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Fabienne Doucet

Executive Director, Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools and Associate Professor of Early Childhood and Urban Education

Teaching and Learning

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Fabienne Doucet is the Executive Director of the NYU Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools and an Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education and Urban Education in the department of Teaching and Learning at the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. She is also an affiliated faculty member of the NYU  Institute for Human Development and Social Change and Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Born in Spain, raised in Haiti, and migrating to the U.S. at the age of ten, Doucet embodies a hybrid identity that is mirrored in her interdisciplinary approach to examining how immigrant and U.S.-born children of color and their families navigate education in the United States. A critical ethnographer, Doucet specifically studies how taken-for-granted beliefs, practices, and values in the U.S. educational system position linguistically, culturally, and socioeconomically diverse children and families at a disadvantage, and seeks active solutions for meeting their educational needs. Doucet has a Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies from UNC-Greensboro and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education with fellowships from the National Science Foundation and the National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation.

Selected Publications

My forthcoming English-Spanish bilingual picture book, LOVE IS STILL WINNING / EL AMOR SIEMPRE TRIUNFA (Lil’ Libros, July 16, ISBN: 1948066114), is available to pre-order from your favorite indie bookstore (and the big ones too), request at your local library, and share with the ones you love most

In a world that sometimes feels overwhelming and hopeless, one child shows their mother that love can be an act of resistance. Whether helping a neighbor or welcoming strangers, LOVE IS STILL WINNING celebrates the many ways love shows up in the world.

Programs

Early Childhood Education

Our degrees will prepare you to create quality care for all children by developing your teaching practice as a reflective practitioner and researcher.

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Courses

Adolescent Learners in Urban Contexts

Emphasis on applying theoretical knowledge of adolescent development to classroom teaching. Strategies for general and special education teachers to meet the cognitive, emotional, and social needs of adolescents in urban contexts. Focus on differentiating instruction to maximize learning opportunities and outcomes for all learners across ethnicity, race, national origin, linguistic competencies, ability status, learning styles, sexual orientation, gender, and social class. Issues of curriculum development, instructional planning, classroom management, and use of technology. Methods for collaboration with parents, teachers, and other professionals.
Course #
TCHL-GE 2515
Credits
2
Department
Teaching and Learning

Dissertation Proposal Seminar I

Evaluation and development of research proposals by doctoral students.
Course #
APSY-GE 3001
Credits
0 - 3
Department
Applied Psychology

Issues in Early Childhood Education

Course #
ECED-GE 2024
Credits
Department
Teaching and Learning