Kris DeFilippis

Originally from Hillburn, NY, Dr. Kris DeFilippis is an educator, researcher, author, and activist whose work centers critical inquiry to advance equity and anti-racism, shift organizational culture, reduce the existence of significant disproportionality, and focus on contextual strategic planning. Kris serves as Clinical Faculty and Program Director for Educational Leadership in New York University’s (NYU) Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Previously, as an executive director/assistant superintendent in the New York City Department of Education, Dr. DeFilippis coached district and school leadership and faculty to apply critical and context-specific improvement science to reduce disproportionality, complete root cause analyses, strategically explore goals, and align multi-tiered systems of support to district goals and STEM implementation. In addition to district leadership, he has served public education systems in varying contexts in roles including a custodian, teacher’s aid, coach, teacher, department chairperson, and building administrator.