal is to become a professional policy analyst and policy maker in a public or non profit organization. My particular interests are education issues concerning race and education policy, school finance, social inequality, and education opportunity. Because I was born and grew up in Japan and also have experience of studying and participating in volunteer works in some Latin American countries, I hope to take advantage of my international background in my future career.
Email: tt840@nyu.edu - Kaitlin Trippany
Undergraduate University: Hartwick College
Undergraduate Major: Sociology, Minor in Psychology
Brief Description of Career Goals : I hope to work towards improving the educational experience within school through the encouragement of hands-on projects, interest based learning and relevance to children’s lives. In addition, I would like to work towards creating more educational equality for poor and minority students.
Email: kt896@nyu.edu
- Lianna Wright
Undergraduate University: Colorado College
Undergraduate Major: International Political Economy, Minor: Spanish
Previous Work Experience:
1) Previous Employer/ Job Title: San Francisco Education Fund - School Volunteer Program Coordinator and Teacher Grant Program Administrative Assistant
2) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Glen Park Elementary School After School Program - 1st Grade Program Leader
3) Previous Employer/ Job Title: Stretch the Imagination - Nursery School Teacher
Brief Description of Career Goals : My most recent work experience introduced me to how school district administrators, community members and school staff can work together to better school systems. I’m interested in learning more about how schools can be best supported, and how support can be focused on those that need it most. I’m excited for this program as I’m hoping it will give me the skills needed to learn more about the achievement gap and the programs that are working best to close it.
Email: lew321@nyu.edu